WHEREAS, the Fauntleroy Community Association (FCA), the Friends of Lincoln Park (FLIP), the Morgan Street Junction Community Association (MOCA), and other neighborhood organizations in West Seattle are uniformly and adamantly opposed to any expansion of the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock; and

WHEREAS, the neighborhood surrounding the Fauntleroy ferry dock is residential in nature, the dock is the only ferry terminal in the Washington State Ferry system which is situated in an urban residential neighborhood, and Fauntleroy Cove is an environmentally sensitive area bordered on the south by Fauntleroy Stream which has been rehabilitated by local residents for salmon spawning, and on the north by Lincoln Park; and

WHEREAS, ferry traffic currently causes severe traffic congestion on Fauntleroy Way and increases the traffic congestion on the West Seattle Bridge. Traffic congestion on Fauntleroy Way adversely affects adjacent facilities, including Lincoln Park, elementary schools, retirement homes and private residences and apartments. Such traffic congestion also degrades the environment and the quality of life in West Seattle; and

WHEREAS, the origins and destinations of Fauntleroy ferry passengers have no significant connection with West Seattle. Ferry System survey reports demonstrate that the majority of Fauntleroy ferry passengers are traveling to and from the central business district and to destinations north and east of the central business district; Now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE:

Section 1. The City of Seattle hereby requests that the Washington State Ferries initiate no expansion of the Fauntleroy Ferry dock, and that the Washington State Ferries take all practicable steps to reduce existing ferry traffic and mitigate the impacts of the ferry dock on the surrounding neighborhood.

Adopted by the City Council the _____ day of _____________, 1997, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this _____ day of ________________, 1997.

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President of the City Council

Filed by me this ______ day of _________________, 1997.

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City Clerk

(Seal)

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