Mayor Claudia Balducci, Chair, Transportation Policy Board

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1 ACTION ITEM June 18, 2015 To: From: Subject: Executive Board Mayor Claudia Balducci, Chair, Transportation Policy Board Adopt 2015 Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment IN BRIEF At times it may be necessary to amend the region s long-range transportation plan between the regularly scheduled four-year updates. The most recent update to Transportation 2040 was adopted in 2014, and some changes have occurred to projects throughout the region that require an amendment to the plan. To accommodate these changes, the region has adopted procedures to allow for minor amendments that may be approved by the Executive Board on an ad hoc basis. A minor amendment is consistent with the plan s air quality conformity determination, environmental analysis under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), and adopted financial strategy. PSRC released a limited call for project updates in March The results of these changes are described in this memo, for approval by the Executive Board. In addition, in April 2015, PSRC produced a status report on the region s transportation system. This review is required under state law every two years, and in the past has resulted in an Action Strategy adopted as an appendix to the plan. PSRC proposes that the more dynamic status report on the implementation of the system serves to meet the state law requirement, as a replacement to the adopted Action Strategy. At its meeting on June 11, the Transportation Policy Board made the following recommendation. RECOMMENDED ACTION The Executive Board should adopt a minor amendment to Transportation 2040 to reflect revisions to the Regional Capacity Project list as identified in Attachment A, including an updated positive finding of air quality conformity as illustrated in Attachment B. In addition, the Executive Board should approve the deletion of the adopted 2014 Action Strategy included as Appendix A of Transportation 2040, and direct staff to proceed in the future with completion of a status report to meet the state s biennial requirement. DISCUSSION Transportation 2040, the region s long-range transportation plan, was first adopted in May 2010 and updated in May While PSRC is required by federal law to review and update the plan at least every four years, it is recognized that projects in the plan evolve and change over time. Doc ID 1389

2 Opportunities are provided monthly for sponsors of Regional Capacity Projects 1 to request a change in project status to the Transportation Policy and Executive Boards, and minor administrative updates may be made as needed as long as they are consistent with the plan s air quality conformity finding. More substantive project revisions require either a minor or a major amendment to the plan. A minor plan amendment will have no negative impact on the regional air quality conformity determination, will not require additional plan-level environmental review under SEPA, and will be consistent with the plan s financial strategy. Minor plan amendments may be adopted by action of the Executive Board and are generally scheduled on an annual basis or as needed. A major plan amendment requires additional environmental review and requires action by the General Assembly; as such, they are conducted less frequently. To reflect updated project information and current activities, PSRC provided an opportunity for sponsors to submit project revisions and status changes in March This opportunity limited revisions to changes in projects within the currently adopted plan, and no new projects were entertained at this time. Further, since the next required four-year update of the plan is scheduled for adoption in 2018, the opportunity was limited to projects that needed to begin work prior to that time, or were correcting out of date information. Revisions could include changes in cost, scope, or completion date, as well as a request to move projects from the Unprogrammed portion of the plan to Constrained. As a reminder, the air quality conformity determination and the plan s financial strategy encompass the investments in the Constrained portion of the plan; the SEPA environmental analysis encompasses the full plan, including both Constrained and Unprogrammed. In order to proceed towards implementation, projects must be included in the Constrained plan. The table below summarizes the requested revisions, with specific project details provided in Attachment A. Also described is the process by which the proposed revisions were reviewed for consistency with the adopted plan. Table 1. Summary of Requested 2015 Transportation 2040 Project Revisions Cost Change to Number of Type of Revision Projects (2015 Dollars) Unprogrammed to Constrained 5 $159,490,007 Constrained to Unprogrammed 1 ($24,195,193) Cost Updates 31 ($1,602,282,804) Project Cancellations 4 ($33,929,140) Scope Changes 6 $37,893,562 Other Modifications 83 n/a Total: ($1,463,023,568) 1 The majority of investments contained in Transportation 2040 are programmatic in nature, such as preservation, maintenance, operations and local transportation investments. However, projects adding capacity to the regional system are required to be included on the Transportation 2040 Regional Capacity Projects List. Thresholds for all modes are identified to determine whether a project is programmatic or adding regional capacity; more information can be found on PSRC s website at Doc ID 1389

3 All requested revisions were reviewed per the adopted Transportation 2040 administrative procedures. For projects requesting to be moved from Unprogrammed to Constrained, or for scope changes to existing Constrained projects, this review included the following: the project as described must be derived from a comprehensive planning process; all affected parties must be in agreement; and the project must respond to the Transportation 2040 Prioritization questions covering the nine adopted measures. These revisions, as well as revisions to project completion dates, require updating the regional model and demonstrating a positive finding of air quality conformity. The request to move projects from Unprogrammed to Constrained, as well as other project cost revisions, were also reviewed for consistency with the plan s adopted financial strategy. Given that some projects were cancelled, some were moved to Unprogrammed, and some reduced their total estimated cost, the sum total of all of the proposed project revisions results in a net decrease to the Constrained plan of $1.4 billion. The majority of this cost savings is due to the recently updated cost estimate for the State Route 520, I-5 to Montlake Boulevard project this project s cost estimate has evolved over the past several years, and the cost identified in Transportation 2040 had not been updated since As mentioned above, projects requesting to be moved from Unprogrammed to Constrained and existing Constrained projects with scope changes were required to complete the Transportation 2040 Prioritization measure questions. The total score for these projects was compared to the scoring framework and decision process conducted as part of the 2014 Transportation 2040 update. At that time, due to a funding shortfall projects that scored below a certain threshold were moved to the Unprogrammed portion of the plan or the sponsor submitted a justification form regarding why they should remain in the Constrained plan. For each of the four major types of projects, the threshold was established above the lowest quartile of scores, as follows: State route (41), arterial (37), transit (43) and bicycle/pedestrian (27). The Transportation 2040 Prioritization scores for each of the affected projects is provided in the attachment; all but one project falls above the cut-off line established in 2014, and the project justification form for that project is contained in Attachment C. The regional model was updated to reflect the proposed revisions, and an air quality analysis has been performed. As illustrated in Attachment B, the proposed minor amendment to Transportation 2040 retains the region s positive finding of air quality conformity. A webmap is provided on PSRC s website illustrating the Transportation 2040 Regional Capacity Projects as amended with this proposal, at For more information, please contact Kelly McGourty at kmcgourty@psrc.org or (206) Attachments: A Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Proposed Project Revisions B Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Air Quality Conformity Analysis C Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Project Prioritization Justification Form Doc ID 1389

4 ATTACHMENT A Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Proposed Project Revisions STATUS CHANGE REQUESTS - Unprogrammed to Constrained* (costs in 2015 $) Prioritization Score Enumclaw SR 410 Channelization: Mtn. Villa Dr.-Watson St. N $1,944, Marysville State Avenue, 116th St. NE to 136th St. NE $4,279, Priority Bus Corridor 2: Burien TC - downtown via Delridge $58,092, Priority Bus Corridor 15: Phinney Ridge - Greenwood - Broadview $49,440, Priority Bus Corridor 13/13A: Ballard - U District - Laurelhurst via Market and 45th Sts $45,732, TOTAL $159,490,007 *Some of these projects are found in table below with other modifications STATUS CHANGE REQUESTS - Constrained to Unprogrammed (costs in 2015 $) I-5/JBLM, 41st Division Dr. I/C ($24,195,193) TOTAL ($24,195,193) PROJECT CANCELATIONS (costs in 2015 $) Pierce Transit SR 16 Peninsula Park and Ride ($21,988,812) Pierce Transit 6th Avenue (Tacoma) Transit Corridor Transit Service $0 Pierce Transit 112th Avenue (Puyallup/Lakewood) Transit Corridor Transit Service $0 WSF Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal (outdated project ) TOTAL ($11,940,328) ($33,929,140) SCOPE CHANGES / UPDATED PROJECT LIMITS Adopted Plan Total Project Cost (in 2015 $) Revised Total Project Cost (in 2015 $) (in 2015 $) Bellevue Mountain-to-Sound Greenway $28,770,490 $30,676,746 $1,906, Community Transit COST CHANGES* Prioritization Score Core or Swift BRT - SR 527 Downtown Bothell to SR 526/I-5 $7,637,944 $44,231,116 $36,593, Priority Bus Corridor 10: Northgate - Ballard - Downtown via Northgate Way, Holman Rd and 15th Ave $4,972,677 $8,652,105 $3,679, High Capacity Transit Corridor 6: Central Area - First Hill - Downtown, via Madison $63,697,627 $148,321,801 $84,624, High Capacity Transit Corridor 8: Roosevelt - University District - south Lake Union - Downtown $267,577,393 $152,029,846 ($115,547,548) 87 Priority Bus Corridor 1: West - Downtown via Fauntleroy / California $4,262,295 $30,900,375 $26,638, TOTAL $37,893,562 *Some of these projects are found in table below with other modifications Adopted Plan Total Project Cost (in 2015 $) Revised Total Project Cost (in 2015 $) (in 2015 $) Auburn S 272nd/277th St Corridor Capacity & Non Motorized Trail Improvements $4,760,624 $8,293,101 $3,532,477 Bellevue Bel-Red Regional Connectivity - NE 15th/ NE 16th St (Phase 1) $62,040,067 $80,000,000 $17,959,933 Bothell Bothell Way NE / Bothell - Everett Hwy Improvements $42,396,409 $36,184,339 ($6,212,069) Kent S 228th St Grade Separation at Union Pacific $29,599,269 $29,911,563 $312,294 Kent S 228th St Grade Separation at BNSF $0 $28,428,345 $28,428,345 King County/Metro South End Transit Pathways $5,639,906 $7,600,000 $1,960,094 Renton Duvall Ave NE $0 $18,744,786 $18,744,786 Priority Bus Corridor 3: Othello - U District via Beacon Ave and Broadway $23,679,415 $38,791,493 $15,112,078 Priority Bus Corridor 5: Rainier Valley - U District via Rainier Ave and 23rd Ave $29,362,475 $86,521,050 $57,158,576 Center City Priority Bus Corridor: Jefferson / Yesler $18,943,532 $24,720,300 $5,776,768 Priority Bus Corridor 4: Mount Baker via Rainier Ave $828,779 $1,854,023 $1,025,244 Northgate Multimodal Transportation Hub $29,599,269 $44,496,540 $14,897,271

5 Center City Priority Bus Corridor: Pike / Pine $17,759,562 $30,900,375 $13,140,813 Center City Priority Bus Corridor: Jackson $13,023,679 $24,720,300 $11,696,621 Priority Bus Corridor 14: Crown Hill - Greenlake - U District $67,486,334 $12,360,150 ($55,126,184) Center City Priority Bus Corridor: Center East $23,679,415 $6,180,075 ($17,499,340) High Capacity Transit Corridor 11: Loyal Heights - Ballard - Fremont - South Lake Union - Downtown $260,473,568 $86,521,050 ($173,952,517) Priority Bus Corridor 7: Queen Anne / Magnolia - South Lake Union - Capitol Hill via Denny $45,701,272 $12,360,150 ($33,341,122) Center City Connector $108,925,310 $135,961,651 $27,036,340 Westlake Multimodal Transportation Hub $24,764,619 $6,180,075 ($18,584,544) Tacoma Schuster Parkway Trail $5,919,854 $10,079,921 $4,160,067 Tacoma Historic Water Ditch Trail Phase III $7,340,619 $3,800,000 ($3,540,619) Tacoma Historic Water Ditch Trail Phase IV $7,103,825 $2,489,828 ($4,613,997) SR SR 204 Intersection Improvement $22,553,147 $54,842,362 $32,289,216 I-5/JBLM Dupont-Steilacoom - New Interchange $113,926,081 $149,000,000 $35,073,919 I-5/JBLM, Berkeley Drive I/C $110,542,138 $71,000,000 ($39,542,138) I-5/JBLM, Thorne Lane Interchange $213,817,823 $77,000,000 ($136,817,823) I-5: Thorne Lane to Gravelly Lake Dr. - Frontage Rd $36,593,960 $30,000,000 ($6,593,960) SR 520, I-5 to Montlake Blvd. $2,506,937,780 $1,249,673,569 ($1,257,264,211) 41st Division Dr. to Thorne Lane $139,869,644 $48,000,000 ($91,869,644) WSF Mukilteo Terminal Relocation/Expansion $174,629,479 $129,000,000 ($45,629,479) TOTAL ($1,602,282,804) *Some of these projects are found in table below with other modifications OTHER MODIFICATIONS Modification Type Adopted Plan Value Revised Value Auburn S 272nd/277th St Corridor Capacity & Non Motorized Trail Improvements Completion Year Auburn Completion Year 2013 M Street Widening and Underpass; 2019 M St SE Underpass Auburn Way South (SR 164) Corridor Improvements, Fir Street SE to Hemlock Street Sega & Non-Motorized Improvements Completion Year Auburn Bellevue Mountain-to-Sound Greenway Completion Year Bellevue Bellevue Way HOV Lanes and Transit Priority Change Bellevue Sound Transit Bel-Red Regional Bellevue Bel-Red Regional Connectivity - NE 15th/ NE 16th St (Phase 1) Title Connectivity - NE Spring Blvd (Phase 1) Community Transit Core or Swift BRT - SR 527 Downtown Bothell to SR 526/I-5 Completion Year Enumclaw SR 410 Channelization: Mtn. Villa Dr.-Watson St. N Completion Year Completion Year Issaquah E Lake Sammamish Pkwy shorter limits Kent S 228th St Grade Separation at Union Pacific Completion Year Kent S 272nd St Completion Year Kent West Valley Highway Completion Year Kent 212th Street Completion Year Kent Willis Street Grade Separations Completion Year Kent South 212th Street Completion Year King County/Metro South End Transit Pathways Completion Year King County/Metro Green River Trail - Phase 2 Completion Year King County/Metro East Lake Sammamish Trail - North Completion Year King County/Metro East Lake Sammamish Trail - Sammamish Segment Completion Year King County/Metro Lake to Sound Trail 2 (Segment A) Completion Year King County/Metro South End Transit Pathways Completion Year King County/Metro Lake to Sound Trail 4 (Segment B) Completion Year King County/Metro Chief Sealth Trail Extension Completion Year Kitsap County SR 305 Trail (Sound to Olympics) Completion Year Kitsap Transit Phase I Poulsbo SR 3/ SR 305 Hub (Olhava II) P&R Completion Year Kitsap Transit Bremerton POFF Terminal Expansion Completion Year Kitsap Transit BRT on SR 303 Silverdale POF to Bethel Completion Year Kitsap Transit Annapolis Ferry Terminal Completion Year Kitsap Transit East Bremerton Bus Transit Center Completion Year Kitsap Transit SR 16 P&R (Mullenix) Completion Year Kitsap Transit Phase II and Phase III SR305 Corridor P&Rs Completion Year Kitsap Transit Passenger Only Ferry: Bremerton-Downtown Completion Year Kitsap Transit Passenger Only Ferry: Southworth-Downtown Completion Year Monroe SR 522 Trail Completion Year Monroe US Hwy 2 Trail Extension Completion Year Monroe Centennial Trail Completion Year Pacific Stewart Rd (8th St E.) Completion Year Pacific Interurban Trail Completion Year Pacific Lake Tapps Pkwy/8th St Bike Path Canceled unprogrammed project - Pierce Transit 112th St E/S Completion Year Pierce Transit Bonney Lake P & R Canceled unprogrammed project - Pierce Transit Purdy Crescent Park and Ride Expansion Canceled unprogrammed project - Pierce Transit Dupont P&R Canceled unprogrammed project -

6 Redmond Redmond Central Connector Completion Year Priority Bus Corridor 2: Burien TC - downtown via Delridge Completion Year Priority Bus Corridor 15: Phinney Ridge - Greenwood - Broadview Completion Year Priority Bus Corridor 13/13A: Ballard - U District - Laurelhurst via Market and 45th Sts Completion Year Priority Bus Corridor 3: Othello - U District via Beacon Ave and Broadway Completion Year Center City Priority Bus Corridor: Pike / Pine Completion Year Priority Bus Corridor 14: Crown Hill - Greenlake - U District Completion Year Westlake Multimodal Transportation Hub Completion Year Burke-Gilman Trail Extension Completion Year Tacoma Schuster Parkway Trail Title Completion Year 2017 Schuster Parkway Promenade; 2020 Tacoma Historic Water Ditch Trail Phase III Completion Year Tacoma Historic Water Ditch Trail Phase IV Completion Year I-5/JBLM Dupont-Steilacoom - New Interchange Completion Year I-5/JBLM, Berkeley Drive I/C Completion Year I-5/JBLM, Thorne Lane Interchange Completion Year I-5: Thorne Lane to Gravelly Lake Dr. - Frontage Rd Completion Year SR 520, I-5 to Montlake Blvd Completion Year I-5 Steilacoom/ DuPont 41st Division Drive to Thorne Lane Title Completion Year 2015 I/C to Thorne Lane; 2024 I-405 Corridor: Interchange at 132nd St NE Completion Year Bel-Red Regional Connectivity - SR 124th I/C Completion Year SR 522 (Nickel) Completion Year SR 520: Eastside Transit and HOV Completion Year I-405 Corridor: SR 520 to I-5 Widening (NE 124th to SR 522) Completion Year I-405 Corridor: SR 520 to I-5 Widening (NE 132nd structures) Completion Year th St. N Interchange Completion Year SR 520 Trail Completion Year I-405 Corridor: SR 167 Direct HOV Ramps Completion Year SR SR 304 I/C - Ramp Modification Completion Year SR 9 Completion Year SR 9 Completion Year SR Wollochet Interchange Completion Year I-5 HOV to HOT lane Conversion: Pierce/ King County Line to S. 260th Completion Year I-5 HOV to HOT lane Conversion: S. 260th to I-405 Completion Year I-5 HOV to HOT lane Conversion: I-405 to US 2 Completion Year SR 520 HOV to HOT Completion Year SR 520 Trail over 520 Bridge Completion Year I-405 Corridor: SR 520 to I-5 Widening Completion Year I-405 Corridor: SR 520 to I-5 Widening (NB NE 70th to NE 85th) Completion Year I-90 HOV to HOT Completion Year WSF Mukilteo Terminal Relocation/Expansion Completion Year

7 ATTACHMENT B: 2015 Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Air Quality Conformity Analysis The following tables illustrate the results of the transportation conformity analysis conducted for the 2015 Transportation 2040 minor amendment. The analysis is conducted based on the transportation conformity requirements for each pollutant. The results show that the 2015 Transportation 2040 minor amendment meets all transportation conformity requirements. The conformity analysis must demonstrate that the total regional emissions produced by projects in Transportation 2040 as revised with this minor amendment, plus activity on the existing travel network, do not exceed the motor vehicle emissions budget (MVEB) defined in the State Implementation Plan for Air Quality (SIP) for each pollutant. In February 2015, the Tacoma-Pierce County nonattainment area for fine particulates (PM 2.5 ) was redesignated to maintenance status; as part of the redesignation, a new MVEB was approved for PM 2.5 and nitrogen oxides (NOx) within the maintenance area. All emissions were calculated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA) Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator model version MOVES2010b. This version does not account for Tier 3 emission standards that phase in beginning in 2017, heavy-duty engine and vehicle greenhouse gas regulations that phase in during model years , or the second phase of light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas regulations that phase in for model years cars and light trucks. Therefore, the emissions presented below may be overestimated for those years Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Emissions - tons/day (Updated 6/17/2015) Year Emissions Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget* 2, , , * estimated emissions must be less than MVEB 2015 Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment: PM 2.5 and NOx Emissions - pounds/day (Updated 6/17/2015) Year PM 2.5 NOx 2017 Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget* 1,888 41, ,674 36, ,518 31, Motor Vehicle Emissions Budget** 1,321 22, ,247 20, ,204 18, ,095 14,296 * estimated emissions for years 2017 through 2025 must be less than the 2017 MVEB ** estimated emissions for years 2026 and beyond must be less than the 2026 MVEB

8 Attachment C: 2015 Transportation 2040 Minor Amendment Prioritization Project Justification Form Project Information Project : Enumclaw Project Contact: Rand Black, Transportation Engineer : SR 410 Channelization: Mtn. Villa Dr. to Watson St. N. Transportation 2040 Project ID #: 361 Project Justification Questions 1. Does the project have funding for Preliminary Engineering or later phases? Yes; the project has both PSRC federal and local funds for a total amount of $214,157 to fully fund the Preliminary Engineering phase. 2. Will the project advance to Preliminary Engineering, right of way acquisition or construction before 2018? Yes, Preliminary Engineering is almost complete, no right of way acquisition is required, and construction is scheduled to move forward by Fall Please provide a brief description of how the project implements VISION 2040 and the prioritization measures below, and explain why the VISION 2040 benefits of this project were not adequately captured through the existing prioritization questions. Air Quality Freight Jobs Multimodal Puget Sound Land & Water Safety & System Security Social Equity & Access to Opportunity Support for Centers Travel This project is located within the City of Enumclaw along an existing urbanized section of the State Route 410 corridor, which is a T2 freight route with 5 commercial urban intersections located within a half-mile stretch of corridor. Currently there are missing sidewalk segments on the north side and nonstandard ramps and pedestrian crossings. The channelization is currently a variable 2-4 lane configuration that restricts local access to the Central Business District, increases delay and reduces safety. The project will widen and rechannelize the roadway within the CBD to provide a consistent 5- lane section to manage access and improve safety. The project will also add curb, gutter and sidewalk to provide a contiguous pedestrian corridor on the north side and will upgrade ramps on the south side where the existing Foothills Trail is located to improve accessibility and safety. The project will complete the pedestrian connectivity between the two main retail shopping areas along the busiest road adjacent to the CBD. The project is located within the City of Enumclaw s downtown commercial business district, which is the critical local center for both business and employment. The project enhances multimodal access to the area, improve safety and reduce congestion. Air quality will be improved by providing pedestrian facilities and by reducing delay for diesel vehicles through improved channelization.