Tacoma Dome Link Extension

Port of Tacoma Commission | 3.21.19

Item No. 4A Date of Meeting: March 21, 2019

Project overview

Technical evaluation results

Next steps & scoping information

Agenda

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Federal Way Transit Center to Tacoma Dome• Length: 9.7 miles• Stations: 4 (2 parking garages)• Scheduled opening in 2030

Operations and Maintenance Facility –South • Scheduled opening in 2026• South King County

Tacoma Dome Link Extension (TDLE)

TDLE alternatives development process

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TDLE project timeline

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

GroundbreakingConstruction updatesand mitigationSafety educationTesting and pre-operations

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Final route designFinal station designsProcure and commission station and public artObtain land use and development agreementsBegin property acquisition

PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2022–2025 2025–2030

START OFSERVICE

2016Alternatives development • Investigation of

alternatives• Board identifies

Preferred AlternativeEnvironmental review • Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS)• Final EISBoard selects project to be builtFederal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)

2030

2018–2022

Alternatives development processPLANNING

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2018–2022

2025–20302016Alternatives development (2018-2019)• Investigation of

alternatives• Board identifies

Preferred AlternativeEnvironmental review (2019-2022)• Draft EIS• Final EISBoard selects project to be builtFederal agency issues Record of Decision (ROD)

PUBLIC INVOLVEMENTPreferred Alternative and other EIS alternatives

Summer 2019

TDLE Level 2 evaluation results

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Level 2 alternatives

Effective transportation solutions

Land use and economic development and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

Preserve the environment

Equitable mobility

Financially sustainable and constructible

Final evaluation criteria categories

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Level 2 alternatives: East Tacoma

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East Tacoma: Alternatives with more potential

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(ET 3A) connects with “more potential” Tacoma Dome alternatives

(ET 3A)Closest to

destinations south of I-5

East Tacoma: Alternatives with greater challenges

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Farthest from destinations south of I-5

Higher potential for freight impacts

(ET 3B & 5)Connects to more challenging station in Tacoma Dome area

Tacoma Dome & East Tacoma station areas

Fife: Level 2 alternatives

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Fife: Alternatives with more potential

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Fewer property Impacts (3A)

Location in planned City Center, greater potential development opportunity

Fife: Alternatives with greater challenges

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Higher potential impacts to freight

movement

Higher potential of residential impacts

Higher impacts to major economic

activity generators

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TDLE more potential alternatives, end-to-endBased on preliminary technical analysis

EIS Scoping & Next Steps

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What is EIS scoping for TDLE?

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• Start of federal environmental review process

• 30-day public comment period, April 1-May 1 (tentative)

• Seeking public feedback on scope of EIS

• Preferred alternative and other alternatives for further study

• Topics to study (e.g. economics, displacements, ecosystems)

• Purpose and need

• Informs Board decision on what to study in EIS

Next steps for TDLE*

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April(tentative)

EIS scoping period, including:• Online and in-person

open houses• Formal comments

encouraged

MarchBriefings on Level 2 evaluation results to: • To Cities & Tribal staff

& elected officials• ELG and SG

meetings

May-June(tentative)

Building consensus around preferred alternative and other options, including:• Scoping summary report• SG feedback • City/Tribal Councils’ post-

scoping guidance to ELG • ELG recommendation to ST

Board

Preliminary schedule to reach a preferred alternative

*dates are subject to change

Next steps*

Next ELG meetings(tentative)

• May 31• June 14

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ST Board identifies preferred alternative and other alternatives for EIS • TDLE: July 2019

EIS Scoping• OMF South:

Feb. 19 – April 1

• TDLE: April 1 – May 1 (tentative)

ST Board identifies sites for environmental review • OMF South: May 2019

*dates are subject to change

soundtransit.org/tdlink

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Questions?