Speaker 1: Agenda item 15 Council Bill 118 733 relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, authorizing execution of the Lynwood link supplemental to the Memorandum of Agreement for Intergovernmental Cooperation between Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority and the City of Seattle for the Central Link Light Rail Project and ratifying confirmed research and projects, the committee recommends the bill pass.
Speaker 2: Catherine O'Brien So the Lynwood link is the name of the Light Rail project that will extend from Northgate North to Lynnwood. The the agreement they were amending dates back to 1998. I believe this is something like the ninth or 12th Amendment to that agreement. 10th Amendment agreement. Thank you, Councilmember Johnson. So we continue to be basis on that original agreement, back when sound transit first started in the region and continue to add sections as it continue to add sections to the light, rail, spine and corridor. We continue to update that agreement. This is one of the places that we discussed a lot in the work this council did, along with sound transit board members and others throughout the region, leading to Sound Transit, putting the Sound Transit three ballot measure forward and that set of projects. There was a lot of talk, as you may recall, about what are the things that we can do as a city and other jurisdictions can do to coordinate better, streamline the process to both reduce costs for expanding light rail and perhaps more importantly, reduce the time line it takes to deliver it. I believe this memorandum of understanding reflects the ongoing, strong relationship that Seattle Department of Transportation has built with sound transit, things like how we work together on utility corridors, whether it's Seattle City, later Seattle Public Utility or right away that Seattle Department of Transportation owns or other ways the city interacts with light rail authority are important. And I also think it's something that we will continue to build upon and improve if voters do pass that on transit three this fall to allow us to continue to streamline that process so that we can get light rail in our communities as soon as possible.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman O'Brien. Any further comments or questions, Councilmember Johnson?
Speaker 7: You know, we heard a lot from colleagues on the council as well as from members of the public about their interest in building out as Tier three were to pass more quickly. This is exactly the kind of framework legislation that we'll be relying on should voters vote yes in November? So I want to say thanks to Councilmember O'Brien for bringing this thing forward and looking forward to continuing for Amendment 11 and beyond.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman. Just anything for the comments or questions. Please call the roll on the passage of the Bill Bagshaw Burgess.
Speaker 1: Gonzales.
Speaker 4: Hi.
Speaker 1: Gonzales. I. Herbold. Hi. Johnson. Suarez. O'Brien. All right. President Harrell high eight in favor and unopposed.
Speaker 0: The bill passes in the chair of the Senate. Please read the next report.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (“Sound Transit”); authorizing execution of the “Lynnwood Link Supplement to the Memorandum of Agreement for Intergovernmental Cooperation (April 20, 1998) between Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and the City of Seattle for the Central Link Light Rail Project”; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.