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INFORMATION MEMO
To: Mayor Mullet
From: 1 ublic Works Directo
Date: May 23, 2007
Subject: Tukwila Transit Center Grant Application Update
Project No. 06 -RWO2
Update the Mayor and Council on grant application opportunities.
Attachment III.E.
BACKGROUND
In January 2006, IBI Group was selected to design the Tukwila Transit Center project on Andover
Park West near Baker Boulevard. Since then, the consultant team and City staff have been working
with King County Metro (Metro), the Tukwila Police Department (and specifically the Crime
Prevention section), Metro Transit Police, and the adjacent property owners and businesses. A
conceptual plan has been developed and a report prepared with a site recommendation. However,
with the pending litigation with Open Frame LLC and the Comprehensive Plan Update schedule, no
site decision on the east side of Andover Park West has been presented to Council.
Staff has been submitting grant applications for construction funding since April 2006. Sources
include the Federal Transit Authority (FTA, 2006), Surface Transportation Program (2006),
WSDOT Transit Mobility Grant (2006), FY2008 Appropriations (2007), and most recently a new
submittal for FTA funds in conjunction with Metro. At this point, we have not been successful in
obtaining grant funds. It is unknown if any FY2008 Appropriations will be made for this project
and the recent application to FTA was just submitted on May 22, 2007.
ANALYSIS
Tukwila was excluded from applying for FTA funds for this current grant cycle so staff negotiated
with Metro to gain their support and agreement to submit the Tukwila Transit Center. Metro made
it clear that they would not support putting forward an application for the full project amount,
currently estimated at over $4 million. A construction cost of less than $1 million was the target
Metro staff requested. Working with IBI Group to reduce the scope to just the west side of the
Transit Center (the side where the current bus zone is located next to Southcenter Mall), a new
estimated cost of $1,009,400 million was determined. This stripped down version allows for key
elements to be constructed yet still provides a quality project to set the tone for the Urban Center.
The remaining elements will be easy to include in future phases as funding becomes available.
The total request made of the FTA was $781,900, which includes monies for construction,
construction engineering, and the administrative fees charged by Metro. Matching funds for this
grant are already in -hand and include the $200,000 of City funds, $500,000 cash and $343,000 land
value from Westfield, and $200,000 grant funds obtained by Metro. No additional City or private
funds will be necessary if this grant is awarded.
RECOMMENDATION
Information only.
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