HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOW 2005-09-26 Item 4C - Grant Application - City Council's Support for Growth Management Services
CAS NUMBER: 05-128 ORIGINAL AGENDA DATE. 09 -26 -05
AGENDA ITEM TITLE Proposed correspondence in support of Growth Management Services Grant money
to complete a non motorized (pedestrian /bicycle) transportation plan for Tukwila.
CATEGORY Discussion Motion Resolution Ordinance Bid Award Public Hearing Other
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SPONSOR Counczl Mayor Adrs Svcs DCD Finance Fire Legal P&R Police PW
SPONSOR'S The proposed correspondence states the Tukwila City Council's support for Growth
SUMMARY Management Services Grant monies to complete a non motorized transportation plan for
Tukwila. The plan will draw on a fully funded non motorized plan currently being
completed as a part of the TUC Subarea Plan. The proposal is for the planning of a system
of facilities designed to connect people to places.
REVIEWED BY COW Mtg. CA &P Cmte F &S Cmte Transportation Cmte
Utihttes Cmte Arts Comm. Parks Comm. Planning Comm.
DAIS: 09 -13 -05 Community Affairs and Parks Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR /ADMIN. Review the proposed correspondence in support of grant application.
CO\MilUEE Same as sponsor.
COST IMPACT I FUND SOURCE
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED AMOUNT BUDGETED APPROPRIATION REQUIRED
Fund Source:
Comments: Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development is soliciting
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09 -26 -05 1 COW: Discuss proposed correspondence in support of grant funds.
MTG.DATE I ATTACHMENTS
09 -26 -05 1 Memorandum to Mayor and COW dated September 15, 2005.
Minutes CA P Committee dated 09- 13 -05.
Proposed correspondence from Council to Washington State Department of Community,
Trade and Economic Development /Growth Management Services
Mayor Mullet
Steve Lancaster, DCD DIrector
ApplIcatIOn for Growth Management ServIces Grant
September 15, 2005
BACKGROUND
· The Washington State Department of Commumty, Trade and Economic Development
(CTED) IS soliciting applIcations for up to $35,000 in grant fundmg to assIst WIth
actIvities related to the GMA.
· As part of the TukwIla Urban Center Plan, the City has contracted with Dan Burden of
Glatting Consulting to complete a non-motorized transportation plan for the TUC. The
contract is for $24,000 and is fully funded by the TOD Grant.
· The Community Affairs and Parks Committee revIewed the proposal on September 13
(See attached meeting minutes). They recommended forwarding the proposal to the
Council ofthe Whole.
PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATION
Staff proposes to apply for $35,000 m CTED grant funding in order to expand the Dan Burden
non-motorized transportation plan to encompass the entire CIty.
The timing of this grant IS fortunate. The GMA grant would allow a CIty-wIde non-motorized
transportation plan to be completed.. .bUIlding on and dovetailmg wIth the ruc effort. Rather
than having an Isolated plan to connect all modes withm one subarea, the CIty would be able to
have a combmed plan Imkmg vanous neIghborhoods and areas to each other and to the regIOn.
In effect, thIs grant would allow us to get the most "bang for the buck" trom the grant because It
WIll extend methodologIes used in the TUC non-motorized plan to all other parts of the CIty,
wIthout havmg to re-thInk eXIstmg condItions, alternatIve ways of measuring level of service,
transIt routes and other basic tenants of the analysIs.
Q"\grants\GMA 2006 - Ped Bike\Burdencow.DOC
At thIS tIme, TuhvIla and partner agencIes are plannmg or Implementmg major transIt changes m
separate areas of the CIty For example, the Pennanent TukwIla Commuter Rail/Amtrak StatIOn
IS under design m the Urban Center; The Lmk LIght Rail S l54th Street StatIOn and assocIated
sIdewalks, bIcycle lanes, etc are under constructIOn along TukwIla InternatIonal Blvd and S
1 54th Street. A non-motonzed transportatIOn plan would allow us to plan connections to these
destmatIOns and transit centers ITom local and regional busmesses and resIdentIal neIghborhoods
The non-motonzed transportatIOn plan wIll mclude locations and specIficatIOns for pedestnan
and bicycle routes, sIgnage, security and amenities that will, when implemented, draw people to
non-motorized transportation modes and to tranSIt.
CITY BUDGET IMP ACT
The grant requires at least a 10% match. Staff proposes to allocate $4,400 of existing staff tIme
and materials to admimster the grant, and provIde mapping and some research support to the
consultant on the project. As required under the grant applIcation, staff has drafted a supportmg
letter ITom the Tukwila City CouncIl for your review.
REQUESTED ACTION
1) Approve staff s request to apply for the CTED grant
2) Authorize the Council President to sign the attached letter of support.
Q.\grants\GMA 2006 - Ped Bike\Burdencow.DOC
Community and Parks
September 13,2005
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4. Growth .Management Services Grant Jack explained the staff would like to apply for a
$35,000 grant from the .Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic
Development. The grant's 10% match requirement will be met with staff time. The grant would
be used to plan a non-motorized transportation plan for not only TUC, but for the whole City.
Connecting TIB, neighborhoods, and the transit center will require planning. Pedestrians and
bicycle riders would be the beneficiaries of this plan when it is implemented. Recommend
approval of grant application to COW.
Department of Community Development
Steve Lancaster, Director
September 7, 2005
ATTN: GMS Grants
vVashington State Department of Community, Trade and EconomIC Development
Growth Management ServIces
906 ColumbIa Street Southwest
Olympia, vVashington 98501
RE: Tuk\vIla CIty CouncIl letter of support for Growth Management Services Grant
Dear Sir or Madam,
The Tukwila CIty Council wIshes to express its support for the proposed use of Growth
Management ServIces Grant money to complete a non-motorized transportation plan for
Tukwila.
This proposed city-wide non-motonzed plan will include locatIOns and specIfications for
pedestrian and bicycle routes, signage, security and amemtIes that will, when Implemented,
draw people to non-motorized transportatIOn modes and to transit. The plan will draw on a
fully funded non-motorized plan currently being completed as part of the TukwIla Urban
Center (ruC) Subarea Plan. The proposed cIty-wide non-motonzed plan will capItalize on
the TUC non-motorized plan by applymg mnovative methods and technIques developed for
that plan to the rest of the City.
ThIs grant proposal IS for the planmng of a svstem of facilities designed to connect people to
places. In order for it to operate smoothly, any system is best If planned comprehensively,
with thought and purpose. Routes must have beginmngs and endings near places people
need or deSIre to go.. .they must connect to other routes and transportatIOn modes, feel safe
and be pleasant to use, A coordinated cIty-wIde non-motonzed transportatIOn plan WIll be a
step in achievmg these City goals. In the process, It's implementatIOn could also improve
aerobic health, reduce stress and infonn people about therr commumty in a way that can't be
done ftom a car wmdow.
We support the accompanying applicatIOn for grant fundmg to complete thIS plan.
Sincerely,
Pam Linder,
Tuk\vila City Council PresIdent