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Home My WebLink About2009-10-05 Transportation Minutes City of Tukwila Transportation Committee TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 5, 2009 S: 00 p.m. Conference Room I PRESENT Councilmembers: De'Sean Quinn, Chair; Dennis Robertson and Verna Griffin Staff: Bob Giberson, Frank Iriarte, Robin Tischmak, Cyndy Knighton, Jaimie Reavis, Peter Lau, Gail Labanara, Mike Ronda, Derek Speck, Nick Olivas, Jack Pace, Don Tomaso and Kimberly Matej Guest: Chuck Parrish CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Quinn called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. I. PRESENTATIONS No presentations. II. BUSINESS AGENDA A. TIB Phase II III and Annual Traffic Signal Purchase Staff is seeking full Council approval to purchase six traffic signal control cabinets from Western Systems in the amount of $120,947.13. Funding for this purchase is budgeted in the 104 Arterial Street Fund. Two of the four cabinets will be utilized in the TIB Phase II and III project. The remaining four cabinets will be purchased as part of the Annual Traffic Signal Program and utilized for expansion of the City's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) which provides real -time remote signal and closed circuit television. The purchase of the cabinets will enable ITS control and the following intersections: Tukwila International Boulevard and South 130 Tukwila International Boulevard and South 132 Tukwila International Boulevard and South 144` Tukwila International Boulevard and South 112` Tukwila International Boulevard and South Boeing Access Road East Marginal Way and Interurban Avenue South In regards to project priority and funding, staff explained the importance of this purchase relative to traffic signal timing plans in the Urban Center, in relation to event specific timing plans and evacuation routes. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO OCTOBER 12 COW FOR DISCUSSION. B. Tukwila Urban Center Access Proiect (Klickitat) Ordinance to Form a Local Improvement District Staff is seeking full Council approval of an ordinance to form Local Improvement District (LID) #33 for the Tukwila Urban Center Access Project (Klickitat). On September 28, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 1690, an Intent to Form a Local Improvement District. A public hearing on the resolution was held on September 21, at that time, the preliminary assessment roll was presented. Based on this information, staff was prepared to move forward with a draft ordinance for Committee review and subsequent forwarding to the October 12 COW, as well as a public hearing regarding the ordinance tentatively scheduled for October 19. Unfortunately, the resolution did not include the public hearing date for the ordinance. This technical error will require the Resolution of Intent to be redone with the required information. This error will delay full Transportation Committee Minutes October 5. 2009 Paae 2 Council consideration of the ordinance until the process has been noticed correctly. However, the Committee is still able to act on the draft ordinance agenda item at this meeting. Cyndy Knighton will distribute an updated timeline for the LID process once dates for the new resolution and appropriate public hearings are scheduled. It is anticipated that issues regarding the final assessment roll will be heard by the Hearing Examiner. In response to this, Committee members noted the importance of full Council understanding of appropriate information sharing for the public hearing on the draft ordinance relative to LID formation. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO A FUTURE COW FOR DISCUSSION. C. Walk Roll Program Desien Report Update Jaime Reavis provided an informational update to Committee on a design and engineering report being conducted by Perteet Engineering for the bicycle routes and sidewalk segments relative to the City's Walk Roll Plan. The draft report discusses potential options and interim improvements, suggesting recommendations and feasibility for trails, bike lanes, shared lanes (including sharrows), bicycle boulevards and sidewalk segments. Staff anticipates report completion by the end of the year. The consultant report will be available to full Council once edits are finished. The next step will be for the consultant to conduct preliminary design work on identified options. Recommendations will be based on phased approaches dependent on scheduled road improvements. INFORMATION ONLY. III. MISCELLANEOUS Meeting adjourned at 5:39 p.m. Next meeting: Monday, October 19, 2009 5:00 p.m. Conference Room 1 Committee Chair Approval Minutes by KAM. Reviewed by BG and JR.