6a Exhibit A
.' .' 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 I' Transportation Improvement Board (TIB); the Puget Sound..p~gi(:nal Cl)u~l~iI, the ports of i ,.' .... Tacoma and Everett, King County. Pier~:;~onnt,; and ~.unomish County, The Burlington :.t' .~ I .l Northern Santa Fe ~~l"'jdY Comp~.Y~.~'lc;.}}.dO~ Pacific Railroad Company, the Washington Trucking Associarlon. aUt! ~)\~ cities ofTacoma, Fife. Puyallup, Sumner, Pacific, Algona. , :....."1 " 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: -I 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 ,..,.. f 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: , 1. The namf.r "FASTt;orrldor" refers to a series of related but independent projects~ 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 ;". ;~ , ., located along the Everett-S'..attle-Tacev l1a C,( rrldor, have met, discussed, 0/ , .analyzed, re~~: .ed consen~IIQ i :u ad recommended the projects shown in ;r, 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. -- 2- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU 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. i -- 3- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU 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 ~ ,<,) " .' " .,;;,~}" ' ".t.I'" \- 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. -- 4- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU 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 ,ii- - capital project development~ dnd impl~hentfjtlon of anyindlvidual FAST Corridor ,."----"- .:,' ~/ :,j';'/!'" <> project will be,/! 'u' St . City of Tacoma .. ,' " \.: 'fJ""" Port of Tacoma Rd. WSDOT ~;"i'167 (RIW only) WSDOT FAST Corridor 2002 MOU 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 ! i ."",; 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. -- 8- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU 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. ~- 9- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU M. R. Dinsmore date Chief Executi ve Officer Port of Seattle -- 10- FAST Corridor 2002 MOU
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