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Clerk 10/25/2005
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the city of Seattle for the Northgate Coordinated Transportation Improvement Plan at 3rd Avenue NE, between 100th Street NE and 103rd Street NE.
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STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
1. The city of Seattle ("city") and King County ("county") are working together to implement specific aspects of the Northgate Area Comprehensive Plan adopted in the Seattle Comprehensive Plan. Northgate is designated as an urban center under countywide and city growth management plans and the location of the principal transit transfer hub in all of north King County.
2. Northgate is one of three development sites identified in 1998 at the launch of the county's transit oriented development ("TOD") program.
3. In December 2003, the city council passed proposals that amended Northgate Overlay District development regulations, approved a development agreement to promote redevelopment of Northgate Mall and provided the city with an option to purchase land to improve Thornton creek water quality and provide public open space.
4. The city council further approved initial funding for a Coordinated Transportation Investment Plan ("CTIP") and established a broad-based advisory group, the Northgate Stakeholders. A goal of the CTIP is to analyze forecasted development proposals so mitigation measures can be more predictable, rational and equitable than a piecemeal permit decisions.
5. Lorig Associates has an option to purchase 5.9 acres on the east half of the lot south of Northgate Mall and south of 103rd Street, commonly referred to as the South Lot, and is proposing approximately five hundred housing units and retail space.
6. In August 2004, the city council approved both a memorandum of understanding with Lorig Associates regarding joint development of the South Lot and funding to purchase land and to construct the Thornton creek water quality channel stormwater...
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