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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2008-11-25 Item 3D - Ordinance - Walk and Roll Plan City of Tukwila Department of Community Development Jim Haggerton, 1vJayor Jack Pace, Director Memorandum Date: Mayor Haggerton & Transportation Committee Jack Pace, Director~{ November 19,2008 To: From: Subject: Walk and Roll Plan Bacl{ground In April of this year, the Community Development Department issued a draft nonmotorized plan titled Walk and Roll. It was widely distributed, it was taken to the Parks and Planning Commissions for their review, it was reviewed by the Transportation and Community Affairs and Parks Committees and it was forwarded to the Committee of the Whole. A public hearing was held before the City Council on July 21,2008. At the close of the three month public review period, staff organized the public comments and Council direction and began modifying the document to reflect the clarifications and requests. A draft ordinance to adopt the Walk and Roll Plan and an edited version of the final mark-ups of the Plan have been prepared for your review Issue Adoption ofthe Plan will: . modify the City's designated bicycle routes; . establish a system for prioritizing sidewalk construction; . identify potential neighborhood trail locations; . create a CIP list of pedestrian and bicycle projects; and . create City construction standards and priorities for bicycle and pedestrian facilities. In early 2009, staff will bring an ordinance to you with proposed modifications of the City's right of way use and subdivision chapters with the intention of supporting the Walk & Roll Plan with regulatory modification. Examples of regulatory changes that could be made include elimination of the sidewalk exemption for single family home development, criteria for right of way vacations and revised block size/perimeter standards. The Walk & Roll Plan presented to you is a redlined version so that you can follow the substantive changes that have been made to the Draft in response to Council direction and public comment. mcb Page 1 of2 P:\Long Range Projects\Walk and RoIl\adopting Ordinance\revised_08tcmemoI125.doc 11117/2008 6300 Southcenter Boulevard, Suite #100. Tuk:.vila, Washington 98188. Phone 206-431-3670 . FCC(: 206-431-3665 Recommendation Forward Ordinance and Final Plan to the December 8, 2008 Committee of the Whole meeting. Attachments A. Draft Ordinance B. Walk and Roll "Marked-up" Final (available separately). Additions to the plan are underlined; deletions are called out. mcb Page 2 on P:\Long Range Projects\Walk and Roll\adopting Ordinance\revised_08tcmemo1l25.doc 11119/2008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING THE WALK AND ROLL PLAN -- THE CITY'S NON-MOTORIZED FUNCTIONAL PLAN -- AND ADOPTING COMPLETE STREETS PRINCIPLES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, a plan and guiding principles and practices are needed so that transportation improvements are planned, designed and constructed to allow and encourage walking, bicycling and transit use while promoting safe operations for all users; and WHEREAS, City policy, as stated in the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan, is to encourage walking, bicycling and transit use as enjoyable modes of transportation as well as safe, convenient and widely available and for all people; and WHEREAS, The City engaged in a multi-year planning process that involved residents, employees, employers, bicycle organizations, transportation demand management groups, adjacent cities, the Washington State Department of Commerce, Trade, and Economic Development, and the Tukwila Parks and Planning Commissions; and WHEREAS, a Complete Streets guiding principle is to design, operate and maintain Tukwila's rights of way to promote safe and convenient access and travel for all users -- pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and people of all abilities and ages, as well as freight and motor vehicle drivers; and WHEREAS, adherence to Complete Streets principles will result in a more equitable transportation system by providing for all transportation users; and WHEREAS other jurisdictions and agencies nationwide, including the u.s. Department of Transportation, numerous state transportation agencies, the cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Boulder, Kirkland, Issaquah, Seattle and Portland have adopted Complete Streets legislation; and MB:ksn 11/20/2008 Page 1 of 4 WHEREAS the Tukwila Department of Public "\Norks will implement Complete Streets policy by designing, operating and maintaining the transportation network to improve travel conditions for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit, automobile and freight in a manner consistent with, and supportive ot the surrounding community; and WHEREAS transportation improvements will include an array of facilities and amenities that are recognized as contributing to Complete Streets, including: street and sidewalk lighting; pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements; access improvements for freight; compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; public transit facilities accommodation including, but not limited, to pedestrian access improvement to transit stops and stations; street trees and landscaping; drainage; and street amenities; and WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila's Department of Public Works will implement policies and procedures with the construction, reconstruction or other changes of transportation facilities on arterial streets to support the creation of Complete Streets including capital improvements, re-channelization projects and major maintenance, recognizing that all streets are different and in each case user needs must be balanced; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1783 authorizes the City of Tukwila Public Works Department to create and amend standards for the design and construction requirements of public facilities, including street improvements; and WHEREAS, the Complete Streets principles are an important component in implementing the Tukwila Walk and Roll Plan, the non-motorized plan for the City; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held before the City Council on July 21, 2008 to consider comments on the draft Walk and Roll Plan; and WHEREAS, an environmental analysis was conducted in compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act and a determination of Non-significance was issued on September 22, 2008. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Walk and Roll Plan ("the Plan") is the City's non-motorized transportation plan, is attached hereto as Exhibit A, is incorporated herein by reference and is hereby adopted. Section 2. The Bicycle Friendly Routes map in the Walk and Roll Plan shall replace the "Category 1" map in the City's adopted Transportation Plan. MB:ksn 11/20/2008 Page 2 of 4 Section 3. The City's "Development Guidelines and Design and Construction Standards" shall be revised to contain infrastructure design and a hierarchical decision making design process as outlined in the Walk and Roll plan. Section 4. Tukwila Public Works will plan for, design and construct all new City transportation improvement projects to provide appropriate accommodation for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and persons of all abilities, while promoting safe operation for all users, as provided for below. Section 5. Tukwila Public Works will incorporate Complete Streets principles into: the Department's Infrastructure Design and Construction Standards; Transit Plan; Walk and Roll Plan; Transportation Plan and other plans, manuals, rules, regulations and programs as appropriate. Section 6. Because freight is important to the basic economy of the City and has unique right-of-way needs to support that role, freight will continue to be accommodated on appropriate corridors within the City. Complete Street improvements may also be considered that are consistent with freight mobility. Section 7. Except in unusual or extraordinary circumstances, Complete Streets principles will not apply: . to ordinary maintenance activities designed to keep assets in serviceable condition (e.g., mowing, cleaning, sweeping, spot repair and surface treatments such as chip seal, or interim measures on detour or haul routes); . where other comparable means are available to more effectively support the users; . where factors indicate an absence of current and future need; . where inclusion would be contrary to public safety; . where cost would be excessively disproportionate to the probable future use or need; and . where establishment would violate Comprehensive Plan policies and the Walk and Roll Plan. Section 8. The Walk and Roll Plan and Complete Streets may be achieved through single projects or incrementally through a series of smaller improvements or maintenance activities over time. It is the Mayor and City Council's intent that all sources of transportation funding be drawn upon to implement Complete Streets. The City believes that maximum financial flexibility is important to implement this Plan in accordance with Complete Streets principles. MB:ksn 11/20/2008 Page 3 of 4 Section 9. The most recent versions of the Transportation Plan and the Parks and Open Space Plan are hereby amended to include the vValk and Roll Plan, which shall supplement the capital facility projects identified in those respective plans. The Projects identified in the Plan may be implemented through Parks and Open Space funding. Section 10. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five days after passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a Regular Meeting thereof this day of , 2008. ATIEST / AUTHENTICATED: Jim Haggerton, Mayor Christy 0' Flaherty, CMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM BY: Filed with the City Clerk: Passed by the City Council: Published: Effective Date: Ordinance Number: Office of the City Attorney Attachment: "Exhibit A," Walk and Roll Plan P:\Long Range Projects\ Walk and Roll\adopting Ordinance\ walknrolladoptingORD.DOC MB:ksn 11/20/2008 Page 4 of 4