ACTION ITEM January 6, Routine Amendment to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)

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1 ACTION ITEM January 6, 2011 To: From: Subject: Policy Board Charlie Howard Planning Director Routine Amendment to the Improvement Program (TIP) AT ISSUE Bothell, Edmonds, King County, Kitsap Transit, Maple Valley, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Redmond, Seattle, Sound Transit, WSDOT have submitted 14 projects this month for routine amendment into the Regional TIP; one of the projects should also be amended into the Unified Planning Work Program (). These projects are summarized in Exhibit A. RECOMMENDED ACTION The Policy Board should recommend Executive Board adoption of an amendment to the Regional TIP to include the projects as shown in Exhibit A. DISCUSSION PSRC s Policy Executive Boards have project selection authority for all projects programming regional Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Surface Program (STP) Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funds, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Urban Formula (5307), Fixed Guideway (5309), Job Access Reverse Commute-JARC (5316), Freedom (5317) funds. While PSRC s Boards do not have project selection authority for other types of federal, state, or local funds, the Boards do have responsibility for adding these projects to the Regional TIP. However each project must be consistent with PSRC requirements regarding plan consistency, air quality, financial constraint. The attached Exhibit A illustrates the PSRC action needed to amend the regional TIP. The recommended action would approve the TIP amendment request based on a finding of consistency with VISION 2040, 2040, the air quality conformity determination of the regional TIP. Approval is also based on a determination that funding is reasonably expected 5b-1

2 to be available to carry out the projects. Information describing plan consistency, air quality conformity, the funding basis for approving the request is described further below. Consistency with VISION sponsors have been asked to identify any policy issues related to their projects proposed amendments. The projects recommended for action have been reviewed by PSRC staff have been determined to be consistent with the multicounty policies in VISION Air Quality Conformity The projects in Exhibit A have been reviewed it has been determined that a new air quality analysis conformity determination is not required because these projects fall into one or more of the following categories: They are exempt from air quality conformity requirements. They are existing projects already included in the current air quality modeling. They are non-exempt projects not able to be included in the regional model. Reasonably Expected to be Available For projects 1-14, PSRC has confirmed that the federal funds, as shown in Exhibit A, are reasonably expected to be available. Redistribution of PSRC Funds in Accordance with Policies The following projects are recommended to receive a total of $1,052,000 of redistributed CMAQ funds from the City of Everett s 36th Street/BNSF Rail Line Non-Motorized Crossing project. The projects receiving these redistributed CMAQ funds are: North Creek Regional Trail - 214th Street to Filbert Road Segment - $229,500 Five Corners Roundabout (212th Street 84th Avenue W) - $463,000 Lakeview Trail, Mountlake Terrace Transit Center to Interurban Trail - $300,000 SR 526 Pedestrian & Bike Access Design (44th Ave W/84th St SW - W. Boeing Access Rd) - $ 59,500 These projects are identified as #1, 2, 9, 10 on Exhibit A. For more information, please contact Dirk Brier at (206) Attachment: Exhibit A X:\TRANS\Comm\TPB\2011\0111_January\AGENDA\05b-1 - Routine_TIP_Amendmt-tpb2011_01_Memo.docx 5b-2

3 Month: January Year: 2011 (s) Proposed for Routine Amendment to TIP Exhibit A Sponsor Title 1. Bothell North Creek Regional Trail - 214th Street to Filbert Road Segment P/e-design right-of-way funding for a 2,150 linear foot (LF) trail segment will be a separated, multi-use trail, with 10 to 12-foot wide asphalt pavement. $229,500 Fed'l CMAQ $35,817 Local $265,317 Total 2. Edmonds Five Corners Roundabout (212th Street SW at 84th Avenue W) P/e-design right of way funding to create a roundabout. Each approach to the roundabout will have raised isls to provide better guidance for drivers improve pedestrian conditions. Lscaping features will be included. $463,000 Fed'l CMAQ $73,000 Local $536,000 Total 3. King County King County Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel Escalator Refurbishment Equipment funding to refurbish replace worn components in each of the 40 escalator units. $5,380,000 Fed'l 5309(Bus) $1,345,000 Local $6,725,000 Total 4. King County Battery Dominant-Zero Emission Bus with Fast Charging System P/e-design construction funding to acquire battery electric buses that have fast charge capability. $4,232,800 Fed'l 5309(Bus) $1,058,200 Local $5,291,000 Total 5. King County Bus Replacement Bus replacement funding to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life with new hybrid electric buses. $3,785,175 Fed'l FTA Discretionary $378,518 Local $4,163,693 Total 6. King County Ferry District Vashon Isl Water Taxi (Passenger Only Ferry) Vessel Acquisition Equipment funding to acquire new passenger only ferry boat. $1,482,000 Fed'l FHWA FBD $370,500 Local $1,852,500 Total 7. Kitsap Transit Preventive Maintenance Scheduling Software/Computer Hardware Equipment funding for preventive maintenance, asset management scheduling software upgrades. $56,000 Fed'l 5309(Bus) $14,000 Local $70,000 Total 5b-3

4 Sponsor Title 8. Maple Valley Southeast King County Commuter Rail Transit Centers Feasibility Study Planning funding for a feasibility study for bringing commuter rail to southeast King County. The study examines the feasibility of utilizing existing infrastructure, operating on the Burlington Northern Stampede Pass Line between Maple Valley-Covington-Auburn, the capital operating costs ridership dem. The study will also design a business model. $360,000 Fed'l FTA Discretionary $0 Local $360,000 Total 9. Mountlake Terrace Lakeview Trail, Mountlake Terrace Transit Center to Interurban Trail P/e-design funding for the eventual construction of bike lanes, sidewalks, a new non-motorized trail from the Interurban Trail at 228th Street SW to the 236th Street SW bridge over Interstate 5. $300,000 Fed'l CMAQ $40,500 Local $199,966 Fed'l FHWA Discretionary $0 Local $540,466 Total 10. Mukilteo SR-526 Pedestrian Bike Access Design (44th Ave W/84th St. SW - W. Boeing Access Rd) P/e-design construction funding for a shared use pedestrian/bike lane on the north side of 84th Street to Paine Field Boulevard. $59,500 Fed'l CMAQ $25,500 Local $85,000 Total 11. Redmond Redmond Way Overlay Phases 1 & 2 P/e-design construction funding to repair pavement areas, repave the roadway, replace turn lanes traffic signals on Redmond Way Clevel Street. $2,602,300 Fed'l STP(W) $152,700 Local $2,755,000 Total 12. Seattle East Marginal Way at Horton Bridge Replacement P/e-design construction funding to demolish an existing bridge located on East Marginal Way approximately between Horton Street Hinds Street. The project will demolish the roadway bridge structure, back-fill the cavity that exists under the bridge, pave the road section with asphalt, stripe. Sidewalks, bikes lanes, lscaping will be re-established. $4,583,280 Fed'l BR $1,145,820 Local $5,729,100 Total 13. Sound Transit Asset Management Program Construction funding to make improvements upgrades to Sound Transit's transit asset management processes systems. $1,500,000 Fed'l 5309(Bus) $3,000,000 Local $4,500,000 Total 5b-4

5 Sponsor Title 14. WSDOT Olympic Region in Pierce Countywide Area I-5: Vicinity of Joint Base Lewis McChord - Install Ramp Meters (DuPont to Lakewood) P/e-design construction funding to install ramp meters cameras at three locations for northbound I-5. $166,667 Fed'l NHS $53,667 State $220,334 Total 5b-5