Washington State Transportation Commission Regular Meeting Agenda – January 12-13, 2016

Transportation Building, Nisqually Conference Room 1D2
310 Maple Park Avenue SE
Olympia, Washington

Please note: All listed times are estimates only and the Commission reserves the right to move agenda items as needed.

printable adobe acrobat version of this agenda. (pdf 150 kb)

 

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

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Item 1: 9:00

COMMISSION BUSINESS

• Approval of December 8 & 9, 2015 Olympia Meeting Summary
• Commissioner Reports – Action
• Legislative Preview

Item 2: 9:45

NATIONAL FREIGHT STRATEGIC PLAN (pdf 1 mb)

Presenter: Ashley Probart, Executive Director, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board

Break: 10:45

Item 3: 11:00

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS’ 2016 LEGISLATIVE PREVIEW

Presenters: Dave Williams, Government Relations Director, Association of Washington Cities
Gary Rowe, Managing Director, Washington State Association of Counties
James Thompson, Senior Director, Trade & Transportation,Washington Public Ports Association
Justin Leighton, Executive Director, Washington State Transit

• Washington State Transit Association (pdf 590 kb)

Lunch: 12:00

Item 4: 1:00

NAMING PROPOSAL FOR NEXT OLYMPIC CLASS FERRY (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: Leonard Forsman, Chairman, Suquamish Tribe

Item 5: 1:20

COMMISSION BUSINESS (Continued)

• Update On Clean Air Act Rule Making For Carbon Reduction (pdf 555 kb)

Item 6: 1:35

COMMUTE TRIP REDUCTION ANNUAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS (pdf 278 kb)

Presenter: Brian Lagerberg, Director, Public Transportation, WSDOT

Item 7: 2:15

PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL TRANSIT INTEGRATION REPORT (pdf 3 mb)

Presenter: Alex Krieg, Senior Planner, Puget Sound Regional Council

Break: 3:00

Item 8: 3:15

OVERVIEW OF FAST LEGISLATION

Presenters: Daniel Mathis, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Rick Krochalis, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration

• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (pdf 362 kb)
• FTA Programs Under FAST Act (pdf 910 kb)

Item 9: 4:15

A COORDINATED STATE APPROACH TO REMOVING FISH PASSAGE BARRIER (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: David Price, Chairman,Fish Passage Barrier Removal Board, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Item 10: 4:45

PUBLIC COMMENT

Adjourn: 5:00

 

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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Item 11: 9:00

NAMING PROPOSAL FOR NEXT OLYMPIC CLASS FERRY

Presenter: Mark Nelson, Sheriff, Cowlitz County

Mike Iyall, Vice Chair, Cowlitz Tribal Council
Don Gerend, Councilman, City of Sammamish

Item 12: 9:30

WSP TROOPER TONY RADULESCU MEMORIAL HIGHWAY NAMING – Action

Presenters: Penny Sapp, Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office
Chief John R. Batiste, Washington State Patrol

Item 13: 10:00

TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE CONCURRENCY: BEST PRACTICES

Presenters: Paul Parker, Deputy Director, WSTC
Chris Comeau, Transportation Planner, City of Bellingham

• What is Concurrency (pdf 1 mb)
• City of Bellingham – Moving Beyond the Automobile (pdf 4 mb)

Break: 10:45

Item 14: 10:55

TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE TOLL RATE REVIEW

Presenter: Rob Fellows, Policy & Planning Manger, Toll Division, WSDOT

• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Toll Rate Scenarios Under Review (pdf 399 kb)

Item 15: 11:15

UPDATE ON I-405 EXPRESS TOLL LANES

Presenter: Jennifer Charlebois, Director, Systems and Engineering, Toll Division, WSDOT

• Update on I-405 Express Toll Lanes (pdf 1 mb)

Item 16: 11:45

PUBLIC COMMENT

Adjourn: 12:00

 

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(The Commission reserves the right to take action on any item during the Commission Meeting and may make adjustments to the order of the agenda items as well as the time of adjournment.)

All Transportation Commission and Committee meetings are open to the public.

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information

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Title VI Notice to Public

It is WSTC’s policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his/her Title VI protection has been violated, may file a complaint with WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO). For additional information regarding Title VI complaint procedures and/or information regarding our non-discrimination obligations, please contact OEO’s Title VI Coordinator 360-705-7082.