Tacoma Dome Link Extension Elected Leadership Group Meeting #5 | 10.12.18
Agenda Public comment Process overview What we heard during September outreach Recommendation to the ST Board Next steps 2
Process overview 3
Project timeline and milestones PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION START OF SERVICE 2018 – 2022 2022 – 2025 2025 – 2030 2016 2030 Final route design Groundbreaking Alternatives development (2018-2019) Final station designs Construction updates and mitigation • Investigation of Procure and alternatives commission station Safety education and public art • Board identifies Preferred Testing and pre-operations Alternative Obtain land use and development Environmental review (2019- agreements 2022) Begin property Draft EIS acquisition Final EIS Board selects project to be built Federal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 4
Alternatives development process PLANNING 2018 – 2022 DESIGN CONSTRUCTION 2025 – 2030 2016 Alternatives development (2018-2019) • Investigation of alternatives • Board identifies Preferred Alternative Environmental review (2019- 2022) Draft EIS Final EIS Board selects project to be built Federal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 5 Summer 2019
Final evaluation criteria categories Effective transportation solutions Land use and economic development and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Preserve the environment Equitable mobility Financially sustainable and constructible 6 6
What we heard during September outreach 7
Overview • Outreach Period: 9/1 – 9/21 • Notification via postcards, advertisements, posters, project website, email updates, press releases, social media, agency invitation letters • 3 public meetings • Online open house (3 weeks) • Agency and community conversations 8
30+ Community conversations Conversations complete: Conversations being scheduled: Affordable Housing Consortium Associated Ministries Area Agency on Aging Bates Technical College Consejo Counselling and Referral Services Black Collective Dome District Business Improvement Area Eastside Collaborative Eastside Neighborhood Council Federal Way Community Connections Fife Public Schools Federal Way Korean Quarterly Meeting Hilltop Action Coalition Fife/Edgewood/Milton Kiwanis Club New Tacoma Neighborhood Council Habitat for Humanity Pacific Lutheran University Kiwanis Club of Tacoma Pierce County Coordinated Transportation Coalition L’Arche Tahoma Hope Pierce County Human Services Coalition Pierce County Aging and Disability Resource Center Sound Outreach Rainbow Center South King County Mobility Coalition Salishan Association St. Paul Chong Hasang Church Summit Public Schools Stadium Business District Tacoma Area Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities Tacoma Housing Authority Tacoma Community House Tacoma Sunrise Rotary Tacoma Green Drinks Tacoma Public Schools 9
Highlights • 175+ people attended three public meetings • 2,800+ visited online open house • 700+ total comments received via meetings and survey • Thousands of views on Facebook and Twitter • All comments will be captured in an outreach summary report 10
Stakeholder Group organizations roster At September meeting Other members East Tacoma Neighborhood Council Center for Independence Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County East Tacoma Community Representative Dome Business District Association Emerald Queen Casino Downtown On the Go Fife Planning Commission Federal Way Planning Commission Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce Fife Community Representative Milton Planning Commission Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce Pierce County Building & Construction Trades Council Jet Chevrolet Pierce Transit Community Transportation Advisory Group Marine View Ventures, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Save Weyerhaeuser Campus Seattle Children’s Hospital Salishan Association Tacoma Planning Commission Tacoma Housing Authority, Tacoma Community Tacoma Transportation Commission Representative Tacoma Urban League Targa Real Estate Services U.S. Oil & Refining Co. 11
Tacoma Dome station area 12
Tacoma Dome station preferences Tacoma Dome Stations 80 Public station rankings 70 Stakeholder Group feedback 60 Respondents 50 40 30 20 10 0 TD 1 TD 2 TD 3 TD 4 TD 5 13
Tacoma Dome SG feedback Tacoma Dome Stations 80 Public station rankings 70 Stakeholder Group feedback 60 Respondents 50 40 30 20 10 0 TD 1 TD 2 TD 3 TD 4 TD 5 14
East Tacoma station area 15
East Tacoma station preferences East Tacoma Stations 40 35 30 Respondents 25 20 15 10 5 0 ET 1 ET 2 ET 3 ET 4 ET 5 ET 6 ET 7 ET 8 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 16
East Tacoma SG feedback East Tacoma Stations 40 35 30 Respondents 25 20 15 10 5 0 ET 1 ET 2 ET 3 ET 4 ET 5 ET 6 ET 7 ET 8 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 17
Fife station area 18
Fife station preferences Fife Stations 70 60 50 Respondents 40 30 20 10 0 Fife 1 Fife 2 Fife 3 Fife 4 Fife 5 Fife 6 Fife 7 Fife 8 Fife 9 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 19
Fife SG feedback Fife Stations 70 60 50 Respondents 40 30 20 10 0 Fife 1 Fife 2 Fife 3 Fife 4 Fife 5 Fife 6 Fife 7 Fife 8 Fife 9 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 20
South Federal Way station area 21
South Federal Way station preferences South Federal Way Stations 60 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 50 40 Respondents 30 20 10 0 SF 1 SF 2 SF 3 SF 4 SF 5 SF 6 SF 7 SF 8 SF 9 SF 10 SF 11 SF 12 SF 13 22
South Federal Way SG feedback South Federal Way Stations 60 Public station rankings Stakeholder Group feedback 50 40 Respondents 30 20 10 0 SF 1 SF 2 SF 3 SF 4 SF 5 SF 6 SF 7 SF 8 SF 9 SF 10 SF 11 SF 12 SF 13 23
Recommendation to the Sound Transit Board 24
Things to consider Station locations and alignments are not exact and will be refined or adjusted as the process advances Federal Transit Administration will provide feedback to Sound Transit regarding reasonable range of alternatives 25
ELG recommendation framework Input to date: Continue study • Technical analysis, public input, SG feedback Input to date: No further study • Technical analysis, public input, SG feedback Input to date: Needs further discussion • Not clear agreement from all groups 26
Input to date: Continue study Tacoma Dome: TD 2, TD 3, TD 4 • Technical analysis: more potential • Public input: 1st, 2nd, 3rd out of 5 • SG feedback: further study ELG recommendation? 27
Input to date: No further study Tacoma Dome: TD 5 • Technical analysis: greater challenges • Public input: 5th out of 5 • SG feedback: no further study ELG recommendation? 28
Input to date: Needs further discussion Tacoma Dome: TD 1 (Puyallup Ave alignment) • Technical analysis: more potential • Public input: 4th out of 5 • SG feedback: like alignment, but not the station location due to congestion and traffic ELG recommendation? 29
Input to date: Continue study East Tacoma ET 2, ET 3, ET 4, ET 5, ET 6 • Technical analysis: more potential • Public input: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th out of 8 • SG feedback: further study ELG recommendation? 30
Input to date: No further study East Tacoma ET 1 (north), ET 7, ET 8 • Technical analysis: greater challenges • Public input: 7th and 8th out of 8 • SG feedback: no further study ELG recommendation? 31
Input to date: Needs further discussion East Tacoma ET 1 (Puyallup Ave alignment) • Technical analysis: more potential (for south crossing) • Public input: 2nd out of 8 • SG feedback: Poor connectivity SG feedback • Regardless of station site, ensure equitable access into the East Tacoma neighborhood ELG recommendation? 32
Input to date: Continue study Fife Fife 3, Fife 4 • Technical analysis: more potential • Public input: 1st, 2nd out of 8 • SG feedback: further study ELG recommendation? 33
Input to date: No further study Fife Fife 2, Fife 5, Fife 6, Fife 7, Fife 8, Fife 9 • Technical analysis: greater challenges • Public input: 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th out of 9 • SG feedback: no further study ELG recommendation? 34
Input to date: Needs further discussion Fife Fife 1 (I-5 West to 12th Street) • Technical analysis: greater challenges • Public input: 4th out of 9 • SG feedback: possible third alignment to consider ELG recommendation? 35
Input to date: Continue study South Federal Way SF 1, SF 2, SF 4 • Technical analysis: more potential • Public input: 1st, 2nd, 4th out of 13 • SG feedback: further study ELG recommendation? 36
Input to date: No further study South Federal Way SF 6, SF 7, SF 10, SF 11, SF 13 • Technical analysis: greater challenges • Public input: 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th out of 13 • SG feedback: no further study ELG recommendation? 37
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