TIC 2018-08-13 Item 3E - SCATBd - 6/19/18 Meeting Summary / 7/17/18 Meeting Agenda

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S OUTH C OUNTY A REA T RANSPORTATION B OARD (SCATBd) - June Meeting Summary Tuesday, June 19, 2018 i.Introductions ii.Reports: Cynthia Foley: Regional Transportation Committee update on Metro CONNECTS implementation and that Metro has issued a Request for Proposals for the paratransit program. źźź͵{ǒƭƷğźƓğĬƌĻ !źƩƦƚƩƷ ağƭƷĻƩ tƌğƓ Α {Ļğğĭ !źƩƦƚƩƷʹ tƚƩƷ of Seattle Commissioner Calkins provided an overview of operations at SeaTac Airport, describing how demand for seats on planes has grown with population growth in the region. The Port acknowledged that it is a good suggestion to consider siting another regional airport and that the regional baseline study being conducted by the PSRC will look at overall description of growth and how to accommodate it. Port of Seattle staff, Claire Gallagher provided an overview of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan process of work already completed including conducting an inventory, developing forecasts, conducting facility planning and developing alternatives. Near term major improvements at SeaTac Airport include: New aircraft parking, improved transit connections, above ground automated people mover connecting car rental with terminal, realignment of southbound lanes to airport to increase capacity, second terminal improvements (processor with ticketing, baggage processing), adding 19 gates (to the 90 existing). Relocation of maintenance shop and new firefighting station, taxiway improvement (more pavement for planes to que), relocation of fuel farm. Question: How are the annual number of planes calculated? 416k aircraft in 2017 to 480k aircraft in 2018, increased by 64k per year or 175 total flights per day. Cargo is a small portion of that figure. Arla Purcell, Director of Sustainability for SeaTac Airport provided an overview and described the purpose of the NEPA and SEPA, federal and state environmental processes being employed. She described the robust, 12-18 month engagement process to prepare a NEPA Environmental Assessment and a SEPA Environmental Impact Statement. Three open houses are planned. The agency ğƓķ ƦǒĬƌźĭ ƭĭƚƦźƓŭ ƦƩƚĭĻƭƭ ĬĻŭźƓƭ WǒƌǤ ЋЌ Α ЏЉ ķğǤƭ th thru Sept. 21. Week of Sept 10, the agency and public meetings will be held. Scoping package will provide information on near term projects, engagements and preliminary methodology on the topics. There are a variety of ways to comment on the website or at public meetings with court reporters. Questions: Concern with impacts of growth on surrounding communities. What kind of assurance will be given to prioritization of mitigations and impacts and funding? The process requires the Port to mitigate for impacts, beyond what is required legally is a policy question. The Port Commission has pledged to conduct a transparent process but must decide at what point will use of public dollars to mitigate impacts be enough? The Port is considering use of mitigation formulas and strategies used for maritime impacts for this SeaTac expansion. The state is concluding a study in fall, 2019 on the impacts of fine particulates associated with air travel at SeaTac. Will this study be incorporated into your environmental process? If information is available we will use it. First part of state study is looking at levels of fine particulates and how much are associated with aircraft. Second part of the study looks at the health of populations surrounding the airport. POS co-funded that study. This a long range plan, other jurisdictions have long range plans. Why not have all jurisdictions plan together, regionally. PSRC is producing the long range, regional plan with a lot of elected officials and it is the most appropriate place. The purpose of the PSRC study is to pull together all of the data and studies to produce a baseline. PSRC is working with the FAA to produce the scope and timing of the study that will line up with the completion of Vision 2050 mid-2020. PSRC study is a descriptive and not a prescriptive study for the POS and the region as a look at how to accommodate growth and demand for air travel. th iv.Sound Transit, Bus Rapid Transit on I-405 and SR 522 / NE 145: Barnard Van de Camp spoke to forecasted ŭƩƚǞƷŷ źƓ ƩźķĻƩƭŷźƦ ğƓķ Ʒƚ {ƚǒƓķ ƩğƓƭźƷ͸ƭ ķĻǝĻƌƚƦƒĻƓƷ ƚŅ .ǒƭ wğƦźķ ƩğƓƭźƷ ƌźƓĻƭ ĬĻŭźƓƓźƓŭ źƓ ЋЉЋЍ ƚƓ ƷǞƚ th corridors: I-405 and SR 522/NE 145. BRT will improve transit speed, reliability and access. Extensions to park and ride lots, new buses, new bus operations and maintenance facility, branding and rider information system. 27