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• 0••••••••4Pem ORDINANCE NO. 2700-03 An ordinance of the City of Everett, Washington,providing for the condemnation,appropriation, taking and/or damaging of certain land,property and/or property rights for the construction of roadway improvements in the vicinity of State Route 527 between 112th Street S.E. and 132nd Street S.E., in accordance with Washington State Department of Transportation standards; and directing the City Attorney to prosecute the appropriate action and proceedings in the manner provided by law for said condemnation. WHEREAS the City Council for the City of Everett, Washington has determined that public health, safety and convenience demand road improvements to be constructed and maintained within the vicinity of State Route ("SR") 527 between 112th Street S.E. and 132❑d Street S.E. (the "Project"). WHEREAS this Project is part of the transportation element of the City's GMA Comprehensive Plan and in the City's six-year Transportation Improvement Plan. This Project is also within the WSDOT statewide transportation improvement plan. WHEREAS the Project will replace the existing two-lane roadway with a five-lane roadway that will have pedestrian sidewalks and bicycle lanes on both sides of the road. WHEREAS the Project will provide for storm water run-off detention and treatment. The Project will also provide landscaping and lakeshore improvements such as fishing piers, sidewalks, picnic tables, benches, and interpretive signs along the east shoreline of Silver Lake. The plans are described in construction drawings and plans contained in a two-volume set of approximately 450 sheets prepared to WSDOT standards for administration of construction by WSDOT. WHEREAS the location of the road improvements is dictated by the traffic problems along the SR 527 corridor between 112t Street S.E. and 132"d Street S.E. The existing traffic counts exceed roadway capacity during peak traffic volume periods along the full length of the Project. The improvements to the roadway are designed to relieve the existing traffic congestion problems as well as provide additional benefits such as storm water run-off detention and landscaping. WHEREAS the failure to construct such road improvements will cause traffic counts to continue to exceed capacity within the SR 527 corridor between 112th Street S.E. and 132"d Street S.E., create the potential for additional traffic accidents and inhibit economic development within the City of Everett. 1 m26181-366327.5.doc