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Ordinance No. 2818 ["Beginning July 1, 1998"] (Amending or Repealing Ordinances) CFN=131 - Zoning Codes; 786-SEPA Passed —11/1/1988 Adopting the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan Amended by Ord. 3573 (Sec. 11.03.510 formerly Sec. 12.12A.510) Amended by Ord. 3746 (Sec. 11.03.510) Yk ORDINANCE NC. AN CRDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington, adopting the Green River Valley Transportation Acticr. Plan (GRVTAP) and amending subsection 12.12A.510D of the Kent City Code (Ordinance 2494; Crdinance 2511, §3; Ordinance 2547, §4). WHEREAS, the Puget Scund Council of Governments in concert with the suburban cities of Renton, Kent, Auburn, Tukwila, 010an6 King County, including the Washingtcr State Department of Transportation., have devised a multi -jurisdictional implementation and financing plan for road improvement projects in the Greer Sag- River Valley cn or about January of 1987 known as the Green River 6C Valley Trarsportaticr, Acticn Plan or "GRVTAP"; and bu) �Iklv � � 3, 510 WHEREAS, the GRVTAP effort has included a valley -wide traffic aralysis and the development of a unified multi -jurisdictional plan for financing roadway improvement projects to resolve traffic congestion and to implement the King County Subregional Transportation Plan fcr the Green River Valley; and WHEREAS, the GRVTAP identifies the need for new east -to - west corridor projects in the City of Kent, namely, a South. 224th/228th to divert traffic from South 240th Street (James Street), and a similar corridor at 272th/277th as a by-pass frcrr the Kent-Kangley bottleneck at 104th Avenue S.F. and 256th Street (S.R. 515/516); and WHEREAS, it is necessary tc ircorperate such policies and plans as contained in the GRVTAP as enforceable policies and standards of the City of Kent through incorporation into the City's ordinance implementing the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) ; and WHEREAS, the City having determined that it is in the best interests of the City to adopt and implement the GRVTAP as necessary for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; NOW THEREFORE THE CITY CCUNCIL OF THE CITY CF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section. 1. The Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan is to be filed with the City Clerk and a copy is available at the Clerk's office, be and the same is hereby adopted as a part cf the City's Comprehensive Transportation Master Plan. Section 2. Subsection_ 12.12P.510 D. Kent City Cede, the City's SEPA substantive authcrity (Ordinance 2494) is amended as follows: 12 .12A. 510 D. The City desigrates the adopts by reference the following additional policies as the basis for the City's exercise of authcrity pursuant to this section: 1. The City shall use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of state policy, to improve and coordinate plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the state and its citizens may: a. Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations; b. Assure for all people for Washington safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings; C. Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk tc health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences; d. Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage; e. Maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety of individual choice; f. Achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and g. Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources. - 2 - 2. The City recognizes that each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the environment. 3. The City adopts by reference the policies in the following City codes, ordinances, and resolutions: a. Kent Citywide Comprehensive Plan. (Resolution 817), and its specific components, including, but not limited to the East Hill Plan (Resolution 972), the Nest Hill Plan (Resolution 1016), the Kent Central Business District Plan (Resolution 764) and the Valley Floor Comprehensive Plan (Resolutions 873 and 924), as amended. b. Shoreline Master Progran, (Resolution 907). C. City of Kent Surface Water and Drainage Plan (KCC 12.14). d. Electrical or Ccmmun.ications Facilities - Underground Requirements (KCC 7.10). e. Transportation Master Plan (Resolution 1014) and Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan_ (Resolution 1127) as may hereafter be amended. f. Wastewater Facilities Master Plan (KCC 7.12) g. Comprehensive Water Plan (Ordinances 2369 and 2329). h. Construction Standards for Public Works (KCC 4.04) i. Street Use Permit Requirements (KCC 4.07). j. Flood Hazard Protection (KCC 14.22). k. Kent Subdivision Code (KCC 12.04). 1. Kent Mobile Home Park Code (KCC 12.08). Ir. Valley Studies (as adopted in Resolutions 920, 921, 922, 923, and 924). r,. Noise Control (KCC 9.20). o. State Building Code, together with the local implementing ordinances (KCC Title 14). P. State Fire Code, together with the local implementing ordinances (KCC Title 13). q. Kent Zoning Code (KCC Title 15). r. Recreational Vehicle Park Code (KCC 12.06). S. Water Shortage Emergency Regulations (KCC 9.24). - 3 - t. Kent Comprehensive Park & Recreation System Plan (KCC 4.10 & KCC 4.12). U. Kent Public Improvements Ordinance (KCC 4.14 & KCC 4.18) and 937 ) . (Resolution 1020). 915). V. Stcrm Drainage Utility (Ordinance 2325). W. Storm Drainage Policies (Resolutions 920 Y. Six Year Transportation Imprcvemen.t Plan y. Comprehensive Sewerage Plan (Resolution 2. Fire Master Plan (Ordinance 2511). Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR ATTEST: MARIE JENS CITY CLERK APP VED AS TO FORM: SANDRA. DRI SCOLL , CITY ATTCRNEY PASSFD the day of , 1988. APPROVED the _day of , 1988. PUBLISHED the day of , 1988. =W I herety certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.<:P,a/R , passed ty the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and apprcvea ty the Mayor cf the City of Kent as hereon indicated. 6200-23C (SEAI ) N�ARIE JE ,N, CTTY CLERK - 5 - JANUARY 1987 FVDMIIG�' Puget Sound Council of Governments Grand Central on the Park 216 First Avenue South -Seattle, WA98104 Phone (206) 464-7090 c31ZEEN RIVER V/Ar .r .Fy 71 FZANS13401;rrAT I ON AC7r I ON IPL.AN Puget Sound Council of Governments Washington State Department of Transportation Hing County City of gent City of Renton City of Auburn City of Tukwila January, 1987 GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN ABSTRACT REPORT TITLE: Green River Valley Transportation Action Plai. PROJECT MANAGER: Robert Bernstein SUBJECT: Development of a plan for funding and implementing road improvement pro.ject.s in the Green River Valley. DATE: January, 19H7 SOURCE OF COPIES: Puget Sound Council of Governments Information Center 216 First Avenue Soutl, Seattle, Washington 9810.1 (206) 464-732 ABSTRACT: The Green River Valley Trar,sportatior. Ac•t_f- Plan (GI:VTAP, is a multi -,jurisdictional implementat:c.ri and financin, plan fol rc.E;"! improvement pro, eDt.s in the Green I:i•:er Va]Iey. The GR\•TAT' was developc-d by tnf- Pu,c t Sound Council of Gr,vernments (PSC•.)G ! in coc,pE-ration with the cities of Renton, liE.;,, Aul:u rn , Tull i 1 a , h ing Coun t �• , and the Washington State Department of Trans.portat i .;. ( W.91) )T) . Thr- GRVI AP effort included two steps: 1) a valley -Hide traffic analysis, ar•c' 2) the development of a unified multi - jurisdictional implementation/financing p.; . The main purpose of the traffic analy73i- 1 c, ensure that the various road p; ,,,ie•.t s identified by the partici pa t inc* .iui isdictions :ill t:orh effectively i,iti, ,n, another. Dexelopment of the implementatic►: plan inc•lud,-d a financial analysis tha: lcjc,hed at the availability of funding floe, all existing and potential source:.. FUNDING: Preparation of this report was fi nar.c e -i in part by appropriations from member .jurisdictions of the Puget Sound Council c,(' Gc,, e rnment s ; and grants from the U.S. De,partmc!nt of Transportation, Federal Hiahi-i\ Administration, and the Washington State Departmoni of Transportation. GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN FOREWORD The Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) is a voluntau organization of local governments in King, liitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties, created to provide a forum for regional decision -malting. The primary goals of the PSCOG are to seek solutions to problems that cross jurisdictional boundaries-,. PSCOG membership currently includes 49 cities and towns, three Indian, tribes, and the four counties. The PSCOG's business :.: conducted by local elected officials representing the member agoncies. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the four -county region, the PSCOG is responsible for conducting an on-going regional transportation planning process resulting ter► regional plans, policies and programs to guide development of tho transportation system to meet future demand. Thu Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan was includ"d in the FY 8C Work Program for the King Subregional Council a- part of an element entitled "Special Transportation Projects." The purpose of this work program element was to a,llcw Qi Subregional Council, in cooperation with member local governments, to address major transportation issues that arf- important to the implementation of the King Subregional Transpnrtat i on Plan. GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN i TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION.......................................1 II. THE ACTION PLAN...................................4 III. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ................................ 19 IV. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ............................... 22 PUGET SOUND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS Councilmember Jeanette Williams, Seattle, President Mayor Robert Mizukami, Fife, Vice President Curtis R. Smelser, Executive Director Jerry Dinndorf, Director, Subregional Services Division This report was prepared under the policy guidance of the King Subregional Council's Committee on Transportation, Growth and Development. 0 GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN TABLE OF FIGURES 1. GRVTAP Study Area..................................2 2. GRVTAP Projects....................................5 TABLE OF TABLES 1. Valley Program: Highest Priority Projects .......... 6 12. Valley Program: High Priority Projects.............7 3. Valley Program: Other Priority Projects ............ 8 4. Valley Program: Summary of Costs...................9 5. Hing County Local Projects ........................10 S. Hent Local Projects...............................11 7. Renton Local Projects .............................12 8. Auburn Local Projects .............................13 9. Tukwila Local Projects ............................14 10. Extraordinary Projects ...........................15 4w 41 GRVTAP STUDY AREA FIG. I � The GRVTAP effort included two steps: 1) a valley -wide traffic analysis, and 2) the development of -a unified multi - jurisdictional implementation/financing plan (i.e., "Action Plan"). Findings and conclusions of the traffic analysis and the financial analysis can be found in sections III and IV of this report. The traffic analysis and financial analysis are documented in detail under separate cover in the GRVTAP Technical Appendix. The main purpose of the traffic analysis was to ensure that the various road improvement projects identified by the participating jurisdictions work effectively with one another. The traffic analysis also analyzed how the valley road improvements would affect (and be affected by) I-5 and the SR -509 extension alternatives currently being considered by King County and WSDOT. Development of the implementation/financing plan included a detailed financial analysis, the purpose of which was to identify federal, state, local, public and private funding sources, and to evaluate the potential of each of these sources. A parallel activity was the categorization and prioritization of the identified road improvement projects. Project priorities were compared to funding availability to identify funding shortfalls, and strategies for making up the shortfalls were developed. The project priorities and funding strategies form the Action Plan. 3 GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN II. THE ACTION PLAN The Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan has two main elements: 1) a prioritized program of road improvement projects, and 2) a set of recommendations that would expedite the funding and implementation of the projects. Both elements of the Action Plan are described in this section of the report. PROJECT PRIORITIES Each of the recommendations contained in this report relate directly or indirectly to all or parts of a program of road improvement projects identified by the five Green River Valley jurisdictions through the Valley Transportation Committee. The map in Figure 2 shows all of these projects. After compiling the list of projects and cost estimates for each, the Valley Transportation Committee prioritized the list, as shown in Tables 1 - 10. Projects were first grouped into two categories: those of valley -wide importance and those of localized impact and importance. The Valley Transportation Committee then prioritized the projects of valley -wide importance (i.e., the "Valley Program") by determining which projects were "highest" priority (Table 1) and which were "high" priority (Table 2). Table 3 contains the other Valley Program projects, and Table 4 summarizes the total costs of the projects in each of the priority categories. Each jurisdiction prioritized its own local projects, using the same three priority levels (Tables 5-9). After reviewing the financial analysis (see Section IV of this report), the Valley Transportation Committee identified a list of "Extraordinary" projects-- so-called because they are priority projects whose implementation will require extraordinary interjurisdictional cooperation and extra -ordinary funding sources. The Extraordinary Projects are listed in Table 10. Table 10 also contains an initial estimate of the availability of public funds for each Extraordinary Project, as well as estimates of the private sector contributions that could be obtained given current local funding strategies. U n 47 I GRVTAP PROJECT PRIORITIZATION ` FIG. 2 5 MAP WSDOT 7-405/SR-515 interchange (new) COST KEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WSDOT PROJECT ($000) 6 WSDOT 192/196 CORRIDOR $8,000 IA King S 192/196, SR -515 - 140 SE (realign,widen) $4,100 18, King S 192/196, SR -167 - SR -515 (new) $4,900 1C Kent S 192/196, W Valley - SR -167 (new,widen) $19,290 1D Kent S 196/200, Orillia - W Valley (new,widen) $4,040 IE Kent S 200 Connector, Orillia - I-5 (new) $3,000 1F WSDOT I -5/S 200 Connector/SR-509 interchange (new) $10,000 17 Renton 277 CORRIDOR $8,000 2A King SE 277, SR -167 - 83 S [Auburn Wy N] (widen) $3,092 2B Auburn SE 277, Auburn Wy N [83 S) - Green River (widen) $3,166 2C King SE 277 Ext, Green River - SR -18 (new) $14,250 2D Kent SE 277 Ext, Green River - SR -516 (new) $8,454 2E WSDOT SR-18/SE 277 Ext interchange (new) $5,000 W VALLEY/180 INTERSECTION 3 Kent W Valley/S 180th (intersection improvements) $600 3 Tukwila W Valley/S 180th (intersection improvements) $1,788 4 WSDOT 7-405/SR-515 interchange (new) $101000 5 WSDOT SR-167/SW 43 IS 180) interchange (add ramps) $5,000 6 WSDOT SR -164 [R St), SR-164/SR-18 interchange (new) $8,000 7 WSDOT SR -18, Green River - SR -516 (widen) $6,000 8 Auburn 12 SE/BNRR Overxing/lb BW, A EB - C /M $2,500 9 Auburn Harvey, Auburn Wy - 8 NE (widen) $874 10 Kent E Valley, S 180 - S 192 (widen) $2,640 11 Kent S 228, Russell - Military (new) $7,834 12 Kent W Valley/S 212 (intersection improvements) $350 13 King Carr, Talbot - 108 SE (widen) $2,823 14 King SE 208, 116 SE - 132 SE (widen) $2,636 15 King SE 256, 116 SE - 132 SE (widen) $846 16 Renton Oakesdale, SW 28 - Sunset (new) $16,500 17 Renton SW 27, W Valley - SR -167 (new) $8,000 18 Tukwila Southcenter Blvd, T -Line - Grady (realign) 17,655 19 Tukwila W Valley, Strander - I-405 (widen) $600 Total $163,938 VALLEY PROGRAM: HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS TABLE t (NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER) 11 i MAP COST KEY 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECT (8000) 20 WSDOT I -5/S 178 interchange (newl 810,000 21 WSDOT SR-167/SW 27 interchange (new) 67,000 22 WSDOT SR -167/S 192 interchange (new) 85,006 23 WSDOT W Valley, 29 NW - S 277 (widen) $8,000 24 WSDOT W Valley, SR -18 - 15 NW (widen) 86,000 25 Auburn Oravetz, A SE - R SE (widen) $1,650 26 Auburn Kersey, R SE - SCL (widen) 81,765 29 Kent W Valley, S 180 - S 212 (widen) $7,100 30 Kent W Valley, S 212 - S 238 (widen) $4,720 31 Kent W Valley/S 196, S 228 (reconstruct intersections) $700 32 Kent W Valley/James (intersection improvements) $300 33 Kent 80 S (Lind SW), S 180 - E Valley (new) $600 34 Kent SE 240, 108 SE - 116 SE (widen) $1,320 35 Kent S 224, SR -515 - SR -167 (new,widen) $7,750 36 King SE 277, W Valley - SR -167 (widen) $1,155 37 King SE 240, 116 SE - 132 SE (widen) $2,469 38 King 140 SE, Pipeline - SR -169 (widen) $3,618 39 Renton SE Puget, Edmonds - SR -169 (new) $10,000 40 Renton SE Puget, Jones - Edmonds (widen) $960 41 Renton Edmonds, SR -169 - NE 3 (new) 84,000 42 Renton SW 43 IS 1801/E Valley (intersection improvements) $230 43 Renton Park N. Bronson N - Garden N (reconstruct) $7,000 44 Renton Lk WA Blvd, Park - I-405 (reconstruct) $4,800 45 Tukv-ila Tukwila Pkwy Ext, T -Line - W Valley (new) $6,854 46 Tukwila Interurban, I-5 - NCL (widen) $2,070 47 Tuk6i la Interurban, I-405 - 1-5 (widen) $4,593 48 Tukwila 57 S, S 180 - S 200 (widen) $1,853 49 Kent SE 256, SR -516 - 116 SE (widen) $408 49 King SE 256, SR -516 - 116 SE (widen) $492 Total $112,407 VALLEY PROGRAM: HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS TABLE 2 (NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER) W MAP COST HEY PROJECT ($000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Hent SE 240/104 SE (intersection improvements) $100 51 Hing SE 128, 138 BE - 156 BE (intersection improvements) 52 Tukwila Tukwila Pkwy, W Valley - SW 16 (new) 53 Tukwila S 188 Connector (new) 54 Tukwila S 180, RR Overxing (new) 55 Tukwila Minkler, W Valley - Oakesdale (new) 56 Tukwila S 154, 53 S - CL (new) 57 Tukwila Gateway Dr, SR -181 - SR -900 (new) 58 Renton S 2, Main S - Rainier S (reconstruct) 59 Renton Rainier S 0 SR -167 (widen) 60 Renton Lk WA Blvd, NE 44 - NCL (widen) Total $819 $7,000 s5,250 $7,000 $7,000 $318 $2,831 $100 $600 $500 $31,518 � VALLEY PROGRAM: OTHER PROJECTS (NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER) TABLE 3 8 INU -----SUMMARY OF COST ESTIMATES (S millions) -------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY PROGRAM Highest Priority Projects High Priority Projects Other Projects I� LOCAL PROJECTS King County Kent Renton Auburn Tukwila ff� $163.9 $112.4 $31.5 Total $307.9 Total $6.6 $5.1 $13.3 $35.8 $18.7 $79.5 ���©� SUMMARY OF COST ESTIMATES TABLE 4 ($MILLIONS) M COST HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS ($000) SE 256/132 SE (intersection improvements) $189 SE 128 -Sunset, 144 SE - I-405 (signal interconnect) $40 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS Lea Hill, SE 312 - SE 320 (shoulders) $230 Elliot Bridge, 149 SE - 154 P1 SE (replace) $3,796 116 SE, SE 176 - SE 192 (widen) $1,597 Peasley Canyon, 51 S - Auburn WCL (shoulders) $239 OTHER PROJECTS S 277 Bridge e 59 S (improve) $76 42 S, S 212 - S 216 (widen) $191 SE 304 Wy, 104 SE - 108 SE (widen) $224 Total $6,582 KING COUNTY LOCAL PROJECTS I TABLE 5 10 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS 64 S, S 212 - S 240 (new) 72 S, S 180 - S 228 (new) OTHER PROJECTS N Central, James - Smith (widen) SR -516, 4 S - Central (widen) LJIL %OO Z I KENT LOCAL PROJECTS COST ($000) $2,800 $1,225 $780 $330 Total $5,135 TABLE 6 COST HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS ($000) SW 16, Lind - Oakesdale (widen) $2,200 SW 16, Oakesdale - Monster (widen) $770 SW Grady, Rainier - Lind (widen) $250 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS N 1, Park - Burnett (reconstruct) $700 Park, Bronson - N 4 (reconstruct) $60 Logan, Airport Wy - S 2 (reconstruct) $600 S 7, Shattuck - Smithers (new) $220 OTHER PROJECTS Raymond, SW 19 - SW 34 (new) $2,500 RR Xings, city wide $527 Street Overlays, city wide $600 SW 19, Lind - Oakesdale (new) $400 Longview, SW 27 - SW 41 (new) $1,200 SW 34, Longview - Oakesdale (new) $400 Lk WA Blvd, NE 44 - NCL (widen) $600 Mill, S 2 - S 6 (reconstruct) $500 Edmonds, NE 4 - Sunset (widen) $1,800 Total $13,327 °FOCOG I RENTON LOCAL PROJECTS I TABLE T 12 COST AUBURN LOCAL PROJECTS ($000) -------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS B NW, 30 NW - 37 NW (widen) $500 I NE, 14 NE - Harvey (widen) $350 I NE, 22 NE - 30 NE (widen) $700 I NE, 30 NE - 35 NE (widen) $150 C SW, Ellingson - 15 SW (widen) $1,925 15 NW, W Valley - S 316 (new) $3,300 29 NW, B NW - M NW (widen) $1,000 M NW, 15 NW - 29 NW (widen) $1,100 H'NW, 15 NW - S 277 (new) $6,650 H NW, Main - 15 NW (widen) $3,200 B NW, Main - 15 NW (new) $2,200 8-9 NE, B NW - Harvey (new) $1,200 I NE, 35 NE - S 277 (new) $2,500 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS 37 NE, A NE - M NE (widen) $870 3 SW, C SW - A SE (widen) $450 R SE, Oravetz - 29 SE (widen) $760 F SE, 17 SE - 19 SE (widen) $280 F SE, 25 SE - 29 SE (widen) $400 M NE, Main - 8 NE (widen) $932 M SE, 29 SE - 37 SE (widen) $486 37 NE, Auburn Wy - I NE (widen) $88 OTHER PROJECTS Mountain View, W Valley - WCL (shoulder) $358 Auburn Av, Auburn Wy N - Main (widen) $740 Auburn Wy N, Auburn Av - Main (widen) $800 H SE, 17 SE - 21 SE (widen) $297 Clay NW, SR -18 - 15 NW (new) $4,300 M SE, Main - 29 SE (improve) $220 Total $35,756 [DA OG I AUBURN LOCAL PROJECTS I TABLE 8 13 0 0 COST HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS ($000) Minkler, Andover Pk W - Southcenter Pkwy (new) $3,569 Southcenter Blvd, T -Line - 62 S (widen) $844 S 168, Andover Pk W - Southcenter Pkwy (new) $2,846 T -Line Bridge @ I-405 (widen) $2,000 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS Southcenter Pkwy, I-5 - Minkler (widen) $2,540 Interurban/SR-599 (ramps,signals) $431 Strander/Andover Pk W (intersection improvements) $90 Macadam, Southcenter Pkwy - S 144 (improve) $1,392 Longacres Wy, SR -181 - CL (improve) $401 Tukwila Pkwy/Andover Pk E (signal) $149 S 180, 57 S - Andover Pk W (widen) $115 S 180/Andover Pk W (intersection improvements) $80 OTHER PROJECTS S 133 - S 148, 42 S - Interurban (improve) $859 Christensen @ T -Line (improve) $280 Strander, Andover Pk W - Green River (widen) $493 58 S, Strander - S 168 (improve) $1,582 S 168, Andover Pk W - Andover Pk E (improve) $328 Minkler, Andover Pk W - Andover Pk E (improve) $651 Total $18,650 Ij= 1Z0(2 I TUKWILA LOCAL PROJECTS I TABLE 9 14 Note: Ibis table oomperes road project oast estinatea with raush estimates of the availability of funding thraAgh 2000. For ani of the projects, the actual requirements for additional funding (i.e., funduW beyond what was eatu.st.ed to be available) omdd be as low as the shortfall shoe, in the table, or as high as the entire project cost. 7be Estimate of extent of the actual shortfall will be dependent an a saber of factors, Funding including project design and the actual avai labi 1 i ty of f urding when the Shortfall project is scheduled for oonstrurtion. ( 6 million) MAP KEY PROJECT --------------- high min (project cost) Estimate of Available Agency Funding ---------------- Public Private ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 192/196 CORRIDOR IA King S 192/196, SR -515 - 140 BE $4.1 $1.0 50% 25% 1B King S 192/196, SR -167 - SR -515 $4.9 $2.5 25% 25% lC Kent S 192/196, W Valley - 9R-167 $19.3 $7.7 10% 50% 1D Kent S 196/200, Orillia - W Valley $4.0 $1.6 10% 50% IE Kent S 200 Connector, Orillia - I-5 $3.0 $2.3 0% 25% 1F WSDOT 1-5/S 200 Conn/SR-509 interchange I g see below] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 277 CORRIDOR 2A King BE 277, SR -167 - Auburn Wy N $3.1 $2.3 10% 15% 2B Auburn BE 277, Auburn Wy N - Green River $3.2 $1.4 30% 25% 2C King BE 277 Ext, Green River - SR -18 $14.3 $10.7 10% 15% 2D Kent BE 277 Ext, Green River - SR -516 $8.5 $3.4 10% 50% 2E WSDOT SR-18/SE 277 Ext interchange I st see below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W VALLEY/180 INTERSECTION 3 Kent W Valley/S 180 $0.6 $0.2 10% 50% 3 Tukwila W Valley/S 180 $1.8 $1.6 10% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 224/228 CORRIDOR 11 Kent S 228, Russell - Military $7.8 83.1 10% 50% 35 Kent S 224, SR -515 - SR -167 $7.8 83.1 10% 50% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OAKESDALE 16 Renton Oakesdale, SW 28 - SW 16 $5.5 (80.0) 10% 90% 16 Renton Oakesdale, SW 16 - Sunset $11.0 88.3 25% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRANDER EXTENSION 17 Renton SW 27, W Valley - SR -167 $8.0 86.4 20% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHCENTER BLVD 18 Tukwila Southcenter Blvd, T -Line - Grady $7.7 86.1 20% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUGET-EDMONDS 39 Renton BE Puget, Edmonds - SR -169 $10.0 $9.0 10% 40 Renton BE Puget, Jones - Edmonds $1.0 80.9 10% 41 Renton Edmonds, SR -169 - NE 3 $4.0 83.6 10% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREEWAY INTERCHANGES 1F t WSDOT 1-5/5 200 Conn/SR-509 (Kent) $10.0 $0.0 100% 2E$• WSDOT SR-18/SE 277 Eat (King) 85.0 84.5 10% 4 WSDOT I-405/SR-515 (Renton) $10.0 $10.0 5 WSDOT SR-167/SW 43 (Renton) 15.0 $0.0 100% 6 WSDOT SR-18/SR-164 (Auburn) $8.0 80.0 50% 50% 7 WSDOT SR -18/S 312 (King) $6.0 $0.0 100% 20 WSDOT I -5/S 178 (Tukwila) $10.0 $10.0 21 WSDOT SR-167/SW 27 (Renton) $7.0 $7.0 22 WSDOT SR -167/S 192 (Kent) $5.0 $5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local Jurisdiction Total $129.4 $75.2 13% 28% WSDOT Total $66.0 $36.5 38% 7% EXTRAORDINARY PROJECTS (ESTIMATED COST, FUNDING AVAILABILITY TABLE 10 AND SHORTFALL THRU 2000) 15 RECOMMENDATIONS The following recommendations were developed and endorsed by the Valley Transportation Committee (VTC) as a whole. The recommendations fall into three main categories: 1) general recommendations, 2) recommended actions related to the legislative process, and 3) recommended actions related to specific projects and groups of projects. The recommendations listed below suggest a range of potential approaches and solutions to a range of technical and financial needs and problems. Some of the recommendations are broadly applicable, while others are narrowly focused. It was not the intention of the VTC to imply that all of the recommendations can be applied anywhere under any circumstances. A. General Recommendations 1. The Valley Transportation Committee recommends that King County and the cities of Kent, Renton, Auburn and Tukwila endorse the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan and its project priority lists (see Figure 2 and Tables 1 - 10) and its traffic and financial findings and conclusions. 2. A "marketing strategy," aimed at publicizing, selling and implementing the GRVTAP recommendations, should be developed and put into action. 3. A permanent committee should be created to coordinate the planning, financing and construction of Valley transportation projects, and to lobby for needed legislative changes. Due to the increasing dependence on private sector funding for transportation improvements, such a group should include private sector representatives. 4. The PSCOG and WSDOT should undertake a freeway operations study of I-5, I-405 and SR -167, in order to evaluate the ability of the freeway system and its interchanges to accommodate future traffic demand, and to determine the operational feasibility of the various interchange improvement projects included in the GRVTAP. 5. In order to maximize the people -carrying capacity of the road system, an assessment of the potential for HOV (high occupancy vehicle) facilities should be included in the planning and design of all GRVTAP projects. HOV projects for which matching funds may be available from Metro should be identified. B. Recommended Actions: Legislative 1. Support an increase in the State Motor Fuel Tax. 2. Support creation of a Multi -Agency Arterial Program (MAP). Use the Extraordinary Projects as the Green River Valley's 16 supplementing private sector funds obtained through mitigation payments or through a Green River Valley RSD/TBD. 6. Area -wide improvement districts, such as Local Improvement Districts (LID'S) should be considered if a Green River Valley RSD/TBD is not created. 7. Because the segments of S 277th Corridor east of the Green River are expensive and not well-suited to the private funding mechanisms discussed for the Valley, consideration should be given to making them the Valley jurisdictions' (as a united group) top priorities for MAP and for King County 2000, in the event that either of those programs is created. Consideration should also be given to including areas adjacent to such segments in a Green River Valley RSD/TBD. 0 u 18 GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN III. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FINDINGS The findings of the GRVTAP traffic analysis were based not only on the results of the analyses done for GRVTAP, but also on the results of previous studies conducted by PSCOG, by the Valley jurisdictions and by their consultants. Land Use o The two overriding factors affecting future traffic conditions on the Green River Valley road system are i) the employment growth in the north half of the Valley (Kent and north), and ii) the doubling of population on the Soos Creek Plateau. Cross -Valley Arterials o Cross -valley arterials north of Kent are needed to carry Plateau residents to Valley jobs. 'o Cross -valley arterial connections to I-5 are needed primarily to carry I-5 traffic to/from Valley employment centers. o The provision of cross -valley arterial connections to carry traffic from the Plateau to I-5 (north of Kent) is also important. Valley Arterial Grid o There will be extremely heavy traffic volumes on the Valley's internal arterial grid; additional links in that grid are needed to adequately handle future traffic. 192nd/196th Corridor o The proposed 192nd/196th Corridor will not serve as a reliever of I-405; traffic related to Valley employment will create too much congestion for 192nd/196th to be attractive as an I- 405 alternate. I The east end of the 192nd/196th Corridor provides Plateau - Valley access, while the west end of the Corridor serves local access traffic and provides I-5 - Valley access (it carries little through traffic). 19 Freeway System o There will be heavy volumes of Valley -related traffic using all of the I-5 interchanges between SR -516 and Southcenter. The operation of individual interchanges must be assessed within the context of overall freeway system operation; reducing or limiting traffic volumes at one interchange just puts additional pressure on others. o As with I-5, SR -167 interchanges will carry heavy volumes of traffic enroute to/from Valley employment centers. o A high proportion of SR -167 and I-405 (through Renton) traffic is travelling to/from the Valley or the Plateau. o Additional interchanges on SR -167 and I-405 will relieve the pressure that heavy future traffic demand will exert on existing interchanges. Sent-Kangley, 242nd/244th Corridor o Travel demand to/from the Lake Meridian/South Soos creek area is oriented mainly SE -NW, with a large proportion of the travel directed to jobs in the north half of the Valley; Kent-Kangley Road (SR -516) provides a direct route for this travel. o Future traffic volumes on Kent-Kangley will be excessive; alternate routes are severely limited. o The northerly alternative for the 277th extension would serve mainly as a by-pass for the Kent-Kangley bottleneck at 104th/256th. o The southerly alternative for the 277th extension would function as a true cross -valley arterial. o The southerly alternative for the 277th extension would be used primarily as an access route to Auburn, to SR -167, and to north -south Valley arterials, as well as to I-5. Auburn o A substantial proportion of the traffic travelling between Auburn and I-5 is oriented to/from the north; Peasley Canyon Road serves as a short-cut for this traffic, and its volume 'nearly doubles by 2000. The NW 15th connection will provide some relief, but Year 2000 Peasley Canyon volumes will still be substantially higher than today's volume. o The proposed SR -18/"R" Street interchange in Auburn would provide relief to the SR-18/SR-167/SR-181 and SR -18/"C" Street interchanges, and would help balance traffic volumes on the Auburn street network. 20 SB -509 Bxtension o SR -509 will carry little Valley traffic; however the SR -509 extension alternatives do provide some benefit in that they siphon some non -Valley traffic off of I-5 south of the congested Valley -access interchanges. Valley-Bastside Arterial Connections o Neither the Edmonds Avenue nor the 156th SE extensions north of SR -169 provide an attractive alternate route for I-405 traffic (neither is an effective substitute for the politically infeasible 140th segment of the "Poor Man's I-605"). Edmonds provides only local access, and 156th is too far east, requiring a two-mile detour for traffic travelling to/from 138th SE and Coal Creek Parkway. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS CONCLUSIONS 1. Overall projected traffic flows will virtually flood all major arterials, freeways and interchanges in and around the Valley and on the west side of the Plateau (north of Kent). 2. The number of I-5, I-405 and SR -167 interchanges serving north Valley employment centers should be maximized in order to better handle the high proportion and heavy volume of traffic enroute to/from the Valley. 3. All of the proposed cross -valley arterials are needed to carry traffic from the residential areas on the Plateau to the employment centers in the Valley (even if all are built, they will be overloaded). 4. The density of the arterial grid serving the employment centers in the north half of the Valley should be maximized (all of the proposed east -west and north -south arterial segments are needed, but even if all are built, there will still be congestion). 5. Although the pressure exerted by future traffic volumes will not be as intense in Auburn as in the north half of the Valley, all of the Auburn projects will be needed to handle traffic growth. 6. In order to increase the person -carrying capacity of the Valley road system, consider HOV improvements in the planning and design of all Valley road projects. 7. Solutions to future traffic and transportation problems must be sought in land use management, as well as in road construction and in management of the transportation system. 21 GREEN RIVER VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IV. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION Implementation of the projects recommended in the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan is dependent on the availability of adequate funding. Although other obstacles must also be overcome, the projects will not be completed unless there is enough money to pay for them. The financial analysis element of the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan identifies potential funding sources, assesses the amount of funding potentially available from these sources, and provides a set of findings and conclusions that can be used by the Green River Valley jurisdictions in making funding decisions. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINDINGS: FUNDING SOURCES The financial analysis findings are drawn from a detailed review and assessment of each of the major funding source categories identified. This detailed analysis is published under separate cover in the GRVTAP Technical Appendix. The Technical Appendix also includes a review of current local funding strategies and proposed state legislation. Federal Programs o Past federal grants for transportation total $21.1 million to the four Valley cities and $29 million to King County. o The federal role in funding local transportation projects is declining, but grants from the Federal Aid Urban System, Bridge Replacement, and Federal Aid Safety Programs are expected to remain available. Funding for these three programs is expected to remain at about current levels. o A conservative estimate of federal grants for the Valley cities totals $10.8 million. King County is estimated to receive $21.9 million from these sources for projects throughout the unincorporated area. o An optimistic estimate of federal grants for the Valley cities totals $14.2 million. King County is estimated to receive $27.7 million from these sources for projects throughout the unincorporated area. o Federal grants are likely to be spread among a large number of projects. 22 o Only the Federal Aid Urban System (FAUS) program appears applicable to the Extraordinary Projects. Given the small amount available from FAUS, the program should not be expected to fund a large share of the Extraordinary Projects. State Programs: Urban Arterial Program o The urban arterial program is the major source of state grants for,Green River Valley projects. Past urban arterial grants total $36 million to the four Valley cities for 59 projects and $14.2 million to King County for 48 projects throughout the unincorporated area. o The program is running out of money. Without a funding increase, only $20 million in urban arterial grants will be available state-wide during the next biennium and none thereafter. o A conservative estimate assumes no new funding and no urban arterial grants for the Action Plan projects. o An optimistic estimate assumes a penny per gallon of additional fuel tax funding and grants of $15.2 million for the Valley cities and $6 million for King County (for projects throughout ,the unincorporated area). o Additional urban arterial grants are likely to be spread over a number of projects. Grants to King County will be used for projects throughout the unincorporated areas, not just projects in the GRVTAP area. o The Extraordinary Projects are eligible, but it is unlikely that urban arterial grants will cover more than a small share of their costs. The program has rarely funded the construction of new arterial corridors. State Programs: Public Yorks Trust Fund and CSBB o The Public Works Trust Fund and the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) make loans for public infrastructure, including transportation projects. o Public Works Trust Fund loans have only been available for a year. It is hard to judge the program's potential for financing ,transportation projects in the Valley. o The conservative estimate assumes no loans will be available for Action Plan projects. o The optimistic estimate assumes $2.2 million in loans will be available for city transportation projects and $12.7 million for King County transportation projects throughout the unincorporated area.. 23 o Public Works Trust Fund loans will not be available for the Extraordinary Projects. The loans cannot exceed $1 million for a single project and the program is directed at solving existing infrastructure problems, not at creating new capacity. o CERB loans have not been a source for Valley transportation projects in the past and are not expected to play a significant role in the future o The Joint CERB-WSDOT $10 million grant program to fund transportation improvements needed to support economic development should be aggressively pursued, especially if it is continued for the next biennium. State Programs: Motor Fuel rax Distributions o The Motor Fuel Tax is a shared revenue that is distributed to the cities and county by a formula. It is the most flexible and reliable source of state and federal revenue for local transportation programs. o The County may use the $11.1 million it receives annually for either maintenance and operations or capital projects throughout the unincorporated areas. The Valley cities may use ,$1.2 million of their share for either capital or operations and maintenance, but the remaining $.7 million must be used for capital purposes. o Under the conservative estimate, which assumes a continuation of the current annual distribution, the Valley cities would receive $24.7 million over the implementation period, with a minimum of $9.9 million for capital purposes. King County would receive $144.6 million. A large share of these funds will be needed for operations and maintenance. o The optimistic estimate assumes two five -cent fuel tax increases, but no other changes. Distributions to the Valley cities would total $36.8 million, with a minimum of $14.7 million for capital purposes. King County would receive $215.5 million. o The Motor Fuel Tax is unlikely to fund more than a limited share of the cost of the Extraordinary Projects. Annual distributions are not large enough and a portion of the 'revenues will be needed for maintenance and operations as well as for smaller capital projects. Local Sources: razes o City and county taxes are a traditional source of funding for local transportation projects. Their importance has diminished over the last two or three decades as other local needs have grown, increasing the competition for general tax revenues. 24 o Despite the competition, all of the Valley jurisdictions continue to use a portion of their tax revenues for transportation, especially operations and maintenance. o Some actions have been taken to provide additional tax revenues for transportation. Tukwila and Kent have dedicated revenues from specific taxes to capital purposes, including transportation. Auburn has a target for contributing tax revenues for street capital projects. Renton intends to use taxes as local match for federal and state grants. King County has ended the use of revenues from the road levy for non - transportation purposes. o The amount of general tax revenue that can be devoted to transportation capital projects is constrained by statutory limits on taxation and by the competing demands for the available revenues. o Local taxes are unlikely to be able to fund more than a small share of the cost of the Extraordinary Projects. Local Sources: General Obligation Bonds o General obligation bonds have been used infrequently for transportation projects by the four Valley cities. Renton and Tukwila have never used them, Kent has one small, councilmanic issue, and Auburn has two voter approved issues. The second one, for $5 million, was approved this year. o King County voters approved a $70 million bond issue for arterials in 1967 as part of Forward Thrust. The funds were used to build projects in the cities as well as the unincorporated portions of the county. A second, countywide bond issue for transportation may be proposed as part of "King County 2000". o The four Valley cities have a total of $117 million in remaining statutory debt capacity for general purposes, including transportation. King County has over $1 billion of remaining statutory debt capacity. o Councilmanic debt is serviced from existing revenues. This makes it an unlikely candidate to fund large transportation projects. o The Extraordinary Projects could be funded with voter approved bonds. However, the bonds must receive a 60% favorable vote and transportation projects compete with other public facilities that require bond funding. 25 Study Area Sources: LID. Contributions. !litigation Payments o Local improvement districts (LID'S), direct contributions, and mitigation payments are the mechanisms currently used to obtain funding from properties within the study area. o Much of the funding for local transportation projects will be provided by properties within the study area. They are expected to fund nearly all of the cost of local streets, collector arterials, and improvements needed to mitigate the impact of specific development projects. They are also expected to provide a large share of the costs for major arterials, including the Extraordinary Projects. o The Valley jurisdictions have based much of their use of these mechanisms on their authority under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). When the property owner submits a development for review, its potential transportation impacts are identified as part of the environmental analysis. Approval of the development is conditioned on the owner agreeing to pay for the improvements needed to mitigate the identified impacts. o This approach to funding benefits the property owners as well as the jurisdictions by enabling transportation improvements to be constructed in a timely manner. It would be very difficult to provide additional transportation capacity in the Green River Valley without funding from study area properties. Study Area Sources: RSD's and ?BD's o Road Service Districts (RSD's) and Transportation Benefit Districts (TBD's) are two techniques that could enhance the ability of the study area to fund needed transportation projects. o RSD's are authorized under existing legislation, though none has been formed in King County. The TBD is part of a package of proposals that will be presented to legislature during the 1987 session. o In operation, RSD's and TBD's would be much alike. Both allow the formation of a district, which can be multi -jurisdictional or less than jurisdiction -wide, for the purpose of constructing 'transportation improvements. Neither has a tax source, but both could finance improvements with voter approved general obligation bonds and LID's. A Green River Valley RSD or TBD would have a statutory debt capacity of about $50 million. o They are not identical. RSD's can only though they can include land within a formed by either a city or a county. areas of economic development such as RSD's are more general purpose. 26 be formed by counties, city. A TBD could be TBD's are directed at the Green River Valley. N o RSD's and TBD's, if approved by the legislature, could be used to fund a major share of the Extraordinary Projects. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FINDINGS: TRANSPORTATION NERDS AND CURRENT FUNDING STRATEGIES o The Green River Valley jurisdictions all have transportation funding strategies that draw on a mixture of sources-- local taxes, federal and state grants, motor fuel tax, and taxes on property within the Valley. o Total Green River Valley transportation project needs are over $380 million. o There are a number of priority projects that cannot be funded and built by individual jurisdictions using currently available funding sources. The construction of these "Extraordinary" projects (see Table 10) is of concern to the entire Green River Valley and can only be accomplished through joint action of the Valley cities, King County, and the State. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS CONCLUSIONS The financial analysis conclusions were based on a comparison of financial analysis findings and the cost estimates for the specific projects included in the GRVTAP priority array (see Tables 1 - 10). Transportation Needs 1. Slightly more than half of the total identified transportation project needs, $195 million, is needed for eight "Extraordinary Pro?ects" and nine freeway interchange projects. Exclusive of the interchanges, the Extraordinary Projects located within the Green River Valley itself are estimated to cost $97.1 million. 2. Each of the Valley cities and King County have funding strategies that draw on a mixture of sources-- local taxes, federal and state grants, motor fuel tax, and taxes on property within the Valley. 3. The Green River Valley jurisdictions' existing transportation funding strategies will be able to fund most of the identified transportation needs. However, they will leave a shortfall of $112 million for the Extraordinary Projects, including the freeway interchanges. Exclusive of the interchanges, the Extraordinary Projects located within the Green River Valley itself will have a shortfall of $48.7 million. 4. Unless this shortfall is reduced, many of the projects that are needed to support the growth of the Green River Valley 27 will be delayed-- in some cases until beyond the end of the century. Funding Strategies 5. The interchange projects will cost a total of $66 million, of which $36.5 million is currently unfunded. Little of this shortfall is likely to be made up through federal and state grants (unless a MAP is created). Local general taxes can also make up only a small share of the needed funds. The costs for some of the projects will have to be shared by the local jurisdictions and the private sector. 6. The GRVTAP traffic analysis (i.e., the trip distribution estimates) indicates that a higher private share of costs for the S 192/196, S 224/228 and S 277th Corridors can be justified. 7. Even with additional mitigation -derived private sector contributions, there will still be some significant funding shortfalls for Green River Valley projects. 8. A Road Service District (RSD) or Transportation Benefit District (TBD) for the Valley would have a statutory debt capacity of about $50 million. In addition, LID's could be formed. A TBD or RSD could serve as a powerful tool for permitting the private sector to help insure that the construction of the Extraordinary Projects (which are essential to the private sector) can proceed in a timely manner. 9. City bond issues also hold potential. They have not been used much in the past, but they could be especially useful for funding the project segments that are not in the Valley. These include Puget -Edmonds in Renton (total cost $15 million, shortfall $13.5 million) and the S 200th Connector in Kent (total cost $3 million, shortfall $2.3 million). Bond funds could also be used to contribute a share of the cost for projects that are mostly funded through mitigation payments or through a Green River Valley RSD/TBD. 10. Area -wide improvement districts are difficult to form, but may be applicable in places. The Tukwila Central Business District (CBA) is one location that might be able to use an area -wide LID to fund some of the Extraordinary Projects. 11. The segments of S 277th to the east of the Green River Valley may be especially difficult to fund. They are expensive and not well-suited to the private funding mechanisms discussed for the Valley. 28 t PUGET SOUND COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS KING SUBREGION Seattle Steue000m Mayor Charles Royer Coun, Peter Pedone Algona Coun. George Benson Coun, Sue Langley Coun, Virginia Galle Sumner Coun, Jeanette Williams Coun, Pearl Mance Auburn Mayor Bob Roegner Snoquelmle Tacoma Coun, Darwin Sukut Mayor Doug Sutherland Beaux Arts Village Coun, Ruth McElliott Coun. Robin Stefan Tukwila Coun. Tom Stenger Bellevue Coun, Mabel Harris Mayor Cary Bozeman Coun, Doris Phelps SNOHOMISH SUBREGION Coun. Nen Campbell KITSAP SUBREGION Arlington Bothell Mayor John C. Larson Coun, Welt Wojcik Bremerton Mayor Gene Lobe Edmonds Clyde Hill Coun, Spencer Horning Mayor Larry Naughton Coun, Roger Shaeffer Coun, Mary Lou Long Everett Des Moines Kitsep County Coun. Ed Morrow Mayor Pat DeSlasio Comm. Ray Aardal Coun, Connie Niva Comm, John Horsley Duvall Comm, Bill Mahan Lake Stevens Coun, Paul Reddick Mayor Richard Toyer Coun, Ruth Subert Port Orchard Mayor Jay Weatherill Lynnwood Enumclaw Mayor M. J. Hrdlicka Coun, Gaye Veenhuizen Poulsbo Mayor Richard Mitchusson Marysville Issaquah Coun, Chris Endresen Coun. Rite Matheny Coun. Darlene McHenry Suquamish Tribe Mill Creek Kent John Bagley Coun. Linda Blumenstein Coun, Jon Johnson Window Monroe King County Mayor Alice Tawresey Mayor Gordon Tierne County Exec. Tim Hill Coun, Gary Grant PIERCE SUBREGION Terrace Coun. Audrey Gruger Mayorake Y Lois Anderson Coun, Bruce Laing Bonney Lake Coun, Lois North Coun, Robert Hawkins Mukilteo Coun. Bill Reams Mayor Emory Cole Buckley Kirkland Mayor Eugene Robertson Snohomish Mayor Doris Cooper Mayor Ann Averill DuPont Lake Forest Park Mayor Pole Andre Snohomish County Mayor Dick Rainforth County Exec. Willis Tucker Fite Coun, Bruce Agnew Mercer Island Mayor Robert Mizukami Coun, Brian Corcoran Coun. Verne Lewis Fimrest Stanwood Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Mayor Larry Cavanaugh Coun, Robert Lunn Exec. Director Virginia Cross r Gig Harbor The Tulallp Tribes Normandy Park Coun. Jim Ryan Chair, Stanley Jones, Sr. Coun. Norm Strange Milton Woodway North Bend Coun, Dianne Simmons Mayor Jeannette Wood Mayor Obe Healea Pierce County Redmond County Exec, Joe Sto►tini Mayor Doreen Marchione Coun. Charles Gorden Coun, Margaret Doman Coun, Bill Stoner Renton Puyallup Coun. Kathy Keolker Coun, Ken Martin