Res 91-073
RESOLUTION NO. 91-73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON
CONCERNING HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT BETWEEN SEATTLE AND TACOMA
WHEREAS, METRO is considering the implementation of a High Capacity Transit system in
the Puget Sound region and is planning as a part of that system a High Capacity Transit link
between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, and
WHEREAS, METRO is in the process of developing a System Plan to show corridors along
which High Capacity Transit should be considered for implementation, and
WHEREAS, METRO is considering a November 1992 vote on funding for the High Capacity
Transit system in the System Plan, and
WHEREAS, METRO anticipates construction of the High Capacity Transit system in several
phases beginning in 1996, and
WHEREAS, METRO has graphics of the System Plan which show the High Capacity Transit
system located along 1-5 between SeaTac and Tacoma, and
WHEREAS, the Pierce Transit Board has adopted as their preferred alternative of the Vision
2020 regional and land use plan that alternative which identifies Tacoma as the only metropolitan
center in Pierce County, and
WHEREAS, existing METRO bus service travels along and crosses the SR-99 corridor with
residents and employees on their way to and from the 1-5 corridor, and
WHEREAS, the SR-99 corridor is nearer the center of both present and future business and
residential areas of the city of Federal Way, and
WHEREAS, the City of Federal Way is considering the development of a pedestrian scale
business corridor with a subregional center scale downtown and ancillary activity clusters as
envisaged by the Vision 2020 plan along the SR-99 corridor, and
WHEREAS, the City of Federal Way downtown subregional center and activity clusters would
be best served by High Capacity Transit stations on the SR-99 corridor and would support
greater future density enhancements at these nodes, and .
WHEREAS, existing and projected residential and employment densities along the SR-99
corridor will provide the ridership for a successful High Capacity Transit system.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY HEREBY RESOLVES AS
FOLLOWS:
1.
METRO should designate the SR-99 corridor instead of 1-5 for the proposed High
Capacity Transit between SeaTac and the southern edge of the Federal Way business
district, and
2.
METRO should immediately alter High Capacity Transit graphical materials to show the
rail on the SR-99 corridor instead of 1-5, and
3.
METRO should include High Capacity Transit extending south to at least S 348th Street
in an early phase of the High Capacity Transit system improvements to intercept riders
at a focal point where a number of highways and arterials converge, and
4,
The city of Federal Way supports the city of SeaTac in their consideration of the High
Capacity Transit system being located along the SR-99 corridor instead of 1-5.
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
WASHINGTON, this 17th day of September, 1991.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
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Mayor, Debra Ertel
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City Attorney, Sandra Driscoll
Filed with the City Clerk: September 12, 1991
Passed by the City Council: September 17, 1991
Resolution No. 91-73
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