Transportation Operators Committee August 30, 2017 • 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PSRC Central Room • 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104
10:00 1. Welcome and Introductions – Trinity Parker, Chair
2. Public Comment
3. Approval of Meeting Summary – March 22, 2017 and April 26, 2017*
10:10 4. Action: FFY 2017 Annual FTA Adjustments* – Sarah Gutschow, PSRC – Sarah Gutschow, PSRC
10:15 5. Action: FTA Fund Redistribution Requests* – Sarah Gutschow, PSRC • Pierce Transit • Washington State Ferries
10:20 6. Action: Update of Regional Reduced Fare Permit MOA* – Gary Simonson, PSRC
10:25 7. Discussion: Development of 2017 Transit Integration Report* – Alex Krieg & Maggie Moore, PSRC
10:40 8. Discussion: Transportation 2040 Plan Update • Transit Access – Alex Krieg, PSRC • Public Transportation Section Outline – Gil Cerise, PSRC • 2025/2040 networks and initial modeling information – Craig Helmann, PSRC • Finance Strategy Summary – Pavithra Parthasarathi
11:00 9. Discussion: Update of PSRC-Transit MOU* – Gil Cerise & Maggie Moore, PSRC
11:15 10. Discussion: Next Steps for Regional Access to Remix – Gil Cerise, PSRC
11:25 11. Information: October 11, 2017 TOD Event* – Michael Hubner, PSRC
12. Next Meeting: September 27, 2017: 10:00 am – 11:30 am Upcoming Meeting Topics: Project Selection; 2017 Transit Integration Report; T2040 Plan Update; 2040 Transit Network Performance; and Community Transit Swift BRT Planning Update.
11:30 13. Adjourn
*Supporting materials attached
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Members and Alternates Represented at the Table Trinity Parker, Chair – Sound Transit; Melissa Cauley, Community Transit and Chair of Regional FTA Caucus; Jacque Mann – Puget Sound Educational Service District and Chair of Special Needs Transportation Committee; Ray Deardorf – Washington State Ferries; Peter Heffernan – King County; Darin Stavish – Pierce Transit; Steffani Lillie - Kitsap Transit; Bill LaBorde – Seattle DOT; Stan Suchan – WSDOT Public Transportation Division Via Phone: Steve Wamback – Pierce County Ferry; John Bernhard – WSDOT – WA State Ferries
Other Guests and Alternates (for all or part of the meeting): PSRC Staff: Charlie Howard, Gil Cerise, Sarah Gutschow, Alex Krieg, Craig Helmann, Maggie Moore, Ben Brackett, Pavithra Parthasarathi, Ben Bakkenta ______Welcome and Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements Trinity Parker, Chair, welcomed everyone at 10:00 a.m. Self-introductions were provided around the room and on the phone. ______Public Comments There were no public comments.
______Approval of Meeting Summary The summary for the February 22, 2017 TOC meeting was approved as submitted. ______Report on PSRC Committee and Board Activities Gil Cerise, PSRC, provided a brief update on the Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) Task Force meeting on March 17, 2017 and amendments to the RRFP Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) being considered by the Task Force, including expansion of the MOA signatories to include Grays Harbor Transit. When the RRFP MOA is updated, the TOC will need to take an action on it.
Melissa Cauley, Community Transit, reported that the Regional FTA Caucus did not meet, but did hold a vote-by-email on the FTA Funding Redistribution Request on today’s agenda. Jacque Mann, Puget Sound Educational Service District, reported on activity at the Special Needs Transportation Committee.
Trinity Parker, Chair, reported on the March Transportation Policy Board meeting and the briefing that they had on Public Transit in the Transportation 2040 Plan update. The TPB feedback was that staff is on the right track on public transit issues, including transit access and parking. Trinity indicated that she was excited about the Transit Access Toolkit and how it identifies the players who need to be involved in access discussions. The Committee discussed next steps relating to transit access and parking. ______FTA Funding Redistribution Requests Sarah Gutschow, PSRC, provided a briefing to explain two FTA funding redistribution requests recommended by the Regional FTA Caucus: one from Community Transit and one from Sound Transit. The TOC approved the requests as presented. ______
Agenda Item 3 Page 1 ORCA Data Project Alex Krieg, PSRC, provided a brief update on the ORCA Data Project and the latest project team meeting. There have been several data requests associated with this data. Alex described several of the specific data requests and reiterated that if any agency has a request to make, please make those requests as soon as possible. Committee members described a couple of potential data uses, including identifying “ORCA deserts” or areas where ORCA use is not as prevalent as other areas; and the youth market. ______Transit Data Trends Craig Helmann, PSRC, gave a presentation on a variety of regional data that will be presented to the PSRC Executive Board on March 23. He also took this opportunity to remind Committee members that PSRC can provide data to agencies upon request. PSRC has employment, population, and travel demand data. Craig covered trends in transit ridership as part of this presentation. Please see the presentation on the PSRC website. ______Update on Transit Asset Management Regional Targets Gil Cerise, PSRC, gave an update on progress to-date in developing regional transit asset management performance targets in compliance with FTA regulations. Each transit agency has approved their agency-specific transit asset management performance targets. PSRC has been convening a group of transit agency transit asset management stakeholders to develop the regional targets. The regional transit asset management performance targets will be a weighted average of the agency-specific performance targets. The weighting will be in relation to each agency’s assets. For example, Metro’s bus performance targets will have the largest influence on the regional bus performance targets. PSRC is planning for Executive Board approval of the regional targets on June 22, 2017 in order to meet FTA requirements. Gil reviewed FTA-required asset classes and draft regional performance targets and took questions from the committee. Please see the presentation on the PSRC website. ______Vanpool Program in the T2040 Plan Update Alex Krieg, PSRC, provided an update on how the Vanpool program is being treated in the Transportation 2040 Plan Update. The Vanpool Program has traditionally been found in the Other Regional Program. PSRC is proposing placing the Vanpool Program in the Local Transit component of the Financial Strategy based upon the Finance Working Group’s direction relating to the Other Regionan Programs category. Maggie Moore, PSRC, walked the Committee through the Vanpool program assumptions in the Transportation 2040 Plan update. Please see the presentation on the PSRC website. ______Next Steps on Local Transit in the T2040 Financial Plan Ben Brackett, PSRC, gave an update on the Finance Working Group’s progress on the Transportation 2040 Financial Plan update. He described expenditure assumptions for the “Local Transit” component (e.g., excluding Sound Transit and Washington State Ferries) of the Financial Plan. Ben shared the responses received by transit agencies that contribute to the Local Transit component of the Financial Plan. A request was distributed ot the group of people who attended the Local Transit workshop in January. The request was sent earlier in March with a due date of March 31. He mentioned that more than 100 transit projects were submitted to the Transportation 2040 project list. PSRC is in the process of reviewing and assessing these projects. Ben also reviewed categories of projects that do not qualify for the regional capacity project list for Transportation 2040, and yet need their costs accounted for. Examples of these types of projects are Transit Base expansions, among other things. ______Future Meeting Times/Dates Gil Cerise, PSRC, mentioned that there was a proposal to change the meeting time for TOC meetings. One proposal was to change the meeting time to the afternoon of 4th Wednesdays. However, this will not work for Kitsap Transit. It was decided that Gil should conduct a doodle poll on future TOC meeting dates. Melissa Cauley, Community Transit, asked that the latest on Regional Centers Framework process be brought back to a future TOC meeting.
______Next meeting: Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. ______Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
Agenda Item 3 Page 2 Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Operators Committee……….…………………at Work April 26, 2017 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104 • 206-464-7090 • fax 206-587-4825 • psrc.org
Members and Alternates Represented at the Table Trinity Parker, Chair – Sound Transit; Melissa Cauley, Community Transit and Chair of Regional FTA Caucus; Jacque Mann – Puget Sound Educational Service District and Chair of Special Needs Transportation Committee; John Bernhard – WSDOT – WA State Ferries; Peter Heffernan – King County; Darin Stavish – Pierce Transit; Alexandra Fastle - Pierce Transit; Jeff Davidson - Kitsap Transit; Bill LaBorde – City of Seattle; Don Chartock – WSDOT Public Transportation Via Phone: Barb Hunter – Pierce Transit; George Baxter – Everett Transit
Other Guests and Alternates (for all or part of the meeting): PSRC Staff: Ben Bakkenta, Ben Brackett, Gil Cerise, Charlie Howard, Sarah Gutschow, Alex Krieg ______Welcome and Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements Trinity Parker, Chair, welcomed everyone at 10:00 a.m. Self-introductions were provided around the room and on the phone. ______Public Comments There were no public comments.
______Approval of Meeting Summary The approval of the summary for the March 22, 2017 TOC meeting was not on this agenda. Gil Cerise, PSRC, indicated that next month the TOC will review and approve two months of meeting summaries. ______Discussion: Change in TOC Vice-Chair
Gil Cerise, PSRC, mentioned the email sent to TOC members from Chris O’Claire (King County Metro). She has been promoted to Assistant General Manager at King County Metro, and will no longer be able to serve on the TOC. Jana DeMas will be serving as the King County Metro TOC member, but cannot begin to serve on the Committee until later in the summer of 2017. In the meantime, Peter Heffernan has agreed to represent King County Metro and will continue to serve as TOC Vice-Chair. King County Metro will continue providing the Vice-Chair to the TOC for the current 2017-2018 term.
______Report on PSRC Committee and Board Activities
Melissa Cauley, Community Transit, reported on the activities of the Regional FTA Caucus, including the action included in this agenda. Jacque Mann, Puget Sound Educational Service District, reported on the activities of the Special Needs Transportation Committee, including having a presentation on access to transit, and work on the Coordinated Plan update. Gil Cerise, PSRC, gave a brief update on the activity of the Regional Reduced Fare Permit Task Force. The action on the RRFP MOU that PSRC thought would be acted on this month has been held up by some disagreement on a proposal relating to the fee charged to process the RRFP among the agencies.
Trinity Parker, Chair, reported on the April Transportation Policy Board, which included an engagement session on health and equity. The TPB also talked about upcoming topics, including the need to take action on the Transit Asset Management performance measure.
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______Action: 2017 FTA Regional Competition: Project Recommendations
Sarah Gutshow, PSRC, presented the Regional FTA Caucus recommendation for projects to be funded by the 2017 FTA Regional Competition. The Regional FTA Caucus met on April 11 to develop the recommendation found in Attachment 1 of the agenda packet as well as the contingency list for projects on Attachment 2.
The TOC took action to recommend the project list and contingency list on to the Transportation Policy Board.
______Action: FTA Funding Redistribution Request: Everett Transit
Sarah Gutshow, PSRC, presented an FTA funding redistribution request from Everett Transit. The recommendation to approve was made by the Regional FTA Caucus. The TOC recommended the redistribution.
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Discussion: Regional Centers Framework Update
Ben Bakkenta, PSRC, shared information on the Regional Centers Framework update. The TOC requested some follow-up on the transit-related characteristics for the regional centers framework. He gave an update on the process for updating the regional centers framework, including that the Growth Management Policy Board will hold a formal public comment period for the project prior to adoption.
Ben walked through public transit-related features in the Regional Centers Framework Update. The current framework does not explicity deal with transit. There is consensus that tranist should be explicitly accounted for. He engaged the Committee in discussion and questions related to 1) what does it mean to be “planned transit service?,” and 2) what span of transit service should be considered?
The Committee agreed that span of service under Alternative A, Tier 2 should be changed from 18 hours per day to 16 hours per day, in alignment with Kitsap Transit’s plans for a shorter span of service than other agencies. On the topic of “planned service”, the Committee agreed to indicate that transit service should be planned and funded and/or contained in the constrained portion of Transportation 2040. This will help reinforce that this planning is consistent with the regional planning framework.
Ben responded to several questions and agreed to share a link to the Regional Centers Framework Update project website that includes a lot of the analysis on this project: Please see the presentation for this topic on the PSRC website.
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Discussion: Transportation 2040 Plan Update Financial Strategy: Progress in Estimating Non-HCT Transit Capital Investments
Ben Brackett, PSRC, provided a brief update on PSRC’s progress in estimating the Local Transit capital expenditure costs for the Transportation 2040 Financial Strategy update. He indicated that in cooperation with the transit agencies in our region, PSRC will be able to accurately capture the capital needs and expenditures of transit agencies in the region for regional plan purposes. Ben gave a preview of upcoming work that the Transportation Finance Working Group will be doing in the coming weeks and months. ______Discussion: 2017 Transit Integration Report Initiation
Alex Krieg, PSRC, introduced the 2017 Transit Integration Report and identified the topic areas called for in state legislation. He reviewed a schedule for developing the report and a list of topics to consider for inclusion in the report. PSRC will convene a group of interested stakeholders after the May TOC meeting to discuss potential stories in more detail. The introduction to the 2017 report should include a high-level discussion of the vision of public transit in the region. This should cover a lot of the major things that occurred in the past year, including
Agenda Item 3.a Page 2 Metro Connects, several other long range transit planning efforts, and the vision for the transit system as Link light rail is built out. All transit agencies will provide their point of contact to Alex for this topic.
______Discussion: Washington State Transit Coordination Grant
Don Chartock, WSDOT, led the group in a discussion on this topic. He asked whether or not the projects funded by Transit Integration Grant and their outcomes should be incorporated into the 2017 Transit Integration Report. The TOC agreed that projects funded by the Transit Integration Grant program should be included in the Transit Integration Report.
______Discussion: DRAFT Regional Access to Remix Evaluation Report
Gil Cerise, PSRC, provided some background on the Regional Access to Remix project. He reviewed a draft report on the evaulation of the Regional Access to Remix, including benefits and challenges of using Remix, as well as three options for continuation of Remix or another transit sketch planning software. Options include asking a state entity to take this on for all transit agencies within the state; continuation of some type of regional contract; or each agency going its own way in terms of continuation of Remix or not. The Remix software has been useful for PSRC to collaborate with transit agencies in development of a 2040 transit network. But, it is not a software that PSRC can see using much between plan update cycles.
TOC asked that to receive information on Remix usage, and a list of other agencies within the State using Remix. WSDOT is interested in knowing if the small agencies can make easy use of Remix as a way of helping out smaller transit agencies with fewer resources. TOC members expressed an interest in continuing to pursue the use of a common transit sketch planning software – which may or may not be Remix. The group discussed the possibity of an RFP to identify other competitors and/or exploring potential costs for a state or regional option. TOC also asked for addition of a section on what agencies would like Remix to do. ______Next meeting Gil Cerise, PSRC, noted that TOC meeting will continue on 4th Wednesdays until Jana DeMas is able to attend as a representative of King County Metro. She has the same 4th Wednesday conflict that Chris O’Claire had. Therefore, the meeting date will need to change once she joins the committee. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
______Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 11:24 a.m.
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Item 4 MEMORANDUM August 30, 2017
TO: Transportation Operators Committee (TOC)
FROM: Sarah Gutschow, Senior Planner
SUBJECT: Recommend Approval of the 2017 Annual Adjustment of PSRC’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Funds
IN BRIEF In July, PSRC was notified of our region’s final allocation of federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula funds. FTA requires that PSRC review the estimates used to program FTA funds with the actual allocation approved by Congress on an annual basis. Due to the final allocation being higher than our original estimates used for programming, there is an additional $24.7 million available for distribution.
The Regional FTA Caucus has recommended the adjustments to the projects as shown in Attachment 4D, for TOC review and recommendation to the Transportation Policy Board.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
• The Transportation Operators Committee (TOC) should recommend approval to the Transportation Policy Board to award $24.7 million in additional FFY 2017 FTA funds for the projects shown in Attachment 4D.
DISCUSSION
There are three urbanized areas (UZAs) in the region: the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA, the Bremerton UZA, and the Marysville UZA. Kitsap Transit is the only public transit agency in the Bremerton UZA, and Community Transit is the only public transit agency in the Marysville UZA, so these agencies recommend projects for the FTA funds earned within their respective UZAs. Approximately 86% of the FTA funds earned within the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett (STE) UZA are based on the service and operating characteristics of the nine transit agencies in the UZA. Per adopted regional policy, this portion of the funds is distributed to each public transit agency based on their earnings, called the “earned share” distribution. The remaining funds, approximately 14%, come to the region based on regional attributes such as population density. This portion of the funds is distributed between a regional competition and a preservation set- aside within the STE UZA.
PSRC originally distributed 2017 FTA funds to projects as part of the 2014 project selection process, using an estimate based on previous funding levels. When FTA published the 2017 allocations to its funding programs, PSRC’s 2017 FTA funds were higher overall than originally
Transportation Operators Committee Agenda Item 4 Page 1 August 30, 2017 estimated by $24.7 million. The $24.7 million in additional FFY 2017 FTA funds includes $1.2 million to be distributed to the adopted regional contingency list; per adopted policy, the amount of funds originally distributed to the preservation set-aside does not change, however, the distribution among agencies is adjusted to reflect their proportion of 2017 earnings.
Attachment 4A provides background on the annual adjustments process and PSRC’s 2017 FTA funds. This attachment includes details on the earned share funding adjustments within each UZA, by each agency and by each funding source, as well as by earned share, preservation and regional competitive funding areas. Attachment 4B is the current balance of the adopted regional FTA competitive contingency list, and Attachment 4C identifies the recommended funding adjustments to each agency and project. As part of the FFY 2017 adjustments process, Community Transit, City of Seattle, and Washington State Ferries are requesting redistributions of their currently programmed 2017 earned share and preservation set-aside funding between projects.
As a reminder, the STE UZA includes three agencies that are external to the UZA but provide service to the area: Kitsap Transit, Intercity Transit in Thurston County and Skagit Transit in Skagit County. Per adopted regional policy, these external agencies are able to access the FTA funds earned from the service they provide to the region. Attachment 4D provides additional background information on the projects proposed by the external transit agencies.
For additional information, please contact Sarah Gutschow at (206) 587-4822 or [email protected].
Attachments: 4A: Summary of PSRC’s FFY 2017 FTA Funds 4B: PSRC's Adopted Contingency List - 2017 Regional FTA Competition (as of August 2017) 4C: 2017 PSRC FTA Adjustments - Project Changes 4D: External Transit Agency Projects 2017
Transportation Operators Committee Agenda Item 4 Page 2 August 30, 2017 Summary of PSRC’s FFY 2017 FTA Funds
I. FFY 2017 PSRC FTA Funds Adjustments Process Overview
PSRC coordinates with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the region’s public transit agencies to distribute PSRC’s FTA funds to projects in the three urbanized areas, or UZAs, in the PSRC region: Bremerton, Marysville and Seattle Tacoma-Everett (STE). FTA requires that PSRC review the estimates used to program FTA funds with the actual allocation approved by Congress on an annual basis, and make adjustments to reconcile the two amounts as necessary.
Table 1: Final PSRC FTA 5307, 5337 & 5339 Funds for FFY 2017 Table 1 shows the final 2017 FTA funding apportionments, published by FTA on July 10, 2017. The UZAs received their final 2017 funding apportionments under three separate FTA grant programs: 5307, 5337 (HIFG & HIMB), and 5339.
Seattle-Tacoma- Funding Source Bremerton UZA Marysville UZA Grand Total Everett (STE) UZA 5307 $3,359,202 $2,036,697 $102,322,358 $107,718,257 5337 (HIFG & HIMB) $260,117 $0 $67,774,334 $68,034,451 5339 $256,378 $204,284 $8,249,333 $8,709,995 Total $3,875,697 $2,240,981 $178,346,025 $184,462,703
Within the Bremerton and Marysville UZAs, PSRC identifies the funding adjustments necessary to each UZA’s FTA funds once the actual allocations are made available for each fiscal year. As Kitsap Transit is the only transit agency in the Bremerton UZA and Community Transit is the only transit agency in the Marysville UZA, these agencies will then identify the projects to which those funding adjustments will be applied in their respective UZAs. These adjustments may reflect either an increase or a reduction in funding for each agency. The project adjustments will be recommended to the Transportation Operators Committee (TOC) and subsequently to PSRC’s Boards for action.
Within the STE UZA, there is both an “earned share” and a “regional” process for FTA funds (described in Section 2). For the earned share process, each public transit agency will identify the projects for which those funding adjustments will be applied. These adjustments may reflect either an increase or reduction in funding for each agency. The project adjustments will then be recommended to the TOC and subsequently to PSRC’s Boards for action. For the regional competitive process, any increase in the regional portion of funds will be applied to the adopted contingency list, while a reduction in the regional portion of funds will be applied to the previously awarded projects.
II. FFY 2017 FTA Funds and Adjustments Process
PSRC coordinates with FTA and the region’s public transit agencies to distribute PSRC’s FTA funds to projects in the three UZAs using either the “earned share” or “regional” process. Under the earned share process, funds are distributed to every metropolitan area based on their earnings. The FTA determines the amount of funding received by each metropolitan area using the national FTA distribution formula,
Agenda 4.a Page 1 which allocates transit funds in the federal budget to metropolitan areas using federal census data and public transit system data.
Since Kitsap Transit is the only public transit agency in the Bremerton UZA, and Community Transit is the only public transit agency in the Marysville UZA, all FTA funding is distributed in these UZAs using the earned share process. A portion of 5307 funds within each UZA is set aside for PSRC’s Work Program.
Per adopted regional policy, approximately 86% of FTA funds are allocated to the nine transit agencies in the STE UZA using the earned share process, while approximately 14% of FTA funds are distributed using the regional process. Under the earned share process, funds are allocated to STE UZA transit agencies based on their service and operating characteristics. The earned share portion of the FTA funds received by the STE UZA is distributed to public transit agencies using the national FTA distribution formula. Transit performance and operating data is obtained from the National Transit Database (NTD), which is populated with the annual data each public transit agency is required to submit by FTA. As some transit agencies in the STE UZA jointly operate certain transit services, in some cases both agencies will have contributed Direct Route Miles (DRM) to those services. Accordingly, FTA funding will be apportioned to those agencies based on the share of DRMs for which each agency is responsible.
The remaining funds, approximately 14%, come to the UZA based on regional attributes, such as population density. This portion of the funds is distributed through a regional competition for transit related projects. A portion of the regional funds are set aside for preservation investments, which are distributed according to each transit agency’s percentage of the total earned share funds.
In addition, some transit agencies in the STE UZA earn less than 1% of the total of the earned share portion of funds. Per adopted policy, a minimum floor adjustment is made to bring the earned share amounts for these agencies up to the 1% amount. The adjustment is taken from the regional portion of the funds within the STE UZA and applied to these agencies for their earned share distribution. The 2017 funds were distributed as part of the 2014 project selection process, and the procedures will follow the Policy Framework adopted at that time. As adopted in the subsequent 2016 project selection process, the minimum floor adjustment for 2018-2020 funds will be capped at 1% of the 2015 allocation
Chart 1: PSRC 2017 FTA Funds Distribution Flow Chart
Chart 1 provides a graphic representation of the flow of funds to each PSRC region UZA and how they are disbursed to transit agencies within each UZA.
Agenda 4.a Page 2 2A: Bremerton UZA and Marysville UZA 2017 FTA Funds and Adjustments
Table 2: Bremerton and Marysville UZAs – Overall Adjustments of FFY 2017 PSRC FTA Funds
Table 2 provides an overview of the funding changes needed for the Bremerton and Marysville UZAs for PSRC’s 5307, 5337, and 5339 FTA funds for FFY 2017. Bremerton UZA Funding Source Programmed Final 2017 Amount Adjustment 5307 $3,162,167 $3,339,202 $177,035 5307 - PSRC Work Program $20,000 $20,000 $0 5337 HIFG $236,733 $260,117 $23,384 5339 $266,147 $256,378 ($9,769) Total $3,685,047 $3,875,697 $190,650 Marysville UZA Funding Source Programmed Final 2017 Amount Adjustment 5307 $1,908,100 $2,023,364 $115,264 5307 - PSRC Work Program $13,333 $13,333 $0 5339 $212,058 $204,284 ($7,774) Total $2,133,491 $2,240,981 $107,490 2B: Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA 2017 FTA Funds and Adjustments
The following five tables include information on PSRC’s FTA funds for the STE UZA based on the 2017 edition of PSRC’s STE UZA disaggregation tool (a copy of the tool is available upon request).
Table 3a: Minimum Floor Calculation and Amount for FFY 2017
The first table below identifies the STE earned share funding by source and the resulting one percent. The second table identifies adjustment needed for each agency to reach the minimum floor amount.
Minimum Floor Amount 5337 Total 5307 (HIFG & HIMB) 5339 STE Earned Share Funding $ 79,587,796 $ 67,774,335 $ 6,233,618 $ 153,595,749 One Percent of Funding $ 795,878 $ 677,743 $ 62,336 $ 1,535,957
Minimum Floor Amount by Agency Earned Share - Before Minimum Floor Minimum Difference Agency Floor (Minimum Floor 5307 5337 5339 Total Amount Adjustment) Everett Transit $ 768,776 $ - $ 87,899 $ 856,675 $ 1,535,957 $ 679,282 City of Seattle $ 208,255 $ 602,042 $ - $ 810,297 $ 1,535,957 $ 725,660 Pierce County Ferry Operations $ 345,969 $ 470,921 $ - $ 816,890 $ 1,535,957 $ 719,067 Total $ 2,124,009
Agenda 4.a Page 3 Table 3b: STE UZA Earned Shares by Agency for FFY 2017 Table 3b identifies the currently programmed funds by source for each agency, their final earned share amounts, and any necessary adjustments. NOTES: 1) The final earnings do not reflect the funding exchange between Sound Transit and Pierce Transit that was agreed to as part of the 2014 Project Selection Process. PSRC staff will reach out to these agencies to identify their final 2017 earnings by source. 2) Per adopted agency policy, external agencies do not receive STE UZA minimum floor adjustments.
Currently Total Earned Final 2017 Agency Programmed Minimum Floor Share and Min. Adjustment Earned Share for 2017 Floor for 2017
Community Transit $6,380,672 $6,320,525 $0 $6,320,525 ($60,147) Everett Transit $1,263,550 $768,776 $679,282 $1,448,058 $184,508 Intercity Transit $0 $2,336,570 $0 $2,336,570 $2,336,570 King County Marine $954,251 $936,360 $0 $936,360 ($17,891) King County DOT $33,755,759 $35,945,151 $0 $35,945,151 $2,189,392 Kitsap Transit (STE UZA Earned Share only) $0 $403,347 $0 $403,347 $403,347 Pierce County Ferry Operations $0 $345,969 $719,067 $1,065,036 $1,065,036 5307 Pierce Transit $7,970,967 $5,233,363 $0 $5,233,363 ($2,737,604) City of Seattle $986,347 $208,255 $725,660 $933,915 ($52,432) Skagit Transit $0 $305,572 $0 $305,572 $305,572 Sound Transit $18,195,609 $21,596,543 $0 $21,596,543 $3,400,934 Washington State Ferries $4,984,805 $5,187,365 $0 $5,187,365 $202,560 5307 Earned Share Subtotals $74,491,960 $79,587,796 $2,124,009 $81,711,805 $7,219,845
King County Marine $784,383 $906,044 $906,044 $121,661 King County DOT $20,700,957 $24,503,301 $24,503,301 $3,802,344 Pierce County Ferry Operations $0 $470,921 $470,921 $470,921 City of Seattle $351,057 $602,042 $602,042 $250,985 Sound Transit $11,439,364 $16,308,355 $16,308,355 $4,868,991 5337 HIFG 5337 Washington State Ferries $5,968,597 $6,847,449 $6,847,449 $878,852 5337 HIFG Earned Share Subtotals $39,244,358 $49,638,112 $0 $49,638,112 $10,393,754
Community Transit $1,378,814 $1,936,680 $1,936,680 $557,866 King County DOT $6,270,113 $7,645,128 $7,645,128 $1,375,015
Earned Earned Share / Minimum Floor Pierce Transit $0 $125,607 $125,607 $125,607 Sound Transit $5,113,761 $8,428,808 $8,428,808 $3,315,047
5337 HIMB 5337 5337 HIMB Earned Share Subtotals $12,762,688 $18,136,223 $0 $18,136,223 $5,373,535
Community Transit $799,948 $722,663 $722,663 ($77,285) Everett Transit $73,855 $87,899 $87,899 $14,044 Intercity Transit $0 $267,152 $267,152 $267,152 King County DOT $3,321,820 $3,224,600 $3,224,600 ($97,220) Kitsap Transit (STE UZA Earned Share only) $0 $46,117 $46,117 $46,117 5339 Pierce Transit $0 $598,363 $598,363 $598,363 Skagit Transit $0 $34,938 $34,938 $34,938 Sound Transit $1,869,600 $1,251,886 $1,251,886 ($617,714) 5339 Earned Share Subtotals $6,065,223 $6,233,618 $0 $6,233,618 $168,395 Earned Share Totals $132,564,229 $153,595,749 $2,124,009 $155,719,758 $23,155,529 Note 1: The 5307 shown as Pierce County's currently programmed earned share is for informational purposes; the funds are programmed to Pierce Transit under the exchange agreement between these two agencies. Note 2: Minimum Floor funds are taken from regional 5307 funds.
Agenda 4.a Page 4 Table 3c: FTA Competitive Funds and Net Adjustments for FFY 2017 Table 3c identifies the adjustments needed to PSRC’s Regional Competitive funds for 2017. This table shows the regional competitive funding amount after funds were taken from the regional pot for the preservation set-aside and minimum floor adjustment. As illustrated below, additional funds are available for projects on PSRC’s adopted FTA contingency list. Currently Final 2017 Minimum Funding Program Programmed Total Amount Adjustments Amounts Floor for 2017 5307 (projects with FTA Competitive funds) $9,573,333 $10,881,991 ($2,124,009) $8,757,982 ($815,351) 5339 (funds derived from regional attributes) $0 $2,015,714 $2,015,714 $2,015,714 Totals $9,573,333 $12,897,705 ($2,124,009) $10,773,696 $1,200,363
Per adopted contingency list procedures, the priority for the additional regional competitive funds is to allow regionally awarded projects to advance to earlier years, resulting in later years funding distributed to the contingency list. As a reminder, the recent FTA regional competition awarded 2018-2020 funds and a new contingency list is now adopted. PSRC will be reaching out to project sponsors from the regional competition regarding the distribution of contingency funding. As a reminder, the regional competition only programmed 5307 funds, so the amount of 5339 in the table above will need to be exchanged. PSRC will reach out to sponsors on the contingency list to determine if the funds are still needed and what they would complete. Table 3d: STE UZA Preservation Set Aside and Net Adjustments for FFY 2017 Table 3d identifies the funds provided through PSRC’s FTA preservation set aside and the adjustments for 2017. The Preservation Set Aside represents 50% of the STE UZA regional portion of funds. Per PSRC’s 2014 Policy Framework, the preservation funding for each agency is based on their share of the total earned share funds (not including minimum floor funds) for the STE UZA. Per adopted policy, the preservation set-aside is a fixed amount that will not be adjusted; however, the distribution among agencies based on their current earned share percentages is revised as part of each annual adjustment process. The following table identifies the preservation funds currently programmed for each agency for 2017 and the amount that each should receive based on their share of the 2017 earned share funds.
Preservation Total to be Total 2017 Funds Currently Share by Share by Received per Agency Earned Share Adjustment Programmed for Agency Agency 2017 Earned Funds 2017 Share Community Transit $709,683 6.52% $8,979,868 5.98% $650,817 ($58,866) Everett Transit $80,695 0.74% $856,675 0.57% $62,088 ($18,607) King County Marine $143,735 1.32% $1,842,404 1.23% $133,528 ($10,207) King County DOT $5,312,295 48.80% $71,318,180 47.48% $5,168,790 ($143,505) Pierce County Ferry Operations $77,613 0.71% $816,890 0.54% $59,204 ($18,409) Pierce Transit $549,791 5.05% $5,957,333 3.97% $431,758 ($118,033) Sound Transit $3,037,596 27.90% $47,585,592 31.68% $3,448,769 $411,173 Preservation City of Seattle $65,700 0.60% $810,297 0.54% $58,726 ($6,974) Washington State Ferries $908,797 8.35% $12,034,814 8.01% $872,224 ($36,573) $10,885,905 100% $150,202,053 100% $10,885,905 $0 Note: The 5307 shown as Pierce County's currently programmed earned share is for informational purposes; the funds are programmed to Pierce Transit under the exchange agreement between these two agencies.
Agenda 4.a Page 5 Table 3e: STE UZA PSRC FTA Funds with Overall Adjustments for FFY 2017 Table 3e provides an overview of the funding changes needed for the STE UZA for PSRC's 5307, 5337, and 5339 FTA funds for FFY 2017. Seattle-Tacoma-Everett (STE) UZA Funding Source Programmed Final 2017 Amount Adjustment Earned Share (including minimum floor) 5307 $74,491,960 $81,711,805 $7,219,845 5307 - PSRC Work Program $966,666 $966,666 $0 5337 HIFG $39,244,358 $49,638,112 $10,393,754 5337 HIMB $12,762,688 $18,136,223 $5,373,535 5339 $6,065,223 $6,233,618 $168,395 Subtotal $133,530,895 $156,686,424 $23,155,529 Regional Competition (after minimum floor) 5307 $9,573,333 $8,757,982 ($815,351) 5339 $0 $2,015,714 $2,015,714 Subtotal $9,573,333 $10,773,696 $1,200,363 Preservation Set Aside 5307 $10,885,905 $10,885,905 $0 Subtotal $10,885,905 $10,885,905 $0
STE UZA Total $153,990,133 $178,346,025 $24,355,892
Agenda 4.a Page 6 III. FFY 2017 Project Adjustments Process Table 4: PSRC FTA Funds with Overall Adjustments for FFY 2017 Table 4 provides a summary of the final overall adjustment amount for all fund sources for each UZA in FFY 2017. Total FFY 2017 FTA Funds Programmed Final 2017 Amount Adjustment Bremerton UZA $3,685,047 $3,875,697 $190,650 Marysville UZA $2,133,491 $2,240,981 $107,490 STE UZA $153,990,133 $178,346,025 $24,355,892 Total FFY 2017 FTA funds $159,808,671 $184,462,703 $24,654,032
Table 5: 2017 PSRC FTA Funds Currently Programmed by UZA and Project The following tables describe how FTA funds are currently programmed for projects within each UZA. Each agency will be asked to identify the projects to which 2017 funding adjustments will be applied. PSRC will correspond individually with each jurisdiction regarding how the adjustments process will apply to its currently programmed projects.
Bremerton UZA Project ID Sponsor Project Source Programmed KT-6 Kitsap Transit Small Passenger Only Vessels 5337 HIFG $236,733 KT-45 Kitsap Transit Bus and Over-the Road Coach Purchase 5307 $2,135,000 5339 $266,147 KT-38 Kitsap Transit Silverdale Transit Center 5307 $1,027,167 PSRC-19 PSRC Regional Planning & Programming 5307 $20,000 Total $3,685,047
Marysville UZA Project ID Sponsor Project Source Programmed CT-46 Community Transit Marysville UZA Transit Operations 5307 $1,300,000 CT-56 Community Transit Preventive Maintenance Capital Operating 5307 $608,100 CT-54 Community Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $212,058 PSRC-19 PSRC Regional Planning & Programming 5307 $13,333 Total $2,133,491
Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA - Regional Competition Project ID Sponsor Project Source Programmed SEA-199 Seattle Route 48 South Electrification 5307 $2,170,055 RTA-81 Sound Transit Tacoma Link Expansion Project 5307 $1,403,278 RTA-82 Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension 5307 $5,000,000 WSF-59 Washington State Ferries Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal 5307 $1,000,000 Total $9,573,333
Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA - Preservation Set Aside Project ID Sponsor Project Source Programmed CT-53 Community Transit Facilities Rehabilitation and Maintenance 5307 $709,683 ET-34 Everett Transit Everett Station Preventive Maintenance and Rehabilitation 5307 $80,695 KCFD-6 King County Marine King County Ferry District Vessel Maintenance Project 5307 $143,735 MET-202 King County Bus Replacements 5307 $5,312,295 PT-164 Pierce Transit Clean Fuels Bus Replacement/Expansion 2017-2020 5307 $627,404 SEA-167 Seattle Monorail System Maintenance 5307 $65,700 RTA-83 Sound Transit Sounder Vehicle Preservation and Maintenance Program 5307 $3,037,596 WSF-102 Washington State Ferries Vessel Preservation and Improvement 5307 $908,797 Total $10,885,905
Agenda 4.a Page 7 Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA - Earned Share Project ID Sponsor Project Source Programmed 5307 Funds CT-54 Community Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5307 $4,259,486 CT-55 Community Transit ADA Paratransit Operating 5307 $1,500,000 CT-56 Community Transit Preventive Maintenance Capital Operating 5307 $621,186 ET-35 Everett Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5307 $1,263,550 KCFD-5 King County Marine Seattle Central Waterfront Regional Passenger-Only Ferry Terminal 5307 $297,986 KCFD-6 King County Marine King County Ferry District Vessel Maintenance Project 5307 $656,265 MET-185 King County Vehicle, Equipment and Facilities Maintenance 5307 $33,755,759 PSRC-19 PSRC Regional Planning & Programming 5307 $966,666 PT-156 Pierce Transit ADA Service 5307 $975,322 PT-164 Pierce Transit Clean Fuels Bus Replacement/Expansion 2017-2020 5307 $6,995,645 SEA-166 Seattle South Lake Union Streetcar Maintenance 5307 $406,900 SEA-167 Seattle Monorail System Maintenance 5307 $579,447 RTA-3A Sound Transit Northgate Link (UW Station to Northgate) 5307 $7,000,000 RTA-4B Sound Transit Commuter Rail Project: Seattle to Lakewood 5307 $7,000,000 RTA-85 Sound Transit Link Operations and Maintenance Satellite Facility 5307 $4,195,609 WSF-102 Washington State Ferries Vessel Preservation and Improvement 5307 $4,984,805 Subtotal $75,458,626 5337 HIFG Funds KCFD-5 King County Marine Seattle Central Waterfront Regional Passenger-Only Ferry Terminal 5337 HIFG $784,383 MET-188 King County Trolley Bus Replacement 5337 HIFG $20,700,957 SEA-167 Seattle Monorail System Maintenance 5337 HIFG $351,057 RTA-87 Sound Transit Sounder and Link State of Good Repair 5337 HIFG $11,439,364 WSF-102 Washington State Ferries Vessel Preservation and Improvement 5337 HIFG $5,968,597 Subtotal $39,244,358 5337 HIMB Funds CT-54 Community Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5337 HIMB $1,378,814 MET-202 King County Bus Replacements 5337 HIMB $6,270,113 RTA-5 Sound Transit Regional Express Bus Program 5337 HIMB $5,113,761 Subtotal $12,762,688 5339 Funds CT-54 Community Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $799,948 ET-35 Everett Transit Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $73,855 MET-202 King County Bus Replacements 5339 $3,321,820 RTA-77 Sound Transit S. 200th Link Extension 5339 $1,869,600 Subtotal $6,065,223
Total STE UZA Earned Share $133,530,895 Total STE UZA $153,990,133
Grand Total 2017 FTA Funds Programmed $159,808,671
Agenda 4.a Page 8 PSRC's Adopted Contingency List - 2017 Regional FTA Competition (August 2017)
Total Score Phase(s) Sponsor Project (100 points) Requested Amount Sound Transit Purchase 11 New High Capacity Transit Buses 72 Other $4,700,000 King County/Metro King County Metro System Expansion: Eighth Base 67 PE $2,944,455 King County/Metro King County Metro Fleet Expansion (Route 120/RapidRide H Line) 65 Other $7,372,696 Sound Transit Puyallup Station Access Improvements 64 CN $6,600,000 City of Seattle Roosevelt Rapid Ride Corridor 62 PE $3,000,000 Pierce Transit Corridor Improvements for Transit Speed & Reliability 55 CN $2,160,000 Washington State Ferries Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock - Bicycle Access 52 CN $4,000,000 Sumner SR 410 - Traffic Ave/E Main Interchange Improvements 41 PE $440,000 King County DOT (Marine) West Seattle Passenger Only Ferry Terminal Relocation 40 Planning $1,200,000 King County/Metro Shared Mobility Retrofits at King County Metro Park & Rides 39 Planning,PE,CN $2,560,000
Total $34,977,151
Agenda Item 4.b 2017 PSRC FTA Adjustments - Project Changes Bremerton UZA Programmed Fund Source Sponsor Project ID Title Funds Adjustment Redistributions Final KT-6 Small Passenger Only Vessels 5337 HIFG $ 236,733 $ 23,384 $ - $ 260,117 Kitsap Transit 5307 $ 2,135,000 $ 177,035 $ - $ 2,312,035 KT-45 Bus and Over-the Road Kitsap Transit Coach Purchase 5339 $ 266,147 $ (9,769) $ - $ 256,378 KT-38 Silverdale Transit Center 5307 $ 1,027,167 $ - $ - $ 1,027,167 PSRC PSRC-19 PSRC Programming and Planning 5307 $ 20,000 $ - $ - $ 20,000 Total $ 3,685,047 $ 190,650 $ - $ 3,875,697
Marysville UZA Programmed Fund Source Sponsor Project ID Title Funds Adjustment Redistributions Final CT-46 Marysville UZA Transit Operations 5307 $ 1,300,000 $ 115,264 $ - $ 1,415,264 Community Transit CT-56 Preventive Maintenance Capital Operating 5307 $ 608,100 $ - $ - $ 608,100 CT-54 Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $ 212,058 $ (7,774) $ - $ 204,284 PSRC PSRC-19 PSRC Programming and Planning 5307 $ 13,333 $ - $ - $ 13,333 Total $ 2,133,491 $ 107,490 $ - $ 2,240,981
Seattle-Tacoma-Everett - Earned Share Programmed Sponsor Project ID Title Fund Source Funds Adjustment Redistributions Final 5307 $ 4,259,486 $ - $ 2,061,039 $ 6,320,525 5337 HIMB $ 1,378,814 $ 557,866 $ - $ 1,936,680 Community Transit CT-54 Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $ 799,948 $ (77,285) $ - $ 722,663 CT-55 ADA Paratransit Operating 5307 $ 1,500,000 $ - $ (1,500,000) $ - CT-56 Preventive Maintenance Capital Operate 5307 $ 621,186 $ (60,147) $ (561,039) $ - Community Transit Totals $ 8,559,434 $ 420,434 $ - $ 8,979,868
5307 $ 1,263,550 $ 184,508 $ - $ 1,448,058 Everett Transit ET-35 Transit Revenue Vehicles 5339 $ 73,855 $ 14,044 $ - $ 87,899 Everett Transit Totals $ 1,337,405 $ 198,552 $ - $ 1,535,957
Intercity Transit TBD Pattison MOA Rehabilitation and Expansion 5307 $ - $ 2,336,570 $ - $ 2,336,570 5339 $ - $ 267,152 $ - $ 267,152 Intercity Transit Totals $ - $ 2,603,722 $ - $ 2,603,722
5307 $ - $ 173,678 $ - $ 173,678 5337 HIMB $ 6,270,113 $ 1,375,015 $ - $ 7,645,128 MET-202 Bus Replacement 5339 $ 3,321,820 $ 1,918,495 $ - $ 5,240,315 MET-185 Vehicle, Equipment and Facilities Maintenance 5307 $ 33,755,759 $ - $ - $ 33,755,759 5307 $ 297,986 $ - $ - $ 297,986 King County KCFD-5 Seattle Central Waterfront Regional Passenger-Only Ferry Terminal 5337 HIFG $ 784,383 $ - $ - $ 784,383 MET-188 Trolley Bus Replacement 5337 HIFG $ 20,700,957 $ - $ - $ 20,700,957 TBD Trolley System Preservation/Maintenance 5337 HIFG $ - $ 3,802,343 $ - $ 3,802,343 5307 $ 656,265 $ (17,891) $ - $ 638,374 KCFD-6 Vessel Maintenance Project 5337 HIFG $ - $ 121,661 $ - $ 121,661 King County Totals $ 65,787,283 $ 7,373,301 $ - $ 73,160,584
5307 $ - $ 403,347 $ - $ 403,347 Kitsap Transit KT-38 Silverdale Transit Center 5339 $ - $ 46,117 $ - $ 46,117 Kitsap Transit Totals $ - $ 449,464 $ - $ 449,464
Pierce Transit PT-156 ADA Service 5307 $ 975,322 $ (182,581) $ 792,741 Pierce Transit PT-164 Clean Fuels Bus 5307 $ 6,995,645 $ (295,096) $ 6,700,549 Pierce Transit Totals $ 7,970,967 $ (477,677) $ 7,493,290
PSRC PSRC-19 PSRC Programming and Planning 5307 $ 966,666 $ - $ 966,666 PSRC Totals $ 966,666 $ - $ - $ 966,666
SEA-166 South Lake Union Streetcar Maintenance 5307 $ 406,900 $ - $ 71,505 $ 478,405 City of Seattle 5307 $ 579,447 $ (52,432) $ (71,505) $ 455,510 SEA-167 Monorail System Maintenance 5337 HIFG $ 351,057 $ 250,985 $ - $ 602,042 City of Seattle Totals $ 1,337,404 $ 198,553 $ - $ 1,535,957
5307 $ - $ 183,359 $ - $ 183,359 Skagit Transit SKA-4 Skagit Transit Maintenance Operations and Administration Facility 5339 $ - $ 34,938 $ - $ 34,938 SKA-3 Commuter Bus Operations 5307 $ - $ 122,213 $ - $ 122,213 Skagit Transit Totals $ - $ 340,510 $ - $ 340,510
RTA-3A Northgate Link (UW Station to Northgate) 5307 $ 7,000,000 $ - $ - $ 7,000,000 RTA-4B Commuter Rail Project: Seattle to Lakewood 5307 $ 7,000,000 $ 2,206,043 $ - $ 9,206,043 Sound Transit RTA-85 Link Operations and Maintenance Satellite Facility 5307 $ 4,195,609 $ - $ - $ 4,195,609 RTA-87 Sounder and Link State of Good Repair 5337 HIFG $ 11,439,364 $ 5,339,912 $ - $ 16,779,276 RTA-5 Regional Express Bus Program 5337 HIMB $ 5,113,761 $ 3,440,654 $ - $ 8,554,415 RTA-77 S. 200th Link Extension 5339 $ 1,869,600 $ (19,351) $ - $ 1,850,249 Sound Transit Totals $ 36,618,334 $ 10,967,258 $ - $ 47,585,592
WSF-102 Vessel Preservation and Improvement 5307 $ 4,984,805 $ 202,560 $ (5,187,365) $ - Washington State Ferries 5337 HIFG $ 5,968,597 $ 878,852 $ - $ 6,847,449 WSF-82 Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman Dock 5307 $ - $ - $ 5,187,365 $ 5,187,365 Washington State Ferries Totals $ 10,953,402 $ 1,081,412 $ - $ 12,034,814
Agenda Item 4.c Page 1 Seattle-Tacoma-Everett Regional Competition Programmed Sponsor Project ID Title Fund Source Funds Adjustment Redistributions Final City of Seattle SEA-199 Route 48 South Electrification 5307 $ 2,170,055 $ - $ - $ 2,170,055 Sound Transit RTA-81 Tacoma Link Expansion Project 5307 $ 1,403,278 $ - $ - $ 1,403,278 Sound Transit RTA-82 Federal Way Link Extension 5307 $ 5,000,000 $ - $ - $ 5,000,000 Washington State Ferries WSF-59 Mukilteo Multimodal Terminal 5307 $ 1,000,000 $ - $ - $ 1,000,000 Funds advanced from 2018 to 2017 Sound Transit RTA-94 Sounder Vehicle Procurement 5307 $ - $ 1,200,363 $ - $ 1,200,363 Total $ 9,573,333 $ 1,200,363 $ - $ 10,773,696 *Note: Per adopted contingency list procedures, the priority for the additional regional competitive funds is to allow regionally awarded projects to advance to earlier years, resulting in later years funding distributed to the contingency list. For the 2017 adjustments, 2018, 2019, and 2020 regional competitive funds previously awarded to the RTA-94 (Sounder Vehicle Procurement) project were advanced to earlier years. The freed up 2020 regional competitive funds were then awarded to the RTA-92 (Regional Express Bus Program (2018-2020)) project from the 2017 contingency list.
Seattle-Tacoma-Everett - Preservation Set Aside Programmed Sponsor Project ID Title Fund Source Funds Adjustment Redistributions Final Community Transit CT-53 Facilities Rehabilitation and Maintenance 5307 $ 709,683 $ (58,866) $ (650,817) $ - Community Transit CT-54 Transit Revenue Vehicles 5307 $ - $ - $ 650,817 $ 650,817 Everett Transit ET-34 Everett Station Preventive Maintenance & Rehabilitation 5307 $ 80,695 $ (18,607) $ - $ 62,088 King County Metro MET-202 Bus Replacement 5307 $ 5,312,295 $ (143,505) $ - $ 5,168,790 King County Marine KCFD-6 Vessel Maintenance Project 5307 $ 143,735 $ (10,207) $ - $ 133,528 Pierce Transit PT-164 Clean Fuels Bus 5307 $ 627,404 $ (136,442) $ - $ 490,962 City of Seattle SEA-167 Monorail System Maintenance 5307 $ 65,700 $ (6,974) $ - $ 58,726 Sound Transit RTA-83 Sounder Vehicle Preservation & Maintenance 5307 $ 3,037,596 $ 411,173 $ - $ 3,448,769 Washington State Ferries WSF-102 Vessel Preservation and Improvement 5307 $ 908,797 $ (36,573) $ - $ 872,224 Total $ 10,885,905 $ 0 $ (0) $ 10,885,905 STE UZA Totals $ 153,990,133 $ 24,355,892 $ (0) $ 178,346,025
Total FFY 2017 FTA Funds$ 159,808,671 $ 24,654,032 $ (0) $ 184,462,703
Agenda Item 4.c Page 2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATON ON PROJECTS PROPOSED BY EXTERNAL TRANSIT AGENCIES
PSRC’s adopted policy for external transit agencies earning FTA funds in the region states “Transit agencies external to any Urbanized Area (UZA) within the PSRC region that provide service to, and report data in, that UZA should receive that portion of PSRC’s FTA funds earned from that service. Further, those PSRC FTA funds should be programmed and spent on projects related to the service provided to that UZA.” PSRC has reviewed the following projects and has determined that they meet the intent of the policy. The following provides information on the projects being proposed for the 2017 FTA Adjustments by each external agency.
SKAGIT TRASIT
Proposed Project: Commuter Bus Operations
This project provides Skagit Transit Commuter Bus service in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett UZA (STE UZA). The Commuter Bus operates between Skagit Station in Mount Vernon and ends at the Everett Station in Everett, providing the public transit link connecting the northern Puget Sound region to the central Puget Sound region. Skagit Transit will be adding their 2017 earned share of $296,997 in FTA Section 5307 funds to the project, which will pay for approximately 2,200 hours of service
Proposed Project: Maintenance Operations and Administration (MOA) facility
Additional Information on Request: Skagit Transit operates commuter service between Mount Vernon and Everett Station. Actual miles and passenger miles from 2014 NTD data show the two modes operating within the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett (STE) UZA make up 49% of Skagit Transit services. Skagit Transit has added three new modes of service since its current MOA was completed and has reached the maximum capacity. Skagit Transit will be adding their 2017 earned share of $579,338 in FTA Section 5307 and $69,410 in FTA Section 5339 funds to the project. Skagit Transit is proposing to use its STE UZA funds for the design phase to re-purpose a 68,000 square foot building that would house all of its maintenance, operations and administration activities, including commuter services connecting to the STE UZA. The total cost of the project is now under planning level opinion of cost and the estimated total amount of the project is $17.7 million. The design and engineering phase is approximately 4.4% of the project’s total $17.7 million cost, and approximately 3.5% would come from the earned share funds from the STE UZA. The amount of STE UZA funds requested for the project is modest in comparison to the total project cost, and is well below the percentage of the services that are benefiting the STE UZA.
KITSAP TRASIT
Proposed Project: Silverdale Transit Center
Additional Information on Request: Kitsap Transit will use the STE UZA funds to construct the Silverdale Transit Center that will serve the STE area through its service to the ferry systems. Less than 5% of the project’s total costs will come from the STE UZA earned share funds. The Silverdale Transit Center provides an essential link in the Kitsap Transit fixed route service making connections to areas throughout the county and to the Washington State Ferries system and Kitsap Transit’s new passenger-only fast ferry. The new transit center will be located centrally within the Silverdale Regional Center, and it will directly serve regional centers throughout the Puget Sound, including Bremerton, Seattle and Everett via connections with fixed route buses and the ferry systems. A little over 80% of Kitsap Transit’s buses serve the STE UZA through the ferry terminals from the Silverdale location. This service allows customers to walk on the ferries and leave their cars at home reducing the impacts to the STE UZA Area.
Agenda Item 4.d Page 1 INTERCITY TRANSIT
Proposed Project: Pattison Maintenance, Operations and Administrative Base Expansion and Rehabilitation
Additional Information on Request: Intercity Transit provides commuter express bus services into the STE UZA with service to Lakewood and Downtown Tacoma (15% of total). Additionally, Intercity Transit operates a significant vanpool program. Approximately 60% of Intercity’s current vanpool groups origin or destination is within the STE UZA. These services are supported solely from Intercity’s existing Maintenance, Operations and Administrative (MOA) Base which was built in 1985 and designed to accommodate approximately 85 fleet vehicles. Currently Intercity Transit supports 372 revenue vehicles, including a fleet of 265 vanpools. Intercity’s vanpool program, a regional commuter mode that was not operated or planned for in the original Pattison Base, is a mode shift causing the need for expansion of Intercity’s MOA facility. The vanpool fleet makes up over 71% of the revenue fleet for Intercity Transit and is a significant driver in the need to expand and refurbish the current base. The total project including final design and engineering is estimated at $38,968,203. Approximately $13 million is secured local and state funding that can be used to match these funds. Intercity is looking to use PSRC Earned Share funds to support up to 17.5% of the total project costs (does not include engineering and design) or up to $6.2 million toward the complete project.
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Pierce Transit Redistribution Request
Request : Pierce Transit (PT) requests a redistribution of $6,679,414 in Seattle-Tacoma-Everett (STE) UZA FFY 2018 and 2019 Earned Share FTA 5307 funds between the projects identified below.
Explanation : The redistribution request is needed because PT has significant bus replacement requirements over the next several years. PT will prioritize capital replacement with its earned share funding while continuing to dedicate 10% of the earned share to ADA service. Therefore, PT requests to redistribute $6,679,414 in STE UZA FFY 2018 and 2019 Earned Share FTA 5307 funds from PT-165 to PT-164 and PT-156. PT has determined that the amount of funding needed to accomplish the work identified in the PT-165 project scope can be completed using sales tax funds and other operating dollars. PT-164 will use the increase in funding from the redistribution to purchase nine replacement vehicles, while PT-156 will use the funding to provide 12,078 hours of complementary paratransit ADA service.
FFY 2018 and 2019 Earned Share STE UZA 5307 Funds Sponsor Program Year TIP ID # Project Title Source Current Proposed Change Final Pierce Transit 2018 PT-165 Preventive Maintenance 2018-2019 5307 (ES) $4,007,648 -$4,007,648 $0
Pierce Transit 2019 PT-165 Preventive Maintenance 2018-2019 5307 (ES) $2,671,766 -$2,671,766 $0
Clean Fuels Bus Replacement/Expansion Pierce Transit 2018 PT-164 5307 (ES) $2,713,978 $3,282,959 $5,996,937 2017-2020 Clean Fuels Bus Replacement/Expansion Pierce Transit 2019 PT-164 5307 (ES) $4,049,861 $1,947,077 $5,996,938 2017-2020
Pierce Transit 2018 PT-156 ADA Service 5307 (ES) $0 $724,689 $724,689
Pierce Transit 2019 PT-156 ADA Service 5307 (ES) $0 $724,689 $724,689
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Washington State Ferries Redistribution Request
Request: Washington State Ferries (WSF) requests a redistribution of $13,037,127 in Seattle-Tacoma-Everett (STE) UZA FFY 2018, 2019, and 2020 Earned Share FTA 5307 funds between the projects identified below. Explanation: The redistribution request is needed because the project WSF-82 needs additional funding due to revised construction cost estimates at the recent completion of the final design of the project. Therefore, WSF requests to redistribute $13,037,127 in STE UZA FFY 2018, 2019, and 2020 Earned Share FTA 5307 funds from WSF-114 to WSF-82. WSF has determined that the amount of funding needed to accomplish the work identified in the WSF-114 project scope can be completed using National Highway Performance Program (NHPP) funds and other operating dollars. WSF-114 will use the additional funds to complete the current project scope with higher construction cost estimates.
FFY 2018, 2019, and 2020 Earned Share STE UZA 5307 Funds Sponsor Program Year TIP ID # Project Title Source Current Proposed Change Final Washington State Vessel Preservation and Improvement 2018 WSF-114 5307 (ES) $4,345,709 -$4,345,709 $0 Ferries (2018-2020) Washington State Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman 2018 WSF-82 5307 (ES) $0 $4,345,709 $4,345,709 Ferries Dock Washington State Vessel Preservation and Improvement 2019 WSF-114 5307 (ES) $4,345,709 -$4,345,709 $0 Ferries (2018-2020) Washington State Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman 2019 WSF-82 5307 (ES) $0 $4,345,709 $4,345,709 Ferries Dock Washington State Vessel Preservation and Improvement 2020 WSF-114 5307 (ES) $4,345,709 -$4,345,709 $0 Ferries (2018-2020) Washington State Seattle Multimodal Terminal at Colman 2019 WSF-82 5307 (ES) $0 $4,345,709 $4,345,709 Ferries Dock
Agenda Item 5.a
Item 6 MEMORANDUM August 18, 2017
TO: Transportation Operators Committee
FROM: Gary Simonson, PSRC
SUBJECT: Regional Reduced Fare Permit Memorandum of Understanding 2017 Update
IN BRIEF The Regional Reduced Fare Permit (RRFP) Task Force recommends amendments to the 2015 RRFP Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and supporting materials to:
1) include Grays Harbor Transit as a new transit agency that is party to the agreement;
2) require that photo identification be provided during eligibility determination;
3) indicate that issuing agencies can charge any amount up to $3 for permanent, temporary, and replacement RRFP cards (Note: please see “Follow-up to June Meeting” on page 2 for more on this topic); and
4) clarify that amendments and other Task Force decisions where there is not a full consensus will determined by a majority-rule vote.
The Draft RRFP MOA needs the TOC approval before updated MOA documents are distributed to signatory agencies. For the convenience of TOC members, the RRFP Task Force membership is listed in Attachment A to this memorandum.
ACTION The Transportation Operators Committee (TOC) should recommend distribution of the updated RRFP MOA to signatory agencies.
Upon TOC recommendation, PSRC staff will transmit two copies of the updated RRFP MOA to each agency and ask that one signed copy of the document be returned to PSRC. PSRC will compile signatures and maintain a master copy of the 2017 RRFP MOA.
DISCUSSION The RRFP Task Force met twice in the spring of 2017 to review RRFP-related issues and identify potential changes. As per the 2015 update to the MOA, significant changes that require a change to the MOA occur no more frequently than once every two years. Less substantial changes to associated materials occur on an annual basis, as needed.
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Amendments to the RRFP MOA that are recommended by the RRFP Task Force include: • Adding Grays Harbor Transit as a signatory agency to the RRFP MOA, and updated attachments to broaden map and include new logos. • Adding language requiring that photo identification be provided as part of the eligibility review for an RRFP. • Adding language indicating that issuing agencies can charge any amount up to $3 for permanent, temporary, and replacement RRFP cards. • Adding language clarifying that amendments and other Task Force decisions where there is not a full consensus will determined by a majority-rule vote.
In addition to the changes noted above, agencies have submitted other updates to information found in RRFP collateral materials (e.g., application forms, brochures, etc.).
Follow up to June Meeting During a discussion on the current RRFP Update that occurred at the June 28, 2017 TOC meeting, a question was asked by a committee member regarding whether there are any legal/discriminatory issues with allowing different agencies to charge different amounts for the same RRFP card.
In response, PSRC requested a review of this question by their legal team at Cascadia Law Group. After a thorough analysis, the legal team determined that there is no legal restriction on the MOA allowing discretion to the individual agencies to charge up to $3 for the RRFP. The legal team suggested minor language changes in the MOA speaking to this issue. The updated language reads as follows:
Section 5. Cost of the Regional Reduced Fare Permit. An agency may charge a processing fee of no more than $3.00 for issuance of a temporary, permanent, or replacement Regional Reduced Fare Permit.
For more information, please contact Gary Simonson at (206) 971-3276 or [email protected].
Attachments 6A – RRFP Task Force Membership Roster
Separate Attachment – 2017 Draft RRFP MOA with track-changes
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Transit Agency Representatives Chris Barry Pierce Transit Customer Service Supervisor Art Braeul Community Transit Customer Service Manager Brandon Banks KC Metro (Chairperson) Customer Service Supervisor Julie Clapham Pierce Transit Carolyn Chase Skagit Transit Tami Eastwood Whatcom Transportation Authority Revenue Manager Joy Gerchak Intercity Transit Customer Service Supervisor Susan Harris-Huether WS Ferries Terri Hill Clallam Transit Mark Konecny KC Metro Melinda Adams Everett Transit Program Manager
Randall Stamm Sound Transit Krista Mitchell Clallam Transit Leesa Monroe Jefferson Transit Mobility Coordinator Andrea Billingsley Mason Transit Authority Office Assistant Rick Nicholson Whatcom Transit Authority Director of Service Development Bev Reed Intercity Transit Customer Service Representative Trudy Stacy Kitsap Transit Customer Service Manager Marie Vinton Intercity Transit Customer Service Representative
PSRC Gary Simonson PSRC Gil Cerise PSRC
Agenda Item 6.a 2017 Transit Integration Report DRAFT Outline
The 2017 Transit Integration Report will fulfill three purposes: 1) to meet the Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Policy Board’s charge to provide “a periodic public report on interagency transit coordination efforts;” 2) to comply with RCW 35.58.2796(2(a)), which requires the Washington State Department of Transportation to “develop an annual report summarizing the status of public transportation system coordination” in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties; and 3) to meet the reporting requirements of the transit coordination grant program identified in RCW 47.66.110(6).
The 2017 Transit Integration Report will consist of two major sections: • Introduction and Report Purpose. This section will describe the purpose of the report and establish the region’s vision of an integrated regional transit network.
• Integration Highlights and Opportunities. This section will include much of the report’s content and would be organized using the categories identified in RCW 35.58.2796 section 2(b)(i-vi) (listed below). For each category, the Report will: o Highlight at least one ongoing/recently completed example of transit integration in the region o Communicate at least one opportunity for increased transit integration that is either planned or in need of resources to occur
2017 Transit Integration Report Content
Integrating marketing efforts o Regional ORCA marketing and TDM project o I-5 and JBLM TDM project
Aligning fare structures o Next generation ORCA development, specific to the recently held Regional Fare Forums o King County/Sound Transit mobile ticketing pilot
Integrating service planning o One Center City o Transit agency/special needs transportation provider coordination and cost savings o Reduction and coordination of service changes
Coordinating long-range planning, including capital projects planning and implementation o T2040 Update and regional access to Remix in support of an integrated regional transit network o Regional BRT planning and implementation throughout the region (transit/jurisdiction integration)
Integrating other administrative functions and internal business practices o Transit asset management target-setting and plan development o Bus fleet electrification activities o Statewide insurance pool
Integrating customer-focused tools and initiatives o Coordinated wayfinding o Mobility on demand/shared mobility efforts o Regional parking management coordination
Agenda Item 7 Page 1 2017 Transit Integration Report – Schedule for Development
June-July
• Report development based on current outline
August 14
• Share outline and progress report with Transit Executives; incorporate feedback and begin developing any additional content identified by Transit Executives
August 23
• First draft of report text to share with Transportation Operators Committee
August 23-September 22
• Finalize content and create final draft for distribution to TOC by September 22
September 27
• Final draft review with TOC; incorporate feedback and finalize in advance of October 9 Transit Executives meeting
October 9
• Review final 2017 Transit Integration Report with Transit Executives (note: there looks to be a meeting conflict with the October Transit Executives meeting; if it is cancelled, we expect to coordinate directly with TOC members to receive executive-level feedback on the Report)
October 9-October 31
• Incorporate any executive-level feedback and finalize 2017 Transit Integration Report
November 2
• Distribute 2017 Transit Integration Report as part of the Transportation Policy Board’s November 9 agenda packet
November 9
• Present the 2017 Transit Integration Report to the Transportation Policy Board
By December 1
• WSDOT submits 2017 Transit Integration to comply with RCW 35.58.2796(2)(a)
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Item 9 MEMORANDUM August 18, 2017
TO: Transportation Operators Committee (TOC)
FROM: Gil Cerise, PSRC Maggie Moore, PSRC
SUBJECT: Update to the PSRC 2009 Transit Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
IN BRIEF Federal law requires PSRC and providers of public transportation to have a written agreement that clearly identifies their roles and responsibilities in the metropolitan planning process. The current agreement was signed in 2009. This agreement needs to be updated to account for changes to federal law under MAP-21 and the FAST Act and to account for final Planning Rule completed in 2016. Additional changes have been identified by PSRC staff and legal counsel.
PSRC shared an initial draft MOU update with TOC on June 28, 2017 and with Regional FTA Caucus on July 11, 2017. This memorandum shares feedback received and PSRC responses to that feedback for TOC discussion.
BACKGROUND Federal law requires PSRC, as the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, and providers of public transportation to cooperatively determine their mutual responsibilities in carrying out the metropolitan transportation planning process, and that these responsibilities be clearly identified in a written agreement between PSRC and the providers of public transportation.
The current agreement, entitled Memorandum of Understanding for Planning Coordination and Cooperation (also known as the Transit MOU) was signed in 2009 and can be found on the PSRC website with a link on the TOC webpage: https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/mou_w_signatures.pdf
The 2009 Transit MOU covers roles and responsibilities between PSRC, Community Transit, Everett Transit, King County Metro, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, and City of Seattle. PSRC has a separate agreement with WSDOT, which covers coordination and cooperation with that agency, including the Washington State Ferries.
PSRC began an update of the MOU in 2012, and then placed the update on hold until the changes to the US DOT Planning Rule arising from MAP-21 were completed. FHWA and FTA published the final Planning Rule in 2016. An outline of proposed changes in the document can be found under the Discussion section.
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SCHEDULE The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) asks to review this Transit MOU agreement as part of its Triennial Review with agencies and as part of PSRC’s certification review. Based upon a survey of transit agencies taken at a Regional FTA Caucus, PSRC is planning to have this MOU update complete in fall of 2017, in time for the next information requests arising from transit agency Triennial Review. Please see draft schedule for MOU update completion.
Schedule for Transit MOU Update Date Milestone February 22, 2017 Introduce Transit MOU update to TOC June 28, 2017 TOC reviews draft update of 2009 Transit MOU and discusses July 11, 2017 Regional FTA Caucus presentation of Draft Transit MOU August 30, 2017 TOC reviews updated Transit MOU and confirms TOC approval date and remaining schedule September TOC members brief their executives on 2017 Transit MOU update and upcoming signatures September 27, 2017 TOC Approval of 2017 Transit MOU October 2017 2017 Transit MOUs distributed and signatures completed and returned to PSRC
DISCUSSION This Discussion section focuses on comments received to-date and responses to those comments. This is a supplement to the Section-by-Section 2009 Transit MOU updates found in the attachment to this memo. The draft Transit MOU in track changes is being shared as a separate attachment to the August 30 TOC agenda packet.
1. PSRC Transit-supportive budget and work program language: PSRC proposed incorporating new language into the Transit MOU (at Section 6.B.1., addressing the UPWP and Financial Support) that outlined the process that PSRC uses to develop a transit-supportive budget and work program. The intent was to record in the MOU the process that PSRC and the transit agencies have established in practice over the last several years. However, transit agency comments received since the draft was presented indicated that this language is not necessary and that agencies are comfortable leaving this language out of the MOU at this time.
Action taken: PSRC deleted this language from the updated draft Transit MOU. The language deleted is shown below for context since it no longer exists in the draft MOU.
PSRC, Sound Transit, and LPTAs shall cooperate in development of PSRC’s budget and work program for public transportation-supportive portions of the PSRC budget and work program. PSRC will engage public transit operators through the TOC, and the region’s Transit Executives Group in early discussions regarding FTA Section 5307 funding anticipated to be set aside for use in future PSRC budgets and work programs related to public transit. As part of the development of each biennial PSRC budget, PSRC will cooperate and collaborate with the TOC to develop a transit-supportive work program that uses the allotted FTA Section 5307 funding for that biennium for public-transit supportive work within the region. The Transit Executives Group shall review and
Transportation Operators Committee Agenda Item 9 Page 2 August 30, 2017 concur reach majority approval on PSRC’s proposed 5307 funded work program items prior to incorporation in the PSRC budget process.
2. Definition of Transit Executives Group: When PSRC added the language noted in #1 above, it referenced the Transit Executives Group. PSRC legal counsel asked that the Transit Executives Group be defined and a draft definition was included under Section 2, Definitions. This led to comments about which agencies are technically included in the Transit Executives Group and which ones are not.
Action: Since the paragraph under item #1 shown above, now proposed for deletion, is the only place where the Transit Executives Group was mentioned. PSRC proposes to remove the definition of Transit Executives Group from Section 2.
3. Public Participation Plan for FTA Triennial Review PSRC received comment that the PSRC-Transit MOU should clearly articulate the Public Participation Plan, since that is a topic that FTA looks for in its Triennial Reviews.
Action: PSRC updated language under Section 3C to make the Public Involvement section to make it more explicit that transit agencies use PSRC’s Public Involvement process to satisfy FTA’s program of projects requirement. See edited language under Section 3C on page 11 of the Draft Transit MOU.
4. Update to language on Cooperation related to performance based planning (see Section 3A6). This language was added to comply with requirements of the federal planning rule that PSRC and the transit agencies shall develop specific written provisions for cooperatively developing and sharing information relating to transportation performance measurement. The draft language shared in June 28 just repeated the federal requirement for written provisions.
Action: PSRC updated the language to make this section act as the written provisions for cooperatively developing and sharing information relating to transportation performance measurement. The edit is intended to avoid triggering a request for a separate written document on this topic during Triennial review of Federal certification review.
We will plan to review the four changes noted above and discuss any additional issues associated with the MOU update.
TOC members should brief their agency executives prior to the September 27, 2017 TOC meeting to ensure that they are ready to sign the updated agreement in October. Please bring any issues that may arise from transit executive briefings to PSRC’s attention as soon as possible to keep this update on track for completion in fall of 2017.
For more information prior to the June 28th TOC meeting, please contact Gil Cerise at (206) 971-3053 ([email protected]) or Maggie Moore at (206) 464-6171 ([email protected]).
Attachment 9A – Summary of changes to the 2009 PSRC-Transit MOU Separate Attachment – DRAFT PSRC-Transit MOU update in track-changes
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The draft update of the MOU accounts for changes to the metropolitan planning process arising from MAP-21 and the FAST Act. These changes include: • Documenting the public transportation representation on the Transportation Policy Board; and • Incorporating the cooperation required for the federal performance-based planning process, including for transit asset management and transit safety.
In addition, while reviewing the agreement, PSRC identified other topics in need of update and/or elimination. A section-by-section summary of the most substantive changes are included below:
Section 1
• Parties to the agreement: The federal planning rule calls for this planning agreement to be between the MPO and providers of public transportation in the region. Two providers were identified who were not part of the agreement as of 2009: Pierce County Ferry System and King County Marine Division for the King County passenger only ferries. Adding these parties will include all providers of public transportation based in the region. • Remaining edits are minor edits based upon legal review.
Section 2: Definitions • Most changes in this section were based upon review of definitions and terminology in the federal planning rule and state law. • One new definition is proposed: o Local Public Transportation Agency (LPTA), is a term that has been in use in the MOU, but not defined. This update proposes a definition. • One definition that is proposed for deletion is for Right-of-Way Preservation Process. PSRC is proposing deletion of this term and associated language throughout the MOU.
Section 3: Organizational Roles and Responsibilities A. Transportation Planning • Includes addition of language associated with the performance-based planning process introduced in MAP-21 and continued in the FAST Act. (new Subsection 3.A.6.). Language modified to remove reference to a separate written provisions on transit agency and PSRC cooperation and data sharing for transportation performance measurement.
B. Regional Transportation Improvement Program • Elimination of references to the right-of-way preservation process
C. Public Involvement • Includes additional language to make it more explicit that transit agencies use PSRC’s Public Involvement process.
Transportation Operators Committee Agenda Item 9 Page 4 August 30, 2017 Section 6: Policy Development and Coordination A. Board Relations • Adds how the region is implementing the public transit representation on the Transportation Policy Board requirement first introduced in MAP-21. • Updates the TOC references based upon updates to the TOC charter and TPB, including TOC representation with a non-voting seat on TPB. B. Planning Coordination • Subsection 1: Updates language on schedule for draft and final UPWP based upon current practice and agreements with WSDOT and federal agencies with PSRC.
Section 7: Dispute Resolution • Incorporate clarifying updates as a dispute resolution section between PSRC and transit agency(ies) based upon legal review comments.
Transportation Operators Committee Agenda Item 9 Page 5 August 30, 2017 Building Transit, Building Opportunity Save the Date!
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