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Home My WebLink AboutTIS 2021-05-24 Item 2G - Update - Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Alternative Access StudyCity of Tukwila Al I a n El•biN p- Via •' r P'i'a ! I# r ,L■ .T I I .-C - _ i r r INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Transportation and Infrastructure Services Committee FROM: Hari Ponnekanti, Public Works Director/City Engineer CC: Mayor Allan Ekberg DATE: May 21, 2021 SUBJECT: BNSF Alternative Access Study Project No. 99510409 Project Update and Next Steps ISSUE Information regarding the BNSF Intermodal Facility Access Study. BACKGROUND The purpose of this memorandum is to share history and information regarding alternatives for a new truck traffic route into the BNSF intermodal yard to relieve truck traffic from the Allentown neighborhood ("the Project"). While the Tukwila City Council has been considering access alternatives for the BNSF intermodal yard since the late 1990's, no preferred alternative route has been selected. The goal of an alternative route has always been to improve the quality of life for residents in the Allentown, Duwamish and surrounding areas, which are impacted by the estimated 3,000 trucks per day (of the total 10,000 vehicles per day) which use the current route (status quo) on S. 124th St. and 42nd Ave. S. bridge to access the BNSF intermodal yard. These trucks impact air quality, noise, and the safety of residents. A common goal is to move this truck traffic out of the residential area. Selecting and creating an alternative route into the BNSF intermodal yard has several challenges due to overall costs, lack of funding options for an alternative route, environmental concerns and potential litigation. Immediately below is a historical timeline of events related to consideration of alternative routes. This timeline is based on available records and remembrances of those involved. I. Historical Alternative Route Consideration Timeline As shown below, in 1997, the City of Tukwila began studying access alternatives to the BNSF Intermodal Facility. Date Activity 1997 • Hanson & Wilson Co. Access Study for BNSF 1998 • Harding Lawson Associates Study 2000 • Cooper Consulting Engineering Study (because previous two studies presented substantially different capital estimates) May 2011 • City Council adopted Res 1741 opposing federal pre-emption relating to railroads • Council Member (CM) Hougardy met with Port Commissioner Tarleton to discuss BNSF expansion concerns • City met with BNSF to discuss alternate access • City sent letter to BNSF discussing lack of financial assistance, deterioration of 42nd Ave Bridge from truck traffic • BNSF response letter offering further discussions but no specifics hltps://tukwilawa.sharepoint.com/sites/publicworks/engineering/PW Drop Box/01 TIC Agenda/2021 Agenda Items/TIC 05-24-21/g. BNSF Alternate Study/info memo BNSF alternatives 050721.docx 93 Date Activity July 2011 • • City met with BNSF to clarify understandings and address neighborhood concerns, Council Members (CMs), Ball Janik (Federal Lobbyist) and reps from Senator Murray, Senator. Cantwell, Congressman Smith in attendance City met with Allentown residents August 2011 • BSNF letter to city proposing to meet every six months and asserting no plans for expansion (follow up meetings were not made) February 2012 • City met with Ball Janik (Federal Lobbyist) to discuss BNSF and Strander Blvd Ext May 2012 • DC trip to meet with reps from Surface Transportation Board July 2012 • City met with BNSF followed by letter to Sen. Cantwell August 2012 • Allentown residents give public comment opposing alternative route on 115th/116th November 2012 • City met with BNSF April 2013 • • • City Council discussed BNSF Railyard City met with BNSF and Ball Janik to discuss engineering options, 30% design, EIS, cost sharing, pursuit of TIGER (Federal grant opportunity), neighborhood livability Council's CAP Committee discussed scope of work for neighborhood livability study May 2013 • City met with BNSF June 2013 • Council added BNSF Regional Access Center to Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) August 2013 • City Council discussed options for study/report for Allentown and BNSF intermodal facility October 2013 • City receives Request for Proposal (RFP) from BNSF on southern access alternatives for review March 2014 • City met with BNSF April 2014 • City forms internal working group of staff and three CMs May 2014 • • BNSF group meets with Allentown residents on draft Request for Quote (RFQ) for livability Mayor and CMs meet with Murray, Cantwell and Smith in DC June 2014 • • City talked with Smith office about cooperative funding agreement BNSF group met with Allentown residents July 2014 • • BNSF Workgroup Tour arranged by Ball Janik Cooperative Funding Agreement with BNSF for alternative access study November 2014 • • Neighborhood canvassing re: livability City Council discussion on draft scope of work for BNSF Facility Access Study March 2015 • Contract with David Evans and Associates for BNSF Facility Access Study August 2015 • Council briefed on progress of BNSF study - August 10, 2015 Council of the Whole (C.O.W.) December 2015 • Council briefed on progress of BNSF study - December 14, 2015 C.O.W. March 2016 • BNSF Access Study Open House (Tukwila Community Center and Online) November 2016 • BNSF Intermodal Facility Access Study — Draft Alternative Screening Analysis Report November 28, 2016 December 2016 • Draft Study findings transmitted to City Council March 2017 • City met with BECU to discuss their concerns with the Gateway Drive alternative Phone; 24D6-433-1800 Email: Mayor@TukwitaINA.gov • Website: T kwiIa Nt ov 94 Date Airport Way S. 3 Activity May 2017 S. 112th Street • Notice of SEPA Application issued with comment period ending - June 2, 2017 August 2017 • Open House — Preferred Alternative Outreach -. August 17, 2017 September 2017 • Bob Giberson retires; Robin Tischmak becomes Interim Public Works Director January 2018 • Henry Hash becomes Public Works Director March 2019 • Great Northern Corridor Coalition (GNCC) Meeting and Tour of the BNSF South Seattle Intermodal Facility. March 27, 2019 June 2019 • • TIS Committee discussed project and sent to C.O.W. Councilmembers toured BNSF facility October 2019 • CM Kruller toured BNSF facility with NLC's Brittney Kohler July 2020 • Hari Ponnekanti named Interim Public Works Director February 2021 • Hari Ponnekanti appointed Public Works Director May 2021 • Council's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee agenda item June 2021 • Public open house to be held II. PROJECT ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS In 2015, the City of Tukwila and BNSF jointly funded an access study for a total cost of $241,173.23 to determine a potential new alternative route for truck traffic into the intermodal yard. As part of the study, open houses were held and community input was collected. The following four alternatives were considered along with the status quo (S. 124th St. and 42nd Ave. S. bridge). 1 Airport Way S. 3 Gateway Drive - north leg 2 S. 112th Street 4 48th Avenue S. In December 2016, the City began environmental review of the access study by completing a SEPA checklist. After receiving comments that probable, significant adverse environmental impacts of some for the truck route alternatives would trigger the requirement for a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the City paused environmental review in August 2017 due to several factors, including but not limited to: - City staff did not clearly articulate the various challenges associated with the alternative access effort, including: o No budget or clear direction for completing next phases of alternative access study o Required environmental regulatory process and potential project opponents o Increased concerns regarding 42nd Ave S. Bridge and focus on securing state grant funds (City applied for bridge replacement grant funds in 2017 and 2019 without success) o Other capital project priorities on Capital Improvement Plan, (such as the Strander Boulevard extension into Renton and 42nd Ave S. Bridge replacement) - Changes in city personnel Phone; 2O6 -433-18Q0 • Email: Mayor@TukwilaWA.gov + Website: TukwiilaWA.gcv 95 Map of the study area and alternatives routes Phone; 206-433-1800 Email; Mayor TukwilaWA,gov • Website: TukwilMWA.gov 96 III. POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS To move forward with an alternative access analysis, the environmental review must be resumed for a set of feasible alternatives and the status quo (no action alternative). Early SEPA review requires having each of the access alternatives defined well enough to adequately conduct the review for possible environmental impacts. A. SEPA Review of All Routes (EIS). Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") on all four alternative routes as compared to the status quo / "no action" alternative is recommended prior to choosing a preferred route. An EIS is intended to be an impartial tool to identify and analyze probable adverse environmental impacts, reasonable alternatives, and possible mitigation for the impacts. An EIS is required when significant adverse environmental impacts are likely from a project, such as here, where two of the alternatives involve a new bridge across a salmon bearing river. If a full scope EIS is undertaken, all of the alternatives in the 2016 Draft BNSF Access Study would be analyzed. Below are the elements considered during SEPA review/analysis: Environmental Elements for SEPA Analysis 1. Earth 2. Air 3. Water 4. Plants 5. Animals 6. Energy and Natural Resources 7. Environmental Health 8. Land and Shoreline Use 9. Housing 10. Aesthetics 11. Light and Glare 12. Recreation 13. Historic and Cultural Preservation 14. Transportation 15. Public Services 16. Utilities Scoping is the first step in the EIS process. The purpose of scoping is to narrow the focus of the EIS to significant environmental issues, eliminate insignificant impacts from detailed study, and identify alternatives to be analyzed in the EIS. Scoping also provides notice to the public and other agencies that an EIS is being prepared, and initiates their involvement in the process. The result of the scoping process might be a reduced number of access alternatives and/or environmental elements to be studied. While a narrower document will reduce costs, one that does not fully consider environmental impacts may be more vulnerable to legal challenge. IV. PROJECT CHALLENGES The Project presents numerous, significant challenges. The status quo involves the 42nd Ave S bridge, which is nearing the end of its useful life, is beyond repair and requires replacement. All potential alternatives are challenging due to overall costs, lack of funding options for an alternative route, environmental concerns and potential litigation. Anticipated Cost Considerations: Option 1: Update Previous Cost Estimates: Estimated cost is $15,000 to $50,000 Staff estimates that the supplemental costs to update the David Evans contract for the cost estimate revisions to the report will be approximately $15,000 to $50,000. Option 2: EIS on all alternatives: Estimated cost is $750,000 to $900,0001 Staff estimates that the supplemental costs to start and finish an environmental impact application process is approximately $750,000 to $900,000. The cost would depend on the scope, such as the number of route alternatives (or the number of environmental elements) selected for review. The estimated timeline for completing this EIS is 18 to 24 months. This EIS would be useful only for a certain period of time and depending on when funding was secured (if several years later due to Federal or 1 Updated (April 2021) cost estimate from David Evans and Associates; a limited scope EIS would be less, yet likely could still cost between $500,000 and $750,000. Phone; 2O6-433-1200 • Email: Mayor@TukwillaWA.gov + Website: TukwilaWA.gov 97 State funding availability), it may need to be updated (supplemented) for an additional cost. A full EIS or partial EIS will both require the City to hire a term -limited Project Manager at a cost of approximately $300,000 for two years. This brings the total estimated costs up to $1.2 million dollars for the EIS and City staff requirements. Option 3: Research and analyze funding options to secure future funding if feasible: Seek via State and Federal funding for an alternative access route, once it has been defined. At this time there is a current lack of funding for new bridges, which are proposed in two of the four alternatives, as such, there is not currently a good fit for state and federal funding. However, the potential for a Federal infrastructure package may occur, but is unknown at this time. Nor are the application requirements known. Those potential funds may be used to fix deteriorating infrastructure rather than `build new'. The City will follow this closely. In addition, if a bridge was chosen as the alternate access, it will serve primarily as a bridge for freight traffic. Access to Baker Commodities or residential use would have to be considered but may be a design challenge in certain cases. The reality that the public will not be able to use this infrastructure, and that it will largely benefit private industry, makes it a difficult candidate for public funding. Project Costs Project costs for any alternative are unknown until preliminary engineering is underway. For example, an estimated cost for the 48th Ave S. route alternative, developed in 2016, was approximately $20 million. Due to price escalation, in 2019, it was estimated that this cost could have nearly doubled to $34M. Any estimate will need to be updated, and based on this alternative's less than 10% design, any alternative's design would need to progress further to get a better cost estimate. An example of a project in the City for comparison is the Strander Boulevard easterly extension into Renton, WA. That project was originally estimated at $29 million, upon completion of design work, it was identified at $80 million. The City, even with existing State and Federal resources, did not have the money to proceed with the project, so it was cancelled. The City had received Federal grant funding of $5 million for the design work, but since the project was stopped, the City had to return that funding to the Federal Government. Potential Litigation Due to the complexity of these alternatives, there are various entities who may challenge any of these alternatives, including adjacent property owners, tribal governments, other city and state governments, and local businesses. FINANCIAL IMPACT Option 1: Staff estimates that the supplemental costs to update the David Evans contract for the cost estimate revisions to the report will be approximately $15,000 to $50,000. Please note that these cost estimates are based on a very preliminary engineering design and are subject to change. Option 2: Staff also estimates that the supplemental costs to start and finish an environmental impact statement process is approximately $750,000 to $900,000. This effort will also require a term -limited Project Manager at a cost of approximately $300,000 for two years. The total for Option 2 is approximately up to $1.2 million dollars. RECOMMENDATION It is Staffs recommendation that it would be most appropriate to proceed with Options 1 and 2. ATTACHMENTS: Draft BNSF Intermodal Facility Access Study - Draft Alternative Screening Analysis (full draft) Draft BNSF Intermodal Facility Access Study - Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary Phone; 2O6 -433-18Q0 • Email: Mayor@TukwillaWA.gov + Website: TukwiilaWA.gov 98 99 ram a�.vvg.0 Aiperi■� w.sF 100 MARY 0 102 Airpc,rf Way AJJarriatika 3 1:1M 3r:10.4 ,T'r AJtarawt'ex Mociaver-tiliumts;• 103 104 105 Areas 106 Yq:;.0 01,5..*" isuarilif.sns:uR am1c Sr 108 109 110 plexit / 111 1 I 11 ME II I MEI IMO MOM MEI 3 iax'arC,i►S•'ti !zip") AWSI 114 115 • 111 Wirf)l-LIC • 116 • 117 4iiiVlM111i i Pilii/i11 II1Gbll11 n11111111111*ii 111 `+ it , i ..f i,.,, ti. -&e1 41.1.1 .a1I a. _ p 11.,1.! wnR rc 118 COPETR.IGT hEW . AHD 16411 "ev. 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BNSF Railway also sponsored this study, The existing access to the intermodal facility uses 42nd Avenue S and 5 124th Street. 5 124th Street is also a residential collector street serving the community of Allentown. Several residential homes with driveways are located on 5 124th Street, as is the Tukwila Community Center which houses an aquatic center, meeting rooms, classes and activities for all ages, and playground and ball fields. This study did not create new alternatives but used alternatives that were developed by previous studies. A total of five alternatives were studied. Airport Way 5, 5 112th Street, 5124th Street, Gateway Drive — North Leg, and 48th Avenue 5. Several desktop researches were performed as part of this study. These researches included critical and sensitive areas, fish and wildlife, water resources, hazardous materials, geological and soils, and cultural and historical resources. A scored screening matrix was developed collaboratively between the City of Tukwila, BNSF Railway, and David Evans and Associates, Inc. The matrix was presented to Tukwila City Council as well as to the public for their feedback on the screening matrix criteria. The public was allowed to provide feedback via an on-line open house and an in-person open house. Representatives from Tukwila, BNSF Railway, and David Evans and Associates, Inc. met to score each alternative using a numerical scoring system from 1 to 9. The score for each criteria was added, and the lowest score is the preferred alternative. Based on the scoring result, the 48th Avenue 5 alternative is the preferred alternative. PATUKA0000001310800lNFO10670RaportsISMSF Jntermodal Access Screening summary_2O1 .1128.docx City of Tukwila 1 Alternative Screening Analysis BNSF Intermodal Facility Access November 28, 201d 52 Figure 1 shows the project study area. The following provides a description for each alternative. Figure 1— Project Study Area r Fluid Airport Way��i ` Alternative fi'arnrer- Valley SBANGO SF S 112th Street Atternallve 5124th Street Gateway Drive Extension Alternative • Gateway Cowrie enor aTaC 2+1 ,Rivett xray s�;,4ld 4Bi -J Avenue S Extension Altern.7ti ve ng - t -y F;111 ThKA00000613%600INF010¢70RepartsleNSF intermodalAccess Scrawling summary_20l6-1128.ddcx City of Tukwila BNSF Intermodal Facility Access 3 Alternative Screening Analysis November 28, 2016153 Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary BNSF Access Study DRAFT — September 5, 2017 Background In 2016, the Tukwila community provided input on the screening criteria that was used to develop the BNSF Access Study report. The City identified a preferred alternative route and shared it with the community at an open house on August 17, 2017. Summary The City of Tukwila hosted an in-person open house at the Tukwila Community Center on August 17, 2017. The in-person house accompanied an online open house, which included the same information as the in-person open house and was available from August 15 - 28, 2017. Notifications The project team advertised the in-person and online open houses in early August 2017. Notifications included the following: • Postcard sent to the Allentown and Duwamish neighborhoods • Emails to the City's project listsery o Listsery includes community members, business and property owners, other interested parties • Flier emailed as attachment to Allentown and Duwamish neighborhood listservs by neighborhood leaders • Facebook and Twitter posts on the City's social media accounts Attendance and visitor statistics • In-person open house attendance: 42 • In-person comment forms completed: 20 • Online open house visitors: 32 • Online surveys completed: 12 • Overall number of participants: 74 Engagement Methods In -Person Open House The City gathered shared information about the preferred alternative and other considered alternatives during an open house at the Tukwila Community Center on August 17, 2017, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Participants viewed informational boards that described the project purpose, schedule, alternative and preferred routes, screening criteria and environmental process. Project staff were on hand to answer questions. Participants contributed comments via comment cards. Comments received at the open house are shown in Appendix 1 and summarized below. Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 154 In-person open house participants give feedback on comment cards. Online Open House In order to reach Tukwila businesses and residents who were unable to attend the in-person open house, the City advertised an online open house, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting August 15 and ending August 28. The online open house included the same information as at the in- person open house and a survey that gathered specific feedback in a similar fashion to the comment boxes at the in-person open house. Comments received through the online open house are shown in Appendices 2 and summarized below. Feedback Overview Several themes emerged from the input received through 32 comments and surveys: • Those who supported the preferred alternative (15) stated a number of reasons for their support, including moving the truck route to a commercial street and away from residences, access/proximity to 1-5 and current residential impacts on 124th. • All residents who said they live along or near the current access route who participated (4) supported moving the truck access route to another street. • Those who opposed the preferred alternative (4) stated increased traffic, business impacts and residential impacts as reasons for their opposition. • Several participants urged the City to study or investigate cost (4) and traffic (3). Several participants also expressed interest in potential environmental impacts (3). Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 155 Next Steps All feedback presented here is being provided to the project team for consideration. The study and proposed route will be presented to City Council in the fall of 2017. One participant requested specific follow up regarding business impacts on 48th Ave S: Quinn Closson, 360-607-8178, qclosson@pape.com. Appendices 1. Comments gathered at in-person open house 2. Online comments 3. Notifications Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 156 Appendix 1: Comments Gathered at In-person Open House Note: comments are verbatim as written. Commenters were asked if they live, work or visit Tukwila. Live Work Visit Name Email Comment (verbatim) x Phillip Camball Phillameball@hotmail.com Anything except 48th Ave S. Minimum public $, maximum private funding. x Angela Steel angelasb13@hotmail.com I prefer the 48th Ave S option as the least impactful to residential properties in Allentown and Duwamish. This option keeps semis on existing truck routes w/out creating new roads through environmentally critical areas or private property. *Also need noise wall along edge of railyard. [unknown] [unknown] My first choice BNSF move out completely. Second choice I prefer 48th Ave S. Build wall to control noise and shaking control. x Mary Fertakis [unknown] Thanks for all the work that has been done on this. The grid was particularly helpful - very concrete information and easy to understand. The original study in 1990 shows that the 48th st option was the least expensive and made the most sense. It is the same in 2017. Seems pretty clear that this is still the direction to go. x x David Shumate David@propeldesins.com The 48th Ave and Bridge looks like the best one! x x Sean Albert seanalbert2001@hotmail.com I think the preferred 48th ave south route is by far the best alternative!! Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 157 x Patty Cokus pcokus@hotmail.com I agree wholeheartedly with the preffered study route where it impacts all identified impact criteria the least and is the least expensive. Thank you for working on this and advocating for community input and gathering feedback. The preferred route makes the most sense for all. x [Illegible] [unknown] I think the preferred option makes the most sense of those presented. It takes the traffic completely off residential streets and on to a commercial street that already accomodates semi - truck traffic. x Lucia Nilo Itannilo@hotmail.com I hope this project gets look at seriously as I really enjoy my home at 124th - but the vibration of the trucks in and out 24-7 is really bad and nuisance. It shakes our house especially when sleeping - the NO -Build option: S 124th should not be an option. x Wilfredo Nilo wznilo@gmail.com We live by 124th ave which is active for semi -trucker. Since we moved here from september 2016 we felt a massive vibration everytime those truckets pass by. We live in a brand new home and it created major cracks in aour garage. We worried whats gonna happen next. x Oscar Uceda o.uceda@yahoo.com We would like to support the prefer alternative for the trucks route coming in and out of the BNSF Railroad Yard facility in Allentown. Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 158 x x Becky [Illegible] becarosep@aim.com Concern the increase in traffic from now and 20 years down the road on the 48th ave purposal. What effects it will have on the businesses on 48th (widening roads etc) Residents being impacted by not being able to get access to the businesses they already go to. x Morgan Llewellyn mllewellyn@ccim.net I'm wonderng how the project will be funded particularly in light of the right away acquisitions required by the preferred route. It appears the northern route would have the least impact on residential AND commercial businesses. x Todd Jones rain1916@comcast.net I stronly oppose Gateway Drive option and 124th st options. I do like the 48th st option or others to the north. x Hanice Ludingtons shofarJCL@gmail.com My preference is Airport Way x [Illegible] [Illegible] The road should go out the north end. I live on 51st (across the street from the flat bed trucks, and am concerned about where the railroad will put the road inside this yard. Will trucks have to be removed and trailers [illegible]? And if so, where will they go? It is close to our homes, your moving one road to another. x Linda McLeod sam.linda.mcleod@gmail.com No on Gateway Dr. Divides BECU campuses, has many employees + customers x [unknown] [unknown] Airport SO. (BEST) [sic] Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 159 x I live in 122nd st. I hope the 124th s st. would be closed as enterence of BNSF or trucks facility. The impact to our Edna edna0801@gmail.com home and neighborhood is Derr[illegible] terrible, the house vibrates each time; lots of noise; and traffic gets crowded. 48th st is great alternative for the BNSB enterence. Steven steve@xmrine.com We'd like to see a traffic impact study done on inerurban and exit 156 off 1-5. Please go to fife and see the issues they have and avoid that happening to us. Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 160 Appendix 2: Comments from Online Open House Note: comments are verbatim as written. Comment 1. Will all trucks no longer use 124th st ? 2. Will there be entry and exit capability from 50th PL S/129th street? we must have the capability to enter and exit from 50th PL S/129th street. Please make sure this option available. Thanks for your consideration How much will this cost? What about an option to improve the 42nd st. bridge by the community center and do some mitigation on the streets that the trucks drive down, such as widening the shoulders of the street, side walks and maybe even some sort of sound barrier? How is this project prioritized compared to needs in other neighborhoods such as sidewalks and road repair? I am an employee of BECU and believe that the 48th Ave So. preferred option is by far the best choice. Not only from a cost perspective but also from a life safety, employee/member environment and the disruption of multiple businesses/residential and land/building value standpoint. The 48th Ave So. option already houses a street with truck yard access and would be a much easier way to execute on this initiative. While I know this still impacts some, it is the reasonable choice and should be adopted. I am not only a Tukwila resident but also a Tukwila business owner that would be greatly affected by the "preferred" route of 48th AVE S. The overall impact on the businesses along this route would be devastating. People are already frustrated with the current amount of big trucks coming along 48th. We are already lacking suitable gas stations in Tukwila. Please don't make them impossible to get to. Tukwila is a growing city and the north side (Airport way) of it is already industrial. Interurban Ave is an incredibly popular thoroughfare for many people going south/north and the 2 gas stations on 48th Ave services more than half of those people. Please reconsider 112th or Airport way as the better alternative that will impact our growing city the least amount. Thank you. I am very happy that the city is analyzing other options for the truck route into the BNSF yard. The current route is not sustainable. My family prefers the 48th Av S option since it uses an existing commercial street and is least impactful to residential communities and the environment. I would like you to heavily factor in the environmental impacts the other two northerly options would have on wetlands and existing greenspaces.Will the Airport Way option impede future Light rail/Sounder station location planning efforts? How will the different entrance options impact yard operations? Currently, the BNSF yard is very noisy 24/7 with back up beepers. Will these operations shift or diminish with the varying options? Can the city proceed with pursuing the noise wall installation along the railyard boundary? I think this will make a significant improvement to the quality of life in Duwamish and Allentown. thank you I represent The Pape' Group, Inc. who owns the Ditch Witch dealership on 48th Ave, South. I understand there will be significant traffic impact during construction. I don't think we're overly concerned about that. However, I'd like a little more information on the traffic study or estimates on additional traffic impact on 48th Ave. South after completion of the project. Also, will there be any improvements done to the 48th Ave road itself? Finally, is there something I'm missing that you think we should be concerned about as a business right on 48th Ave? Thanks, Quinn Closson 360-607-8178 qclosson@pape.com Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 161 I wish that this 124th St. access be change to a different access ASAP because we moved here in a new home development last year 2016 of Sept. which we are not aware about this 124th St. right beside our house is the major access for truckers. We encountered 24-7 of a massive vibration like an earthquake multiple times everyday and we felt scary that our house may collapse one of this day. So far we had a multiple long cracks in our garage and hopefully will not affect the foundation. We live right by the stop sign where those truckers heading out from BNSF gate and also for coming in. That really distract us everyday. There's a time when some of the truck driver lost their focus on the stop sign especially in the evening and they made an emergency brakes and it shakes the ground so bad and it vibrates our house also. I Believe that 48th Ave S is the best alternatives route for the truckers. I work at BECU. The Gateway alternative would have a negative impact on our members who come into our Tukwila Financial Center to conduct their personal business (primarily retail banking, trust services, and investment services). We are about to engage on a Gateway campus upgrade and a truck route cutting through the middle of it would have a negative impact on our employee experience and may have a negative impact on our ability to recruit and retain employees. Given the existing land use abutting most of your preferred alternative (gas stations, commercial, etc.). I can see the potential noise downside for a hotel (but it's already next To 1-5 and a busy off ramp so marginal impact seems moderate). I would like to avoid having another bridge over the river and prefer this option: S 112th Street Thank you. Thank you for considering all options and explaining the reasoning. What timeframe are you looking at for construction of the new bridge and roadway. What impact will there be on the existing Interurban Bike/Walking Trail both during construction and upon completion. Will traffic studies be done to work on minimalizing impact at the intersection for traffic on Interurban and from the off ramp on 15? This route makes the most sense as it is a quick, direct route off of 1-5, drives through a commercial area only and does not affect the public's experience of their greenspace, except for a small segment of the bike trail. I fully support this preferred route. What are the costs? How it will be funded? Tukwila BNSF Access Study — Preferred Alternative Outreach Summary DRAFT 162 Appendix 3: Notifications Social media City of Tukwila - Government Auourt v 21 3.34 ,m 10 Join us for a BNSF Access Study Project Open House on August 1.7, 2017 The City of Tukwila has identified 48th Ave S as the preferred route to access the BNSF Railway Intermodal Facility in Allentown_ Before the route is formally decided_ we're holding an Open House and online forum to talk to you about the route that we selected based on the criteria you heaped us shape. BNSF Access Study Project Open House Thursday, August 17, 2017 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tukl,;ila Community Center 2424 42nd Ave 5, Tukvfila, WA 9816B Can't make it to the open house? Share your thoughts online* Now through August 28, 2017, you can share your thoughts at https:IfTukBNSFAccess.Participate.Online All information from the Open House will be online. Translation options are available. 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