HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-10-05 Transportation MinutesTRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
October 5, 2015 — 5:15 p.m. — Foster Conference Room, 6300 Building
PRESENT
City of Tukwila
Transportation Committee
Councilmembers: Joe Duffie, Chair; Allan Ekberg, Dennis Robertson (Absent: Kathy Hougardy)
Staff: David Cline, Bob Giberson, Pat Brodin, Frank Iriarte, Gail Labanara, Laurel
Humphrey
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Duffie called the meeting to order at 5:17 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. WAPA Best City Paving Award: Overlay and Repair — East Marginal Way South
Staff shared with the Committee that the City received the Washington Asphalt Pavement
Association (WAPA) Best City Paving Award for the Overlay and Repair — East Marginal Way South
(South 81st Place to South Norfolk Street) Project. This project was selected over 13 other paving
projects in Western Washington. The project scope included pavement repairs and an asphalt
overlay, new pavement markings, pedestrian safety upgrades, and storm water improvements.
INFORMATION ONLY.
B. Grant Acceptance: Cascade View Safe Routes to School — Phase II
Staff is seeking Council approval to accept a Safe Routes to School Grant award from WSDOT in
the amount of $838,950.00 for the Cascade View Safe Routes to School — Phase II Project. Phase
II of this project will add improvements along South 140th Street and 33rd Avenue South that will
connect the trail constructed in Phase I and provide safer routes throughout the neighborhood. The
total construction cost is $927,950.00, and a budget amendment will be proposed to fund Phase II
for the required City match. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO OCTOBER 19, 2015
REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
C. Public Comment: TUC Pedestrian - Bicycle Bridge over Green River
Public comment is being accepted at this committee meeting and at the October 12, 2015 Committee
of the Whole on the proposed fill and excavation to the Christensen Road Property for the Tukwila
Urban Center Pedestrian /Bicycle Bridge over Green River. In this project the Green River Trail will
be widened from the bridge landing point westerly to Christensen Road. Mitigation for this fill is best
located on the Christensen Road Property, which is designated as a Section 4(f) facility per the US
Department of Transportation Act of 1966. The Committee acknowledged the de minimus use of
public park and habitat restoration property, which means that activities, features or attributes of the
property will not be adversely affected. FORWARD TO OCTOBER 12, 2015 COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE.
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III. SCATBd
No report was given.
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Meeting adjourned at 5:32 p.m.
Nx mpeting: Monday, October 19, 2015
Committee Chair Approval
Minutes by LH, Reviewed by GL