AN ORDINANCE relating to the State Route 520 Project; authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement with the State of Washington to set forth roles and responsibilities and establish a method for reimbursing costs, where applicable, to operate and maintain the infrastructure constructed as part of the State of Washington’s State Route 520 Project.
Agenda item three accountable 119 416 relating to the state route 520 Project authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with the State of Washington to set forth roles and responsibilities and establishing a method for reimbursing costs where applicable to operate and maintain the infrastructure constructed as part of the State of Washington State Route 520 Project. The committee recommends the bill pass because remember. Thank you. So the next phase of this project is about to get underway. That phase will include the the approach segment between Man Lake and the floating structure on the direction, the South Side. So the west there will be the eastbound traffic, both lanes will be both east and westbound will be diverted to the new structure that was completed a couple of years ago, the North Approach Bridge. And then also perhaps most importantly for the community immediately around there is the lid and open space that will be part of that project. What this ordinance does is it lays out in significant detail the responsibility of which parts of that project the state in the city are responsible for beyond just the cost. But who will be making decisions, designed decisions and maintenance decisions as we move forward and where those lines will be drawn? It's something that took a lot of work to do this, but by getting this done in advance of this project, getting underway, I believe will help streamline the process and allow for a much better outcome at the end of the project. Thank you very much. Any further questions? Katherine comes from Johnson. Just want to reiterate something for my colleagues that I said in committee, which is this agreement is a great agreement. The continued work around the 520 bridge as it moves to the West, I think is going to be really critical for mobility. And one of the challenges that we have right now is that the current schedule has the second Bascule Bridge in the Montlake area being constructed after the Portage Bay Bridge is complete. And so for all intents and purposes, that would mean we're going to do a bunch of construction and my like we're going to move that construction from my like to the Portage Bay Bridge and then to East Lake and then come back around and do more construction on one leg of the second Bascule Bridge. I've asked why start strongly consider frontloading. That's. I can bascule bridge. So we conclude the construction of my leg and then go further to the west. It's not part of this agreement. It was never intended to be part of this agreement. But I think it's a matter of construction management for the State Department of Transportation and hope that they will continue to make progress in that fashion so that we don't have to take a seven year reprieve from construction and then have construction come back around to their neighborhood again. Very good. Any further comments? If not, please call the role on the passage of the Bill Bagshaw High. Johnson, whereas O'Brian High President Harrell high five in favor nine opposed. The Bill Parsons show sign. Please read the next agenda item.