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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2014-11-24 Item 3E - SCATBd - 10/21/14 Meeting Summary and 11/18/14 Meeting AgendaSOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd) October 21, 2014 MEETING SUMMARY Members Councilmember Marcie Palmer (Chair) Councilmember Bill Peloza (Vice - Chair) Councilmember Barry Ladenburg Councilmember Carol Benson Councilmember Dana Ralph Councilmember Wayne Snoey Deputy Mayor Jeannie Burbidge Justin Leighton Mayor Dave Hill Stacy Trussler Councilmember Stacia Jenkins Chelsea Levy Councilmember Linda Johnson Councilmember Jerry Robison Elizabeth Leavitt Councilmember Jeanette Burrage Commissioner Don Meyer Chris Arkills Councilmember Kathy Hougardy City of Renton City of Auburn City of SeaTac City of Black Diamond City of Kent City of Covington City of Federal Way Pierce Transit Algona WSDOT City of Normandy Park Sound Transit City of Maple Valley City of Burien Port of Seattle City of Des Moines Port of Tacoma King County (Alternate) City of Tukwila I. Open Meeting After opening comments and introductions the Board adopted the meeting summary for their September 16, 2014 meeting. II. Reports, Communications and Citizens Requests to Comment 16:00 Bill Peloza reported on the National League of Cities joint resolution on oil tankers, and said that the resolution will be put before the NLC Board of Directors in November for adoption. Port of Tacoma Commissioner Don Meyer reported on the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma's an alliance to manage the marine cargo business of both ports and reported that the alliance will bring good rates, efficiencies, good service to their customers and will allow the region to be competitive in the global economy. Mr. Meyers said the Board can expect more detail on the alliance at SCATBd's November meeting. Chair Palmer asked for volunteers for the 2015 SCATBd Officers Nominating Committee. Councilmembers Wayne Snoey, Linda Johnson and Dana Ralph volunteered for the committee. The committee said that they will report back to the Board at their November meeting. Chari Palmer reported on the RTC meeting and said King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski participated in the RTC discussion on the Metro service reduction proposal. She said routes were cut in order to put money in a number of Metro reserve funds for funding stability 19 over time. The members of the RTC discussed how much should in the reserve fund, and that cities position was to maintain service first. III. 2015 Transportation Legislation Discussion with Majority Floor Leader Senator Joe Fain and Majority Leader Representative Pat Sullivan The Board was briefed by Senator Fain and Representative Sullivan on possible 2015 transportation package. The Board asked for their advice on what SCATBd could do to help get transportation legislation passed. Senator Fain and Representative Sullivan said there was political will to pass a transportation package in 2015, and said if a package is not passed in 2015 they don't expect to see a package coming out of the Legislature in the near future. They both said they would only support a balanced transportation package that includes funding to complete major corridors such as SR 520, I -405, SR 167 and SR 509; they would not support a "piece meal/maintenance" package. Local options and a distribution of funds to local governments will be part of the discussion and will likely be a large part of any transportation package. The discussion will also include a proposal to remove the levy cap on the property tax icreases. Senator Fain and Representative Sullivan said that a transportation package will rely on a gas tax increase to fund the package. The gas tax increase needs to be more than 11 cents to cover the mega projects, and that tolling and VMT revenues for transportation projects were at least 15 -20 years away. Any package will have some sort of "reforms" woven in, however, they said that "reform" is an over -used word, and these will start being referred to as "outcomes ". They both said that it is important to communicate the State's transportation needs to legislators and the public and why passing a package is needed to support the State's economic development. They also said that the whole state needs to move forward on a transportation package, and that it would be a bad idea to regionalize a transportation vote. IV. SCATBd 2015 Legislative Agenda The Board discussed their 2015 message to the State Legislature and decided to keep carryover their 2014 SCATBd Legislative Message into 2015. Other Attendees: Jason Brown, King County Council SeaTac Councilmember Kathryn Campbell Don Bonner, Covington Rick Perez, Federal Way Ed Conyers, WSDOT Evette Mason, Port of Tacoma Susan Sanderson, SeaTac Monica Whitman, Kent Paul Takamine, King County Maiya Andrews, City of Burien Algona Councilmember Dawn Dofelmire Maryanne Zukowski, Normandy Park Andrew Merges, Des Moines Lyset Cadena, SCA Jim Seitz, Renton Brittany Jarnot Doug Levy 20 SOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd) MEETING Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:00 — 11:00 a.m. SeaTac City Hall 4800 South 188th Street SeaTac Agenda 1. Open Meeting • Introductions • Approve summary of September 16, 2014 SCATBd Meeting Summary (Attachment A) Action 9:00 a.m. 2. Reports, Communications and Citizen Requests to Comment • Chair or Vice Chair • Participant Updates from RTC and Other Regional Committees • Public Comment Reports and Discussion 9:05 a.m. 3 SCATBd 2015 Officers Election Action 9:15 a.m. 4. Seaport Alliance Briefing — Port of Tacoma Commissioner Don Meyer and Port of Seattle Commissioner Tom Albro Report and Discussion 9:30 a.m. 4. WSDOT Seismic Retrofit Program — Pat Morin, WSDOT Report and Discussion 10:15 a.m. 21