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Clerk 2/24/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county executive to convey to the city of Redmond portions of four parcels of land for roadway and sidewalk improvements adjacent to West Lake Sammamish Parkway and Northeast Union Hill Road located in council district 3.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. On March 28, 2001, King County and the city of Redmond entered into an interlocal agreement relating to the reconstruction and improvement of West Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast from Northeast 51st Street to Marymoor Way. This agreement allowed the city to move forward as lead agency on the road improvement project on West Lake Sammamish Parkway from Northeast 51st Street to Marymoor Way.
B. The project consisted of widening a two lane roadway to include additional vehicular lanes with bike lanes on both sides along with required water quality facilities.
C. The subject site consists of a portion of 308.3-acre Marymoor park and is currently unimproved. The King County department of natural resources and parks, parks division, is the custodian. The city needs to acquire a strip of land in fee and numerous permanent easements. The strip taking ranges from five feet in width to seventy-five feet where a curve has been taken out of the roadway. This strip is approximately two thousand three hundred feet in length with a total fee taking area of approximately forty six thousand two hundred eighty-three square feet or 1.06 acres.
D. Six separate areas will be encumbered by permanent easements totaling thirty three thousand five hundred eight square feet or 0.77 acres.
E. The city of Redmond has completed construction of these improvements to the West Lake Sammamish Parkway adjacent to Marymoor park under a special use permit and the terms of the interlocal agreement between the city and the county.
F. An appraisal was completed for the parcel establishing compensation for the propert...
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