Form revised February 12, 2004

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Legislative	Martha Lester / 4-8149	NA

Legislation Title:

A RESOLUTION relating to Sound Transit’s Link light rail line, providing recommendations to the Sound Transit Board on the preliminary preferred alignment for North Link, the extension of Link light rail from downtown Seattle to the University District and Northgate.

· Summary of the Legislation: This resolution provides recommendations to the Sound Transit Board on the preliminary preferred alignment for North Link light rail.

· Background: (Include brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable):

In 1996, the voters of the three-county Sound Transit district approved Sound Move, the ten-year regional transit system plan, which includes a 23-mile new light rail line connecting SeaTac, Tukwila, and Seattle. Sound Transit is currently building the Initial Segment of the Central Link Light Rail Project, a 14-mile segment from Convention Place Station in downtown Seattle to S. 154th Street in Tukwila with connections to Sea-Tac Airport. Sound Transit is also evaluating alternatives for North Link, the extension of Link light rail north of downtown Seattle connecting to the University District and to Northgate. Sound Transit issued a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) in November 2003, and an Addendum to the Draft SEIS in February 2004 analyzing the Modified Montlake Route through the University of Washington campus. The Sound Transit Board is scheduled to identify a preliminary Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for North Link in April 2004, and Sound Transit will then prepare the Final SEIS and the Board will make a final decision on the route and stations to be built. In this resolution, the City makes recommendations to the Sound Transit Board for the preliminary LPA for North Link.

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