Tacoma Dome Link Extension Scoping Open House April 2019 Tonights - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Tacoma Dome Link Extension Scoping Open House April 2019

Tonight’s presentation • Background on Sound Transit system • TDLE alternatives: Level 1 and Level 2 • EIS scoping & next steps 2

Sound Transit system Background on the

System expansion Sound Transit’s voter-approved system expansion means the opening of new light rail, bus rapid transit and commuter rail stations across the region every few years will provide fast, reliable alternatives to congested roads. soundtransit.org/system 4

Tacoma Dome Link Extension (TDLE) Federal Way Transit Center to Tacoma Dome • Length: 9.7 miles • Stations: 4 (2 parking garages) • Scheduled opening in 2030 Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) South • Scheduled opening in 2026 • South King County 5

development process TDLE alternatives

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 7

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 Summer 2019 8

Outreach to date 2019 2018 Spring Summer Fall Winter Early scoping • 550+ comments • 2,500 participants 9

Outreach to date 2019 2018 Spring Summer Fall Winter Early scoping First round of evaluation (Level 1) 10

Outreach to date 2019 2018 Spring Summer Fall Winter Early scoping September outreach • 700+ comments • 3,000 participants First round of evaluation 11

Outreach to date 2019 2018 Spring Summer Fall Winter Early scoping September outreach First round of evaluation Elected Leadership Group recommendation 12

TDLE Level 1 alternatives evaluation (June – Oct 2018)

Level 1 alternatives: Tacoma 14

Level 1 alternatives: Fife 15

Level 1 alternatives: South Federal Way 16

TDLE Level 2 alternatives evaluation (Oct 2018 – Feb 2019)

Route and station options 18

Evaluation criteria Effective transportation solutions Land use and economic development and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Preserve the environment Equitable mobility Financially sustainable and constructible 19

Tacoma Dome and East Tacoma station areas 20

Level 2 alternatives: Tacoma Dome Puyallup Ave business impacts (TD 1) Some freight impacts (TD 1) Fewer property Best station access impacts compared to for multiple modes TD 2 (TD 3) (TD 2) Likely impacts to tribal properties (TD 4 East Off-Street) Farther from multi- modal connection points (TD 4 E/W) 21

Level 2 alternatives: East Tacoma Higher potential for Farthest from freight impacts destinations (ET 1, 2, 6) south of I-5 (ET 1) Closest to destinations south of I-5 (ET 5, ET 3 A/B) Connects with “more potential” Tacoma Dome alternatives (ET 3A) More potential for tribal impacts (ET 5) 22

Level 2 alternatives: Fife Higher impacts to major economic activity generators Lower potential of (Fife 1) residential impacts Higher potential compared to Fife 4 property impacts (Fife 3) (SR 99 alignment) Higher potential Potential impacts to impacts to freight view dependent movement (Fife 4) business (I-5 alignment) 23 23

Level 2 alternatives: Greater potential for Highest potential of South Federal Way development business impacts opportunities (SR 99 alignment) (SF 2 West) Higher potential Higher potential of ridership business impacts (SF 4) (SF 2 East) Higher potential impacts to ecosystem (SR 99 alignment) Lower potential for development Lower potential opportunities property impacts 24 (SF 3) (SF 8/9)

Level 2 alternatives, end-to-end 25

Initial grouping of alternatives based on latest technical analysis More Potential No decisions made All Alternatives Alternatives compared to Greater Challenges others in that station area 26

EIS scoping & next steps

What is scoping?  Includes input from the public, agencies and tribes  Assists in defining the purpose and need Assists in determining the range of alternatives to study in  the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)  Focuses study efforts 28

What is typically studied in an • Noise and vibration • Economic effects • Visual resources • Parks resources • Land use • Acquisitions, • • • Ridership Ridership Ridership displacements • • • Transit Transit Transit and relocations • • • Regional and local traffic Regional and local traffic Regional and local traffic • Energy use • • • Non‐motorized facilities and Non‐motorized facilities and Non‐motorized facilities and • Hazardous materials modes modes modes • Public services and • • Air quality and Air quality and • • • Freight movement Freight movement Freight movement utilities greenhouse gas greenhouse gas • • • Marine navigation Marine navigation Marine navigation • Impacts on low income emissions emissions • • • Aviation Aviation Aviation and • • Ecosystems and fish Ecosystems and fish • • • Construction traffic Construction traffic Construction traffic minority populations and wildlife habitat and wildlife habitat • Cultural, historic and • • Water resources Water resources archaeological resources • • Geology and soils Geology and soils • Construction impacts 29

Comment on scope of EIS  Routes & stations to study further  Topics to study in the EIS (e.g., wetlands, economics, land use)  Purpose and need of the project 30

Scoping feedback  Published in a Scoping Summary Report  Informs Sound Transit Board and FTA identification of alternatives to study in the EIS  Guides ongoing public, agency and tribal engagement 31

Environmental review timeline* Public participation throughout 2019 2020 / 2021 2022 Spring 2019 Spring 2021 Spring/Summer 2022 EIS scoping / Draft EIS issued; Final EIS issued public comment period public comment period Summer 2022 ST Board selects July 2019 ST Board & FTA expected project to be built to identify alternatives to study in EIS FTA issues record of decision (ROD) 32 *dates are subject to change

Multiple ways to provide your comments by May 1 Fill out a comment card or give an oral comment TODAY tdlink.participate.online ONLINE TDLEScoping@soundtransit.org EMAIL Sound Transit, Elma Borbe MAIL 401 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 903-7118 PHONE 33

soundtransit.org Thank you.

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 ELG meetings: late summary of scoping Notable Disadvantages: May, early June  25th Street West Scoping period Key takeaway SG meeting: feedback, Notable Advantages: mid-May 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:  Key takeaway E 26th Street 35