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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 229RESOLUTION NO. 229 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDINA OPPOSING THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/ WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS SR 520 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. Whereas, the City of Medina desires to make known the opposition of the residents and elected officials of the City to the SR 520 Corridor Improvement Proposal between the Washington State Department of Transportation and the Washington Transportation Partners, and Whereas, citizen input indicates an essentially unanimous opposition to the proposal, and Whereas, Washington State Department of Transportation and Washington Transportation Partners have proposed to enter into a franchise agreement without public input or debate, and Whereas, all information available concerning the planned construction evidences that it will have minimal, if any, beneficial effect while causing numerous adverse effects on the region, financial, environmental and otherwise, and Whereas, premature signing of a franchise agreement will foreclose efforts to find a constructive solution to SR 520 corridor congestion problems, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Medina strongly opposes both Phase I and Phase II of the Washington State Department of Transportation/Washington Transportation Partners SR 520 Corridor Improvement Program. Unanimously passed by the Medina City Council in regular, open public meeting the 9th day of January, 1995 and signed in authentication of its passage the [/ day of January, 1995. Attest: 1 pmluerlwww��� Approved as to form: 'Kirk R. wines, City Atto-rney �mc&=229