King County - File #: 2010-0330

• File #: 2010-0330
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/1/2010
• In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
• Final action: 6/21/2010
• Enactment date: 7/1/2010
• Enactment #: 16864
• Title: AN ORDINANCE pertaining to the roads capital improvement program; and amending the 2010/2011 Biennium Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Section 137, as amended, and Attachment G, as amended.
• Sponsors: Jan Drago, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Larry Phillips, Larry Gossett
• Staff: Resha, John

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/21/2010	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed	Pass
6/15/2010	1	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
6/8/2010	1	Budget and Fiscal Management Committee	Deferred
6/1/2010	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 06/16/2010
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AN ORDINANCE pertaining to the roads capital improvement program; and amending the 2010/2011 Biennium Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Section 137, as amended, and Attachment G, as amended.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION. Findings:
A. The South Park Bridge, built in 1931, is at the end of its useful life. The problems with the bridge structure are so extensive that there are no feasible repair options, and the bridge is scheduled to close June 30, 2010.
B. The current cost estimate to build a new bridge and demolish the existing structure is approximately $131,000,000.
C. Efforts to find replacement funding for the bridge have been underway for many years. With pre-2010 contributions from several sources, an additional $30,000,000 has been expended on this project thus far, including the preliminary engineering, design and environmental work, as well as the acquisition of right-of-way necessary for the construction of the new bridge.
D. Since 2009, King County applied for a $99,000,000 grant from the United States Department of Transportation, Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program for the replacement of the South Park Bridge. This application made the final round of projects but ultimately was not chosen to receive grant funding.
E. In April 2010, the United States Department of Transportation announced a second opportunity for transportation projects eligible under the TIGER II program.
F. King County is preparing an application for this second round of funding with a request of $40,000,000. Additional efforts are underway to engage funding partners to help realize full funding of the South Park Bridge replacement.
G. King County must contribute more of its own funding to demonstrate sufficient commitment to its share of the project and to provide a local match as a requirement of the TIGER II program application, which is due August 23, 2010.
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