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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-01-15 Transportation Minutes City of Tukwila Transportation Committee TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE- Meeting Minutes January 15, 2013–5:00p.m. –Conference Room #1 PRESENT Councilmembers: Kate Kruller, Chair; Joe Duffie and Dennis Robertson Staff:Bob Giberson,Frank Iriarte,Robin Tischmak,Pat Brodin,David Cline,and Gail Labanara CALL TO ORDER: The meeting wascalled to order at 5:07p.m. I.PRESENTATIONS No presentations. II.BUSINESS AGENDA A. 2013 Transportation Work Plan The2013 Work Plan for the Transportation Committee was presented. The new project for ADA Improvements will include the TIB mid-block crosswalk improvements. Kate will be the SCATBd representative and will update the Committee and Council on the regional transportation issues along nd with Bob.Joe suggested that guardrails along 42Ave S near the Community Center be considered as an item for consideration as we have had recent issues with vehicles entering the Duwamish and Green River. Bob will look at accident reports, engineering standards, and potential cost estimates and return to Transportation Committee. B. Overlay and Repair –East Marginal Way S Project Staff is seeking Council approval to enter into a consultant agreement with KPG, Incfor the design of st the Overlay and Repair of East Marginal Way South from South 81Place to Norfolk Street in the amount of $124,978.05. KPG was selected for the design of the 2013 Overlay and Repair Program and their contract was approved by Council onNovember 5, 2012. The East Marginal Way portion was originally scheduled in the 2013 Overlay & Repair Program, however with the award of federal grant funds, a separate contract is now needed to be processed with KPG. Joe requested that we might include afield trip when the project is completed and Kate inquired on the timeline of the construction, which is estimated for UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO JANUARY 22 July through October, 2013. CONSENT AGENDA. C. Consultant Agreement: Interurban Avenue South Staff is seeking Council approval to enter into a consultant agreement with KPG, Inc for the final rd design of the Interurban Ave S Street Improvement Project from South 143St to Fort Dent Way in the amount of $348,869.87. KPG completed 90% of the designand additional work is necessary to complete the designbefore construction can be advertised for bid. A budget discussion included the reduction in grant funding and UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO JANUARY 22 the Public Works Trust Fund loan. CONSENT AGENDA. Transportation Committee MinutesJanuary 15, 2013–Page 2 D. Grant Acceptance: Interurban Avenue South Staff is seeking Council approval to accept two grants. The first is the PSRC federal grant in the amount of $2,145,954.00 after we requested $5,000,000. The City match for the federal grant is 13.5%. The second grant is from the State Transportation Improvement Board in the amount of $5,000,000 and we requested $5,000,000. The TIB grant has a 45% match for the construction phase and the federal grant will apply along with the tentative Public Works Trust Fund loan of $2,500,000. Without the full request received from the federal grant, the project is not fully funded and we are approximately $900k below full funding. However, we will be looking at project efficiencies during the final design and there is a $1,000,0000in contingency funding currently factored into the budget. This project was very difficult to get grant funding as we are not increasing capacity, but it scored high since it does serve as a corridor UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. completion project with a direct link to a regional growth center. FORWARD TO JANUARY 22CONSENT AGENDA. E. Interlocal Contract for Cooperative Purchasing Staff is seeking Council approval to enter into an interlocal contract for cooperative purchasing of equipment and supplies with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC). The WA State bid list is becoming less extensive and after discussing this with a vendor, H-GAC was suggested as a potential addition as a purchasing agent. Two units in the 2013 fleet equipment purchases are included in H-GAC bid list. The H-GAC bid list also include fire trucks. There are 34 other cities in Washington state that are users of the H-GAC bid list. H-GAC has confirmed that all items on their bid list are competitively bid. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. FORWARD TO JANUARY 22CONSENT AGENDA. III.SCATBd November 20 and December 18, 2012 meeting summaries were included in the TC packet. Also included was the January 15, 2013 Agenda and Kate and Bob spoke on a few of the issues discussed at today’s meeting. Pierce Transit has finalized their service reduction plan and voted to reduce their services 53% from 622,000 service hours to 417,000 and have now proposed cutting hours an additional 34% to 275,000 by September 2013. The Port of Tacoma also wants to complete SR 167 andthe City of SeaTac would like our support for the SR 509 corridor. The SCATBd meetings will now include a presentation on specific projects (City of SeaTac on 1/15) and our future presentation will be on the status of Interurban Ave S. Bob distributed the 2013 Legislature Transportation Recommendations and Kate distributed the SR-167 Completion Coalition press release. IV.MISCELLANEOUS Kate shared some Transportation Committee goals for 2013 with final decisions made over the next two meetings. Kate also would like to start the Transportation Committee meeting at 5:15pm. Staff will check on the process. Meeting adjourned at 6:20p.m. Next meeting: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 Committee Chair Approval Minutes by GL,.Reviewed by BG & RT.