AN ORDINANCE relating to the South Lander Street Grade Separation project; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of The City of Seattle, a warranty deed from the Seattle School District No. 1, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, located in a portion of Blocks 291, 294, and 316 of the unrecorded plat of Seattle Tide Lands, also known as Parcel D, City of Seattle Lot Boundary Adjustment Number 2207829, recorded under King County Recording Number 20040527900005; a warranty deed from The Bailey Family Limited Partnership, a Washington limited partnership, located in a portion of Lot 1, Block 296, Plat of Seattle Tidelands; a warranty deed from PacWest Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, located in a portion of Lot 11, Block 295, Plat of Seattle Tidelands, and a quit claim deed from Rabanco, Ltd., a Washington corporation, located in a portion of Lot 1, Block 297, Plat of Seattle Tidelands; placing the real property rights and interests conveyed by such deeds under the jurisdiction of t
Agenda Item for council vote 119 417 Relating to the South Lander Street Grade Separation Project, the committee recommends the bill pass. Councilmember O'Brien I think folks are generally familiar with a major project that is currently underway at Lander Street. This is a new overpass that we're building with support of a variety of funding sources that has been in the works for probably decades. To connect East West through Soto without being held up by numerous railroad crossing the Atlantic goes over. This particular ordinance purchases some very small parcels of private land around the interchange of lander and forth to allow with that project sits down. I don't have the exact number of square footage in front of me, but it's a little over $100,000 will spend to acquire the private property there to make sure that that intersection meets the design guidelines we are trying to achieve. Very good. Any questions or comments? Councilmember Baxter. Two questions. What's the schedule on this in terms of completion date? And secondly, do you happen to know whether BNSF has come back to us in response to a question? And I've asked it multiple times if they will tell us when their trains are coming through. And I know initially that they said, well, we don't have to tell you because the feds don't require it. But as we're coming through our time of maximum constraint, if people just know when those trains are coming through, it could be really helpful. So. And I'm not asking, you know, what cargo they're carrying. I'm just saying, would you tell us when the trains are coming through and when we can expect to have these intersections clogged? It would be very helpful. Yeah. Customer based. I do not have the exact opening date of that project in front of me, but there's a, I believe, at least a year to go until it's open. So part of the period of maximum constraint or the Seattle squeeze that we will, I guess, start facing today and see a significant uptick in the week . This project is one of the many projects that going on there will affect that, but I'd be happy to find out exact hoping to get back to you. It doesn't even have an exact just quarter. Sure. And then I share your frustration about some of the concerns we've had about timing, you know, originally specifically around oil trains and when they're coming through our city. And I have not heard any new information from BNSF as far as willingness to share that information, either for traffic concerns or safety concerns. So I'm just would like to just reemphasize and if anybody from BNSF is listening how important and valuable it is and would be to the city of Seattle if we knew when the trains were coming through. And, you know, it strikes me with all of the technology we have, like ways for roads that that shouldn't be that difficult for us to identify and to get that information. Great. Very good. What's early? 2020? We're just going to be early to. The opening of Landers Street. It's not a year from now. About a year from now. Early twenties. Thank you. Okay. If there are no further questions, please call the role on the passage of the bill. Shall I? JOHNSON Whereas I. O'BRIEN All right. President Harrow. High. Five in favor nine opposed the. Bill passed show. Sign it, please read agenda items five through 11.