HomeMy WebLinkAbout1186RESOLUTION NC. ;/8~
A RESOLUTION cf the City Council of the
City of Kent, washington, requesting King
County to fund the study and construction of a
portion of the South 272nd/277th Corridor.
WHEREAS, the Cities of Kent and Auburn, King County, and
the Washington State Departrrent of Transportation (WSDOT) have
studied the need fer and feasibility of an east-to-west read
Corridor Project at South 272nd/277th Street to relieve
unacce~table levels cf traffic congestion related to growth in the
Green River Valley Transportation Area and Soos Creek Plateau: and
WHEREAS, the City has adoptee the Green River Valley
Transportation Action Plan which further identifies the need to
plan, design, finance, and aevelor a South 272nc/277th Street
Corridor Project within the Cities of Kent and Auburn and King
County: and
WHEREAS, the Kent City Council authorized the Mayor to
execute a Memorandurr of Understanding with King County for the
funding of a study to identify ccrricor right-of-way alternatives
and impacts for the full Corridor Project and the portion from the
East Eank of the Green River tc State Route 516 (Eenson
Highway/104th Ave. SE), including compliance with the State
Environrrental Policy Act: and
WHEREAS, a four-lane arterial route through the
identified Corridor Project is needed irrrrediately to reduce
congestion within the City's existing arterials and intersections,
most of which operate a Level of Service "F": and
WHEREAS, King County continues to allow developrrent in
unincorporated King County which directly and indirectly irrpacts
the City's arterials and intersections which are now incapable of
further capacity expansions to rriti9ate the adverse irrpacts of
such developments: NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council requests that the King
County Council promptly authorize and appropriate sufficient funds
for the study of right-of-way alignrrents anc irrpacts fer the Scuth
272nd/277th Street Corridor Project consistent with the Green
River Valley Transportation Acticn Plan, the King County
Comprehensive Transportation Plan, and the policies of the City of
Kent.
Section 2. The City Council also requests that the King
County Council authorize ana appropriate sufficient funds for
construction of a four-lane South 272nc/277th Street corridor frorr
East Valley Highway to 108th, consistent with the corridor project
planned ty the City of Kent.
Passed at a regular rree~j~g of t~ City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington this ~day of ~..av:---= 1988.
~ Concurrec in by the
day cf ~ , 1988.
Mayor cf the City of Kent, thi~
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DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTES'I':
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct
Resolution Nc. I/ 8 {c, , passed by the City Council of the
Kent , w a shin g t o'D, the 1 q:f-c a y of h-o,-, 19 8 8 .
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MARIE JESEICIY CLERK
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