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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrans 2013-07-23 Item 3G - SCATBd - 6/1/13 Meeting Summary and 7/16/13 Meeting AgendaSOUTH COUNTY AREA T NSPORTATION BO June 18, 2013 MEETING S Members Councilmember Marcie Palmer (Vice-Chair Councilmember Jea e Burbidge Councilmember Bill Peloza Joe Ti ons Councilmember Elizabeth Albertson Chris Arkills Mayor Dave Hill Councilmember Kate Iler Councilmember Stacia Jenkins Councilmember Wayne Snoey Co cilmember Victoria Laise Jonas Tom Gut Elizabeth Leavitt Co cilmember Jeanette Burrage Kelly McGourty Evette Mason I. Open Meeting '1 Att C hment A (SCATBd) City of Renton City of Federal Way City of Auburn (Alternate) King County Council (Alternate) City of Kent King County Executive (Alternate) City of Algona City of Tukwila City of No andy Park City of Covington City of Maple Valley City of SeaTac (Alternate) Port of Seattle City of Des Moines PSRC Port of Tacoma (Alternate) Vice Chair Marcie Palmer chaired the meeting, and after introductions the Board approved the May 21, 2013 SCATBd meeting su aries. II. Reports Vice-Chair Palmer reviewed the SHB 1954 support letter that was sent to South King County legislators last month, a copy of the letter was handed out to Board Members. She also reported that Kelly Hayden, SCATBd's Pierce Transit representative was leaving his post at Pierce Transit. She said Mr. Hayden wanted to give his thanks to all of the members of SCATBd for allowing Pierce Transit to be part of the group. He said he has le ed a lot from you and hopefully he was able to contribute to their knowledge of transit and the challenges we face. Kelly said that he will ask Pierce Transit to no 'nate a new representative for the Board. As of July 1st, the Chair position for the South Sound Chambers of Co erce Legislative Coalition (SSCCLC) Chair will change. Ms. Shelly Cook is the new chair and is the new SSCCLC representative on SCATBd. She said thanks to Terry Davis who very ably represented the Coalition last year. III. Legislative Update Monica tman, Sound Cities Association, briefed the Board on the Second Special Legislative Session, she reported that there was not a lot of optimism about the passage of a 69 transportation bill, but reported that there was some momentum. She briefly discussed the differences between the House and Senate versions of the transportation bill and passed out a side-by-side comparison doc ent that she got from the Port of Tacoma's website. Ms. tman reported that Representative Clibborn has made some amendments to her bill to compliment Senator King's Bill. She also said that the Sound Cities Association has voted to support the House transportation bill. IV. Federal Way Safety Projects Update Rick Perez briefed the Board on the City of Federal Way's traffic safety improvement projects and their impacts on the collision rates in his city. He said that the data shows that their safety projects have reduced the a ual collision rates and the associated societal cost of collisions. Mr. Perez said that his city has brought about this reduction in collision rates through engineering, education and enforcement. He focused engineering which included access management, roundabouts, flashing yellow arrows, traffic cal •ng, rectangular rapid flashing beacons, and capacity improvements. He said that rectangular rapid flashing beacons was especially effective in reducing collision rates and said that within 100 feet of the beacons there as a 43% reduction in collisions; 8% reduction in injuries; a 19% reduction in property damage, and a 11% reduction in severity of collisions. Mr. Perez said that there was a high correlation between capacity improvements a reduction in collision rates, a 34% reduction in total collisions at improved intersections, and a $1,512,000 reduction in societal costs. V. Report and Discussion on the 2013-2016 Draft SCATBd Agreement, Annual Dues Report, and Possible SCATBd Meeting Time Change Dues Report: Paul Taka ne briefed the Board on the current status of SCATBd dues. He said a report on SCATBd's dues is made in June of each year so that financial contributions from members for the upco ' g year can be adjusted if needed. This also provides an opportunity for the Board to discuss its priorities for spending the remaining dues for the rest of the year. He reported that in 2013 the dues generated a total of $1600, SCATBd's current dues balance (June, 2013) was $9,287.80. SCATBd Agreement Discussion: Vice-chair Palmer began the Agreement discussion by reviewing the draft SCATBd Agreement that was included in the agenda packet. Chris Arkills reported Agreement discussions by the chairs and vice-chairs on the three transportation boards went well. He said the goal of the Agreement discussions was to put the co on elements of all three groups into Agreement and allow differences to be reflected in Procedure (By-laws). Mr. Arkills reported that there was not a lot of substantive changes to the core agreement and said that the Procedures will allow flexibility among the three boards. Wayne Snoey said he agreed with the draft version of the SCATBd Agreement and said he has already reviewed the Agreement with city attorneys. Mr. Snoey did say that it would be useful to see a draft of the SCATBd By-laws along with the draft Agreement. Mayor Hill also said that they have been working on the Agreement revision and was satisfied with the draft version. Board Members asked if a draft Procedures 70 document is available for review. Mr. Takamine said that he was working revising the current SCATBd Procedures/By-laws, and would send of a preli 'nary draft of the SCATBd Procedures with the next agenda packet. The Board was info ed that the Procedures would contain language to would allow the Board, by a unanimous vote, to add or remove limited voting and non-voting members. At the July SCATBd meeting, the Board will be asked to approve Agreement, once approved the Agreement will be fo ally transmitted to the City Councils for their approval and then each city or will have to sign the Agreement. Possible SCATBd Meeting Time Change: Vice Chair Palmer discussed a possible SCATBd change in the SCATBd meeting start time. She said an on-line Doodle Poll was conducted on moving up the SCATBd meeting time to 10 a.m., starting the meeting time one hour earlier at 8 a.m., or having the meeting start at 9 a.m. She said 13 members responded and there were 9 votes for starting the meet 1 hour earlier at 8 a.m., 3 votes for keeping the current starting time; and 2 votes for moving the start time to 10 a.m. If SCATBd chooses to move the start time to 8 a.m., the City of SeaTac would be able to open the Council Chambers at 7:30 a.m. to acco odate am 8 a.m. meeting t e. Vice Chair Palmer said the SeaTac has been providing the coffee, and suggested with the earlier meeting time the Board 'ght want to consider using its dues to buy coffee. The Board agreed to use its dues to pay for the coffee. The Board agreed to take the Doodle Poll under advisement and make a final decision on the meeting time in September, if there is a change to the meeting time, the Board agreed to make it effective in January. VI. Comprehensive Approach to Regional Tolling Monica tman briefed the Board on the Sound Cities Association support for a more comprehensive approach to regional tolling implementation, through the development of a comprehensive study that would include all tolling projects within 5 'T Corridors (as identified by the Puget Sound Regional Co cil Transportation 2040. Ms. 'tman said the SCA worked closely with King County who was a signator to a letter, sent to the PSRC and WSDOT, requesting PSRC convene a special task force to advance the review of a system-wide approach to tolling our region's major highway facilities as an alternative to the current path of implementing tolling on a corridor by corridor basis. She reported that ETP and Sea Shore transportation boards had sent letters supporting this comprehensive approach to tolling. Kelly McGourty reported that the PSRC has just begun a discussion on a preli 'nary scoping on the study and how to fund the study. She said this issue was going to the PSRC Boards for discussion sometime this su er. She also said that this study 'ght info the work on balancing the financial strategy of Transportation 2040 as part of the Plan's 2014 update. Other Attendees: Brandon Carver, Des Moines Dennis Dowdy, Auburn Rick Perez, Federal Way Samantha Casne, King County 71 M Ica hitinan, SCA Lob Giberson, Tukwila Paul Tak ine, Kin Cot ty 4 Cathy Mooney, Ken Jii Seitz, Rent 72 2. 3. 4. 5. SOUTH COUNTY AREA T • NSPORTATION BO MEETING Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:00 — 11:00 a.m. SeaTac City Hall 4800 South 188th Street SeaTac AGENDA Open Meeting • Introductions • Approve su ary of June 18, 2013 SCATBd Meeting (Attachment A) Reports, Co unications and Citizen Requests to Comment • Chair or Vice Chair 9 Participant Updates from RTC and Other Regional Co 'ttees • 2013 Legislative Wrap-Up and Next Steps — Andrew Glass-Hastings, King County Gove ent Relations • Citizen Co ent Approve SCATBd Draft Agreement for Jurisdiction Review (Attachment B) • Preli 'nary Review of the Draft SCATBd Agreement/By-Laws (Attachment C) Metro F Line Report - Jana Demas, King County Metro T4 erica, a coalition to re o how we spend transportation dollars at the federal, state and local level - Chris Rall Action Reports and Discussion Discussion and Action Report and Discussion Report and Discussion 11 (SCATBd) 9:00 a.m. 9:05 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 73