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11111111111111111111111111111111, <br />111111111111111111111111111111111 <br />of Tukwt <br />Depart oonminf't"yDevelopment -NoraIOiQVfofA(CP,0 <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Transportation & Infrastructure Services Committee <br />FROM: Nora Gierloff, DCD Director <br />BY: Alison Turner, Sustainable Transportation Program Manager <br />Chris Andree, Sustainable Transportation Outreach Coordinator <br />CC: Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: June 11, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: Transportation Demand Management Program <br />Regional Mobility Grant Program Award <br />Allan Ekberg Mayor <br />ISSUE <br />The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program is asking for approval to accept a WSDOT <br />Regional Mobility Grant (RMG) Program award. The City has been awarded $336,000.00 for the 2021- <br />2023 biennium and is projected to receive $336,000.00 for the 2023-2025 biennium. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The TDM Program was awarded and is currently administering a July 2019 — June 2021 Regional <br />Mobility Grant. The TDM Program successfully applied for a new 4 -year "Regional TDM for South King <br />County" project. This new funding award will enable the TDM Program to continue providing regional <br />TDM services in Tukwila and partner cities in South King County including Burien, Des Moines, Kent, <br />Renton, and SeaTac. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The RMG project, to be implemented July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025, and will provide TDM <br />services to employers, residents, commuters and visitors in Tukwila and partner cities to reduce traffic <br />congestion and improve air quality in South King County. By providing transportation information, <br />resources and incentives, the project will encourage a mode shift away from driving alone and increase <br />the use of transit, carpooling, active transportation, telecommuting, and new mobility services. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT <br />There will be no impact to the general fund. Local match of $168,000.00, 20% of the project budget, will <br />be provided by the City's TDM Allocation (formerly called Commute Trip Reduction), plus funding from <br />a federal 2023-2024 CMAQ grant award and/or local in-kind funding should there be any. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />The Council is being asked to accept the WSDOT Regional Mobility Grant Program Award and <br />consider this item on the Consent Agenda at the June 21, 2021, Regular Meeting. <br />ATTACHMENT: Award Letter <br />Tek w eik Hell 6200 Sow h n <br />loop" '' . °I t w ih'o, 24 98189 w 209.43 <br />00 <br />k o Agou <br />47 <br />