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BOOK 95 N�'HEISO to 9th Street S.W. (Oslo Road). This larger project is just now entering the design stage, and the county has "packaged" the project as a whole, to minimize design and permitting costs. The Public Works director has informed the applicant that the currently estimated timeframes for permitting and designing the overall 58th Avenue project will not accommodate the developer's desire to have construction started on the 26th Street to 16th Street segment to allow the opening of the mall by September/October 1996. Staff and the developer have devised a workable alternative to separate -out the 26th Street to 16th Street segment and speed- up the timeframes for commencing construction on that segment. This option would accommodate the developer's timeframes but would increase the county's project costs. The developer has recently agreed to pay for these increased costs, which are estimated to be about $15,000. The proposed amendment references this arrangement, and should ensure that roadway construction can commence by the September 1, 1996 deadline stated in the proposed amendments. The amendment also references a second alternative, which could be implemented in the future. Implementing the alternative would involve future amendment of the county's comprehensive plan and LDRs to allow for more liberal concurrency requirements. Currently, the county's concurrency requirements are more restrictive than requirements enacted by the State in 1993. The more liberal State requirements would allow for construction of necessary roadway improvements to commence up to 3 years after development project C.O. s are issued. The county cannot apply these more liberal standards unless and until its comprehensive plan and LDRs are changed. Referencing the concurrency alternative in the D.O. amendment merely enables the developer to take advantage of any future comprehensive plan and LDR changes to liberalize concurrency rules, if such changes are ever made. 4. Paving 26th Street from 66th Avenue to 58th Avenue would be the construction responsibility of the county, would be funded jointly by the county and the developer in a petition paving type of arrangement, and would involve right-of-way contributions by benefitting property owners. Under the requested proposal, the county would be committed to completing the paving project by September 1, 1996, and, as is required under the existing D.O. , the paving must be completed prior to the mall opening (C.O.). At its May 16, 1995 meeting, the Board authorized staff to issue an RFP for engineering design services for this project, to be -funded 50% by special assessment and 50% county (1 cent local option sales tax). In discussions with staff, the developer has agreed to an arrangement whereby the developer would prompt property owners on the north side of 26th Street to dedicate property for right-of-way (see attachment #6). These property owners would not be assessed for any further contributions to the paving project. The developer and the county would split the project costs, with the county contributing not more than 50% of the costs, in accordance with past practice for the petition paving of other collector roads such as 33rd Street (Cherry Lane). Under the proposal, right-of-way acquisition costs incurred over and above fair market land value, due to eminent domain and "quick take" right-of-way acquisition, would be borne by the developer. 5. Intersection at 26th Street/Northern Project Entrance includes a left -turn lane into the mall project and would be the responsibility of the county as part of the 26th Street -paving 22 May 23, 1995 M M M