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RESOLUTION NO. 3500
A RESOLUTION  of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle authorizing the
Chief Ex.ecutive Officer to enter into a 2002 Memorandum of
Understanding for Phases I and II of the Freight Action
Strategy for the Seattle-Tacoma ("FAST") Corridor.

WHEREAS, the assurance of continued freight and passenger mobility throughout the
Puget Sound is an issue of critical strategic importance to the Port; and
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle has joined with other agencies and private partners in
the Freight Action Strategy for Seattle and Tacoma ("FAST") Corridor partnership; and
WHEREAS, this partnership has resulted in the completion of several of the grade
separations and port access projects, and substantive progress on the remaining projects
envisioned in Phase I; and
WHEREAS. representatives of the Port of Seattle; the Washington State Department
of Transportation (WSDOT), Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (~iSIB), and
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Transportation Improvement Board (TIB); the Puget Sound..p~gi(:nal Cl)u~l~iI, the ports of
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Tacoma and Everett, King County. Pier~:;~onnt,; and ~.unomish County, The Burlington
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Northern Santa Fe ~~l"'jdY Comp~.Y~.~'lc;.}}.dO~ Pacific Railroad Company, the Washington
Trucking Associarlon. aUt! ~)\~ cities ofTacoma, Fife. Puyallup, Sumner, Pacific, Algona.
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Auburn. Kent, Renton, Tukwila, Seattle and Everett. all located along the Everett-Seattle-
Tacoma corridor. have reached consensus and recommended the projects shown in
Attachment B to Exhibit A of this resolution as a Phase 2 program of projects for an
integrated freight mobility strategy: and
WHEREAS, detailed procedures for funding and disbursemem of funds and other
factors among the FAST Corridor partners will come before the Port Commission for review
and approval on a project by project basis;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission ofSealtle that:

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l.     The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is hereby authorized to execute a 2002
Memorandum of Understanding for Phases I and II of the FAST Conidor ("MOU"),
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and by this reference
incorporated herein.
2.     A copy of the final executed MOU shall be attached to this Resolution as Exhibit B.

ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle at a regular meeting thereof, held on this ~lftJ day of
\JiJnuuy,
2003. and duly authenticated in open session by the signatures of the Commissioners
voting in favor thereof and the seal of the Commission.


PAIGE MlLL!~

ClAAE NORDQUIST
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ENCE T MOLLOY


Port Commissioners

Exhibit "A" to Resolution No. 3500




This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into among the signatory parties
as an effort to articulate a set of mutually agreed upon steps to enhance freight mobility
throughout the central Puget Sound Region-from the area of Everett in the north to the
area of Tacoma in the south, and eastward towards the SR 2 and 1-90 mountain
passes-the FAST Corridor. This MOU updates, restates and supplements the 1998
MOU regarding the Phase I project package and communicates how the FAST Corridor
Phase I and Phase II partnership is envisioned by Its cooperating member agencies,to
assist each agency to plan towards meeting its share of the Phase II costs and
responsibilities.
In that spirit and context, it is agreed among the parties:ts foliows:
Premises:
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1.    The namf.r "FASTt;orrldor" refers to a series of related but independent projects
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and actki. i~fwhich incrementally and when completed systematically improve
freight movement and mitigate the impacts of increasingly Intensive use of the
freight transportation corridors in the Everett - Seattle - Tacoma region.
a)    FAST Phase I refers to the fifteen projects selected in the first
priorjtlzation process (1998) of the FAST Corridor. These are delineated
in Attachment A.
b)    FAST Phase II refers to the ten projects selected In the Spring 2002
prioritization process 01 the FAST Corridor. These are delineated in

FAST Corridor 2002 MOU

Attachment B. An additional seven projects were identified as probable
candidates for future inclusion within the FAST Corridor (Attachment C).
2.    The fast, efficient and reliable movement of freight is vital to the economic health
and well-being of the Puget Sound Region, the State of Washington and the
nation as a whole.
3.    Intemational trade in, out and through the Puget Sound ports, as well as general
freight into, out of and within the Puget Sound Region, is experiencing increasing
congestion due to more Intensive use of transportation corridors, the general
growth of freight, and growth in other vehicular traffic of the region.
4.    Representatives of the Washington State Department of Transportation, the
Puget Sound Regional Council, the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, King
County, Pierce County and Snohomish County, The Burlington Northem and
Santa Fe Railway Company, the Union Pacific Railroad Compan~lhe
Washington Trucking Association, and the cities o~.TafOma, PiJyallup, Sumner,
Fife, Pacific, Algona, Aubum, Kent,. Renton, TUkvlliJ=<, Seattle, and Everett, all
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located along the Everett-S'..attle-Tacev l1a C,( rrldor, have met, discussed,
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.analyzed, re~~: .ed consen~IIQ
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Attachments A a,r.~ d as an "immediate priority" program of projects that together
form the first 'a~d second phases of an integrated freight mobility corridor
strategy.
5.    This integrated freight mobility corridor strategy is consistent with the Puget
Sound Regional Council's MetropOlitan Transportation Plan (Destination 2030).
. 6.     Ongoing processes to assess statewide freight priority needs have conSistently
identified the FAST Corridor program as having high priority and statewide
impact.
7.    Members of the U. S. congressional delegation from Washington State are on
record in support of federal funding participation in the FAST Corridor program.
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8.    Project delivery is a critical aspect of the FAST Corridor Partnership. Many of
the FAST Phase I projects are underway. with two projects complete. and
another seven to be completed by the end of 2003. FAST is committed to
maintaining its record of project delivery with the remainder of the Phase I
projects, as well as with the Phase JI program recently selected.
9.    Implementation of the FAST Corridor will be enhanced if each party can safely
anticipate that the other parties will be committed to a pre-agreed share of the
cost in order to fully fund the immediate priority program shown in Attachments A
and B. The FAST Partners believe that tying costs and benefits to financial
participation in the program Is a critical element to FASrs ongoing success.
10.  All funding partners will need assurance that their expected participation in FAST
Phase II projects will be tied to the total program costs agreed to and shown In
Attachment B and will not be expected to grow as individual project cost
estimates are refined during the project development process.
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Understandings:
1.    The FAST Corridor projects listed in Attachments A and B will improve access to
port areas and resolve modal conflicts at railroad grade crossings and will
complement investment by the railroads, Sound Transit and the State to Improve
the overall capacity and reliability of the mainline rail corridor for both freight and
passenger operations. The FAST program of improvements will also enhance
the capacity and reliability of the highway freight transportation corridors in the
region.
2.    The FAST Phase I projects (Attachment A) are deemed to be the highest priority
of the FAST Corridor projects. The ProJects shown In Attachment B, ten
additional projects selected in April 2002 for implementation over the next three
years, constitute 'FAST Phase II.' These are immediate priority projects, but
subordinate to the Phase I projects. All prioritized projects are to bij considered
collectively as a single "corridor" program.
3.    For the FAST Phase II program!;lhft partneriJ~r.v:::~(se the following funding
participation goals:,*",~J    ~  ,<,) "
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a)    Fed~,f~1 funrl\r,~ through TEA 21, section 111 B (and its successor(s))
graii," should provide 35 percent of the program costs. Additional federal
funding (e.g., STP grants) will be targeted to provide another five percent
of program costs.
b)    State funding, Including WSDOT, FMSIB, and TIB contributions, should
provide 40 percent of program costs. It is recognized that the trucking
community contributes to this share through the fees and fuel taxes they
pay into the system.
c)    The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma should collectively provide seven
percent of program costs.

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d)    The Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Corporations should collectively provide project shares equivalent to three
percent of program costs. This contribution could include redirected
federal allocations of rail diesel taxes if TEA 21 reauthorization authorizes
such allocations.
e)   Agencies responsible for implementation of individual projects are
expected to finance a minimum of 10% of the cost of the individual
projects they will implement. using their own funds or other funding
sources not otherwise noted in this MOU, and including funds previously
expended to develop each project in advance of full program funding.
f)       Where appropriate. additional funding will be sought from other agencies
and organizations receiving significant benefit from specific FAST
projects.
4.    Each individual project shown in Attachment B is the imp1emer.dng agency's
responsibility to design. permit, and construct as ~ r Jrmal ITI-:.tter of course In
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capital project development~ dnd impl~hentfjtlon of anyindlvidual FAST Corridor
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AITACHMENT B:
FAST Corridor Phase II Projects for
Immediate Implementation
(Figures In millions of dollars)
Prolect Nam,       ImplementinG Agency   Estimated
Cost
Duwamish ITS Project        City of Seattle       $ 7.21
WSDOT ITS          WSDOT       $ 30.00
SR 9 Widening            WSDOT        $ 45.98
Lincoln Avenue          Port of Tacoma       $ 26.00
$
S 228th Street            City of K4)nt          48.00
$
70th StreeWalley Avenue        City of Fife          18.86
!t' 22.04
M Street             City of Aubum
Eighth St--UP                            $ 20.00
Pierce G"":'::1ty,
$ 23.93
Lander Street            City d tieattle
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City of Kent         $ 20.80
S 282.82
FAST Corridor Phase II Partnership Funding Goals
Section 1118 funds                          $ 91.99
other federal funds                            $ 13.14
state funds                              $ 105.13
port funds                              $ 18.40
rail funds                                  $ 7.88
Implementing agency funds                       $ 26.28
Total                              $ 262.82
Cost estimates are from 2002, and given in 2002 dollars.
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ATTACHMENT C:
Candidate Future FAST Corridor Projects
(Partial list, figures in millions of dollars)
Prolect Name        Implementing Agenc   Total Pr21ect
Cost
Estimate
SR18          WSDOT      $ 217.17
SRS09           WSDOT      $ 127.00
Strander Boulevard          City of Renton       $ 47.00
Duwamish Truck Mobility
Improvement Program        City of Seattle      $ 7.18
E Everett Ave Overcrossing       City of Everett       $ 10.00
I-S/Port of Tacoma Ad                         $ 17.90
Interchange              WSDOT
24th St Grade Separation         City of Sumner       $ S.SO
Total                             $ 431.75
Cost estimates are from 2002, and given in 2002 cJllars"?i .{his list 's not exclusive, but
is a listing of projects that are current'i' ,.,Iivriti"led t'i' ~;Ie FAST Partners through FASrs
Spring 2002 prioritization proces.r , and are r Jt a~.)ng the projects programmed for
Section 1118 funds p~ ,ms time.







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M. R. Dinsmore                                       date
Chief Executi ve Officer
Port of Seattle














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