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WHEREAS, the city of Everett believes that all candidate projects on the <br /> Snohomish Subarea list can provide public transit benefits; and <br /> WHEREAS, all candidate projects should have additional technical analysis <br /> performed to enable the Sound Transit Board, based on more detailed <br /> information, to help it select the final list of projects for the Snohomish Subarea; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, Sound Transit technical analysis has indicated that the ridership <br /> effectiveness of the candidate light rail transit starter line between Everett <br /> Station and Everett Community College is high; and <br /> WHEREAS, the candidate Business Access and Transit (BAT) lanes on SR <br /> 99/Evergreen Way/Rucker Avenue project can help to maximize public transit <br /> ridership on local and limited/express stop service by decreasing transit travel <br /> time; and <br /> WHEREAS, the candidate projects for Mariner Park and Ride will also decrease <br /> transit travel time and will provide additional connection opportunities for <br /> regional bus services in south Everett; and <br /> WHEREAS, these projects as currently defined (i.e. scoped) by Sound Transit <br /> require significant funding to implement; and <br /> WHEREAS, the city of Everett strongly believes that opportunities exist to <br /> redefine these projects, maintaining their public transit benefits while <br /> significantly decreasing their preliminary estimated cost to develop; and <br /> WHEREAS, these opportunities exist because the "Tacoma Link" light rail line <br /> was developed for about $80 million in 2003 (less than a third of the proposed <br /> cost for the Everett light rail starter line); and <br /> WHEREAS, these opportunities further exist because a recent 6.7 mile BAT lane <br /> system project on SR 99 was recently completed for $34 million or about $5 <br /> million per mile (less than the $42 million estimated development cost per mile in <br /> the current draft phase two plan for the Snohomish Subarea); and <br /> WHEREAS, similar opportunities may exist to maintain benefits while decreasing <br /> preliminary estimated costs to develop for the remaining Snohomish Subarea <br /> candidate project list; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of Everett that: <br />