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AN ORDINANCE relating to the city of Kirkland's South Kirkland Park-and-Ride elevator and pedestrian bridge project; approving an interlocal agreement between King County and the city of Kirkland to provide partial funding for the project, and authorizing the King County executive to execute temporary and permanent easements for the project.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The South Kirkland Park-and-Ride is a King County transit division-owned and operated facility located at 3677 108th Ave NE in the city of Bellevue.
2. The South Kirkland Park-and-Ride provides more than eight hundred parking spaces and serves numerous transit division (also known as "Metro Transit") and Sound Transit bus routes, and thus is as an important hub within the region's multi-modal transportation network.
3. The South Kirkland Park-and-Ride is an element of a transit-oriented development project encompassing several adjacent parcels, intended to foster close connections between growing dense residential communities and the region's multimodal transportation network.
4. The Cross Kirkland Corridor ("the CKC") is an approximately 5.75 mile segment of the railbanked Eastside Rail Corridor ("the ERC") owned by the city of Kirkland, extending from 108th Avenue NE in Bellevue to Slater Ave NE in Kirkland and encompassing the area of the CKC affected by the planned South Kirkland Park-and-Ride pedestrian bridge,
5. The city of Kirkland has developed a gravel-surface trail receiving significant use by commuters and recreational users over the CKC.
6. The city of Kirkland has completed a master plan for the CKC that calls for implementation of a finished paved-surface trail throughout the CKC.
7. In 2009, King County acquired a multipurpose easement throughout the railbanked ERC and was designated the interim trail user over the railbanked ERC, including in the area of the CKC affected by the planned South Kirkland Park-and-Ride pedestrian bridge, and retains these interests and r...
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