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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2005-02-07 Item 6C - Budget - Southcenter Parkway Extension and South 178th Street Realignment COUNCIL AGENDA SYNOPSIS k S 'rifialr ITEM NO. 101 (-1 L A\ 10 I A•fe:tinz Date 1 Prepared bT 1 Major's re:iev I Con it re-dew X 1 2/07/05 I JMCTih ,&.c2 1 PSI I 1 U I 1 tsoa_---- I I 1 I I CD C I 1 1 1 I ITEM INFORMATION CAS NUMBER: 05-015 I ORIGLNAL AGENDA DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2005 I AGENDA ITEM TITLE Southcenter Parkway Extension and S. 178 Street Realignment CATEGORY Discussion Motion ['Resolution Ordinance Bid Award Public Hearing Omer Aftg Dale 2/7/05 tsDate 3ftg Dat 3ftgDc.+r 3Ug Dau .Zftg Date Mtg Date I SPONSOR Connell sifavor Sim Secs DCD Finance Fire Legal Pea Police PTY/ 1 SPONSOR'S In order to meet La Pianta's requested deadlines, a supplement is needed with David SUMMARY Evans to complete the design of the roadway from the southern city limits to S. 200 St and the surface water system. An estimated $350,000 of additional design funds will be needed to accomplish this design. If S. 178 St Realignment is also constructed, design must be completed this year for an additional cost of $150,000. Total is $500,000. REVIEWED BY COW Mtg. CA&P Cmte F&S Cmte Transportation Cmte Utilities Cmte Arts Comm. Parks Comm. Planning Comm. DATE: 1/24/05 RECOMMENDATIONS: SPONSOR /ADMIN. Approve additional funding. Co?aIrITEE To next Council for discussion (Regular 2/7/05). I COST IMPACT FUND SOURCE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED $500,000 $0.00 $500,000 Fund Source: Ending Fund Balance Comments: 104.02 Commercial Streets (page 40 41, 2005 CIP) I MTG. DATE RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION 1 1 2/07/05 I I MTG. DATE ATTACHMENTS 2/07/05 Information Memo dated January 20, 2005 Transportation Committee Minutes from January 24, 2005 INFORivL<\TION JVIEMORAt'IDUM To: From: Date: Subject: Mayor Mullet Public Works Directo~ January 20,2005 Southcenter Parkway Extension - CIP Page 40 S. 17Sth Street Realignment - CIP Page 41 ISSUE $500,000 of additional design funds is required in 2005 in order to complete the design of Southcenter Parkway Extension from S. 180th Street to S. 200th Street and design S. 178th Street Realignment. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION Southcenter Parkway Extension - CIP Page 40 Southcenter Parkway Extension's current scope of work is from S. 180th St. to the City's southern city limits. Originally, La Pianta stated that they would design the roadway and surface water drainage system from the city limits to S. 200th St. As a result of numerous meetings with La Pianta since November 29,2004 wherein La Pianta's proposal for the roadway alignment, sewer system, and surface water system have been discussed, La Pianta has requested the following: 1. City complete the final design for the roadway, sewer system, and surface water system from S. 180th Street to S. 200th Street. 2. City complete construction of the sewer system needed to support the development no later than July I, 2007. 3. City complete construction of the surface water system needed to support both the roadway and the development no later than July 1, 2007. 4. City complete construction of Southcenter Parkway from S. I 80th St. to S. 200th Street no later than July 1,2007. In order to comply with this request, the City must have the design completed no later than November 2005. A construction contract must be advertised no later than December 2005 and awarded no later than January 2006. Construction must begin no later than March/April 2006. The current design contract with David Evans does not include the design of the roadway or the surface water system to S. 200th Street. An estimated $350,000 of additional design funds will be needed to accomplish this task. I S. 178th Street Realignment - CIP Page 4 I La Pianta has requested that the realignment of S. 178th Street be completed no later than July I, 2007, because they feel that their development cannot be successful unless the realignment is accomplished, From a construction point of view, it is cost effective to do both Southcenter Parkway Extension and S. 178th St, at the same time. In order to meet La Pianta's request, the same schedule as presented above for Southcenter Parkway is necessary. To date no funds have been secured for this project. Council approval is needed. $150,000 of additional design funds will be needed in 2005 to meet the La Pianta's requested deadline. ANALYSIS La Pianta' s r~uest for a July I, 2007 completion date for both Southcenter Parkway Extension and S. 178 Street Realignment places the City in a difficult position and leaves little room for a lengthy discussion. David Evans must be given the notice to proceed no later than February if the final plans and specifications are to be complete by November 2005, construction advertisement by December 2005, construction award by January 2006. It is possible to separate the Council's decision-making process into three phases: I. Design Decision - Authorize the expenditure of an additional $500,000 to complete the design. 2. Construction Contract Advertisement - Authorize the advertisement of the construction contract. 3. Construction Award Decision - Authorize the award of the construction contract. The first decision for the Council is to authorize an additional $500,000 for completion of the design. David Evans would begin immediately to prepare the final design. This decision cannot be delayed beyond February if the proposed schedule is to be met. While the design is proceeding, the City would have additional time to review the feasibility of realigning S. 178th Street - La Pianta will be making a presentation to City Council on February 2, 2005. Also the City will have approximately five months to negotiate a developer's agreement and a project funding methodology with La Pianta. There is some risk to this strategy. If the City and La Pianta cannot agree upon a project funding methodology and sign a developer's agreement, then the $500,000 invested for the final design may be unrecoverable. RECOMMENDATION Transportation Committee discuss and forward to COW the issue of adding $500,000 to the David Evans contract for completion of the design of Southcenter Parkway and the realignment of S. 178th Street, 2 Transportation Committee January 24, 2005 lanes and over the southbound lanes. Though it costs the same as 3-B, it will ta.,~e much less approval time from WSDOT, takes less Mall property, and allows for phasing of the project. Design may cost $3.5 million, with the city now having $500,000. Endorse beginning negotiation on scope and fee with HNTB; bring issue to CO\V for information. .Y 6. South center Parkwav Extension/S. 17Sth Alignment La Pian!a would like the City to If" design and build the Southcenter Parkway extension and the S. 178'" realignment by summer, 2007. This also includes the sewer and surface water systems near the roadway. For that to be possible, design needs to be started immediately, and other projects would have to make room for this project to proceed very quickly. At the end of November, 2004, the draft EIS from Segale was given to the Ci~. S. 178'h is shown winding around the storm water detention pond at the north end near S. 180'0. Construction will take two full seasons once the designs are all finished. Preloading of the road and utility spaces will be required. 12~-18" of settlement is expected. The road and utility areas will also need to be de-watered throughout construction. The contracts to construct will need to be advertised by December of this year so that construction can begin in spring. Staff would like to extend the David Evans contract for roadway extending the road to S, 2041J!. Design is also needed to include both sewer and surface water also. There is no bu~get for that design this year yet. There is some risk about designing the realignment ofS. 17Sto as it may not work for a couple of reasons. Extra design will cost about $500,000 this year. Options for the funding are the Ending Fund Balance or an offset in another project. Refer issue to Feb 7 meeting for discussion of options, 7. Level of Service Standards and Concurrencv Because the City's Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan needs to be strengthened, the City need.s to adopt a new standard for development/concurrency ordinance to be a part of that. Concurrency is a very difficult and . complex issue. It affects how much each new development in the City must pay to mitigate the impact of their traffic on the area. The level of service (LOS) tolerable at various areas in the City, as well as the current deficiencies in traffic in the City are part of the problem. Whether to charge a flat rate to all new businesses in the CBD for example, has to be balanced with the current practice ofrequiring a traffic study of the new developments in order to know the basis to charge them. To charge everyone a flat rate would require the City to know the traffic needs and levels of service throughout the CBD. If a business does not meet the LOS decisions must be made for how to deal with the business. The disadvantage of our current system is it requires the developer to do a traffic study, and delays the knowledge of how much the developer will need to pay for mitigation. If the other method were used, the City would estimate city growth for the coming year, calculate LOS throughout the City, and project the growth of each project's traffic. It is much simpler for the developers, but requires more work from the City. There are many ways to calculate what LOS the City wants. How the City should measure LOS is one of the first questions, and how much traffic congestion the City will tolerate is another question. Whether developers should be charged for traffic at their site only or further afield needs to be answered. Impact fees cannot be charged for existing deficiencies, maintenance, transit facilities, or facilities funded by grants or taxes. Cyndy said because it is such a large issue, she will bring it in smaller pieces when the Council discusses it. Information onlv. ,~.!II-f ~ .... Committee chair approval .- " ..