SR 520 Program Public Meeting: Montlake Market property May 23, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

May 23, 2019 Dave Becher SR 520 Program Director of Construction

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SR 520 Program Public Meeting:

Montlake Market property

David Goldberg SR 520 Program Ombudsman Penny Mabie Meeting facilitator

Meeting welcome, agenda

• WSDOT Presentation
• Q&A session
• Public feedback
• Closing remarks
• Meeting adjourns – 7 p.m.

Conceptual rendering of a public outlook at west end of a new Montlake lid, looking west.

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SR 520: Montlake Project and the “Rest of the West”

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SR 520 Montlake Project and the Montlake Market

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• WSDOT’s need for

market and gas station property

• Legislature’s 2018

directive to WSDOT

• Soliciting community

feedback

WSDOT’s Montlake Market survey

• Jan. 30 - Feb. 14 online survey
• 1,729 responses
• Strong support for market, but

diverse opinions on cost

• Many opposed to WSDOT using

property for entire duration of SR 520 reconstruction

• High interest in how property is

used after Montlake Project construction

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• Survey report link:

https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2019/03/22/SR520-Report- MontlakeMarket-Survey-web.pdf

Discussions with the Community and Legislature

• WSDOT discussed Montlake

Market with legislators:

• Potential to avoid

disturbance of building

• Estimated $20 million cost

to preserve market

• perations
• Property’s contamination
• Legislators could not support

added project costs, but wanted to address community’s interests

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Legislature’s new directive

• New proviso in 2019-2021

transportation budget

• Directs WSDOT to:
• Offer lease to Montlake

Market until Jan. 1, 2020

• Identify area on or near

market property for temporary market or food service to operate during construction

• Sell market property after

Montlake Project complete … 5 to 6 years sooner than previously planned

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What does the Legislature’s new directive mean?

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• WSDOT needs gas station and

market property

• Close and remove gas station
• Clean up soil and groundwater

contamination

• Close and remove Montlake

Market building

• Work to provide an area for a

temporary market / food service during construction

• Sell property after Montlake Project

is completed – about six years sooner than previously planned

Next steps

• May - June 2019:
• WSDOT and property owner

reached sale agreement

• Negotiate temporary lease

with gas station

• Negotiate Montlake Market

lease to Jan. 1, 2020

• Summer 2019:
• Close gas station
• Additional soils and

groundwater testing

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Next steps, cont’d

• Summer-fall 2019:
• Confirm cleanup plan
• Begin gas station cleanup
• Offer current Market
• perators opportunity to
• perate temporary market
• r food service
• If current operators

decline, solicit offers from

• ther potential market or

food-service vendors

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Next steps, cont’d

• Jan. 1, 2020:
• Montlake Market lease

ends

• Early 2020:
• Provide area for

temporary market / food service

• Relocate cell tower
• Remove Market

building

• Clean up market area

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• 2023 (currently anticipated):
• WSDOT completes Montlake Project, sells remainder of property

Cleanup of a former gas-station site

Montlake Project engagement

• June 6, 2019:
• Montlake Project design and

preconstruction open house

• 5:30–7:30 p.m.
• St. Demetrios

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• Summer 2019:
• Montlake Project monthly

public meetings begin

• Montlake Project drop-in

information center opens

Your questions (20 min.) Your feedback (20 min.) Closing remarks

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Graham Contracting’s conceptual rendering

• f a new Montlake lid and reconstructed SR

520, looking west.

Thank you!

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Email us at: SR520Bridge@wsdot.wa.gov SR 520 Construction Corner https://sr520Construction.com Tonight’s presentation will be online at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/sets/72157703288866895/ Presentation also linked from the SR 520 Program website: www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr520bridge

Graham Contracting’s conceptual rending of a pedestrian and bicycle land bridge over SR 520, in Montlake.