Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Prepared by: Skagit Council of Governments In Association With: Transpo Group ECONorthwest Berk & Associates PTV America Adoption of the Skagit Metropolitan and Skagit-Island Counties Regional Transportation Plan for 2010 - 2035 The Skagit Metropolitan Planning Organization (SMPO) is composed of the City of Burlington, City of Mount Vernon, City of Sedro Woolley, Port of Skagit, Skagit Transit, and Skagit County. The geographic area is made up of the urbanized areas of Skagit County including the cities of Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley and their respective Urban Growth Areas, Skagit Transit and Port of Skagit. The SMPO is comprised of portions of the 10th and 39th legislative districts. The SMPO is federally mandated and cooperates with the state and local governments in developing transportation plans, and programs within the MPO Boundaries. The Skagit-Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization (SIRTPO) is state mandated and made up of two sub-regional planning organizations composed of local jurisdictions within Skagit and Island Counties. Each sub-regional planning organization is directed by a policy board comprised of elected officials and other members representing business, navy and transportation interests. State legislators from the 10th, 39th, and 40th legislative districts are all ex-officio members of the SIRTPO. Beginning in December of 2009, public input was obtained through a series of visioning workshops, open houses and a project website (www.scog.net). The Skagit MPO and SIRTPO Technical Advisory Committees (TAC’s) for the Skagit MPO and each sub-region actively participated in the development of a Draft Plan that was released to the public for further comment during a 30-day review period from February 8 – March 8, 2011. The Final Skagit-Island Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Plan was formally adopted by the Skagit MPO and the Skagit RTPO Policy Boards on April 20, 2011and on April 27, 2011 by the Island RTPO Policy Board. The document is a long-range transportation plan for both the Skagit and Island County region. An update to the Plan is required every three years to maintain the region’s eligibility to receive federal and state funding for transportation improvement projects. The Final Plan includes an extensive list of fiscally constrained transportation improvements for the region. These include both improvements on state highways and regionally significant roadways that will be implemented by local jurisdictions. Included on the following page is a copy of the signed resolution acknowledging the Skagit Metropolitan Planning Organization and Skagit-Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s adoption of the final Metropolitan and Regional Transportation Plan 2010-2035. Skagit Island Regional Transportation Planning Organization (Includes former participating members) Chairs Commissioner Angie Homola Commissioner Ken Dahlstedt Mayor Dean Maxwell Island County Skagit County City of Anacortes Mayor Ramon Hayes Commissioner John Dean Jennifer S. Meyer Town of La Conner Island County Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island Vice-Chairs Ray Deardorf Councilman Jason Miller Commissioner Sharon Dillon Washington State Ferries Town of Concrete Skagit County John Doyle Ron Nelson Commissioner Curt Gordon Administrator, Town of La Conner Island County Economic Development Council So. Whidbey Port District Commissioner Kelly Emerson Commissioner Ray Niver Members Island County Port of Anacortes Mayor Mike Anderson City of Sedro-Woolley Todd Harrison Mayor Bud Norris Asst. Regional Administrator, WSDOT City of Mount Vernon Mayor Timothy Bates Town of Hamilton Sharon Hart Dale O’Brien Director, Island County, Economic Development Executive Director, Skagit Transit Commissioner Marshal Bronson Council (Former) Port of Coupeville (Former) John Pope Henry Hash Manager, Engineering Specifications/Standards Mayor Ed Brunz Skagit County Director of Public Works Tesoro City of Burlington Mayor Debra Heinzman Martha Rose, Executive Director Todd Carlson Town of Lyman Island Transit Planning & Engineering Services Manager, WSDOT Commissioner Helen Price Johnson Mayor Paul Samuelson Chairman Brian Cladoosby Island County City of Langley Swinomish Tribal Community David Johnson, PE Mayor Jim Slowik Councilman Bob Clay General Manager, Skagit PUD City of Oak Harbor Public Transportation Benefit Authority Commissioner Jerry Kaufman Councilwoman Joanne Valentine Mayor Nancy Conard Port of Skagit Skagit Transit Representative, City of Burlington Town of Coupeville Dan Mahar Commissioner Ron Wesen NW Air Pollution Authority Skagit County Page i Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Shannon Wilbur James Mastin Transportation Planning Engineer, San Juan County Interim Executive Director, SCOG Mayor Judd Wilson Gabe Philips Town of Concrete Transportation Planner/Modeler, SCOG Chairman Tom Wooten John Everett Samish Indian Nation Transportation Planner, SCOG (Former) State House of Representatives Representative Barbara Bailey State Representative 10th District (R2) Representative Dan Kristiansen State Representative 39th District (R1) Representative Jeff Morris State Representative 40th District (D2) Representative Kirk Pearson State Representative 39th District (R2) Representative Kristine Lytton State Representative 40th District (D1) Representative Norma Smith State Representative 10th District ® State Senate Senator Mary Margaret Haugen Senator Kevin Ranker Senator Val Stevens Staff Donna Keeler RTPO Transportation Planner, Island County Mike Morton RTPO Transportation Planner, Island County (Former) Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Page ii Metropolitan Planning Organization Members Non-Voting Members SCOG Staff Chairman Todd Carlson James Mastin Mayor Mike Anderson Planning & Engineering Services Manager, WSDOT Interim Executive Director, SCOG City of Sedro-Woolley Todd Harrison Gabe Phillips Vice Chairman Asst. Regional Administrator, WSDOT Transportation Planner/Modeler, SCOG Mayor Ed Brunz City of Burlington John Everett Transportation Planner, SCOG (Former) Mayor Bud Norris City of Mount Vernon Commissioner Jerry Kaufman Port of Skagit Dale O’Brien Executive Director, Skagit Transit Councilwoman Joanne Valentine Skagit Transit Representative, City of Burlington Commissioner Ron Wesen Skagit County Page iii Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Skagit Sub-Region RTPO Technical Advisory Committee Esco Bell, PE Chal Martin, PE John Everett Public Works Director, City of Mount Vernon Public Works Director, City of Burlington Transportation Planner, SCOG (Former) Fred Buckenmeyer Paul Randall-Grutter, PE Director of Public Works, City of Anacortes Skagit County Engineer, Skagit County Public Works Rick Cisar Eric Shjarback, PE Planner, Town of Concrete Assistant City Engineer, City of Anacortes Brian Dempsey Marcia Smith Assistant Public Works Director/ Engineer, Grants Administrator, Skagit Transit City of Burlington Nicole Tesch Dennis Digges Transportation Planning Manager, Samish Indian Nation Planner, Skagit Transit Tara Tisdale John Doyle Associate Planner, Swinomish Indian Tribe Administrator, Town of La Conner Nick Vann, LEED-AP Mark Freiberger, PE Engineering Services Manager, CIty of Sedro-Woolley Director of Public Works/ City Engineer, City of Sedro-Woolley Sara K. Young Manager of Planning & Environmental Services, Ted Gage, AICP Port of Skagit Planning Director, Samish Indian Nation Ed Conyers Ann Marie Gutwein NW Region HLP Engineer, WSDOT Program Manager, Skagit County Public Works Cliff Hall Henry Hash Transportation Planner, WSDOT Director of Public Works, Skagit County Julie Rodwell Bob Hyde Regional Coordination Branch Manager, WSDOT Executive Director, Port of Anacortes Kerri Woehler Ed Knight, AICP Planning Manager, WSDOT NW Region/Mt. Baker Area Senior Planner, Swinomish Tribe James Mastin Mikael Love, PE Interim Executive Director, SCOG Assistant Public Works Director, City of Mount Vernon Gabe Phillips Transportation Planner/Modeler, SCOG Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation Plan Page iv Island Sub-Region RTPO Technical Advisory Committee (Includes former participating members) Larry Cort Martha Rose Director of Community Planning, Executive Director, Island Transit City of Langley (Former) Roy Daniel Challis Stringer Operations Supervisor, Island Transit Public Works Director, City of Langley Ray Deardorf Ryan Goodman, PE Planning Director, WSDOT/Marine Division City Engineer, City of Langely (Alternate) Kerri Woehler Larry Kwarsick Planning Manager, WSDOT NW Region/Mt. Baker Area Planning Official, Town of Coupeville James Mastin Malcom Bishop Interim Executive Director, SCOG Public Works Director, Town of Coupeville Gabe Phillips Bill Oakes Transportation Planner/Modeler, SCOG Public Works Director, Island County John Everett Anthony Boscolo Transportation Planner, SCOG (Former) Senior Planner, Island County Donna Keeler RTPO Transportation Planner, Island County Mike Morton RTPO Transportation Planner, Island County (Former) Eric Johnston, PE City Engineer, City of Oak Harbor Arnold Peterschmidt, PE Project Engineer, City of Oak Harbor Cac Kamak, AICP Senior Planner, City of Oak Harbor Curt Gordon Port of South Whidbey/ Citizen Representative (Former) Page v Skagit-Island Counties Metropolitan & Regional Transportation