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Phase 1: Final Report Identifying Access Improvements

Summer 2014 Amended with Sound Transit Board Action dated August 28, 2014

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Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements

D Executive Summary What is the Purpose of this Document? This report summarizes the work Sound Transit has done with stakeholders to develop a package of access improvement investments that will benefit Sounder riders and the local community in Sumner. The Sound Transit Board will identify a preferred alternative, or package, of the six described in this document. The preferred package will be advanced for further environmental study and design. What is the Problem? Approximately 1,000 people ride a Sounder train or ST Express bus from the Sumner Station each day. About two- thirds of Sounder riders drive and park at the Sumner Station or other lots. Another 20 percent use bus services to access the Sumner Station. Many of these riders find it difficult to access the Sumner Station because parking is full by the second morning train before 6 am. Traffic congestion already creates delays at intersections around the station, similarly affecting both drivers and buses. Sound Transit is expanding its Sounder rail service, which is planned to include three new round trip trains by 2017. Sound Transit is also predicting a 70 percent increase in ridership by 2035 - approximately 600 new riders in Sumner alone. Additional parking and congestion management will be required to meet this growing ridership demand. Similarly, additional bicycle and pedestrian amenities will expand non-motorized access to the station.

What is the Project? The Sumner Station Access Improvement Project will provide a set of the capital investments approved by voters in the 2008 Sound Transit 2 (ST2) ballot measure. This project will: • Build pedestrian and bicycle improvements; • Provide up to 600 additional parking stalls, either in a lot and/or structure; • Make traffic congestion improvements. What is the Project Timeline? WE ARE HERE 2000 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018

• Sounder Service Leadership Alternatives Begins (2000) Working Development Groups • ST2 Funding Input on Approved (2008) improvement Developed options. Environmental Preliminary Final Design Construction project goals Review Design • Sounder Stations Used feedback and evaluation Access and Demand on options to Right-of-Way/Property criteria for develop Study (2010 – 2012) alternatives. Acquisition and multi-modal Permitting packages.

Sounder service begins

Sound Transit Board Identifies Preferred Package of Improvements (August 2014)

Executive Summary – i Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements

Who Did Sound Transit Talk to and What Did We Hear? Sound Transit recognizes that parking, pedestrian and bicycle improvements to the station need to work for the community in which they are located. In order to develop improvements that support the community, Sound Transit met regularly with Sumner City staff, elected officials and other community stakeholders to develop and review proposed improvements. During this process, general themes emerged from different stakeholders, including: • Sounder riders – Want parking close to the station, with reliable, fast, and comfortable access. • Residents – Primarily from residents that are not Sounder riders, there are concerns regarding an increase in traffic and congestion, and the desire to preserve quality of life and the community character. • Businesses – Want to preserve access and parking for employees and customers while improving Sound Transit rider exposure to local businesses. How Did Sound Transit Group or Package the Improvements? Parking alternatives were developed to reflect the range of issues and concerns voiced by project stakeholders and vary by parking location, surface lot versus parking garage, and parking space count at each location. Non-motorized improvements are the same in each package. The packages can be found in the fold-out of page iii of this Executive Summary titled “Parking Packages Considered for Sound Transit Board Action.” What Were the Parking Preferences for Each Package? Each package of access improvements includes pedestrian, bike, and traffic improvements within the station area, as shown in the fold-out of page iii of this Executive Summary. The majority of project stakeholders supported these improvements. Project stakeholder opinions differed by proposed parking location, as summarized below. Sumner City Council – Protect developable parcels and minimize traffic impacts • Proposed large Transit Center Garage (Modified Package E with a larger garage) • No formal statement regarding Package A for parking purposes • Garages at the Red Apple or Washington Tractor sites as they would minimize the ability to redevelop the sites (Packages B, C, D, and F) Stakeholder Roundtable – Minimize traffic impacts to Sumner neighborhoods east of Traffic Avenue • Large Washington Tractor garage (Package B) • No formal statement regarding Packages E and F • Garages at Red Apple Lot or satellite parking (Packages A and C) General Public and Riders – Keep parking close and convenient to the Sumner Station • Washington Tractor Garage + Transit Center Garage (Package F) • Small Red Apple Garage + Washington Tractor Surface Lot (Package D) • Large garages and satellite parking (Packages A, B, and C) What Happens After the Sound Transit Board Identifies a Preferred Package? Once a preferred package is identified, Sound Transit will begin design, engineering, and environmental documentation. This will include: • Continued stakeholder outreach • Preliminary engineering and architectural design • Environmental review ii – Executive Summary Sumner Station Access Improvement Project

Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements Existing Sound Transit surface lot (# spaces)

Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot (# spaces) Note: All packages include traffic and non-motorized improvements as shown on the following page. Existing Sound Transit surface lot (# spaces) Potential parking garage Parking Packages Considered for Sound Transit Board Action * This project does not include funds to support shuttle bus service. Shaw Road will require shuttle service to Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot (# spaces) Potential surface lots Sumner Station. No shuttle service has been identified for this. Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit surface lot (# spaces) Potential parking garage

Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot (# spaces) Potential surface lots Sidewalk improvements ParkPotential St parking garage Potential leased surface lots Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Potential surface lots Sidewalk improvements Package A Shaw Road + Surface Lots* ($33 M) Package Washington Tractor Garage + Surface Lots ($39 M) Potential leased surface lotsPackage C Large Pedestrian/bicycleRed Apple Garage access bridge + Surface Lots ($38 M) B Park St Sidewalk improvements Park St Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge

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Cherry Ave d 410 410 s Alder Ave s s E Main Ave a s Cherry Ave u Alder Ave iu i Cherry Ave R Cherry Ave Alder Ave E Main Ave NShaw Road lotE Main Ave Traffic Ave e d 410 iu Alder Ave iu d il a E Main Ave Traffic Ave d s E Main Ave Traffic Ave d E Main Ave Traffic Ave a S

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E Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Existing Sound Transit leased surf(# spaceaces) lot Existing Sound Transit leased surf(# spaceaces) lot

Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project e Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Potential parking garage

PotenEtialxisti pangrk Souning gad rTraagens it leased surf(# spaceaces) lot Existing Sound Transit leased su(#rfa spaceces) lot e Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential Potsurfenacetial lots parking garage Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard What We’ve Heard What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Moderate support for this package. Little support for this package. Moderate support for this package. 4thSt NW Least public support for Pot4thSt NW ential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge 4thSt NW 4thSt NW Small Red Apple Garage + Surface Lots ($39 M) Small Transit Center Garage + Surface Lots ($36 M) Washington Tractor Garage + Transit Center Garage ($47 M) PotentialPackage parking garage D Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge PotPackageential parking garage E Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge WhatModerate parking support options for this package. are beingPackage considered? F 7th St 7th NW What parking options are being considered? Least public support for St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) 4thSt NW 4thSt NW 7th St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW Potential parking garage (In additionPedes totria bridgen/bicycl overe BNRR)access bridge Potential parking garage (In additionPed to esbridgetrian/ overbicycl BNRR)e access bridge Potential surface lots Benefits: Potential surface lots Benefits: Potential surface lots this package. Potential surface lots 4thSt NW What parking options are being considered? 4thSt NW Benefits: 7th St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR)

Potential surface lots this package. Potential surface lots St 7th NW 4thSt NW 7th St 7th NW Benefits: Potential leased surface lots Potential leased surface lots C Potential leased surface lots Benefits: C Potential leased surface lots • Minimizes cut-through traffic. C • Lease opportunity for C • Same benefits as Package B Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW Potential leased surface lots Package Package C Benefits: C • Minimizes cut-through traffic. Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge events/businesses/co-development. Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge (Washington Tractor surface lot) Package Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Limited traffic impact withinPackage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Keeps garage out of downtown. Package eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge downtown• Limited core. traffic impact withinPackage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Keeps garage out of downtown. Concerns: and Package C (Red Apple garage). eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B

• Stakeholder Roundtable N Meridian N Meridian downtown core. a t t NE St 5th • Consumes prime development • Shorter walk for riders. a t t NE St 5th • Stakeholder Roundtable N Meridian Concerns: 100 combined 130 combined 100 combined preferred option. 5th Ave NE a

5th Ave NE NE St 5th 5th St NE 5th a property at Red Apple site. a 5th St NE 5th Concerns: St NE 5th 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Requires shuttle bus St NE 5th preferred option. Concerns: 5th Ave NE Concerns: 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th 5th Ave NE • Requires shuttle bus 5th Ave NE St NE 5th 57th Street E lot Washington St (unfunded).Washington St 57th Street57th E lot StreetConcerns: WashingtonE lot Washington St St • Potential site remediationWashingtonWashington Stcosts. St • Same concerns as Packages B and C, 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE • Loss of key development space. Eagles surface lot Eagles surface lot e e e e (unfunded). e +80 +80 Fryar Ave lot e except no long walks for • Adds ~10 minutes (one-way) Fryar Ave lot • Loss of key development space. W Stew • Potential for cut-through traﬃc. Av W Ste Eagles surface lot Av Av McLendon’s lot art Av r McLendon’s lot wart r r Av • Limited shared parking beneﬁt 68 Ave r Av A McLendon’s lot 5th St NW 68 ve +80 a r W St r W S most riders. 5th St NW a • ew a tew a W Ste Adds ~10 minutes (one-way) W St a art art y W Stew wart y per trip. ewar y Eagles garage 62 68 Ayve a 68 Ave

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3rd Ave NW 5th St NW r Eagles garage art A 62 68 Ave r 68 Ave r y • Limited shared parking benefit r • y Long walk for some riders. 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW 68 ve 3rd Ave NW F 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW F r to downtown businesses. 3-½ stories - 600 F r F 5th St NW W W 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Stewart per trip. Eagles garage Stewar F 512 62 F Eagles garage 62 Eagles garage 62 Old Cannery51268 lot Av62e 68 t62 Ave Old Cannery lot 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 Old Cannery lot 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 Old Cannery lot 5th St NW 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW Old Cannery lot 3-½ stories2nd - 600 Ave NE 302 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 30 to downtown businesses. 512 2nd Ave NW Old Cannery lot 2nd Ave NW 70 512 2nd Ave NW 2nd Ave NE 30 2nd Ave NW Eagles garage Station 50 Puyallup 302 • Relocation of City of Sumner 512 Puyallup 302 512 Station Puyall512up 302 62 512 Puyallup 62 30 512 • Aesthetics of pedestrian bridge n Ave 50 Ave 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 Main 2ndSt Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 302 2nd Ave NE Main St Station Main St Station 167 Main St 167 2nd Ave NW Station 2nd Ave NW Stati167on Main St 167 W Main Ave Main St W Main Ave Station 512 W Main Ave Puyallup 512 Pu167yallup 512 • Aesthetics of pedestrian bridge Puyallup 167 staff parking. Ave Puyallup 302 W Main Ave 302 over Traffic Ave. 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 68 High School 4th St SW 2nd St SW 2nd St Station68 Station 68

68 StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW Puyallup Puyallup High School W Main Ave Puyallup W Main Ave 68 68

Puyallup SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW Puyallup over Traﬃc Ave. eer Ave High School High School 4th St SW 2nd St SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW 4th St SW eer Ave SW 2nd St High School High School W 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW High School 4th St SW W • Long walk for some riders. s W W u s Puyallup Puyallup Maple St W i W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave Maple St u Maple St Red Apple garage Maple St W

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7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) 4thSt NW Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge What parking options are being considered? What parking options are beingPot enconsidered?tial surface lots Some support for this package. Strong support for this package. 7th St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) St 7th NW 4thSt NW

Potential surface lots Benefits: Potential surface lots Benefits: St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) 4thSt NW Potential surface lots What parking options are beingPot enconsidered?tial surface lots 4thSt NW Benefits: Benefits:

Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW C St 7th NW Potential surface lots Potential leased surface lots Potential leased surface lots 4thSt NW Benefits: Potential leased surface lots Benefits: C • Lease opportunity for C • Same benefits as Package BPackage Potential leased surface lots • Concentrates parking closer C • Same as Package E, and shorter

Package C Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge St 7th NW Potential leased surface lots Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge events/businesses/co-development. Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge (Washington Tractor surface lot)Package • Concentrates parking closer C Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Same as Package E, and shorter Package Pedestrian/biN Meridian cycle access bridge to platform. Package walk for riders. eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B Package B Pedes dian triaN Meri n/bicycle access bridge and Package C (Red Apple garage). N Meridian to platform. walk for riders. Concerns: • Package Package B Less traﬃc cut-through than Red dian N Meri Concerns: N Meridian a N Meridian t t NE St 5th a t t NE St 5th • Less traﬃc cut-through than Red Concerns: • Consumes prime development • Shorter walk for riders. 5th Ave NE Apple options. • Same as Package E. a N Meridian 5th Ave NE NE St 5th • 5th St NE 5th a property at Red Apple site. a Apple options. Same as Package E. 5th St NE 5th a 5th St NE 5th a 5th St NE 5th

5th Ave NE St NE 5th Concerns: • Lease opportunity for shared use. St NE 5th • Exceeds budget, requires 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Potential site remediation costs. • Same concerns as Packages B and C, • Lease opportunity for shared use. St NE 5th Sound •Transit Exceeds Board budget, action requires for Eagles surface lot Eagles surface lot 5th Ave NE Concerns: 5th Ave NE +80 except no long walks for W Stewar +80 more funding. Sound Transit Board action for W S • Potential for cut-through traﬃc. 68 t Ave • Concerns: tewar 5th St NW Eagles surface lot Loss of redevelopment space. 68 t Ave W

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5th St NW e 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW e 5th St NW • Long walk for some riders. 3rd Ave NW • Pedestrian crossing of Traffic3rd Ave Ave. NW 5th St NW 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Eagles garage Eagles garagePuyallup 302 62 512 W W 512 62 62 Stewart62 Eagles garage Stew62art 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories2nd - Ave600 NE Station 2nd Ave NE 68 Ave 3-½ stories - 600 68 Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW 2nd Ave NE 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW 2nd Ave NE Station 512 2nd Ave NW • Relocation of City of Sumner 512 2nd Ave NW 512 n Ave Puyallup 512 2nd Ave NW 512 • Pedestrian512 crossing 2ndof Ave Traffic NW Ave. n Ave Puyallup 302 Puyallup 302 302 Puyallup 302 62 • Long walk for some riders. Eagles garagePuyallup 302 62 512 Station Station 2nd Ave NE Station 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 W Main Ave W Main Ave n Ave Puyallup 2nd Ave NW Station 2nd Ave NW Station 2nd Ave NE staff parking. SW 2nd St 512 W Main Ave W Main Ave 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW Puyallup High School 4th St SW Puyallup 302 • Long walk for some512 riders. Puyallup 302 512 2nd St SW 2nd St

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7th Package F E 4 4 Package F Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements What Improvements Are Common to All Packages? Six different multi-modal access improvement packages were developed for the project. The packages differ only by parking type and location. Every package includes pedestrian, bike and bus/traffic management investments. Specific improvements will be detailed during project design. The figure below identifies where strategic pedestrian, bike, and traffic improvements are proposed within the station area. Pedestrian improvements will be focused within 0.25 miles of the station and bike improvements within 0.5 miles of the station. AREA FOR PEDESTRIAN, BIKE, AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS

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Sumner A v Legend of Improvements Park St Station Academy St e State St Strategic bus access and tra c Hunt Ave Park St management improvements within s iu d Thompson St a 0.25 miles of the Sounder station R ile M ¼ Sidewalk improvements ADA curb ramp improvements Sumner Ave (locations and type TBD) 410 s Cherry Ave Alder Ave iu E Main Ave Traffic Ave ad R Bike storage (location TBD) N le Mi ½ Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Station area lighting

All packages would include the following improvements: • Pedestrian/bike bridge over railroad tracks at station • Additional lighting on Park Street and at Thompson • Station area traffic signal improvements Street/Cherry Avenue intersection • Academy Street and Cherry Avenue • Added bike storage at station sidewalk improvements • Total investments: approximately $8 M (included in cost totals for packages)

Executive Summary – iv SUMNER STATION What is the Project? About the Sumner Station Access Improvement Project In the Sound Transit 2 (ST2) ballot measure (from 2008), voters approved funding to improve access at Sounder stations. This program provided $39 million to make station access improvements in Sumner, Washington. The Sumner Station Access Improvement Project is evaluating potential capital investments to improve access to the Sumner Station for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers. Sound Transit is planning to construct all improvements by 2023. What’s Inside this Document? This report summarizes the work Sound Transit has done to develop access improvements for the Sumner Station. The report answers key questions about the project and is organized around the following themes: • Project description: What is the project? Why are we doing the project? • Project definition: What are the project goals? What is the project timeline? How did we develop and evaluate different alternatives to include in the project? • Project development: Who did Sound Transit talk with? What did Sound Transit hear? What types of improvements were considered? How were parking improvements identified? Were bus service improvements identified? Did Sound Transit consider co-development at parking locations? What improvements are common to all packages? How did Sound Transit group or package the improvements? • Project identification: What are the packages? What were the community preferences for individual packages? How were the packages evaluated? What are the evaluation results? How much does each package cost? What happens next? Additional reference materials have been attached to this report, including: Appendix A - Phase I Public Involvement Summary Appendix B - Preliminary Traffic Analysis 1 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements Why Are We Doing the Project? Nearly two-thirds (63%) of 63% car 21% Sounder riders drive and park bus Most riders drive, and at the Sound Transit Sumner available parking fills Station, as shown in Figure 1. 11 % up early. Most riders come from areas drop off to the south and east, such as Bonney Lake, Orting, 3% Puyallup, and the South Hill Area. Many riders find it difficult bike to access the station because nearby parking is full by the 2% second morning train at 6 am. After the station lots fill, walk parking spills out onto neighborhood streets. The City has FIGURE 1: RIDERSHIP MODE SPLIT prohibited all-day parking on most streets close to the Source: Observation data collected in 2010 for Sumner Station station, so riders are parking on streets as far as Access and Demand Study, consolidated with ridership data 0.5 miles away. provided by Sound Transit in 2013.

Traffic congestion already creates delays at the Traffic congestion interchange of SR 410 and is already affecting Traffic Avenue during morning access to the station. and evening commute hours, which is a key access point for Sounder riders arriving by car. Sounder riders who drive and park or ride the bus to the station experience delays from the congestion. As population growth continues, traffic congestion at the interchange will increase substantially. CONGESTION AT SR 410 / TRAFFIC AVENUE INTERCHANGE

Approximately 1,000 people Sumner Station Ridership Forecast ride a Sounder train or ST 500,000 Express bus from the Sumner More riders and trains 400,000 Station each day. Ten round- are coming. Sounder Service Begins trip Sounder trains stop at 300,000

the Sumner Station each 200,000 weekday. Sound Transit plans 100,000 to add 3 more roundtrips 0 by 2017 and predicts a 70 percent increase in ridership by 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

2035. This is approximately 600 new riders at the Sumner Sumner Station Ridership, per year Station. In the future, most riders are still expected to drive and park near the station although additional bicycle and TABLE 1: SUMNER STATION RIDERSHIP FORECAST pedestrian amenities will ensure greater accessibility in the Source: Annual Ridership Volumes collected for Sounder Stations vicinity of the station. Access and Demand Study consolidated with ridership data provided by Sound Transit in 2014.

2 What Are the Project Goals? PROJECT GOALS EVALUATION CRITERIA Provide improved Provides capacity for existing and future riders Sound Transit worked with city staff, access to Sounder Provides safe, multi-modal access and reliable travel riders community leaders and stakeholders to form times to the Sumner Station area for riders a Leadership Working Group. The purpose Benefit the local Supports community character, vision, plans and policies of the Leadership Working Group was to community for the station area, including historic downtown inform Sound Transit’s understanding of the Supports access to parking for downtown businesses larger political and community context in and residences within the station area which the project will be built. This resulted Minimizes additional congestion and impacts to in development of a set of project goals and neighborhood traffic within the station area evaluation criteria for the project. These Support Sound Is cost-effective and financially sustainable Transit’s regional goals provide a framework for developing Supports plans and policies from Sound Transit and commitments access improvements. The evaluation criteria regional policies were used to help assess the effectiveness of Builds on the access improvements identified in the proposed improvements in meeting Sounder Stations Access and Demand Study those goals. Maintain a healthy Minimizes potential adverse impacts to the natural and environment built environment What is the Project Timeline? Sound Transit’s Sumner Station opened in 2000, providing Sounder train and ST Express Bus service north to Seattle. Sounder service between Sumner and Seattle has experienced substantial growth, and parking facilities are either at or near capacity. In November 2008, the voter-approved ST2 Plan included funding for parking, pedestrian and bike access improvements to the Sumner Station. While refining projects in the ST2 plan, the Sound Transit Board responded to community concerns by calling for a Sounder Stations Access and Demand Study. The study evaluated potential access improvements at eight existing Sounder stations including the Sumner Station. The study provided a range of potential access improvement projects that Sound Transit could implement in full or in part that would improve riders’ ability to use alternative modes of travel to the Sumner Station. The Sumner Station Access Improvement Project builds on the results of the Sounder Stations Access and Demand Study. The project began in January 2013 with establishment of project goals by the Leadership Working Group. In the remainder of 2013 and early 2014, Sound Transit identified various improvement options, and then assembled the options into different packages or alternatives. Each package interprets the different preferences and concerns of riders and community stakeholders. The Sound Transit Board is being asked to identify a preferred package. After identification of a preferred package, Sound Transit will begin conceptual engineering and environmental review. Following approval of the environmental documents, preliminary design will be advanced. FIGURE 2: PROJECT TIMELINE WE ARE HERE 2000 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018

Sounder service begins

Sound Transit Board Identifies Preferred Package of Improvements (August 2014) 3 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements How Did We Develop and Evaluate Different Alternatives to Include in the Project? Six different multi-modal access improvement packages were developed for the project. Figure 3 below illustrates, in more detail, the alternatives development process that has occurred over the past year: FIGURE 3: ALTERNATIVES DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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PROJECT GOALS Provide improved access Spring 2013 Benefit the local community Provide improved access Leadership Working Group convened to identify to Sounder riders Support Sound Transit’s regional issues important to the community, culminating in commitments Maintain a healthy environment development of project goals and evaluation criteria. P Everett MAP KEY P Mukilteo Link Light Rail P South Everett Central Link (SeaTac/Airport–Westlake/Seattle) Tacoma Link (Tacoma Dome–Theater District) Under Construction Ash Way P In Design In Planning/ Planned Sounder Commuter Rail Lynnwood Canyon Park Everett–Seattle Sounder P Edmonds P Lakewood–Tacoma–Seattle Sounder Mountlake P Terrace ST Express Regional Bus Woodinville P Shoreline Bothell Summer/Fall 2013 Express Bus Service Future Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) P TBD Ave Supporting Investments P Northgate Totem Lake Conducted outreach to community stakeholders Kirkland P Park & Ride – Rail Station or Bus Facility Roosevelt Redmond Rail Station, Transit Center or Bus Stop Construction not including city staff, City Council, business owners, U District Improvements currently funded University of SE Redmond First Hill Streetcar (Opens 2014) Washington Overlake Transit Center HOV/Transit Improvements P riders, residents, and other interested parties to Overlake Village HOV Direct Access Ramp, Freeway P 130th Station or Overpass 120th identify a list of multi-modal access Capitol Hill Hospital Bellevue Transit Center Bellevue Ferry Terminal Amtrak Seattle Westlake Sea-Tac Airport improvement options. University Street East Main First Hill Pioneer Square South Bellevue P International District/ South P P Chinatown & King Street Eastgate Sammamish Future projects at a glance Stadium Rainier Mercer Island n Expanded new light rail service to SODO Beacon Hill

Lynnwood, Overlake and Kent/ P Issaquah Mount Baker P Highlands Des Moines West Seattle Issaquah February 2014 n New First Hill streetcar connecting Columbia City Open House Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square Othello n Four new round-trip Sounder trains and Web-Based Shared improvement options with wider between Lakewood and Seattle Rainier Beach Questionnaire n Sounder station improvements Tukwila/ International Blvd P Renton n Permanent Sounder station in Tukwila community and gained understanding of P n Bus Rapid Transit service across SR 520 Burien Tukwila P SeaTac/Airport community preferences and concerns. Angle Lake P

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Construction not S 272nd/Federal Way P currently funded packages of improvements

Federal Way P P Auburn Tacoma To Gig Harbor Theater District/S 9th and Purdy Commerce Street/S 11th Convention Center/S 15th A B P Tacoma Union Station/ S 19th P Spring 2014 Community S 25th College P P P Sumner Tacoma Dome Based on results of community feedback, South Tacoma P Puyallup Bonney Lake developed six packages of improvement options Lakewood P C P D P that include a range of parking options from DuPont P satellite lots to parking garages. E P F P

May 2014 Open House and Survey Gathered feedback from riders and the community on the various packages.

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P Summer 2014 Results of Open House and feedback from City Sound Transit Board identifies preferred alternative Council and other stakeholders inform Sound Transit Board. Identification of package improvements.

4 Who Did Sound Transit Talk With? Sound Transit recognizes that parking, pedestrian and bicycle improvements to the station need to work for the community in which they are located. In order to develop improvements that support the community, Sound Transit met regularly with Sumner City staff, elected officials and other community stakeholders to develop and review proposed improvements. Leadership Working Group (LWG) – In early 2013, Sound Transit convened a Leadership Working Group (LWG) comprised of ST Executive leadership, ST Board members and City elected officials. The LWG developed a set of goals to frame development of access improvements. Sumner City Council – Multiple presentations were made to the Sumner City Council to review and discuss improvement options under consideration. Discussions began in fall of 2013 and continued through the spring of 2014. Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) – Consisting of City of Sumner staff from Community Development and Public Works, this group provided planning and local context for proposed improvements. Conversations with members continued through the entire planning process, from 2013 through 2014. Stakeholder Roundtable – This community-based forum consisted of stakeholders representing the City Planning Sound Transit has developed options to improve pedestrian, Commission, Sound Transit riders, Sumner residents, OPEN HOUSE bike and parking access to the Sumner Station Access Improvements Sounder train station in Sumner downtown business owners, and Design Commission and we want your feedback. Please join us to let us know what members. This group reviewed and offered insights and you think about: n Bicycle and pedestrian access improvement plans feedback as access packages were being assembled. Groups n Potential new parking lots or garages met from fall 2013 through spring 2014. Give your feedback online! Take our questionnaire at: soundtransit.org/sumnerimprovements

For more information Public and Sounder Riders – Two open house meetings visit soundtransit.org/sumnerimprovements

Sign up for email updates about Sumner Station for the general public and transit riders were held in improvements at soundtransit.org/subscribe. February and May of 2014. These forums were held over TOP AND CENTER: PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE (MAY 2014) 3-hour windows in buildings close to the station and during BOTTOM: POSTCARD INVITATION TO MAY OPEN HOUSE peak ‘stop-by’ opportunities for commuters. In addition to thousands of residential and business mailings and posters within a 5-mile radius of the station, notifications also included web announcements, social media, and press releases in the Bonney Lake and Sumner Courier-Herald and Tacoma News Tribune. In addition to open houses, web-based surveys were made available through the Sound Transit website, and briefings were given to community groups and local business associations. Local Businesses – Prior to the open houses, Sound Transit staff mailed postcards and hand-delivered posters to local businesses and property owners, inviting them to attend the open houses and share their opinions. Prior to the second open house, comments were collected. Affected Property Owners – Sound Transit contacted property owners of potential sites for access improvements. Sound Transit will continue to work with potentially affected property owners for the length of the project. 5 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements What Did Sound Transit Hear? Input from the public was incorporated throughout the development of the project. Feedback was used to identify access improvement options and create packages to represent different stakeholder interests. Based on the feedback, general themes emerged, including: Public and Community Groups • Majority of stakeholders support more parking close to the station. Comments regarding the type and location of parking are included under the “What We’ve Heard” box with specific package descriptions starting on page 12. • Desire to create pedestrian access over the railroad tracks. • Concerns over inequitable/inaccessible parking throughout City core. New parking should carefully PREFERENCES FOR PEDESTRIAN / BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS, AS VOICED AT MAY 2014 OPEN HOUSE evaluate permit parking for vanpool/carpoolers and local parking for businesses. • Concerns regarding current and future traffic and congestion in the vicinity of the station, as well as neighborhood cut-through traffic. Preliminary traffic analysis of key intersections in the vicinity of the station evaluated how concentrations of new parking in different locations might affect the existing traffic network. In general, traffic impacts are similar for all of the project packages. However, neighborhood cut-through traffic is more pronounced if parking is constructed east of the tracks (Red Apple and Transit Station sites), versus the west of the tracks (Washington Tractor lot). Increasing capacity at the SR 410 interchange with Traffic Avenue will be the key factor in reducing impacts as a result of the station. More detailed information is presented in Appendix B. Additional community interests included the size, height and architectural elements of a new parking garage. City residents and staff desire any parking garage to be compatible with the scale and character of the nearby buildings and streetscape. As a result, Sound Transit evaluated multiple locations and architectural designs. Specific designs for parking facilities will occur in the next phase of the project. Local Businesses General themes emerged during this process, including: • Improvements should improve a rider’s exposure to local businesses. There is concern that train riders do not patronize downtown businesses. If they do, it is mostly on the weekends. • Improvements must preserve local businesses’ employee and customer parking. Businesses do not want long-term commuter parking consuming existing shorter-term parking. • There is general concern about the current traffic and congestion; satellite parking is preferred if the improvements will exacerbate DOWNTOWN SUMNER AND LOCAL BUSINESSES this issue.

6 What Types of Improvements Were Considered?

Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements These improvements make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to access the station. Pedestrian access improvements are focused within 0.25 miles of the station and bicycle access improvements are focused within 0.5 miles of the station. These include: • New or improved crosswalks and sidewalks • Curb ramps • Bike storage • Pedestrian bridge over BNRR • Lighting PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

Parking Improvements Parking structures or lots identified within 0.5 miles of the station would make access to the station easier and more reliable, especially as ridership continues to grow.

Congestion / SR 410 Improvements The key issue affecting congestion around the station is the limited capacity of the SR 410/Traffic Avenue interchange, as shown in Figure 4. Traffic Avenue necks down from two TRAFFIC CONGESTION NEAR SR 410 AND TRAFFIC AVENUE travel lanes in each direction to a single travel lane in each direction at the bridge. The ramp intersections have limited capacity. N The interchange hampers access by cars, buses, bikes, SR 410 / Tra c Avenue and pedestrians. For this reason, Sound Transit is exploring Interchange potential partnership opportunities with Washington State Sumner Department of Transportation and local jurisdictions to make 167 Station pedestrian, bike and traffic improvements to the bridge over SR 410. These improvements would substantially improve access to the Puyallup and Sumner Stations for both 512 410 Sumner and Puyallup residents, and reduce transit rider- related congestion near the station. Additional tools may be Puyallup used to manage traffic flow on other local roadways and/ Station or intersections. More traffic analysis and evaluation will be FIGURE 4: SR 410 INTERCHANGE MAP included in the preliminary design phase of this project.

7 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements Were Bus Service Improvements Identified? Currently 21% of Sounder riders reach the station by bus; almost all bus riders park at the Bonney Lake Park & Ride. One of the improvement packages includes a new satellite parking area at Shaw Road that would require shuttle bus service to the station to be viable. However, shuttle service operation costs are not included in the voter-approved Sound Transit 2 plan. No other entity has offered to fund the shuttle service. How Were Parking Improvements Identified? Currently there are 343 official parking spaces at the Sumner Station (Sounder Lots and State Street Lot). These spaces are nearly 100% utilized and over one hundred more riders park on Sumner city streets close to the station. Sound Transit estimates up to 600 additional parking spaces will be needed to keep up with demand at the Sumner Station in the future. Options to purchase or lease the surface parking lots were considered. For commuter convenience, locating parking close to the station is preferred. This requires careful consideration of the surrounding buildings and land uses when siting any parking facility, particularly a garage. The figures below depict two parking garage examples. Both configurations accommodate the same number of cars but the taller garage could be constructed on a smaller piece of land. However, the height may not be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. The shorter garage requires a larger piece of land and may be at the same height as surrounding buildings.

FIGURE 5: PARKING OPTIONS

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Surface lot Parking garage • One or more surface lots • Minimum size of 120 feet by 220 • Leased and/or purchased feet • $6,500 per space • $30,000 per space to construct to construct

8 Did Sound Transit Consider Co-development at Parking Locations? Sound Transit has a policy to support transit-oriented development, such as multi-family housing, close to its facilities. In support of this policy, Sound Transit conducted a preliminary market analysis to assess the demand for multi-family housing at two sites near the Sumner Station – the Red Apple property and the Washington Tractor property. It was assumed parking would be located on a portion of each proposed site, but the exact configuration of the garage was not determined. Preliminary results indicate an emerging market for transit-oriented development with the strongest market support for mid-rise apartments, a four-story wood-frame apartment with elevator access and surface parking. Co-development of a site containing a parking garage requires early coordination with the partner agency. A development partner must be identified prior to any design work. No developer has been identified at this time. What Improvements Are Common to All Packages? Six different multi-modal access improvement packages were developed for the project. The packages differ only by parking type and location. Every package includes the same pedestrian, bike and bus/traffic management investments. Specific improvements will be detailed during project design. Figure 6 below identifies where strategic pedestrian, bike, and traffic improvements are proposed within the station area. Pedestrian improvements will be focused within 0.25 miles of the station and bike improvements within 0.5 miles of the station. FIGURE 6: AREA FOR PEDESTRIAN, BIKE, AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS

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9 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements How Did Sound Transit Group or Package the Improvements? Parking alternatives were developed to reflect the range of issues and concerns voiced by project stakeholders and vary by parking location, surface lot versus parking garage, and parking space count at each location. Figure 7 illustrates all parking options included in the packages below. Packages A and B keep proposed additional parking out of downtown and reflect a concern by some project stakeholders that downtown parking facilities would have an adverse effect on the area, especially traffic congestion and parking availability for patrons of downtown businesses. Packages C and D make use of the City of Sumner’s Red Apple site. Packages E and F reflect an interest by some project stakeholders to keep the parking as close to the station as possible. The Shaw Road parking site in Package A is more than 1-½ miles from the Sumner Station and would require shuttle bus service. ST2 did not provide funding for shuttle bus service or any other operational improvements. No other service provider or funding source has been identified for the required shuttle service for Package A. While all parking options accommodate up to 600 vehicles, combinations of surface lots and/or garages in different locations result in varying costs, ridership accessibility, and impacts to the community character and traffic network. Further consideration of transit improvements, such as signal synchronization, was included based on parking locations. The following is a summary of packages developed for consideration:

Package A Package B Package C Shaw Road + Surface Lots Washington Tractor Garage + Large Red Apple Garage + • Shaw Road surface lot: 400 spaces, Surface Lots Surface Lots bus shuttle service required • Washington Tractor garage • Red Apple garage (2-½ stories): (no provider identified) (3-½ stories): 420 spaces 400 spaces • Fryar/McLendon’s/57th Street • Fryar/McLendon’s/57th Street • Fryar/ McLendon’s/ 57th Street surface lots: 200 spaces surface lots:180 spaces surface lots: 130 spaces • Additional pedestrian/bike bridge • Old Cannery lease lot: 70 spaces across Traffic Avenue Package D Package E Package F Small Red Apple Garage + Small Transit Center Garage + Two Garages at Washington Washington Tractor Surface Lot Washington Tractor Surface Lot Tractor and Transit Center • Red Apple garage (3-½ stories): • Transit Center garage (3-½ stories): • Washington Tractor garage 350 spaces 350 total, 250 net (3-½ stories): 300 spaces • Washington Tractor surface lot: • Washington Tractor surface lot: • Transit Center garage (3-½ stories): 220 spaces 220 spaces 350 total, 250 net • Old Cannery lease lot: 30 spaces • Fryar/McLendon’s/57th Street • Old Cannery lease lot: 50 spaces surface lots: 100 spaces • Additional pedestrian/bike bridge • Old Cannery lease lot: 30 spaces across Traffic Avenue Pages 12 through 17 show the parking packages summarized above. Each package includes pedestrian, bike, and traffic improvements shown on page 9. The “What We’ve Heard” box for each package includes feedback from a variety of stakeholders, and more details are included on page 18.

10 FIGURE 7: COMPOSITE MAP OF ALL PARKING OPTIONS

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11 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements Package A: Shaw Road + Surface Lots • Only parking is shown below. Pedestrian and bicycle improvements listed on page 9 are included with each package.

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C Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW Benefits: C Potential leased surface lots • Minimizes cut-through traffic. PackagePackage A proposes a total of 600 additional surface parking spaces - 400 Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Limited traffic impact withinPackage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Keeps garage out of downtown. eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B spaces on current farmland near Shaw Road and 200 spaces on a cluster downtown core. • Stakeholder Roundtable N Meridian a of vacant or unimproved properties approximately NE St 5th ¼ mile north of the Concerns: preferred option. 5th Ave NE 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Requires shuttle bus St NE 5th Sumner Station. Concerns: 5th Ave NE (unfunded). 5th Ave NE • Loss of key development space. This package would require Sound Transit to purchase Eaglesland surface for the lot Shaw +80 • Adds ~10 minutes (one-way) W Stewar • 68 t Ave Limited shared parking benefit Road parking site 5th St NW and build an access road to the site. BecauseW the Shaw Stewar per trip. W Stewar Eagles garage 62 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW to downtown businesses. 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Road parking site is about 1.6 miles away from the Sumner512 Station, shuttle62 Eagles garage 62 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Station 512 2nd Ave NW 512 2nd Ave NW 512 • Aesthetics of Ave Puyallup 302 Puyallup 302 pedestrian bridge bus service would be required to access this proposed parkingStati onsite. Shuttle service operation costs are not included Station W Main Ave Puyallup W Main Ave over Traffic Ave. 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW in the voter-approvedHigh School 4th St SW ST2 plan. No other entity hasPuyall offeredup to fund the shuttle service. Puyallup 2nd St SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW eer Ave High School High School 4th St SW • s Long walk for some riders. iu W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave s d u a us s Thisdi package would also requiree R Sound Transit to purchase land from threei additional properties. iu a il ad ad R M R R ¼ ile ile 4th Ave M M 7th St SW SW ¼ ¼ 4th Ave 4th 7th St SW Ave SW 7th St SW SW s iu s d s s iu a u u d R i i a le d d R i Ra a e M R 512 il ½ ile ile M Shaw Road lot N M N M ½7th Ave SW 400 Gold lot ½ ½ (2.15 miles from station) 7th Ave SW 320 7th Ave SW

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C Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW Benefits: C Potential leased surface lots • Minimizes cut-through traffic. Package Package B proposes a total of 600 additional parking spaces - 420 Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Limited traffic impact withinPackage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge • Keeps garage out of downtown. eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B downtown core. spaces in a 3 ½ story garage at the Washington Tractor site and • Stakeholder Roundtable N Meridian a t t NE St 5th Concerns: 180 spaces on a cluster of vacant or unimproved properties preferred option. 5th Ave NE 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Requires shuttle bus St NE 5th approximately ¼ mile north from the Sumner Station. The Concerns: 5th Ave NE (unfunded). Washington Tractor site5th Aveowner NE has expressed interest in selling, but Eagles surface lot • Loss of key development space. +80 • Adds ~10 minutes (one-way) W Stewar relocation could still be required. This package would also require • 68 t Ave Limited shared parking benefit 5th St NW W Stewar per trip. W Stewar Eagles garage 62 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW to downtown businesses. 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Sound Transit to purchase land from three additional properties. 512 62 Eagles garage 62 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Station 512 2nd Ave NW 512 2nd Ave NW 512 • Aesthetics of Ave Puyallup 302 Puyallup 302 pedestrian bridge Station Station W Main Ave Puyallup W Main Ave over Traffic Ave. 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW High School 4th St SW Puyallup Puyallup 2nd St SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW eer Ave High School High School 4th St SW • s Long walk for some riders. iu W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave s d u a us s di e R i iu a il ad ad R M R R ¼ ile ile 4th Ave M M 7th St SW SW ¼ ¼ 4th Ave 4th 7th St SW Ave SW 7th St SW SW s iu s d s s iu a u u d R i i a le d d R i Ra a e M R 512 il ½ ile ile M Shaw Road lot N M N M ½7th Ave SW 400 Gold lot ½ ½ (2.15 miles from station) 7th Ave SW 320 7th Ave SW

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s Cherry Ave Alder Ave iu Cherry Ave

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Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Existing Sound Transit leased surf(# spaceaces) lot Potential parking garage Existing Sound Transit leased su(#rfa spaceces) lot Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Little support for this package. Moderate support for this package. 4thSt NW What parking options are beingPot4thSt NW en considered?tial parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge 7th St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) Potential surface lots Beneﬁts: Potential surface lots Beneﬁts: 4thSt NW

Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW • Lease opportunity for Potential leased surface lots • Same beneﬁts as Package B PackagePackage C C proposes a total of 600 additional parking spaces – C Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge events/businesses/co-development. Package Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge (Washington Tractor surface lot) eidian N Meri 400 spaces in a 2 ½ story parkingN Meridian Package garage at the B Red Apple site, Concerns: and Package C (Red Apple garage).

130 spaces on a cluster of vacant or unimproved properties N Meridian a t t NE St 5th • Consumes prime development • Shorter walk for riders. approximately ¼ mile5th Avenorth NE of the Station, and 70 spaces 5th St NE 5th a property at Red Apple site. a 5th St NE 5th 5th St NE 5th Concerns: leased from the Old Cannery Furniture store. This package 5th Ave NE • Potential site remediation costs. 5th Ave NE • Same concerns as Packages B and C, Eagles surface lot would require purchase of the Red Apple site from the +80City of • Potential for cut-through traﬃc. except no long walks for W Stewar 68 t Ave 5th St NW W Sumner, which has a likelihood of contaminated soils. It would Stewar W Stewar most riders. Eagles garage 62 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW • Long walk for some riders. 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 512 62 Eagles garage 62 also require2nd Ave purchase NE Puyallup 302 of two additional parcels and a lease 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE Station 512 2nd Ave NW • Relocation of City of Sumner 512 2nd Ave NW 512 n Ave Puyallup 302 Puyallup 302 Station Station agreement with the Old Cannery. W Main Ave Puyallup staﬀ parking. W Main Ave 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW High School 4th St SW Puyallup Puyallup 2nd St SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW eer Ave High School High School 4th St SW s iu W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave s d u a us s di e R i iu a il ad ad R M R R ¼ ile ile 4th Ave M M 7th St SW SW ¼ ¼ 4th Ave 4th 7th St SW Ave SW 7th St SW SW s iu s d s s iu a u u d R i i a le d d R i Ra a e M R 512 il ½ ile ile M Shaw Road lot N M N M ½7th Ave SW 400 Gold lot ½ ½ (2.15 miles from station) 7th Ave SW 320 7th Ave SW Old219 CanneryE Main Av eLot Red Apple Garage McLendon’s Lot 57th Street E Lot Washington Tractor Red Apple Garage Old Cannery Lot Puyallup Red lot 14 Lot Package D: Small Red Apple Garage + Surface Lots • Only parking is shown below. Pedestrian and bicycle improvements listed on page 9 are included with each package.

130 combined

57th Street E lot Washington St Washington St e e

Av Av r McLendon’s lot r a a y y r r F F Old Cannery lot Old Cannery lot 70 30 167 Main St 167 Main St 68 68

410 410 s

s Cherry Ave Alder Ave iu Cherry Ave

Alder Ave u i E Main Ave Traffic Ave d E Main Ave Traffic Ave ad Ra R e N le N il Mi M ½ ½

Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Existing Sound Transit leased surf(# spaceaces) lot Potential parking garage Existing Sound Transit leased su(#rfa spaceces) lot Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots Little support for this package. Moderate support for this package. 4thSt NW What parking options are beingPot4thSt NW en considered?tial parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge 7th St 7th NW 7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) Potential surface lots Beneﬁts: Potential surface lots Beneﬁts: 4thSt NW

Potential leased surface lots St 7th NW • Lease opportunity for Potential leased surface lots • Same beneﬁts as Package B Package C PackageC D proposes a total of 600 additional parking spaces Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge events/businesses/co-development. Package Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge (Washington Tractor surface lot) eidian N Meri N Meridian Package B – 350 spaces in a 3 ½ story parking garage at the Red Apple Concerns: and Package C (Red Apple garage).

N Meridian site, 220 surface spaces at Washington Tractor, and 30 spaces a t t NE St 5th • Consumes prime development • Shorter walk for riders. 5th Ave NE leased from the Old Cannery Furniture store. This package 5th St NE 5th a property at Red Apple site. a 5th St NE 5th 5th St NE 5th Concerns: 5th Ave NE • Potential site remediation costs. would require purchase5th Ave of NE the Red Apple site from the City of • Same concerns as Packages B and C, Eagles surface lot +80 • Potential for cut-through traﬃc. Sumner, which has a likelihood of contaminated soils. It would except no long walks for W Stewar 68 t Ave 5th St NW W Stewar also require purchaseW Stewar of the Washington Tractor site and a lease most riders. Eagles garage 62 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW • Long walk for some riders. 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 512 62 Eagles garage 62 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 2nd Ave NE agreement3-½ stories - 600 with the Old Cannery. 2nd Ave NE Station 512 2nd Ave NW • Relocation of City of Sumner 512 2nd Ave NW 512 n Ave Puyallup 302 Puyallup 302 Station Station W Main Ave Puyallup staﬀ parking. W Main Ave 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW High School 4th St SW Puyallup Puyallup 2nd St SW 2nd St 2nd St SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW eer Ave High School High School 4th St SW s iu W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave s d u a us s di e R i iu a il ad ad R M R R ¼ ile ile 4th Ave M M 7th St SW SW ¼ ¼ 4th Ave 4th 7th St SW Ave SW 7th St SW SW s iu s d s s iu a u u d R i i a le d d R i Ra a e M R 512 il ½ ile ile M Shaw Road lot N M N M ½7th Ave SW 400 Gold lot ½ ½ (2.15 miles from station) 7th Ave SW 320 7th Ave SW Old219 CanneryE Main Av eLot Red Apple Garage McLendon’s Lot 57th Street E Lot Washington Tractor Red Apple Garage Old Cannery Lot Puyallup Red lot Lot 15 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements Package E: Small Transit Center Garage + Surface Lots • Only parking is shown below. Pedestrian and bicycle improvements listed on page 9 are included with each package.

100 combined

57th Street E lot Washington St Washington St

Fryar Ave lot e e Av Av r McLendon’s lot r a a y y r r F F Old Cannery lot Old Cannery lot 30 50 167 Main St 167 Main St 68 68

W Maple St Maple St W o o

o o 50 d d 50 Elizabeth St Sumner A Elizabeth St Sumner A v v Station Academy St e Station Academy St e

Hunt Ave 41 234

Hunt Ave 41 234 State St Transit Center garage State St Transit Center garage 3-½ stories - 250 net Washington Tractor lot Washington Tractor garage 3-½ stories - 250 net 220 3-½ stories - 300 Park St Park St s u s i iu d d Thompson St Ra Thompson St a e R il ile M M ¼ ¼ Sumner Ave Sumner Ave 410 s 410 s Cherry Ave

Alder Ave u Cherry Ave di Alder Ave iu E Main Ave Traffic Ave a E Main Ave Traffic Ave ad R R N ile N le M Mi ½ ½

Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots)

Puyallup Station Access Improvements Project Existing Sound Transit leased surf(# spaceaces) lot Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots) Potential parking garage Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots Existing Sound Transit surface lot Potential surface lots Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots What We’ve Heard Existing Sound Transit leased surface lot Potential leased surface lots What We’ve Heard

4thSt NW Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Some support for this package. Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Strong support for this package. 4thSt NW

7th St 7th NW (In addition to bridge over BNRR) (In addition to bridge over BNRR) What parking options are beingPot enconsidered?tial surface lots 7th St 7th NW Potential surface lots 4thSt NW Beneﬁts: Beneﬁts: Potential leased surface lots

C St 7th NW Package Package E proposes a total of 600 additional parking spaces – 250 spaces • Concentrates parking closer C Potential leased surface lots • Same as Package E, and shorter Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge (net) in a 3 ½ story parkingN Meridian garage at the current Station surface lot, 220 to platform. Package walk for riders.

Package B dian N Meri surface spaces at Washington Tractor, 100 spaces on a cluster of vacant • Less traﬃc cut-through than Red Concerns: a N Meridian t t NE St 5th or unimproved properties5th Ave NE north of the Station and 30 spaces leased from Apple options. • Same as Package E. 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Lease opportunity for shared use. St NE 5th • Exceeds budget, requires the Old Cannery Furniture store. The garage 5th Ave NE 5th Ave NE Sound Transit Board action for would be built on property currently under a long-Eagles surface lot Concerns: W Stewar +80 more funding. 68 t Ave • 5th St NW Loss of redevelopment space. Eaglesterm garage lease from the City62 of Sumner. This package W Stewar W Stewar 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW Puyallup 512 • Pedestrian crossing of Traﬃc Ave. would require purchase302 of the Washington Tractor 62 Eagles garage 62 2nd Ave NE Station 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 n Ave 512 2nd Ave NW 512 2nd Ave NW 2nd Ave NE 512 site, up to three additional parcels to the north, Puyallup 302 • Long walk for some riders. Puyallup 302 Puyallup Station Station

2nd St SW 2nd St W Main Ave W Main Ave 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW andHig ah Schooleasel agreement4th St SW with the Old Cannery. • Requires alternative parking eer Ave Puyallup Puyallup

WashingtonSW 2nd St Tractor s SW 2nd St 3rd StSW 3rd 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW 4th St SW 5th St SW u High School High School 4th St SW di location during garage construction. Ra W Pioneer Ave W Pioneer Ave s e Lot u il us s di M i iu a ¼ ad ad R 4th Ave R R 7th St SW SW ile ile ¼ M ¼ M s u 4th Ave 4th 7th St SW Ave i SW 7th St SW SW d Ra s s s iu le u u d i i i a M d d R ½ Ra a e R 5127thi lAve SW ile ile M Shaw Road lot N M N M ½ 400 Gold lot ½ ½ (2.15 miles from station) 7th Ave SW 320 7th Ave SW 219 Washington Tractor Old Cannery Lot E Main Ave Transit Center Puyallup Old Cannery Lot Transit Center McLendon’s Lot 57th Street E Lot Fryar 9thAve Ave SW Lot Red lot 219 219 S Garage Station h 250 Garage aw 4thSt N

Garage 16 R 9th Ave SW 9th Ave SW d

7th E 4 4 Package F Package F: Washington Tractor Garage + Transit Center Garage • Only parking is shown below. Pedestrian and bicycle improvements listed on page 9 are included with each package.

100 combined

57th Street E lot Washington St Washington St

Fryar Ave lot e e Av Av r McLendon’s lot r a a y y r r F F Old Cannery lot Old Cannery lot 30 50 167 Main St 167 Main St 68 68

W Maple St Maple St W o o o o 50 d d 50 Elizabeth St Sumner A Elizabeth St Sumner A v v Station Academy St e Station Academy St e

Hunt Ave 41 234

Alder Ave u Cherry Ave di Alder Ave iu E Main Ave Traffic Ave a E Main Ave Traffic Ave ad R R N ile N le M Mi ½ ½

Existing Sound Transit surfa(# scepace lots)

4thSt NW Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Some support for this package. Potential parking garage Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Strong support for this package. 4thSt NW

C St 7th NW Package • Concentrates parking closer PackageC F proposesPotential leaa setotald surfa ofce lots 600 additional parking spaces – 250 • Same as Package E, and shorter Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge Pedestrian/bicycle access bridge N Meridian to platform. Packagespaces (net) in a 3 ½ story parking garage at the current Station walk for riders.

Package B dian N Meri • Less traﬃc cut-through than Red surface lot, 300 spaces in a 3 ½ story garage at Washington Concerns: a N Meridian t t NE St 5th 5th Ave NE Apple options. Tractor, and 50 spaces leased from the Old Cannery Furniture • Same as Package E. 5th St NE 5th a a 5th St NE 5th • Lease opportunity for shared use. St NE 5th • Exceeds budget, requires 5th Ave NE store. The garage would5th Ave NE be built on property currently under a Sound Transit Board action for Eagles surface lot Concerns: long-term lease from the City of Sumner. This package would W Stewar +80 more funding. 68 t Ave • 5th St NW Loss of redevelopment space. Eagles garage 62 W require purchase of the Washington Tractor site, and a lease Stewar W Stewar 3-½ stories - 600 2nd Ave NE 68 t Ave 68 t Ave 5th St NW 3rd Ave NW 3rd Ave NW 5th St NW Puyallup 512 • Pedestrian crossing of Traﬃc Ave. 302 62 agreementEagles garage with the Old62 Cannery. 2nd Ave NE Station 2nd Ave NE 3-½ stories - 600 n Ave 512 2nd Ave NW 2nd Ave NW 2nd Ave NE Puyallup 302 • Long walk for some512 riders. Puyallup 302 512 Puyallup Station Station

2nd St SW 2nd St W Main Ave W Main Ave 3rd StSW 3rd 5th St SW High School 4th St SW • Requires alternative parking eer Ave Puyallup Puyallup

Garage R 9th Ave SW 9th Ave SW d

7th E 4 4 Package F Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements What Were the Community Preferences for Individual Packages? Preferences for the different packages were expressed by project stakeholders through formal letters or during other outreach activities. These letters, as well as the public outreach summaries from the Open Houses, can be found in the Appendix A of this report. The preferences are generally summarized as follows: Sumner City Council • Proposed Large Transit Center Garage (Modified Package E with larger garage) • No formal statement regarding Package A for parking purposes • Garages at the Red Apple or Washington Tractor sites as they would minimize the ability to redevelop the sites (Packages B, C, D, and F) Key Comments Received • “Commuters using our station and our own citizens strongly agree that the best location for a new garage is on the existing Sounder Station parking site. They chose this site 2 to I over the next popular site.” • “It provides the closest access for commuters to the station and its trains and buses… [and] does not remove any further property from the tax rolls.” Stakeholder Roundtable • Large Washington Tractor garage (Package B) • No formal statement regarding Packages E and F • Garages at Red Apple Lot or satellite parking (Packages A and C) Key Comments Received • “We believe Package B minimizes traffic impacts on the majority of Sumner neighborhoods and provides direct access on to Traffic Avenue, the main arterial connecting Sumner to SR 410.” • “We do not support a Sound Transit parking garage at the Red Apple site. We prefer a mixed-use development on the site that is complimentary to existing downtown businesses and the neighborhood.” General Public and Riders • Washington Tractor Garage + Transit Center Garage (Package F) • Small Red Apple Garage + Washington Tractor Surface Lot (Package D) • Large garages and satellite parking (Packages A, B, and C) Key Comments Received • “Washington Tractor garage keeps the industrial look consistent and surface parking at Red Apple will not disrupt the flow of the quaint downtown.” • “I want to feel safe when and where I park while walking in the dark. Keeping [a lot or garage] close to the train station is what I would prefer.”

18 How Were the Packages Evaluated? Packages were evaluated based on quantitative or qualitative metrics that correspond to each evaluation criterion and project goal. Ratings were developed based on input received from the public and City and Sound Transit staff and are summarized in Table 2. Evaluation criteria and associated metrics are defined as follows: Travel time and reliability – The time it takes a rider to get from parking to the station platform and the number of travel modes required to get to the station. Comfort, security and convenience – The overall parking to platform experience considering street crossings, security, protection from elements and close proximity to platform. Neighborhood compatibility • Traffic – Amount of congestion and neighborhood cut through traffic. • Neighborhood parking – Amount of new parking spaces within 0.5 mile radius area of the station. • Community character – How package fits within the existing community character and aesthetics by matching adjacent land uses, how it is sized relative to adjacent structures, and how it relates to historic downtown features. Supports City’s plans for station area – How the package conforms with existing City plans and policies including comprehensive and/or downtown plans. Maintains a healthy environment – The number of parcel acquisitions and housing/business displacements; impacts/displacements to historic properties, parks and community facilities; minimizes proximity of parking adjacent to residential homes; minimizes additional impervious surfaces and avoids natural areas. What Are the Evaluation Results? Each package was evaluated in relative comparison to the other packages. TABLE 2: EVALUATION RESULTS

Goal Evaluation Criteria PackageA PackageB PackageC PackageD PackageE Package F Small Red All Surface with Transit Center Large Washington Large Red Apple Apple Garage Transit Center Shaw Road lot, Garage + Small Tractor Garage Garage + Washington Garage WITH unfunded Washington + surface parking + surface parking Tractor surface + surface parking bus service Tractor Garage parking

Travel time and reliability Provide improved access to Sounder riders Comfort, security and convenience

Neighborhood compatibility: • Traffic • Neighborhood parking Benefit the local • Community character community* Supports City’s plans for the station area

Maintain a healthy Property, historic, parks, environment and natural resources

Support Sound Transit’s regional commitments

*Results based on impacts/benefits to the station area

Lower performing Higher performing 19 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements How Much Does Each Package Cost? Capital construction and bus operation costs are summarized for each package in Table 3. Capital construction costs include preliminary planning, design, environmental permitting, property acquisition and construction of improvements and are in $2014. Bus operation costs are for bus shuttle services required for Package A and assume 50 years of vehicle maintenance and operations. ST2 did not provide funding for shuttle bus service or any other operational improvements. No other service provider or funding source has been identified for required shuttle services.

TABLE 3: COST OF PACKAGES

$50,000,000 $47 M

ST2 Cost Estimate : $39 M (2014) $39 M $38 M $39 M $40,000,000 $36 M $33 M

$30,000,000 $11 M $39 M $31 M $30 M $31 M $28 M $20,000,000 $14 M $10,000,000 $8 M $8 M $8 M $8 M $8 M $8 M $0 Package A Package B Package C Package D Package E Package F

Common to all Parking and Bus operation costs (not included packages: garage - specic in ST2 ballot measure). pedestrian, bike pedestrian and bus/tra c improvements improvements Cost estimates are preliminary and include the following: • Soft costs, such as environmental permitting, • 50 years of parking lease costs, converted to net design, and construction administration. present values (Packages C, D, E, and F). • Land and land acquisition fees, as required for • A 35% contingency, as a percent of each package. construction costs. • Road, intersection, and signal improvements specific to each package. Which package was selected? The Sound Transit Board of Directors met on August 28, 2014 to identify a preferred package of access improvements to advance into conceptual design and environmental review. Motion 2014-63 recommended a modified Package E to develop a small transit center garage and use of the Washington Tractor surface lot as a temporary parking site. See map and final motion on the following pages which further describe the location and conditions for the preferred package. Next steps in the project development will include: • Continued stakeholder outreach • Conceptual and preliminary engineering • Detailed traffic analysis • Environmental review • Architectural design and community design workshops

20 PREFERRED PARKING LOCATION ## OF SPACES

EXISTING SOUND TRANSIT LEASED SURFACE LOT

VALLEY AVE E MAIN ST

MAPLE ST

WOOD AVE

TRAFFIC ST Transit Center Garage Sumner Preferred (5-6 Levels, 450-540 Total, 350-440 Net) Pedestrian Bridge Parking Option

THOMPSON ST S IU AD

CHERRY AVE CHERRY R ILE ¼ M

SUMNER AVE

E MAIN AVE

S IU AD R LE MI ½ 8 28 14

21 Sumner Station Access Improvement Project Phase 1: Identifying Access Improvements