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Home My WebLink Aboutord2007-027WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2007 -169B CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: originator. 518107 Introduction/ K. Christensen r �4 �j AIX / �; r n a GI��u Gn Council Division Head: 5/22/07 Public Hearin g G K. Christensen 6 d Dept. Heart: �n F.Abarl / 1 1A;f a 1 2007 : D. Gib son C14�7I07 R �y A I , �, WHATCOM COMM( PurchasinglBlOgef: B. Bennett C 0I J N' ur 6 L v l� t3 I Executive: P. Kremen TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Ordinance amending Ordinance 2007 -023 to remove an additional stop sign and clarify existing temporary one -way detours related to the Cable Street Reconstruction Project ATTACHMENTS: 1) Memorandum 2) Ordinance 3) Detour route map SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO Should Clerk schedule a !rearing? ( X ) Yes ( } NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( } NO Requested Date: May 22, 2007 SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public !rearing, you mustprovide the language for use in the requiredpublic notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) Attached is an ordinance amending Ordinance 2007 -023 adopted 3/27/07 to remove an additional stop sign and clarify existing temporary one -way detours to assure continuous traffic flows for the duration of the Cable Street Reconstruction project. COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION: 5/08/2007: Introduced 5/22/2007: Council. Adopted 7 -0 Ord. 2007 -027 Related County Contract #: Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number: Ord. 2007 -027 Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's websiteat: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/council. 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Public Works- Stormwate r INTRODUCTION DATE: May 8, 2007 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2007 -027 2 3 AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2007-023 TO AUTHORIZE REMOVAL OF AN 4 ADDITIONAL STOP SIGN AND CLARIFY EXISTING TEMPORARY ONE -WAY 5 DETOURS RELATED TO CABLE STREET RECONSTRUCTION COUNTY ROAD 6 PROJECT (CRP) 999022 7 8 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2007 -023 was adopted on March 27, 2007, for establishing two 9 temporary one -way detours in relation to the Cable Street Reconstruction project; and 10 11 WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2007 -023 designated specific streets and indicated one -way 12 traffic flow patterns in the project area with regard to the importance of stormwater management in 13 the Lake Whatcom Watershed and public safety improvements; and 14 15 WHEREAS, RCW 46.61.135 authorizes the designation of one -way roadways; and 16 17 WHEREAS, further review and consideration of the likely traffic flow patterns has revealed 18 the need for a couple of additional changes in the traffic controls for the area surrounding the 19 construction zone; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Lake Whatcom Watershed window for construction is May 1 through 22 September 1; and 23 24 WHEREAS a map of the construction area and temporary one -way routes are included in 25 this ordinance as attachment Exhibit "A'; and 26 27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the Whatcom County Council, in relation 28 to the Cable Street Reconstruction project and as enabled by RCW 46.61.135, amends Ordinance 29 2007 -023 establishing the two temporary one -way detour routes for the duration of construction 30 during the Lake Whatcom Watershed window of May 1, 2007, through September 1, 2007, to read 31 as follows: 32 33 The westbound route will begin at the intersection of Lake Whatcom Boulevard and 34 Coronado Avenue and will follow northwesterly to detour through the residential neighborhood 35 north of Cable Street where it shall begin continue northwesterly on to Lakeway Drive at the 36 intersection of Cable Street and Lakeway Drive a-s-t wS t, and 37 continue until the intersection of Lakeway Drive and Terrace Avenue. The eastbound route will 38 begin at the intersection of Lakeway Drive and Terrace Avenue and will travel tmv-e4 39 through the residential neighborhood to the south where it shall begin continue at the intersection 40 of Cable Street and Lakeview Street by redirecting traffic in a southerly direction down Lakeview 41 Street; at the intersection of Lakeview Street and Fremont Street, the detour shall continue in the 42 easterly direction down Fremont Street until reaching the intersection of Coronado Avenue and 43 Fremont Street, and at this intersection the detour shall turn north down Coronado Avenue to the 44 intersection of Lake Whatcom Boulevard and Coronado Avenue where it shall terminate. A detailed 45 map of the temporary traffic detour is referenced herein the attached Exhibit "N'. 46 47 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Whatcom County Council amends the 48 authorization of the temporary removal of the following stop signs in relation to the Cable Street 49 Reconstruction project to include the option to temporarily remove a third stop sign at the 50 discretion of the County Engineer: 51 52 Road Name Direction - Stopping Cross Street 53 Coronado Avenue Eastbound Fremont Street 54 Fremont Street Eastbound Austin Street 55 Lakeway Drive's West/southbound Terrace Avenue 56 57 Removal of this stop sign is at the discretion of the County Engineer 58 59 All Bed of the above stop signs are located in the NE quarter of Section 34, Township 38 North, 60 and Range 3 East WM The stop signs will be temporarily removed and placed in storage no 61 sooner than May 1, 2007, and replaced at their original locations no Iater than September 1, 2007. 62 63 t4tUQP > Q this 22 day of May , 2007. 65 ��` !�, • • Ili A r i� �� WHATCOM COUNTY COUNQL 66 �� WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON o 67 �. ,r 68 69 71 na fe - ay , Co crl Clerk Carl Weimer, Council Chair 72 ,,li� *.�titit ►��,,, *. 73 WHATCOM COUNTY EXECUTIVE 74 APPROVED AS TO FORM: WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON 75 76 77 �i of ./ *Approve'd 78 Assistant Chief Deputy Prosecutor etty Executive 79 ( { )Denied 80 81 Date signed: a 3, a- ° a -7 Page 2 of 2 5a GM 0 W U 0 aZ �0 mU W !_ Z 0 U li W li U) J a U .,o.- ev ».xe..w. : ---• 0 N I M 3 3 N i 9 N 3/ ...... u O 5 ]] b I S l N 9 d 11 G S "' '. b'[.'.' . 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