HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2015-06-01 Item 3F - SCATBd - 4/21/15 Meeting Summary and 5/19/15 Meeting AgendaSOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd)
April 21, 2015
MEETING SUMMARY
Members
Councilmember Bill Peloza (Chair)
Mayor Carol Benson
Councilmember Marcie Palmer
Mayor Dave Kaplan
Councilmember Linda Johnson
Mayor Dave Hill
Deputy Mayor Jeanne Burbidge
Councilmember Debi Wagner
Councilmember Stacia Jenkins
Kelly McGourty
Elizabeth Leavitt
Chris Arkills
Charles Prestrud
Lance Newkirk
Councilmember Barry Ladenburg
Chelsea Levy
City of Auburn
City of Black Diamond
City of Renton
City of Des Moines
City of Maple Valley
City of Algona
City of Federal Way
City of Burien
City of Normandy Park
PSRC (Alternate)
Port of Seattle
King County (Alternate)
WSDOT (Alternate)
City of Pacific
City of SeaTac
Sound Transit (Alternate)
I. Open Meeting
After opening comments and introductions the Board adopted the meeting summary for their March
17, 2015 meeting.
II. Reports, Communications and Citizens Requests to Comment
Chair Peloza announced the Metro kicked off Phase 1 of Southeast King County Alternative Service
Delivery Project outreach program on April 21st, 2015. The purpose in order to hear from existing and
future public transportation users about how current transit service is working for them and what
services they hope to see in the future. The Board was interesting in getting more detail on the Project
at the next SCATBd meeting. Vic Bishop, Eastside Transportation Association, address the Board on
PSRC's T2040 Update transit spending on transit and light rail service, discussed accessibility jobs via
transit. Kelly McGourty offered to have PSRC staff attend the next SCATBd meeting provide more
information on the information provided by Mr. Bishop.
III. I -5 — Sound Transit Federal Way Extension — Cathal Ridge, Sound Transit
Chelsea Levy said the draft EIS for the Federal Way Link Extension projects was released for public
comment on April 10. The Sound Transit Board will take action on the draft EIS in June. Mr. Ridge
said the draft EIS evaluated the light rail route and station alternatives and describes the project's
potential effects on the environment, nearby properties, transportation, and other impacts. Four build
alternatives were evaluated; along with the impacts associated with each alternative, and the various
station and alignment options. The comparison between alternatives included project costs, travel
times, daily ridership, lands with TOD potential, and business and residential displacements. The four
alternatives included the SR 99 alternative, the I -5 alternative, the SR 99 to I -5 alternative, and the I -5
to SR 99 alternative. Within each alternative different alignments were also reviewed based on state
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location options. Mr. Ridge said the final EIS will be developed in mid -2016; and the Sound Transit
Board will select the preferred alternative in late -2016. SCATBd asked for Sound Transit staff to
attend the next meeting to brief the Board on ST 2.
IV. SeaTac's Sustainable Airport Master Plan — Elizabeth Leavitt, Port of Seattle.
Ms. Leavitt said that due in large part to a strong regional economy; Sea -Tac Airport's annual
passenger count is expected to substantially increase in the next 20 years. Sea -Tac is preparing for this
growth with the development of its Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The SAMP is a long-
term blueprint for the future development of the airport with a 20 -year timeframe. In 2014, Sea -Tac
was the fastest growing large hub airport in the U.S. serving nearly 37.5 million passengers. In 2034,
forecasts project Sea -Tac will reach 66 million annual passengers (up from 37.5 million in 2014) and
540,000 annual operations (up from 350,000 in 2014). Ms. Leavitt said the focus areas of the SAMP
include airfield enhancements within the current three - runway configuration, terminal development
and potential expansion, roadway improvements and cargo facility modernization. Based on forecasts,
Sea -Tac Airport requires 35 additional aircraft gates (Sea -Tac currently has 88) and 16 additional
international wide -body aircraft gates (Sea -Tac currently has 11). Ms. Leavitt said the next steps in the
SAMP development process included open houses in the summer 2015 and will focus on the preferred
alternatives. A preferred plan will be chosen I the fall of 2015.
Other Attendees:
Vic Bishop, ETA
Maiya Andrews, Burien
Bob Lindskov, Covington
Brandon Carver, Des Moines
Andy Williamson, Black Diamond
Councilmember Tamie Deady, Black Diamond
Ed Conyers, WSDOT
Jim Seitz, Renton
Amy Danberg, PRR
Kim Henry, WSDOT
Lyset Cadena, SCA
Monica Whitman, Kent
Bob Giberson, Tukwila
Cheryl Saltys, PSRC
Charla Neuman, SSCCCLS
Jason Brown, KC Councilmember Regan Dunn
Tom Gut, SeaTac
Pablo Para
Paul Takamine, King County DOT
Cathal Ridge, Sound Transit
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SOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd)
MEETING
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
9:00 — 11:00 a.m.
SeaTac City Hall
4800 South 188th Street
SeaTac
AGENDA
1.
Open Meeting
• Introductions
• Approve summary of February 17,
2015 SCATBd Meeting Summary
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
• Legislative Updates
• Public Comment
Reports and
Discussion
9:05 a.m.
3
Stuck In Traffic — Gary Simonson, PSRC
Report and
Discussion
9:30 a.m.
4.
Southeast King County Alternative Service
Delivery, Carol Cooper, Metro Transit
Report and
Discussion
10:15 a.m.
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