Title
Briefing on Complete Streets Funding Study (Multimodal Concurrency)
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Land Use and Environment Committee and Finance committee received a similar briefing.
City Manager Recommendation:
Receive the information. Briefing only; No action requested.
Report
Issue:
Whether to receive a briefing on the Complete Streets Funding Study scoping process.
Staff Contact:
Sophie Stimson, Senior Planner, Public Works Transportation, 360.753.8497
Presenter(s):
Mark Russell, Director of Transportation, Public Works
Sophie Stimson, Senior Planner, Public Works Transportation
Chris Breiland, Principal, Fehr & Peers
Don Samdahl, Principal, Fehr & Peers
Background and Analysis:
Cities in Washington are required to build new transportation infrastructure "concurrent" with new development. Concurrency programs evaluate how much growth will come to a community and what street improvements will be needed to manage the new trips. These improvements are intended to lessen congestion. They may include street widening and improving intersections. The City collects Transportation Impact Fees from new development to pay for these improvements.
The community is interested in revising our concurrency program to be multimodal; to include improvements for walking, biking and transit. A multimodal concurrency program would add capacity to our street system for all modes of transportation. With a multimodal concurrency program, the City could use impact fees to build improvements for walking, biking and transit. Many cities in Washington have implemented such programs.
The City worked with the consulting firm of Fehr & Peers from March to July 2016 to scope a new program. A working group of citizens and key stakeholders met three times to provide input in this scoping process.
Staff will give an overview of the scoping process and outline the next steps, costs and timeline for building a multimodal concurrency program.
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