HomeMy WebLinkAbout2534RESOLUTION NO. 2543
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE SR3/SR304 BREMERTON FERRY TERMINAL
TO VICINITY OF GORST HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Kitsap Transit,
Washington State Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of
Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington
Transportation Improvement Board, and the Department of the Navy
have jointly participated in a transportation improvement project
on State Route 3 and State Route 304 from the Bremerton Ferry
Terminal to the vicinity of Gorst, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton is the lead agency in preparing
the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Section 4(f)
evaluation for the project (FHWA-WA-EIS-95-1-D), and
WHEREAS, the participating agencies formed an Executive
Steering Committee to provide input and oversite of the project and
EIS, and
WHEREAS, the Draft EIS was prepared in accordance with 23 CFR
771 and submitted pursuant to Section 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(2) and 49
U.S.C. 303, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton, at its
meeting of September 11, 1995 concluded hearings on the highway
improvement alternatives discussed in the draft EIS,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Bremerton City Council:
That the following is the preferred alternative for inclusion in
the final EIS
Section A: The City Council endorses the recommendation of
the Executive Steering Committee for Alternative A-1 from Gorst to
SR3/SR304 interchange.
Section B: The City Council endorses the recommendation of
the Executive Steering Committee for Alternative B-1 without the
southbound SR3 to eastbound SR304 fly-over ramp from the SR3/SR304
interchange to Farragut Street.
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Section C: The City Council
1. Endorses the recommendation of the Executive Steering
Committee for that portion of Alternative C-3 from Farragut
Street to Burwell Street.
2. Revises the Executive Steering Committee recommendation
for that portion of Alternative C-3, between Callow Avenue and
Washington Avenue from a one-way couplet on 6th Street and
Burwell Street, to maintain the existing street system with
improvements to intersections and other areas which will meet
the City's Level of Service Standards on Burwell Street and
6th Street between Callow Avenue and Washington Avenue.
3. Endorses the recommendation of the Executive Steering
Committee for that portion of Alternative C-3 on Pacific
Avenue, First Street, Washington Avenue south of Burwell
Street, and at the entrance to the Ferry Terminal.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 21st day of November, 1995
Sherrill Huff-Menees, President
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