HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1995-042WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 95 -260A
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7/18/95
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SUBJECT. Resolution Opposing the Construction of a Center -Line Median on the Guide Meridian.
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7/18/95: Substitute approved 6 -0
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Res 95 -042
meridian.res 7/18/95 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Starkenburg_and Brenner
INTRODUCTION DATE: 7 /18 / 9 5
1 RESOLUTION NO. 95-042
2 REQUESTING THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
3 TRANSPORTATION TO RECLASSIFY THE ROUTE ACCESS CONTROL
4 . CLASSIFICATION FOR THE GUIDE MERIDIAN (SR -539)
5 WHEREAS, the Guide Meridian is presently classified by the State of Washington
6 for the purpose of access management as a Class 2 and 3 facility, and
7 WHEREAS, a Class 2 facility must, by State law, be designed to incorporate a raised
8 median and a Class 3 facility recommends a raised median, and
9 WHEREAS, a Guide Meridian land use study, funded partially by the State of
10 Washington Department of Transportation is nearly completed and will be followed up with
11 a circulation plan,
12 WHEREAS, the land use study will recommend land uses that could be
13 accommodated by a more flexible approach than a center raised median, and .
14 WHEREAS, many public meetings have been held regarding traffic and safety issues
15 on the Guide Meridian, and
16 WHEREAS, any perceived improved safety from a raised median can be attained
17 through other means, and
18 WHEREAS, a raised median will require complex off right -of -way truck turn - arounds
19 on the intersecting County Roads, and
20 WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation has stated that the
21 Department could consider other options, rather than a raised median on Guide Meridian,
22 if a route access control reclassification is requested by the County Council, and
23 WHEREAS, given the above considerations, it would be more appropriate to allow
24 the State Department of Transportation more design flexibility than that allowed by the
25 present access management classification.
26 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council
27 requests that the Washington State Department of Transportation work with County staff
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1 to reclassify the Guide Meridian to allow design flexibility consistent with local desires and
2 land use plans.
3 APPROVED this . 18 day of July , 1995.
4 WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
5 ATTEST: WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
ana Brown - Davis, Clerk of the Council
8 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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10 Civil Deputy Prosecutor
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