MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
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ST3: Downtown Redmond Link Extension Development Agreement
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Discuss items raised in testimony at the Downtown Redmond Link Extension (DRLE) Development Agreement public hearing held during the May 7, 2019, Regular Business Meeting.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Erika Vandenbrande, Planning and Community Development Director; 425-556-2457
Kristi Wilson, Interim Public Works Director; 425-556-2529
Carol Helland, Deputy Director, Planning and Community Development; 425-556-2107
Don Cairns, P.E., Transportation Planning and Engineering Manager; 425-556-2834
Jeff Churchill, AICP, Transportation Strategic Advisor; 425-556-2492
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
The topic of this study session relates to the Development Agreement (DA) recommended between the City and Sound Transit. This study session is intended to provide information in advance of the continued public hearing scheduled for June 4 and the Council action on the DA that is scheduled for June 18, 2019.
The DA is one of five current agreements that must be executed with Sound Transit to facilitate completion of the light rail extension to Downtown. The relationship of the DA to other required agreements is illustrated in Attachment A.
The DA focuses on the scope of the light rail project, and has four major components:
1. It vests Sound Transit to development regulations in place at the time the agreement is executed, providing certainty to Sound Transit and the design-builder;
2. It provides for deviations from development standards to facilitate an efficient permitting process and station design outcomes consistent with City interests;
3. It lists specific scope commitments that Sound Transit is making to benefit the Redmond community; and
4. It lists City of Redmond "betterments," which are improvements that the City will fund, and Sound Transit will build in order to ...
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