Tacoma Dome Link Extension Elected Leadership Group #8 May 31, 2019 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tacoma Dome Link Extension Elected Leadership Group #8 May 31, 2019

Agenda • Operations and Maintenance Facility South update • What we heard during TDLE scoping • ELG perspectives on preferred alternative • Next steps 2

OMF South Update

OMF South scoping Scoping summary report now available • Over 5,800 engagements since February • 370+ people attended two public meetings • 3,470+ visited online open house • 1,400+ total comments received via meetings, phone, email, online • 2,000 pre-scoping period comments • 8 briefings 4

OMF South Sound Transit Board action Three sites for study in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement: S 336th St S 344th St Midway Landfill and I-5 and I-5 and I-5 5

OMF South Environmental Review Timeline* 2020 2021 2019 Fall 2020 Late 2020 Mid/late 2021 May 2019 ST Board Draft EIS ST Board Final EIS issued; identifies issued; identifies sites to public, tribal, preferred ST Board study in the agency site selects project comments to be built Draft EIS *dates are subject to change 6

What we heard during TDLE scoping

Project timeline Alternatives Final route design Groundbreaking development (2018-2019) Final station designs Construction updates • Investigation of and mitigation Procure and alternatives commission station Safety education • Board identifies and public art Preferred Alternative Testing and pre-operations Obtain land use and and other options to development study agreements Environmental review Begin property (2019-2022) acquisition • Draft EIS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT • Final EIS Board selects project to be built Federal Transit Administration issues Record of Decision PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 8

Alternatives development process Alternatives development (2018-2019) • Investigation of alternatives • Board identifies Preferred Alternative and other options to study Environmental review (2019-2022) • Draft EIS • Final EIS Board selects project to be built Federal Transit Administration issues Record of Decision Preferred Alternative and other EIS alternatives PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Spring/ Summer 2019 9

Level 2 alternatives 10

Initial grouping of alternatives based on latest technical analysis More Potential All Alternatives Greater Challenges 11

Notable advantages & disadvantages Public SG ELG Alternatives Technical Analysis Technical analysis Feedback Feedback Recommendation first step in Alternatives with MORE POTENTIAL evaluation Notable Advantages: Also include  Key takeaway summary of scoping Notable Disadvantages: May 31, June 14 25th Street West  Scoping period ELG meetings: Key takeaway SG meeting: May 29, 2019 feedback, Notable Advantages: Stakeholder Group  Key takeaway Notable Disadvantages: feedback, & Elected 25th Street East  Key takeaway Leadership Group Alternatives with GREATER CHALLENGES recommendation Notable Advantages:  Key takeaway Results provided to Notable Disadvantages: FTA and ST Board Puyallup Avenue  Key takeaway Notable Advantages:  Key takeaway Notable Disadvantages:  E 26th Street Key takeaway 12

Over 4,000 engagements during scoping More than 200 people attended three More than 67,000 mailers sent to open house meetings in Federal Way, Fife, homes, apartments and businesses and Tacoma along the project corridor One listening Session in East Tacoma Over 3,100 users participated in an Field visits to 120+ properties online open house from April 1 – May 1 140+ engagements, retweets, and Three project email updates sent to likes observed on Sound Transit’s more than 6,200 recipients on South Twitter posts Sound email lists 34,500+ reached on Sound Transit’s 4 project briefings Facebook posts 13

Scoping communications • 16 communications from the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, cities, or other agencies • 289 communications from the general public – Over 40 communications from businesses – Approximately 15 communications from community groups • 305 total narrative communications • 519 online survey participants 305 total narrative communications and 519 online survey participants. Over 540 scoping comments. 14

Tribe, city, and agency comments Tribes Regional and local agencies Other groups that provided comments • Puyallup Tribe of • Port of Tacoma and Northwest • Dome Business District Indians Seaport Alliance • Downtown On the Go • Puget Sound Regional Council • Foss Waterway Development Federal agencies • King County Metro Authority • U.S. Environmental • Pierce Transit • Futurewise Protection Agency • City of Federal Way, Public Works • Historic Tacoma and Community Development • New Tacoma Neighborhood Council Directors State agencies • City of Fife, Mayor • Department of • Puyallup Watershed Initiative, Active Archaeology and Transportation Community of • City of Fife, Public Works and Interest Historic Preservation Community Development Directors • Transportation Choices Coalition • Department of Ecology • City of Tacoma, City Manager • Department of Natural Resources • Department of Transportation 15

General public comment topics • Alternative preference • Multimodal connections • Transportation and parking • Transit-oriented development (TOD) • Economic impacts and property acquisitions • Other alternative suggestions • Future extensions • Environmental justice populations • General environmental concerns (critical areas, streams/wetlands, fish, construction impacts, noise, parks, utilities) • General project comments (design, budget, community outreach, purpose and need, screening) 16

General public comment themes Alternative preference Transportation and parking • Expressed preference, support or opposition to a • Traffic concerns. specific alignment or station alternative. • Impacts on freight transportation in Fife and Tacoma. Multimodal connections • Parking concerns, parking garage capacity demands. Economic impacts and property • Desire for excellent multimodal connections and transfer opportunities at station locations. acquisitions • Highlighting ADA access and universal design • Property acquisition concerns, associated effects on considerations. businesses and residences and local economy. • Importance of pedestrian station access. Transit-oriented development • Transit-oriented development or redevelopment opportunities. 17

General public comment themes Environmental justice populations Other alternative suggestions • Concern about potential project impacts to and benefits for • New alternatives and station configurations. Environmental Justice populations. • Below-grade Tacoma Dome alignment and station • Minimize residential and minority-owned business alternative. displacement, impacts to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and • Potential alignment and station over existing ensure community representation on the project outreach Sounder ROW. team. Future extensions General project comments • Highlighted specific extensions beyond Tacoma • Potential I-5 pedestrian overcrossings and site-specific Dome station. design modifications. General environmental concerns • Thoughts about the project’s screening process and EIS recommendations. • Environmentally critical areas (Hylebos Creek and wetlands, Puyallup River, and tide flats). 18

Stakeholder Group organizations roster At May meeting Other members East Tacoma Neighborhood Council Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County Dome Business District Association Center for Independence Downtown On the Go East Tacoma Community Representative Emerald Queen Casino Federal Way Planning Commission Fife Planning Commission Fife Community Representative Pierce County Building & Construction Trades Council Fife Milton Edgewood Chamber of Commerce Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce Save Weyerhaeuser Campus Jet Chevrolet Seattle Children’s Hospital Tacoma Housing Authority, Tacoma Community Representative Marine View Ventures, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Tacoma Urban League Milton Planning Commission Tacoma Transportation Commission Pierce Transit Community Transportation Advisory Group Salishan Association Targa Real Estate Services Tacoma Planning Commission U.S. Oil & Refining Co. 19

Tacoma Dome: Scoping comments Common themes include: • Alternative preference - TD 2 received the highest number of mentions and highest interest in online survey. • Multimodal connections - proximity and importance of integrating connections to existing transit services in the station area. • Interest in TOD opportunities. • Interest in a below-grade alternative. • Concern about property acquisition. 20