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CITY OF WOODINVILLE, WA

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL 17301 133cd Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA 98072 WWW,CI.WOODINVILLE,WA,US

Honorable City Council Date: August 1, 2017

Brandon Buchanan, City Manager ~ 'ff) Rick Roberts, Public Works Director 'ff-;· Asha D'Souza, Assistant Public Wo irector Grid Roads: Extension of 135th Avenue NE between NE 175th Street and Woodinville-Snohomish Road

FINANCIAL ACTION SUMMARY Expenditure Required I Amount Budgeted/Approved I Additional Amount Required

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ISSUE: Shall the City Council review the proposed alignment for this grid road and provide direction to Staff?

RECOMMENDATION: Review the proposed alignment for this grid road and provide direction, particularly on property acquisition issues, to Staff.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: The construction of various grid roads through downtown Woodinville has been a stated desire of the City for years and is specifically included in the Downtown Little Bear Creek Corridor Master Plan, the currently-applicable Transportation Master Plan (2009) and, by reference, in the 2015 Comprehensive Plan. Listed as Project Number C-7 in the Transportation Master Plan, this specific grid road is intended to connect NE 171 st Street on the south end to Little Bear Creek Parkway on the north end along the 135th Avenue NE alignment.

As part of the Woodin Creek Village development, the southern portion of that grid road is, or will soon be, under construction. Woodin Creek Village will extend 135th Avenue NE south from NE 173rd Street, across a new bridge over Woodin Creek, and connect to NE 171 st Street at the roundabout currently under construction.

The issue for Council discussion this evening is the portion of the desired 135th Avenue NE grid road between NE 175th Street and Little Bear Creek Parkway. The exact alignment of this portion of the grid road has not been determined by the City at this time. The owner of several parcels within this area (APN's: 9517100105, 9517100101, 9517100090) has been working to market the property for development purposes. As a condition of redevelopment of the property, future developers will be obligated to dedicate the area for the street and pay to construct that portion of the street. Potential buyers quickly learn of the City's plan to build a grid road through the area but are dissuaded by the lack of definition of the alignment of that road. Accordingly, the owner has requested the City define the future alignment and create confidence for future owners/developers of the property.

With this reasonable request by the property owner, the ongoing construction of the southern portion of the new grid road, and the long-stated desire of the City to build the grid road, Staff set upon the work of defining an alignment for the portion between NE 175th Street and Little Bear Creek Parkway.

Staff began to identify a possible alignment with several considerations in mind. The first consideration was that a future grid road extension should connect at the current intersection of

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135th Avenue NE and NE 175th Street to utilize the existing signalized intersection. From there north the alignment could take several directions. The next consideration was, through evaluation of property ownership and use of that property in the corridor, which property would likely be available for acquisition for development of the desired grid road that meets engineering standards. Heading directly north from the 135th Avenue NE/NE 175th Street intersection is prohibitive given the location of the Fire District Headquarters building. Turning northwest is also prohibitive given the location of the Post Office building. With the location of those buildings, Staff determined the only reasonable path would be toward the northeast through Fire District-owned surplus property. The final consideration, that coincidentally supports the proposed alignment, was to try and minimize impact to property owners in the corridor. With these various considerations, Staff and the City's on-call engineering consultant has arrived at the proposed alignment that is before Council this evening (See Attachment 1 ).

The proposed alignment utilizes a typical street cross-section with minor modifications to minimize impact on property owners and, as a result, project cost to the City (see cross-section in Attachment 1 ). The proposed alignment allows for two lanes, a left turn lane at NE 175th Street, a full 13' sidewalk along the west side and full 13' sidewalk along a portion of the east side, 8' wide on-street parking on the west side, and 5' amenity zones along most of both sides of the future street. One modification has been made at the north end of the alignment to avoid necessitating removal of an existing building owned and used by the Fire District and would eliminate the amenity zone along a short portion of one side of the street.

The proposed alignment does not extend to a future crossing of the Eastside Rail Corridor (ERG), although its connection to Woodinville-Snohomish Road could accommodate a future extension once the presence of rail operations and its impacts on the ERG design is determined. Until that time, this project would complete the 135th Avenue NE grid road between Woodinville-Snohomish Road and NE 171'1 Street, creating a major new north-south connection through downtown Woodinville.

At this point, there are several questions before Council:

1. Is the proposed alignment acceptable? 2. To what degree does Council want Staff to pursue development of this section of street?

As to the second question, there are several possible courses of action. At a minimum, Council should designate an acceptable alignment so that the owner of the previously referenced property can memorialize the alignment and give surety to future developers of the property. As explained, that owner has been unable to market the property given the lack of definition of alignment. Simple definition of alignment through additional high-level engineering refinement and creation of resulting legal descriptions would satisfy this very reasonable request and should be the bare minimum direction given by Council.

Beyond this base action, Council should determine if it wants to pursue physical development of the grid road, beginning with property acquisition, at this time. This is the direction that Staff suggests because once the alignment over a portion of the new grid road is memorialized over a part of the corridor it will be incredibly difficult to change other portions of the alignment. With that, procurement of the additional property necessary for the alignment is an inevitability and for reasons such as likelihood of cost inflation, should be pursued as soon as practicable. With substantial funding allocated in the current budget for undesignated land acquisition (if it is even possible to complete that process in the next 18 months), resources are available to acquire the necessary property if Council approves.

Construction of the physical street would likely b2 "llanned and accommodated in a future Budget.

ALTERNATIVES:

1. Review and approve alignment. Take no action on property acquisition for other portions of alignment or future physical development of the street.

2. Review and approve alignment. Direct Staff to begin pursuing land acquisition for other portions of the alignment and other steps towards physical development of the street.

3. Review the proposed alignment and direct further investigation of alternative alignments or amendments to the proposed alignment.

4. Take no action.

RECOMMENDED MOTION:

I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ALIGNMENT FOR THE PORTION OF THE 135rH AVENUE NE GRID ROAD BETWEEN NE 175TH STREET AND WOODINVILLE­SNOHOMISH ROAD AS PROPOSED [OR AMENDED], AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO COMMENCE PROPERTY ACQUISITION NECESSARY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPROVED ALIGNMENT.

Attachments: 1) Map of proposed alignment and selected cross-sections 2) Excerpt of Chapter 4 from current Transportation Master Plan (2009)

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Attachment 2

• Table 48-1 Capacity Projects

Project Project Name Begin End Length

Scope Cost Number (mil ($1,000)

C1 Trestle Little Bear NE 175th St

Replace the RR Crossing over SR 202 with a RR

Replacement Creek Parkway 0.1 bridge that allows for 8 lanes on SR 202. Include 8,030

non-motorized trail crossina with oroiect.

Sammamish Build a new 2 lane bridge over the Sammamish

C2 Bridge Woodinville Dr 131" Ave NE 0.3 River south of the existing Bridge. Provide 4 to 5 6,490 Replacement lanes from Woodinville Way to NE 131'' St with

sidewalk.

C3 SR 522/195'" 1/C 136'h Ave NE Woodinville- Install traffic signals and channelization to improve 557 <Interim\ Snohomish Rd traffic flow at this interchanae. Woodinville

North City Widen the road to a 5-lane section with curb,

C5 Snohomish 1401h Ave NE 1.2 gutter, sidewalk, bike lanes, illumination and new 18,100 Widenina

Limits traffic sionals.

SR 522/195'" 1/C half diamond Construct the WB off and the EB on ramps at this

C6 (Full NE 195'" St MP 13.5 0.6 32,500 Improvement

interchange.

195'" Construct the NE 135'" grid road 2 to 3 lanes wide,

Grid Roads: NE NE 171" St

Little Bear from 171 st to Little Bear Creek Parkway. Traffic

C7 135th St Creek Parkway

0.5 signals, a bridge, curb, gutter, sidewalk on street 6,028 parking, landscaping. The alignment has not been determined vet. Construct the 173'° Ave grid road 2 lanes wide

ca Grid Roads: 133'd Ave NE 138th Ave NE 0.3 from NE 133"' St to NE 138'" St. Curb, gutter, 2,118

173"' Ave NE sidewalk, on-street parking, illumination, landscaoina, and alianment to be determined.

Grid Roads: NE Construct the NE 138'" grid road 2 to 3 lanes wide

C9 138'h St (Garden NE 171stSt NE 175th St 0.3 from NE 171"to NE 175'". Curb, gutter, sidewalk, 3,630 illumination, landscaping, traffic signals, bridge,

Way) Alianment oer Kina Countv Ordinance #8144. Grid Road NE Woodinville-

Construct the 178'" Ave NE grid road from 140tfi C10 178'h St (Park 140th Ave NE Duvall Rd

0.2 Ave NE/NE Mill PL 1/S to Woodinville-Duvall 7,335 and Ride\ Rd/NE178th 1/S. Alianment to be determined.

SR202 Widen the intersection to its ultimate configuration,

C12 Improvements 127'" 1/S 127th 1/S 0.3 curb gutter, sidewalk, channelization, illumination, 6,326

traffic sianal, railroad crossina imorovements,

140'" Ave NE Woodinville-Widen 140th Ave NE to 5 lanes with curb, gutter,

C13 Widen to 5 lanes Snohomish Rd NE 181'' St 0.2 sidewalk, bike lanes, illumination, and modify traffic 2,635

signals. Wood-Duvall / North Build a dual left turn pocket for the westbound to

C14 Woodinville Way

Woodinville 1,000 ft. east of

0.2 south bound left turn on the Woodinville-Duvall Rd 1,500 Intersection dual

Way intersection to the Continuation of the same road

left 171" 140'" 400 ft. north of 1,000 ft south

Build a dual left turn pocket for the northbound to C15 Double Left Turn 0.3 west bound left turn at the NE 171" / 140'" Ave NE 3,750

Lane intersection of intersection intersection.

C16 160'"/124'" 400 ft. north of 400 ft south of

0.2 Construct a single lane roundabout at the 2,500

Roundabout intersection intersect. intersection of NE 160'h and 124'h Ave NE.

C17 SR 202 Winery 400 ft. north of 500 ft south of

0.2 Construct a single lane roundabout at the 1,750

Hill Roundabout intersection intersection intersection of NE 145'" and SR 202. Woodinville- 1,000 ft. west of

Widen the roadway to a 3-lane section with

C18 Duvall Road 156'" Ave NE East City Limits 1.1 pedestrian facilities and bike lanes, illumination, 7,033

widenina new sianals at 156'" and 168'".

Little Bear Creek SR 202 (131" Woodinville-Widen the roadway to a 3-lane section with curb,

C19 1.0 gutter, sidewalk on the northwest side, illumination, 6,375 Rd Widening Ave NE) Snohomish Rd new sianals at 134'" and NE Mill Place.

C20 NE 195'"!130'" 600 ft. north of 600 ft south of

0.2 Install a traffic signal, bulb-outs, channelization 1,000 Ave traffic sianal intersection intersection

132°d/143'd 400 ft. north of 400 ft south of Construct a single lane roundabout at the

C21 0.2 intersection of NE143rd St and 132"d Ave NE, 1,500 roundabout intersection intersection eliminatina the offset intersection.

124'"/149'h traffic 600 ft. north of 600 ft south of Install traffic signal and left turn channelization af

C22 0.3 this intersection along with curb, gutter, sidewalk, 750 signal intersection intersection illumination, bike lanes, and landscaoina.

136'" Ave 600 ft. north of 600 ft south of Install traffic signal, curb, gutter, and sidewalk. C23 NE/NE 195'" St 0.3 750

Traffic Signal intersection intersection Interconnect with interchange signals.

City of Woodinville -83- 2009 Transportation Master Plan

135th Avenue NE Grid Road Alignment

City Council MeetingAugust 1, 2017

2009 Transportation Master Plan (Excerpt)

Background/Context:

2010 Official Street Map

US Post Office

Fire District

Doug’s Boats

Chevron/Bakkers Jiffy Lube

Wendy’s

Background/Context:

• Official plan to add grid road• Construction of 135th south of

175th to 171st (Woodin Creek)• Request from owner of Doug’s

Boats to define alignment

Considerations for alignment:• Utilize existing signalized

intersection at 135th and 175th

• Presence of major structures• Post Office• Fire Station

• Minimizing affected and effects on properties• Minimal # of properties while

maintaining engineering standards

• Preserve as large of contiguous parcels as possible

• Important to note: will not connect across ERC until freight operation questions are resolved

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Evolution of alignment:

• Initial Concepts: Avoided most structures, preserved buildable lots, minimized affected parcels. Obviously did not meet engineering standards

Proposed Alignment:• Meets engineering standards

while:• Utilizing current signalized

intersection• Avoiding major structures

• Requires removal of only one small building

• Requiring partial acquisition of 3 parcels + dedication from Doug’s Boats

• Preserving large contiguous parcels• ROW vs. Easement to

preserve density allowances while allowing City use

Cross-Sections for proposed alignment:

Cross-Sections for proposed alignment:

Cross-Sections for proposed alignment:

Next steps:• Minimum:

• Define alignment

• Optional/Recommended:• Begin acquisition activities

• Engineering/surveys• ROW agent• Appraisals/Offers

• Chevron/Bakkers• Jiffy Lube• Fire District

• Acquisition (1-2 years)• Construction ~ 2019-2020

Questions?