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HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-218.00CyprianHomesLLCTrafficMitigationCusterStreetTownhomesVOLUNTARY MITIGATION AGREEMENT FOR CUSTER STREET TOWNHOMES TRAFFIC MITIGATION Cyprian Homes, LLC, c/o TBD This Voluntary Mitigation Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into between Cyprian Homes, LLC, c/o TBD, its successors and assigns ("Developer"), a Washington corporation, having offices at 10511 E 81" Avenue, Spokane Valley, WA 99206, and the City of Spokane Valley ("City"), a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, hereinafter jointly referred to as "Parties": RECITALS WHEREAS, this Agreement is entered into by the Parties pursuant to RCW 82.02.020, to provide a financial contribution toward the 8" Ave. / Carnahan Rd. Intersection Improvement project that mitigates increased traffic volumes generated by the development as proposed in the Developer's permit application EGR-2025-0053. WHEREAS, Developer is the owner/developer of certain real property generally located within an area located east and adjacent to Custer Road and south of the 51' Avenue alignment in the City of Spokane Valley (herein collectively referred to as "Property"). WHEREAS, the Property covers a total of 1..08 acres of land. WHEREAS, the Developer has requested approval of the engineered grading permit associated with the Custer Street Townhomes project, a commercial development (herein collectively referred to as the "Development"), which will increase traffic congestion and directly impact existing transportation infrastructure at the intersection identified located within the City. Voluntary mitigation of these impacts has been requested by the Developer as part of the approval process pursuant to the transportation concurrency analysis review. As part of this request, the following condition of approval was included in the Certificate of Transportation Concurrency for approval of the permit: Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall enter into a voluntary mitigation agreement with the City of Spokane Valley to make the proportionate share contribution towards improvements at the intersection of 81 Avenue and Carnahan Road and shall pay the City the voluntary mitigation fee of $10,495. (5 trips at $2,099 per trip). Spokane Valley has determined that the project will contribute 5 PM peak hour trips and 5 AM peak hour trips to the intersection of 81 Avenue and Carnahan Road as provided in the Trip Generation and Distribution Letter (TGDL) for the Development, dated November 29, 2025. The City and applicant agree that the impacts from the Development contribute to necessary improvements at the intersection. The need for improvements is in part due to traffic generated by the project. As such, the City and applicant have agreed to a voluntary mitigation fee of $10,495 which shall be paid by the applicant as its proportionate contribution to the mitigation project in lieu of other improvements at the intersection. The voluntary mitigation fee is based on an intersection analysis completed for the City that identified a cost per PM peak hour trip through the intersection of $2,099. This mitigation fee shall be used for design, right-of-way acquisition, and/or construction of improvements at the interchange. WHEREAS, the Parties intend to enter into an Agreement which provides for the voluntary payment of a proportionate share of improvements deemed necessary at the intersection of 81 Avenue and Carnahan Road, which are a direct result of traffic impacts associated with the Development. WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that the proportionate share of improvements for Developer shall be paid prior to issuance of the approval of the building permit. WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that the voluntary mitigation fee is appropriately established for improvements deemed necessary based on calculations provided by the City in the analysis dated October 3, 2025 entitled 8`d Avenue/Carnahan Road Alternatives Analysis - Amended. The cost participation for the improvements has been identified to be $2,099 per PM peak hour trip. WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 82.02.020, the City has the authority to allow a payment to mitigate a direct impact that has been identified as a consequence of a proposed development. The Parties (1) have identified transportation improvements necessitated by the planned development of the Property; and (2) have identified a reasonable relationship between impacts generated by the development of the Property to the transportation system and the Developer's financial contribution toward those impacts. WHEREAS, to mitigate the direct impacts of the development of the Property upon transportation facilities as identified in the document entitled 503 S Custer Townhomes Trip Generation and Distribution Letter, the Parties are voluntarily entering into this Agreement pursuant to RCW 82.02.020. AGREEMENT NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, the Developer and the City hereto agree as follows: 1. Voluntary Agreement. This Agreement, including the recitals and all attached documents, is a voluntary agreement pursuant to RCW 82.02.020. The Parties agree that the Developer's contribution is proportionate) to and reasonably necessary to mitigate the traffic impacts created by the Development. In the event this Agreement is breached by the Developer, all of the City's obligations under this Agreement shall terminate. In the event this Agreement is determined by a court to be invalid, the City shall refund the Developer the unexpended portion of the voluntary mitigation payment, and the City's obligations under this Agreement shall terminate. 2. Projects. The Parties agree that the mitigation payment shall be expended by the City on improvements at the directly impacted intersection of 81 Avenue and Carnahan Road, including the 81 Ave. / Carnahan Rd. Intersection Improvement project and all necessary components of improvements, as deemed appropriate by the City of Spokane Valley. 3. Mitigation Contribution. The voluntary mitigation fee shall be based on calculations provided by the Developer in the TGDL dated November 29, 2025 entitled 503 S Custer Townhomes Trip Generation and Distribution Letter and by the City in the Technical Memorandum dated October 3, 2025 entitled 8" Avenue/Carnahan Road Alternatives Analysis — Amended. The Developer agrees to pay $10,495 to mitigate traffic impacts on the intersection of 81 Avenue and Carnahan Road resulting directly from the Development by the Developer. Said fee is based on 5 additional PM peak hour trips at a proportionate share mitigation cost of $2,099 per PM peak hour trip. 4. Payment. The Developer agrees to pay all of the above identified voluntary mitigation payments prior to the issuance of a building permit. 5. Compliance with RCW 82.02.020. Payment collected by the City shall be held in a mitigation fee reserve account and may only be expended towards the design, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and other related components of the projects identified, and agreed to by the Parties in section 2 of this Agreement. The City shall be entitled to reimbursement from the mitigation fee reserve account for any funds it may expend for the design and construction prior to the collection of the fees. The mitigation fee payment shall be expended by the City within five years from the date of payment by the Developer. Pursuant to RCW 82.02.020, any funds in the mitigation fee reserve account not expended within the five year period identified above shall be refunded by the City with interest; however, if the payment is not expended within five years due to delay attributable to the Developer, the payment shall be refunded without interest. 6. Notice. All communications, notices or demands of any kind which a party under this Agreement is required or desires to give to any other party shall be in writing and be either: (a) Delivered personally; (b) Sent by facsimile transmission with an additional copy mailed first class; or (c) Deposited in the U.S. mail, certified mail postage prepaid, return receipt requested and addressed as follows: If to the City: City of Spokane Valley 10210 East Sprague Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99206 Fax: (509) 720-5075 Attn: City Manager If to the Developer: Cyprian Homes, LLC c/o TBD 10511 E 81 Avenue Spokane Valley, WA 99206 7. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the successors and the assigns of the Parties. 8. Governine Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. Venue shall be in Spokane County, State of Washington: All disputes arising under or related to this Agreement that cannot be resolved through informal discussion and negotiations shall be resolved by litigation filed in the Superior Court for Spokane County, unless otherwise required by applicable federal or state law. 9. Modifications. No modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be valid until the same is reduced to writing and executed with the same formalities as the present Agreement. 10. Waiver. No officer, employee, agent or otherwise of the City has the power, right or authority to waive any of the conditions or provisions to this Agreement. No waiver or any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. 11. Representation. This Agreement forms a fully integrated agreement between the Parties. No other understandings, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this Agreement shall be deemed to exist or to bind any of the Parties hereto. All Parties have read and understand all of the Agreement, and now state that no representation, promise or agreement not expressed in the Agreement has been made to induce any Party to execute the same. 12. Authority. Both Parties to this Agreement represent and certify that they have full authority and power to enter into and carry out this Agreement. The persons signing this Agreement represent that they have authority to act for and bind their respective principals. Executed this _j2� day of b,()GQw'6Pr , 2025. DEVEZratj"f By:Its: M� Name: MC)g,2_1S p-U_CotTtf-t STATE OF 1 ) ss. County of �����-�l-Q, ) On thi4- day of C9!`(\�- 2025 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared iY1OQ-t % RuCc,4 - h, to me known to be theyynem be,(_ of _�'V �ci -rl *rn�Lc. the corporation that executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of the corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and o`n`co�1Wjjdthat he is authorized to execute the instrument. �/ `����, ppL��N.WWny hand and official seal hereto t d e day and y ar in s certifi ate above written. EXpNCTARy N N TA BLIC, in and for the State of Washington, � C) PUBLIC = residing at � :• ••�2� y commission ex ires:- N pp i��' QF ••. �; 2�a�; •�'� /`d,VV SVAVO Printed Name 111111110 CITY OF S_POOKANE VALLEY: John Hohman, City Manager ATMT: T: \d r f Marci Ikatterson, City Clerk APP O ED TO FORM: zww/ 41'wrx��� Offii of the 71 Xttorney S`'pokane �r Valley Public Works Department 10210 E Sprague Avenue ♦ Spokane Valley WA 99206 Phone: (509) 720-5000 ♦ Fax: (509) 720-5075 ♦ www.spokanevalleywa.gov Traffic Engineering Certificate of Transportation Concurrency — Commercial Project Name: Custer Street Townhomes File Number: EGR-2025-0053 Application Date: 9/24/2025 SEPA Number: N/A Parcel Number(s): 35232.9090 Project Address: 503 S Custer Street Specific Land -Use: 91 Land Use Vacant Vacant Land ITE (Land Use Code): 215: Single -Family Attached Housing (20 units) Number of Adjacent Roadway Network 12 Net new trips ::1 Analysis TGDL PM Peak Trips Performed: dated 11/29/2025 Reserved: City Intersections 8th/Carnahan Affected Expiration Date: 3 years from issuance of first Building Permit or for a period of 6 years from issuance of concurrency, whichever occurs earlier. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the applicant shall enter into a Mitigation voluntary mitigation agreement with the City of Spokane Valley to make the Measures: proportionate share contribution towards improvements at the intersection of 8th Avenue and Carnahan Road and shall pay the City the voluntary mitigation fee of $10,495. (5 trips at $2,099 per trip) The Spokane Valley Community and Public Works Department has reviewed the development described above and has determined that sufficient roadway capacity exists, or is programmed to exist with future road improvements on the City street system to accommodate the uses and densities shown. This Certificate of Transportation Concurrency reserves the number of PM peak hour trips indicated above and is issued only for the development as described above. Additionally, reservation of these trips is contingent upon the mitigation identified above. The trip reservation shall run with the land and is not transferable to other development projects or properties. The Certificate of Transportation Concurrency is valid upon approval through the expiration date indicated. The owner or owner's authorized agent shall apply to renew/extend the Certificate of Transportation Concurrency prior to the expiration date. The City of Spokane Valley will not notify a property owner/agent of an expired or impending certificate expiration. Approval: Traffic Eq&eering Fgafiager or Designee 12/04 /2025 Date Copies to: CSV Planning Department, CSV Project Files, Project Applicant, Project Traffic Engineer Version 4 (01.23.2020)