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Resolution 522c WDT /lc 4/8/82 S RESOLUTION NO. 522 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASH- INGTON, OPPOSING METRO'S SELECTION OF A SITE ON NORTH 205TH STREET FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A "NORTH OPERATING BUS BASE." WHEREAS, the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) currently plans the construction of a bus base in north King County designed to service approximately 35 per- cent of Metro's public transportation operation, and WHEREAS, Metro is presently considering two pieces of property for the ultimate location of this bus base, one of which is located on North 205th Street and First Avenue North immediately south of the Snohomish County Line and within 500 feet of the south shore of Lake Ballinger, and WHEREAS, the proposed base would cover approximately 20 acres with an 80,000 square foot maintenance and opera- tions building, bus fueling and washing buildings, and approximately 20 acres of parking area imperviously surfaced and intended for the parking of 400 buses and employee park- ing, all of which will be fully illuminated at night and is to include landscaping and acoustic barriers, and WHEREAS, the City Planning Department and Library have received copies of a draft environmental impact state- ment setting forth the adverse impacts and mitigating actions to be taken with respect to air and water quality, soils, flora and fauna, aesthetics, noise, light and glare, land use, economics, transporation, traffic, risk of explosion, and energy, and WHEREAS, the City Council has held two public hear- ings on the North 205th Street site on March 9, 1982, and March 30, 1982 at which time public input was received regarding the adverse environmental impacts of such a bus base such as increased water runoff from the site and its impact on Lake Ballinger, serious noise generated from the bus yard, substantially increased traffic on North 205th Street, the incompatibility of a light industrial use in a residential neighborhood, that such a facility would contrib- ute no benefit to the community and that there will be increased air pollution to the area, and WHEREAS, there is already a $1.6 million project supported by the Cities of Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood and Edmonds, the Counties of Snohomish and King, the Water Quality Division of Metro, the State Department of Energy, and several federal agencies as well as local citizens groups and other interested individuals designed to study and take what remedial steps are necessary to rehabilitate Lake Ballinger the quality of which has been deteriorating as the result of rapid urbanization, and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the draft environmental impact statement prepared in consideration of the North 205th Street bus base site is incomplete and -2- inadequate for failing to set forth the impacts such a bus base would have on surrounding property values and for fail- ing to properly provide for the mitigation of noise generated by such a bus base, and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in other projects in the past which had a water runoff impact on Lake Ballinger and in which state of the art water separation facilities were installed, that the water quality of Lake Ballinger has nevertheless continued to deteriorate and that the Environmental Impact Statement does not address ade- quately how Metro will mitigate the water degradation caused by the bus base, and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that 244th/205th Street cannot handle the additional volume of traffic to be generated by the bus base, and WHEREAS, the terrain of the proposed area is a natural bowl which will allow the diesel fumes to accumulate leading to a degradation of air quality and which will direct the noise generated to the adjoining homes along Lake Ballinger, and WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Statement makes clear that the proposed site at 205th and lst Avenue North is not cost effective, and thus would further burden the Metro patrons and taxpayers, and -3- l WHEREAS, because of existing agreements, the ability to connect to existing sanitary sewers is unresolved, now, therefore, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City of Edmonds hereby opposes the construction of any bus base at the site located at North 205th Street and First Avenue North because of the substan- tial adverse environmental impact such a development would have upon the surrounding community and upon the water quality and the level of Lake Ballinger and, therefore hereby petitions the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle to reject such.site as a location for a bus operation base or any similar facility. Section 2. That a finding is hereby made that a bus operations base at the North 205th Street Site would impose adverse environmental impacts including the degradation of water quality and air quality, increased noise and congestion. Section 3. That a further finding is hereby made that such 20 acre site is better suited for residential development because of the compatibility of such use with existing surrounding land uses, with existing urban infra- structure, and because residential development would best take advantage of a lake view, and other existing amenities of the area. EEO t 1 Section 4. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to send certified copies to appropriate Metro officials and furthermore that copies of this resolution be provided to the Mountlake Terrace City Council, the Lynnwood City Council, the Councils of King and Snohomish County, and all other interested and affected agencies and individuals. APPROVED: M� AYOR1 , H. H. HARRISON ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED: � 1`irLiV FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: April 2, 1982 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL: April 6, 1982 -5-