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BACKGROUND <br />Sound Transit ( "ST ") is applying for a sign permit under the Master Sign Program for the Tukwila <br />Sounder Station ( "The Station "). The signage within the project that falls within the allowances <br />under City of Tukwila ( "CoT ") Title 19 Sign and Visual Communication Code ( "Sign Code "). <br />The Station serves passengers from Sounder, Amtrak, King County Metro buses and Rapid Ride, <br />Vanpool services, and vehicular traffic for the park and ride. The Station will also serve <br />pedestrian and bicycle traffic from Longacres Way, Boeing, and a potential future pedestrian <br />trail system in planning by the City of Tukwila. <br />The overall site is 10.5 acres, and all of the development within the Station project is at the <br />northern 6.8 acres adjacent to Longacres way. The site is within the Tukwila Urban Center (TUC) <br />/ Commercial zoning. The site is bounded by the elevated Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) <br />Railroad embankment with Station platforms at the east edge of the site, the Union Pacific (UP) <br />Railroad embankment and a new "Western Access Driveway" at the west edge, at the north <br />edge by Longacres Way, a street owned half by ST and half by the City of Tukwila, and the south <br />end is bounded by the Seattle Public Utilities Cedar River Pipeline and the adjoining ST property <br />to the south. The site grade increases gently from Longacres way towards the south end of the <br />development. <br />There are two signs at the site that are designated "Grand Monument Signs under the Master <br />Sign Program: <br />• ST Type A2.0 "Transit Beacon" <br />• Amtrak Sign Type All "Station Information" <br />Attachments to the application include: <br />• Site Plans <br />o Exhibit 1.1- TK -CM.03 — A2.0 Transit Beacon at Longacres <br />o Exhibit 1.2 - TK -CM.06 — All Amtrak Sign at Main Entry Stairs <br />o Exhibit 1.3 - TK-CM.01 — A2.0 Transit Beacon at Strander Driveway connection <br />• Amtrak All Sign <br />o Exhibit 2.1— All "Platform Signage 4.22" Dimensions and Area calculations <br />o Exhibit 2.2 — All Concrete Sign Base at Seat Wall <br />o Exhibit 2.3 - 2.5: Additional Amtrak Sign Color & Materials <br />• ST A2.0 Transit Beacon <br />o Exhibit 3.1- A2.0 "Transit Beacon Minor" Area Calcs, Colors & Materials <br />o Exhibit 3.2 - A2.0 Cast Metal Structural Base <br />o Exhibit 3.3 - A2.0 Concrete Base <br />Due to the scale of type face on the signage and distance from the road, the bulk of signs within <br />the Station are pedestrian oriented and non - discernable from the Right of Way. The remainder <br />KPFF Consulting Engineers 1 Master Sign Program Application - Narrative <br />30 <br />