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TO: <br />City of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />Transportation and Infrastructure Committee <br />FROM: Henry Hash, Public Works Director 7 <br />Jack Pace, Community Development Director <br />BY: Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: March 21, 2019 <br />SUBJECT: System Access grant applications <br />ISSUE <br />Should the city apply for the System Access Funds to improve access to Sound Transit <br />facilities? <br />BACKGROUND <br />The System Access Fund is the major component of the $100 million System Access Program <br />included in the voter -approved Sound Transit 3 (ST3) system plan. The System Access Fund is <br />allocated equally among Sound Transit's five subareas and will help fund improvements that <br />make it easier and more convenient for people to get to Sound Transit facilities. <br />Cities can apply to Sound Transit for System Access Funds to help implement projects that <br />improve connections to stations. At this time up to $10 million is available in each of Sound <br />Transit's five subareas. Sound Transit will allocate this round of funds between 2019 and 2025. <br />Each jurisdiction can submit up to two applications in this round. Capital projects that have <br />advanced to the design/engineering or construction phase and that demonstrate a clear link with <br />a Sound Transit -served facility such as safe sidewalks, protected bike lanes and shared use <br />paths are eligible for these funds. Additionally, cities must show how ongoing operations and <br />maintenance costs will be sustained once System Access Funds are expended. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Last month Sound Transit issued a call for projects and requested cities to submit screening <br />forms for potential projects to determine whether the projects were eligible to apply for the <br />System Access Funds. Tukwila submitted screening forms for two projects; one at each of the <br />City's Sound Transit stations: <br />1. Non -Motorized Connections and Wayfinding for Tukwila International Boulevard Station: <br />Design and construct sidewalks along both sides of S 152nd Street from 42nd Ave S to <br />Tukwila International Blvd including wayfinding signs at key locations. This provides <br />sidewalks for residential area within % mile of the station connecting to existing <br />sidewalks on Tukwila Intl Blvd and 42nd Avenue S, connecting into the TIBS station. <br />Amount requested is $3,135,700. <br />This project has the potential to connect to the light rail station via a future mid -block <br />north -south path, partially located on the proposed Bellwether site. S 152nd St is also a <br />safe route to school, and is a project in Tukwila's Transportation Improvement Program <br />(TIP) and Capital Improvement Program (CIP). <br />31 <br />