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AGENDA BILL
6A
CITY OF BREMERTON
Updated
CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Study SessionDate: March 27, 2024
Warren Avenue Bridge Multimodal COUNCIL MEETING Date: April 3, 2024
Improvements Project Preferred Alternative
Department: PW&U
Public Comment only
Presenter: T. Knuckey/S. Weber
Phone: X2376/x2354
SUMMARY:
On August 2, 2023, the City Council approved Resolution 3363 which adopted Alternative X as the
Preferred Alternative for Design of Multimodal Improvements for the Warren Avenue Bridge.
Alternative X includes a 12-ft clear width Shared Use Pathon the east side of the bridge, and an 8-ft
(minimum) shared use path on the west side of the bridge.
In October 2023, WSDOT completed field testing of the bridge to determine the capabilities of their
under-bridge inspection trucks (UBIT) to define inspection requirements. The results of their analysis
to the Warren Avenue
Bridge Pedestrian Improvements memorandumwhich is available from the project webpage
https://www.warrenavebridgeproject.com/. This memorandum established a cost estimate for
Alternative X and identified that the cost of this alternative exceeds available grant funds for the
project.
Given concerns rega
the attached letter outlining their concerns with moving forward an alternative that exceeds available
budget. Note that this letter includes the handout from the March 13, 2024, Study Session that
outlines the budget status of all alternatives that are included in the March 2024 update
memorandum.
consideration; a resolutionreaffirming Alternative X as the Preferred Alternative which acknowledges
-budget status, and two alternative resolutions establishing a new Preferred Alternative which
is within budget; either Alternative 1 which has 8-ft walkways with two bump-outs on both sides of the
bridge, or Alternative 7 which has a 12-ft shared use path on the east side of the bridge and a 5-ft
walkway on the west side of the bridge.
The purpose of this Agenda item is to obtain public input on the Preferred Alternative.
ATTACHMENTS:1) Letter from Directors Knuckey &Riley; 2) Memo from Managing Engineer Weber;
3) Summary from Council President Chamberlin; 4) Addendum & FAQs from Council Member Coughlin
Updated 4/3/24 3:07PM
FISCAL IMPACTS(Include Budgeted Amount):
No fiscal impact, public comment only.
STUDY SESSION AGENDA: LimitedPresentation Full Presentation N/A
STUDY SESSION ACTION:Consent Agenda General Business Public Hearing
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
COUNCIL ACTION: Approve Deny Table Continue No Action
Form Updated 11/09/2021