11-104 - Sound Transit - Dispute Resolution Settlement Regarding Noise and Parking

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x n Y barriers; maintenance and/or replacement requirements for the Type 2 noise barriers; and commitment and schedule for monitoring. The supplement to the noise report will be submitted to the City within 30 days of the effective date of this Agreement. 5. The goal of the Parties is to maintain and monitor noise mitigation as necessary, and to sunset the monitoring requirement within two years following completion and submission of the 2011 Wheel -Rail Noise Study to the City, as contemplated by the original UUP noise condition, unless the Parties mutually agree to an extension. In 2011, the City will perform a review of the 2010 noise report and supplement including field measurements of noise and vibration. Sound Transit will not submit a 2011 noise and vibration report but will submit a 2012 report following installation of the Type 1 barrier, and will submit a 2013 final report. Sound Transit will develop and implement a long -term noise maintenance and monitoring program based on recommendations in the 2011 Wheel -Rail Noise Study, authorized by the Sound Transit Board on March 10, 2011. Sound Transit will share the monitoring results with the City at various intervals, as recommended in the study. 6. The City will review the supplement to the 2010 noise report, for compliance with the original UUP noise condition. Any permit applications and nighttime noise variance application required for installation of the Type 1 noise mitigation will be reviewed administratively and concurrently. A public works permit (long term type D) will be required for installation of the Type 1 barriers, but a building permit is not required. There will be a public informational meeting and comment period for the above mentioned actions and the City will issue its decisions in a timely manner. The City's decisions may be appealed to the City Hearing Examiner. Tukwila International Boulevard Light Rail Station Parking A dispute arose regarding the need for additional parking at the Tukwila Station, consistent with the City's 2004 Parking Determination. The resolution to this dispute is as follows: 1. Conditions have changed since the 2004 Parking Determination was issued by the City. Sound Transit's long -term strategy is to extend light rail to South 200 Street on an accelerated schedule, subject to Sound Transit Board approval anticipated in July 2011, where 600 to 1050 additional parking stalls are currently planned. It is anticipated that the South 200 and University Link projects will be completed in 2016 when passenger service will commence. It is further anticipated that the addition of parking spaces south of the Tukwila Station, will provide an attractive alternative for some of the current users of Tukwila Station parking. 2