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TO: <br />FROM: <br />BY: <br />City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />Transportation Committee <br />Jack Pace, DCD <br />Valerie Lonnem , Transportation Demand Management Coordinator <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: 7/9/2018 <br />SUBJECT: Regional Mobility Grant 2019-2021 Application <br />ISSUE <br />The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program is asking for approval to apply for the <br />2018-2021 Regional Mobility Grants (RMG) Program, a WSDOT grant. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In recent years, the City's TDM Program has received RMG funding through a partnership with <br />King County Metro, who provided pass-through funds to promote their program. King County <br />Metro is not applying for funding for the 2019-2021 gr8nt, therefore the City's TDM Program is <br />applying to continue TDM outreach activities in Tukwila and interested partnering south King <br />County jurisdictions. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The scope of the pRMG project, which would be implemented July 1,2019 through <br />June 30, 2021, is to focus on providing TDM services to centers of activity (e.g. business parks, <br />commercial and residential multi -tenant buildings, educational institutions) and congested <br />corridors within Tukwila and other partnering jurisdictions within south King County. The project <br />will help increase transportation options at sites that have not received Commute Trip Reduction <br />program support, such as smaller employers, who also may not have adequate resources to <br />subsidize alternative transportation programs. A key strategy is to develop partnerships with <br />embedded organizations in the communities we are serving to facilitate more effective outreach <br />and improve !ong-term program outcomes. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT <br />The City wilI need to provide up to $40,000 in match funding for the grant (20% of the $200.000 <br />program budget.) This funding will be provided in part or fully by the City's TDM Allocation <br />(formery called the Commute Trip Reduction Allocation) and additional in-kind funding may be <br />secured from partnering agencies. There will be no impact to the general fund. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Council is being asked to approve the request to apply for the 2019-2021 RMG Program. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />2019-2021 Regional Mobility Grant Program Timeline and Process <br />