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Clerk 11/29/2007
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an exchange agreement, the attachments thereto and all necessary conveying documents to complete the exchange of the county-owned property known as the Brickyard Property, for the Washington state Department of Transportation-owned property known as the Northgate Park and Ride lot, both properties located in council district 1.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County owns a 18.23 acre parcel of land, commonly known as the Brickyard ("the Brickyard Property"), located in unincorporated King County between the west side of Interstate 405 and the east side of Juanita Woodinville Way NE and adjacent on the south to the Juanita Park and Ride Lot, which is owned by Washington State Department of Transportation ("WSDOT") and operated by King County. King County department of transportation is the custodian.
B. The Brickyard Property was purchased by Metro in 1992 for the purpose of expanding the adjacent Juanita Park and Ride lot. The Brickyard Property contains several wetlands that, with associated buffers, cover approximately 9.88 acres of the site, leaving approximately 8.35 acres that can be developed. Metro's expansion project was postponed and there has been no development on the property to this date.
C. WSDOT is involved in a number of projects along the I-405 corridor and desires to obtain the Brickyard Property to accommodate such projects and to enter into an agreement with King County to expand the existing park and ride lot.
D. The existing park and ride lot is operating at or above capacity. Pursuant to a CIP appropriation of $4,000,000, King County intends to design and construct an expanded park and ride lot on the Brickyard Property that will be integrated with the existing park and ride lot and will increase the total park and ride capacity at the site by at least one hundred spaces.
E. WSDOT ow...
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