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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2013-01-15 Item 3H - SCATBd - 12/18/12 Meeting SummarySOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBd) December 18, 2012 MEETING SUMMARY Members Mayor Pete Lewis Councilmember Wayne Snoey Councilmember Jeanne Burbidge Pete Butkus Stacy Trussler Maiya Andrews Emiko Atherton Councilmember Barry Ladenburg Elizabeth Leavitt Councilmember Marcie Palmer Chris Arkills Councilmember Jeanette Burrage I. Open Meeting City of Auburn (Vice Chair) City of Covington City of Federal Way City of Black Diamond WSDOT City of Burien King County Council (Alternate) City of SeaTac Port of Seattle City of Renton King County Executive (Alternate) City of Des Moines Mayor Lewis opened the SCATBd meeting with introductions. A quorum was achieved during the later part of the meeting at which time the November 20, 2012 SCATBd meeting summary was approved II. Reports, Communications and Citizen Requests to Comment Mayor Lewis introduced Deanna Dawson, the Executive Director of the Sound Cities Association. Ms. Dawson briefed the Board on the transportation funding option agreement that was reached between the Sound Cities Association (SCA), King County, and the City of Seattle. She reported that the group as been engaged is discussions during the last few months to identify local transit and transportation needs and potential local option funding sources. She reminded the Board that during the 2012 Legislative session the County and cities came close to an agreement on local funding options, but disagreements on how the revenues would be spent and the funding splits cause an agreement not to be reached. Ms. Dawson shared with the Board a letter sent to Governor Gregoire and Governor elect Inslee, supporting a set of tools that will help address transportation needs at the local level. The letter was signed by King County Executive Constantine, Seattle Mayor McGinn and Denis Law, Board President of the Sound Cities Association. The letter encouraged the Governor and Legislature to take action to help local jurisdictions to address local transportation needs by providing local funding options. The proposal includes an eight cent statewide gas tax increase, expanding the councilmanic authority for a TBD from $20 to $40, and a councilmanic authority for counties (with a voter option) to impose a 1.5% local MVET to fund transit and local transportation needs. The 1.5% MVET would be split 60% to the County for transit and 40% for local road needs. The 40% for local road needs 122 Page 2 would be distributed based on population. Copies of the letter and details on the local funding options are attached to this meeting summary. SCATBd members asked how the MVET 60 % -40% split was decided. Boardmembers said based on local road needs it would make more sense for road needs to get 60% of the MVET revenues and transit the 40 %. Ms. Dawson said that the 60% - 40% split as based on recognition for the County's transit needs, and the split was a negotiated decision. Ms. Dawson said that state legislators has indicated that their support hinged on an agreement between cities and the County on local funding options that also included a transit element. Boardmembers asked if eastern Washington legislators supported this package, Mayor Lewis said that they have talked to eastern Washington mayors and all cities through out the state have the same transportation and local funding problems. SCATBd members complimented the good work done by the SCA, King County and Seattle and said it was a good start to the local options revenue discussions. Councilmember Burbidge reported on the Regional Transit Committee's (RTC) continuing discussion on linking transit and land use. Ms. Burbidge said that there was concern about how Metro was defining transit corridors and activity centers and how it will be incorporated in to the linking transit and land use project. She also mentioned that there was a lack of clarity on the data sources that is being used to establish the forecast year. Councilmember Palmer said that these issues will be discussed at the February RTC meeting and said that they appreciated Metro staffs responsiveness to their concerns. III. WSDOT Priorities for New Revenue — 2012 Unfunded Improvement Projects. Stacy Trussler, WSDOT, briefed the SCATBd on a list of unfunded state priority projects that was recently released by WSDOT. Ms. Trussler reported a $3 billion - 10 year preservation needs to keep assets, including bridges and pavement, in good condition. She also identified a $600 million need for maintenance which included upkeep of state storm water drainage facilities. There is also a $305 million need for the ferry system which included dock upgrades. Ms. Trussler shared with the Board a 10 year unconstrained list of state projects. She said the projects were grouped into Mega projects, Tier 1, 2, and 3 projects. The projects listed within the groups were not prioritized. She said they WSDOT will share the list with the 2013 State legislature, and asked that any comments SCATBd member might to be sent to her by early January. The comments will help inform WSDOT's discussion of the list with the State Legislature. Mayor Lewis said that the project list should include a more detailed discussion about the economic benefits of the projects on the list. Boardmembers also wanted more conversation about SR 509/167 corridor projects. Mayor Lewis also said that eastern part of the state recognized the statewide economic benefits of completing the SR 509/167 corridors. The 123 SCATBd Meeting Minutes December 18, 2012 Page 3 Board also mentioned the need for more discussion on what transportation projects are necessary to support the Port's movement of freight and goods. Councilmember Snoey reported that he distributed SCATBd's 2013 Legislative Brochure and project map at the December 7, 2012 meeting of the Freight Mobility Roundtable. He said that the Brochure was well received by group. He also said that Judy Clibborn mentioned the "last mile" as an important consideration in freight mobility projects, and was well aware on the freight mobility importance of South King county projects such as the completion of the SR 509/167 corridors. IV. SCATBd Draft 2013 Work Program The Board reviewed a draft of SCATBd 2013 Work Program. Mayor Lewis said that SCATBd needs to incorporate the cities plans into the needs of SCATBd and said that this year should be a start on building the 2014 SCATBd agenda. He also said that he would want County, Ports, and State briefings on transportation issues from time to time. Mayor Lewis would also like the SCATBd TAC group to give periodic updates on local transportation issues. He also mentioned SCATBd's need to monitor the development of MAP 21 to insure that the South King County facilities are included. Boardmembers recommended that SCATBd should revisit the work program after the Legislative session. Mayor Lewis also mentioned the need for SCATBd cities to update local PCI information in -order to better explain the preservation needs of local roads. The Board asked to include under Regional Planning Activities and item called "Legislative Action Campaigns ". Other Attendees: Bill Peloza, City of Auburn (Alt) Paul Takamine, King County DOT Jim Seitz, City of Renton Glenn Akramoff Ed Conyers, WSDOT Tom Gut, City of SeaTac Dennis Dowdy, Auburn Rick Perez, City of Federal Way Rick Perez, City of Federal Way Deanna Dawson, Sound Cities Association 3 124 S CI\ King County Dow Constantine King County Executive December 14, 2012 Governor Christine Gregoire Office of the Governor PO Box 40002 Olympia, WA 98504 -0002 Dear Governor Gregoire: SOUND CITIES ASSOCIATION 35 Chic, A 7,3ilfian ae�pce.Orre' /ace Mike McGinn, Mayor City of Seattle Seattle, King County, and the Sound Cities Association have worked together to develop a solution to our shared transportation problems. We are writing today to encourage you and the Legislature to take action to help us all begin to solve our statewide transportation crisis by providing local funding options in the coming legislative session in order to preserve and maintain our portion of the State's transportation system and address the growing demand for transit services. King County and its cities have reached consensus on a set of tools that will allow us to address transportation needs at the local level. We are engaging leaders from around the state who support a combination of local funding options in a dialogue about the attached proposal. The proposal includes an eight cent gas tax increase, 65% of which would go to the state, an increase to $40 of the councilmanic TBD authority, and a 1.5% local Motor Vehicle Excise Tax to be passed councilmanically or by a vote of the people. While King County's needs are great enough that we seek a 1.5% MVET to sustain transit service and help address the funding gap for roads and other local transportation needs, we anticipate that other counties may prefer for themselves something closer to 1%. It is our firm belief that addressing local transportation needs is of critical importance to the economic health and long- term viability of the state's economy. Local jurisdictions play a pivotal role in our state's transportation portfolio. More than half of all trips in our state are less than three miles long and take place 011 city and county roads, buses, sidewalks, and trails. We strive daily to maintain aging streets, bridges and drainage systems, under tightly constrained budgets. At the same time, residents are asking us to improve transit services, safety, mobility, and choices within our transportation system while diminishing the adverse impacts of the system 011 our environment and human health. Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to working with you toward the goals that we all share. Sincerely, Dow Constantine King County Executive Mike McGinn Mayor, City of Seattle cc: Association of Washington Cities Washington State Association of Counties Denis Law Sound Cities Association, Board President (formerly Suburban Cities Association) Mayor, City of Renton 125 SCA1 Mike McGinn, Mayor City of Seattle King County Dow Constantine King County Executive Revenues from the following three local options will provide funding necessary to sustain transit service and address unmet transit and_other critical local transportation needs. State ® 8 -cent increase in State Gas Tax o Distribution as follows State Cities Counties TIB CRAB Regional • 1.5% Local Option Motor Vehicle - Excise o Couricilmari c authorifyfor,counties, with Voter option, up to 1.5% o Generates approximately $1A0 million iri`King County in 2014* o Replaces existing Congestion: Reduction Charge in King County o Seek- :ability to collect rnpnthly; similar to a utility bill o In King Gounty, agreernent to seek 1.5% MVET authority. This amount of revenues is necessaryto sustain transit service and address the funding gap for other critical local transportation needs For a 1.5% MVET, revenues would be allocated 60% to Transit, and 40% to cities:and-ti e county distributed by population for local transportation needs o Outside of King, dsfribution negotiated between county and cities *Source: DOL Vehicles transactions Data Warehouse, Sep 2012; renewals only, excludes commercial vehicles and trailers 65% 18% 12 %- 4% Local ® $40 Councilmanic Vehicle License Fee o Expand councilmanic authority for the Transportation Benefit District from $20 to $40 o Retain option for voter approval up to $100 126 1.5% MVET -- 40% Cities and County Local. Transportation Needs Jurisdiction Share by Population „,, u,, dlcatlo r ,....W Aprii lsf OF 2 p0. 2,ESt mae °lbf otat Algona 3,070 0.16% $87,849 Auburn (part) , 63,390 3,24% $1,813,919 Beaux Arts 300 0.02% $8,585 Bellevue 124,600 6.37% $3,565,457 Black Diamond 4,170 0.21% $119,325 Bothell (part) 17,280 0.88% $494,471 Burien 47,730 2.44% $1,365,805 Carnation 1,785 0.09% $51,078 Clyde Hill 2,980 0.15% $85,273 Covington 17,760 0.91% $508,206 Des Moines 29,700 1.52% ' $849,872 Duvall 6,900 0.35% $197,445 Enumclaw (part) 11,030 0.56% $315,626 Federal Way 89,460 4.57% $2,559,918 Hunts Point 390 0.02% $11,160 Issaquah 31,150 1.59% $891,364 Kenmore 21,020 1.07% $601,492 Kent 119,100 6.09% $3,408,074 King County 255,720 13.07% $7,317,486 Kirkland 81,480 4.16% $2,331,569 Lake Forest Park 12,540 0.65% $361,696 Maple Valley 23,340 1.19% $667,879 Medina 2,990 0.15% $85,560 Mercer Island 22,690 1.16% $649,280 Milton (part) 835 0.04% $23,894 Newcastle 10,460 0.53% $299,315 Normandy Park 6,350 0.32% $181,707 North Bend 5,855 0.30% $167,542 Pacific (part) 6,535 0,33% $187,001 Redmond 55,360 2.83% $1,584,139 Renton 93,910 4.80% $2,687,256 Sammamish 47,420 2A2% $1,356,934, SeaTac 27,210 1.39% $778,620 Seattle 616,500 3t50% $17,641,288 Shoreline 53,270 2.72% $1,524,333 Skykomish- . 200 0.01% $5,723 Snoqualmie 11,320 6,58% $323,924 Tukwila 19,080 0.97% $545,979 Woodinville 10,960 0.56% $313,623 Yarrow Point 1,060 0.05% $30,332 Totals 1,957,000 100.00% $56,000,000 127 South County Area Transportation Board REVISED 2013 WORK PRO "RAM Di 111 SCATBd Agreement • Review and provide input to SCATBd subcommittee recommendations regarding revisions to the SCATBd Agreement and SCATBd Procedures. • Adopt a 2014 — 2017 SCATBd Agreement and SCATBd Operating Procedures. 2013 State Legislative Session • Advocate for SCATBd priorities as stated in adopted legislative message. • Consider joint legislative message with other subareas. • Look for opportunities to coordinate legislative messages with RAMP /Pierce County. • Monitor other state legislation that affects regional transportation. • Provide input into the local option transportation funding proposals. Metro Strategic Plan • Monitor and provide input on implementation of Strategic Plan and 2012 work items including: 1. Annual Service Guidelines Report 2. Alternative Service Five Year Plan 3. Updates • Monitor plans for annual service changes. Regional Planning Activities • Provide input on regional prioritization process for update of Transportation 2040. • Monitor current local and State plans and activities in South County areas including the update of local transportation projects and issues, the Washington State Rail Plan, the State Freight Plan, and the Road Usage Charge Assessment study. • Monitor current plans and activities in South County area as identified by members. • Monitor Growing Transit Communities progress and provide input. • Monitor and provide input to PSRC regarding the development of a unified message on the new elements for freight under MAP 21 can be implemented to best serve the central Puget Sound freight and goods system. • Develop and implement SCATBd Legislative Action Campaigns. Major Corridor Project Implementation and Funding • Continue advocacy for funding for SR 167 /SR 509/1 -405 corridors. • Monitor implementation of SR 520 tolling for implications to other corridors. • Monitor activities for replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, particularly as they may affect South King County areas. • Monitor and provide input into Sound Transit's light rail segment project between SeaTac Airport and South 200th Street. • Monitor Sound Transit's station area access studies. 128