REPORT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION rd Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA

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1 CITY OF WOODINVILLE, WA REPORT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION rd Avenue NE, Woodinville, WA To: From: Subject: Honorable Parks and Recreation Commission Date: October 6, 2016 Thomas E. Hansen, P.E., Public Works Director ~ T Eastside Rail Corridor ISSUE: Shall the Parks and Recreation Commission receive a report on the Eastside Rail Corridor? RECOMMENDATION: Receive the report and provide comments or feedback as appropriate. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION: Staff will make a report to the Parks and Recreation Commission on the history, current status, and future potential of the City's segment of the Eastside Rail Corridor. With ongoing rail freight operations somewhat limiting the corridors use, the City can fulfill its vision for this corridor as outlined in the adopted 2014 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan (PRO Plan). The Eastside Rail Corridor from Snohomish to Renton was purchased by the Port of Seattle from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) in At that time, BNSF retained the right to operate freight service rail from Snohomish to Woodinville as part of the transaction. The rail company, Eastside Community Rail, currently owns this right to provide freight service. Since 2009, the Port has sold segments of the corridor to other jurisdictions and easement rights over the corridor to other public entities and utilities. One of the last segments purchased from the Port was by the City of Woodinville, from the "Y" on the west side of the Sammamish River to the north city limit of Woodinville. In 2015, the City paid $1,100,000 for this 2.6-mile segment of the corridor. King County purchased both rail corridors from the "Y" south within the City. In July 2016, King County released the Final Master Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for their segments of the rail corridor south of the "Y". They have yet to set a timetable for trail construction along these corridors. Snohomish County Parks has acquired the rail corridor from the north city limits/county line to Snohomish with the intent to build a multi-use trail on it. The City has an opportunity to determine its use within the corridor subject to previously retained rights and other existing easements. While small portions of the corridor are needed for street improvement projects (wider road crossings and possible one new crossing), there is sufficient remaining width to construct a multi-use trail, for both pedestrians and bicyclists, along our segment of the corridor while still allowing for continued rail operations. This project is already included in the adopted 2014 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan. The project scope includes other amenities, access, and parking facilities. Even though King County has a trail easement over the City portion of the rail corridor, at this time they have elected not to include this segment in their planning efforts. RECOMMENDED MOTION: DISCUSSION ONLY. NO COMMISSION ACTION REQUIRED. Attachments: A. Vicinity Map showing Rail Corridor Ownerships B. Eastside Rail Corridor Ownership Map as of February 2013 C. Detail of Corridor Ownership in Vicinity of the "Y"

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3 1 ATTACHMENT B: Property Maps - Eastside Rail Corridor BOTH ELL Un incorporated Snohomish Cou nty ~J'iQ!:/l?MISH COUNTY PORT OF KING COUNTY SEATTLE Eastside Rail Corridor (ERC) Ownership February 19, REDMOND 5 Unincorporated King County REDMOND Legend Corridor Property owners Port of Seattle King County Kirkland - Redmond Sound Transit _,,.. Freeway c::::> Lake -1 Mile Marker " r Miles Ml King County Unincorporated King County Note:Wldlhortrall 15e1aue,al8d 1orm1omq1ci 11 dlsplaypurposet. lll inlg..-.!gfl-"""cnlh,_,,ha>_,:nnpllttby tlngq>lnlf 01'l t..,. """'1ot tc1jocoo< dl t,jtclt:<l'lr,gt,.l'lcul d,... largc'lully,.,.a,>0 "P K IEll:;1l0"1 1rl!al.. 11!5,e.qJ8U :J11'!11C. 15:U.::::>ll acj.gll'iiol!l3oes;. 1,.,1 io;1,u ~ 11~ 1 "' ""' "'"'"'"1.J, 11.tu.Tli, '1.u,n,,..,.,.,,11,.-uoJluA ll> o> OUIICliP<Dla ~ilg 0.."'l'"'<>lnotb:IU~:f: b <rlfp,:,:il.tp:1:1. il... u:i,. rcnnlal,cw-,11,,,.,.-1o<1ue1ng1utnotlmla<lt:. o..ov...,,..>tou P Cll1S lft.11~ 10TlTl t, te Cl'nH US8 Cf 711 1nbTa1;111,;,;nll"8llcn1!1~t111PMYS. "'""'""~u1r...,,o1j.< """""'~ l< ~uol1>.,_w...,1,<1ly.. 1u..,,...,...,,o,JIJ '!I = Flit< ;) 125LE".C_O\\NER111idll c:i ~11,1. w11a!j. l)l1::!

4 ATTACHMENT C: Property Maps - Eastside Rail Corridor Corner of 175th NE and Woodinville Redmond Road " Rail oad RighT-of-Way O nersh1p Exhibit 1 ---===----

5 Eastside Rail Corridor Presentation to Parks and Recreation Commission October 6, 2016

6 42 mile corridor purchased by Port of Seattle from BNSF in 2009 Now owned by: King County City of Kirkland City of Redmond City of Woodinville Sound Transit Snohomish County 15.6 miles 5.75 miles 3.9 miles 2.6 miles 1.1 miles 13.0 miles

7 City of Woodinville purchased 2.6 miles of the corridor in 2015 for $1.1 million. This section of the corridor is subject to easements: Railroad Freight Operations King County Trail Sound Transit High Capacity Rail Puget Sound Energy

8 July King County issued the Final Master Plan / EIS for a Regional Trail System from the Y south.

9 King County Plan is from the Y south Does not include corridorunder Woodinville ownership

10 Woodinville has the opportunity to remake the corridor into It s Vision, for It s Purpose Snohomish County - Trail north of the City; King County - Y south, two mile gap within the City In 2012; One concept for a trail next to operating light rail was shown in the Downtown Streetscape Master Plan (AdoptedSeptember 2012) A two mile linear park includinga trail should beconsidered

11 Linear Park Concepts City of Redmond Redmond Central Connector Master Plan

12 Linear Park Concepts continued... City of Redmond Redmond Central Connector Master Plan

13 Other Thoughts Future Actions City Manager is recommending in the Budget that funds be appropriated to start design of the City s Vision of our segment of the Eastside Rail Corridor. When the first segment of the Centennial Trail was built by Snohomish County in 1990, within the first year it became their highest use park in their entire system with an average of over 2,000 users per day. The Eastside RailCorridor within Woodinville has even greater potential as a: Linear Park Regional Trail Non-Motorized Connection within the City Gathering place Urban Oasis

14 Questions?