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1 MINUTES Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board Thursday, September 22, 2016 PSRC Board Room CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The meeting of the Executive Board was called to order at 10:09 a.m. by Mayor John Marchione, President. The signatures on the Attendance Sheet, as well as documentation by staff, determined attendance and that a quorum was present. [To watch a video of the meeting and hear the full discussion, please go to: Members and Alternates that participated for all or part of the meeting included: (**participation via teleconference) Mayor John Marchione, PSRC President Executive Dave Somers, PSRC Vice President Commissioner Glen Bachman Mayor Nancy Backus Councilmember Claudia Balducci Mayor Bruce Bassett Commissioner Cary Bozeman Mayor Fred Butler Executive Dow Constantine **Mayor Suzette Cooke Councilmember Dino Davis Mayor Becky Erickson Mayor Don Gerend Mayor Dave Hill Councilmember Rob Johnson Councilmember Jeanne Kolh-Welles Councilmember Kathy Lambert Mayor Denis Law Mayor Ron Lucas Executive Pat McCarthy Mayor Joe Pestinger Councilmember Terry Ryan Ms. Amy Scarton Mayor Ray Stephanson Packet Pg. 7

2 Mayor John Stokes Councilmember Rick Talbert Mayor Bernie Talmas Mayor Barbara Tolbert Councilmember Bryan Wahl Members absent included: (*alternate present) Commissioner Shiv Batra Councilmember Tim Burgess Commissioner John Creighton Mayor Jim Ferrell Commissioner Charlotte Garrido Commissioner Dick Marzano *Secretary Roger Millar Mayor Ed Murray Councilmember Mike O Brien Mayor Marilyn Strickland *Councilmember Mike Todd Mayor Amy Walen COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT The following people addressed the board: Will Knedlik, Paul W. Locke, and Alex Tsimerman; and a comment letter was received from John Niles. Comments are on file with the official record of this meeting. PRESIDENT S REMARKS President John Marchione welcomed board members. He reminded the board that the Regional Transportation Improvement Program is out for public comment and it includes the list of projects the Executive Board recommended to receive PSRC funds, as well as the countywide group project recommendations. The board will see comments and receive the Transportation Policy Board s recommendation in October. President Marchione drew attention to the letter from the City of Covington in the agenda packet regarding conditional certification of comprehensive plans. He commented that he worked with staff to craft a response to the letter and have shared the letter with the Growth Management Policy Board as they proceed with this work. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR S REPORT Josh Brown, Executive Director, reported the following: He added to President Marchione s comments on the letter in the agenda packet from the City of Covington regarding conditional certification and changing from small to large city classification. He noted that the Growth Management Policy Board will take on the work and offered if there are questions on the process to fill free to contact him or staff. Directed attention to a Puget Sound Trend one-pager at members places on jobs, population growth, and transit ridership data. Packet Pg. 8

3 Presented VISION 2040 Awards to the Joint Base Lewis McChord, Pierce County, Pierce Transit, and InterCity Transit for the JBLM Transportation Demand Management Implementation Program; to Kitsap County, Parametrix, N.L. Olson and Associates and Northwest Cascade for the Manchester Stormwater Park Project; and to Economic Alliance of Snohomish County, Snohomish County, City of Arlington, Town of Darrington, Community Attributes, Washington State University, and Workforce Snohomish for the North Stillaguamish River Valley 2015 Economic Redevelopment Plan. COMMITTEE REPORTS Operations Committee Report Executive Dave Somers, Chair, Operations Committee, reported that the committee recommended approval of vouchers dated July 14 through August 31, 2016, in the amount of $1,432, The committee approved 2016 Executive Board representatives and weighted votes, authorized a budget amendment for the first two-year cycle of a six-year Puget Sound Regional Household Travel Survey Program and contract authority for consultant services for the entire six-year program; and authorized an amendment to the adopted Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program FY for U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Community Grant Open Space Grant. Additionally, the committee received reports on the budget progress, contracts, grants, and pending grants. Executive Somers then called on Thu Le, HR Manager, who introduced new employee Laura Benjamin, Associate Planner, Growth Management. CONSENT AGENDA ACTION: It was moved and seconded (Johnson/Pestinger) to: (a) Approve Minutes of Meeting held July 28, 2016, (b) Approve Vouchers Dated July 14 through August 31, 2016 in the Amount of $1,432,328.75, (c) Approve 2016 Executive Board Representatives and Weighted Votes, (d) Authorize a Budget Amendment for the First Two-Year Cycle of a Six-Year Puget Sound Regional Household Travel Survey Program and Contract Authority for Consultant Services for the Entire Six-Year Program, (e) Authorization to Amend the Adopted Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program FY for U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities Grant - Open Space Grant, (f) Adopt Routine Amendment to the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), (g) Authorize a Change in Transportation 2040 Project Status for WSDOT's SR 518 at Des Moines Memorial Drive Interchange Phase 1 Eastbound Off Ramp Project, (h) Approve Project Tracking Exception Request for the City of Port Orchard's Tremont Street Widening Project, and (i) Recommend Authorizing a Change in Transportation 2040 Project Status for Two Pierce County Projects. The motion passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS Transportation 2040 Project Amendment and Approval Request for WSDOT s I- 5:Mounts-Old Nisqually Road to 41 st Division Drive, JBLM Project Packet Pg. 9

4 Kelly McGourty, Program Manager, briefed the board on Washington State Department of Transportation s request that the I-5: Mounts-Old Nisqually Road to 41 st Division Drive, JBLM project be moved from the Unprogrammed portion of Transportation 2040 into the Constrained portion of the plan. In addition, a portion of the project the northbound auxiliary lane between the Mounts Road and Center Drive interchanges is requested to receive immediate Approval status. The project is part of the larger I-5/Mounts Road to Thorne Lane Corridor Improvements project that received funding in the Connecting Washington package and was presented to the PSRC boards for programming action in October At that time this section was not included in the project description and the recommended action will correct that omission. At its September 8, 2016 meeting, the Transportation Policy Board recommended Executive Board amend Transportation 2040 to include the I-5: Mounts-Old Nisqually Road to 41 st Division Drive, JBLM project in the Constrained portion of the plan, and adopt an updated air quality conformity finding; and authorize an immediate change in project status for a portion of the project, the I-5/Mounts Road to Center Drive Auxiliary Lane Extension project, from Candidate to Approved. ACTION: It was moved and seconded (McCarthy/Talbert) to amend Transportation 2040 to include the I-5: Mounts-Old Nisqually Road to 41 st Division Drive, JBLM project in the Constrained portion of the plan, and adopt an updated air quality conformity finding; and authorize an immediate change in project status for a portion of the project, the I-5/Mounts Road to Center Drive Auxiliary Lane Extension project, from Candidate to Approved. The motion passed unanimously. Sound Transit s Adopted Phase 3 (ST3) System Plan Conformity to Regional Plans Gil Cerise, Principal Planner, briefed the board on the ST3 system plan s conformity to regional plans and policies. On June 23, 2016, the Sound Transit Board adopted the Sound Transit 3 (ST3) Regional Transit System Plan and placed it on the November 8, 2016 ballot. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is responsible under state law and through the 2009 Memorandum of Understanding with the transit agencies for determining whether Sound Transit s system plans conform to the region s growth strategy, VISION 2040, and long-range transportation plan, Transportation At its September 8, 2016 meeting, the Transportation Policy Board considered ST3 System Plan conformity and recommended that the Executive Board should find that the Sound Transit 3 System Plan conforms to the region s long-range plans, VISION 2040 and Transportation 2040, and the Growing Transit Communities Strategy. ACTION: It was moved and seconded (Stokes/Somers) that the Executive Board should find that the Sound Transit 3 System Plan conforms to the region s longrange plans, VISION 2040 and Transportation 2040, and the Growing Transit Communities Strategy. The motion passed 94 percent. DISCUSSION ITEM Regional Economic Strategy Update Packet Pg. 10

5 Chris Mefford, Community Attributes, Inc., briefed the board on efforts to date to develop a new Regional Economic Strategy. At the 2016 General Assembly, the Puget Sound Regional Council publicly launched the effort to create a new Regional Economic Strategy (RES). This marks the third time that PSRC staff has led the development of the RES which serves as the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) as defined by the Economic Development Administration. The RES is anticipated to be adopted by the Economic Development Board in Spring of After briefing the Executive Board, PSRC staff and Community Attributes, Inc. will brief the Transportation and Growth Management policy boards on this effort at their October board meetings. A draft RES will be released for public comment in January, Over the next few months, PSRC staff and Community Attributes will continue to develop the strategy based upon board feedback, public comment and continued outreach with regional partners. OTHER BUSINESS There was no other business brought before the board. NEXT MEETING The Executive Board will next meet on Thursday, October 27, 2016; 10 11:30 a.m., in the PSRC Board Room. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 11:28 a.m Adopted this 27 th day of October, 2016 Mayor John Marchione, President Puget Sound Regional Council ATTEST: Josh Brown, Executive Director Packet Pg. 11