Title
Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Transportation Improvement Program
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a Resolution adopting the 2024-2029 Transportation Improvement Program.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve a Resolution adopting the 2024-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Staff Contact:
Joey Jones, P.E., Transportation Project Engineer, Public Works Department, 360.753.8307
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) requires local governments to outline their specific transportation needs in a six-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). Cities must identify projects in the TIP to receive state and federal funding. The TIP also shows secured grant funds.
City staff updates the TIP each year so that all transportation programs identified in the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) are in the TIP. Because they reflect the same projects and programs, the TIP is presented to the City Council for adoption alongside the CFP in the fall of each year. The City then submits the TIP to WSDOT in July.
Attached is a form with project information that is submitted to WSDOT. Also attached is a table that simplifies the information in a summary format.
City Council conducted a Public Hearing on the TIP on November 15, 2022 and two people provided comments. No changes to the TIP were requested by the City Council as a result of the hearing.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
The 2024-2029 TIP was posted on the City’s website along with information about the public hearing. A legal notice of the public hearing was posted in The Olympian on October 30 and November 6. Notice of the public hearing was also sent to Intercity Transit, WSDOT, Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC), the cities of Lacey and Tumwater, Thurston County, the City’s Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), and the Olympia Planning Commission (OPC)
Options:
1. Move to approve a Resolution adopting the 2024-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). This will allow the City to meet state law for updating the TIP annually and allow the City to be eligible for grant funding on the listed projects.
2. Incorporate changes to the 2024-2029 TIP that are consistent with the 2023-2028 CFP and adopt the Resolution.
3. Delay approving the TIP so City Council can consider deleting, revising, and adding projects. Council would need to take action by July 2023 to meet WSDOT’s deadline.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact of, or obligation associated with, adoption the TIP. The TIP reflects the Preliminary 2023-2028 Capital Facilities Plan.
Attachment(s):
Resolution
TIP Project Summary 2024-2029
TIP WSDOT Technical Report 2024-2029