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Regional Project Evaluation Committee (RPEC)

April 28, 2017 • 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. PSRC Board Room • 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 • Seattle, WA 98104

9:30 1. Introductions and Announcements – Don Cairns, Chair

2. Public Comment

3. Approve Meeting Summary for March 24, 2017*

4. Transportation Policy Board Debrief The ‘At Work’ report for the Transportation Policy Board meeting on Thursday, April 13, 2017 is available on the PSRC website at http://www.psrc.org/about/boards/tpb/tpb-at-work/.

9:40 5. Discussion: Status Reports

Staff will provide a status report on the various funding competitions held in 2017, as well as information on progress reports, project tracking and delivery.

9:55 6. Discussion: 2018-2020 TIP Balancing Staff will provide a status report on the progress towards the final balancing of projects to the estimated annual obligation authority and apportionment for FFY 2018-2020. A proposal will be presented for discussion to finalize this work.

10:50 7. Information Item: 2018 Transportation 2040 Update Information and follow-up reports will be provided in the coming months regarding the status of the 2018 Transportation 2040 update. This will include information on the maintenance and preservation work program, regional capacity projects, financial strategy, and other topics as requested.

10:55 9. Other Business

10. Next Meeting: May 26, 2017, 9:30-11:00 a.m., PSRC Board Room

11:00 11. Adjourn

*Supporting materials attached

For more information, contact Kelly McGourty, Program Manager, at (206) 971-3601 or kmcgourty@psrc.org.

at Work

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Regional Project

Evaluation Committee……….………………… March 24, 2017

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Members and Alternates Represented at the Table

(See attached Attendance Roster)

Other Guests and Alternates (for all or part of the meeting):

Kyle Butler, City of Kirkland; Christine Wolf, Port of Tacoma; Tracy McMillan, Snohomish Public Works; Darren

Robb, Snohomish County; Jeff Elekes, City of Lynnwood; Jude Willcher, City of Seatle DOT; Kamal Mahmoud,

City of Mill Creek; Matt Hansen, King County Metro; Mehrdad Moini, WSDOT; Sophie Glass, KRCC; Chad Bieren,

City of Kent; Eric Irelan; King County DOT; Michael Bateman, City of Poulsbo. PSRC Staff: Monica Adkins,

Kathryn Johnson, Alex Krieg, Kelly McGourty, Jeff Storrar ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Introductions, Public Comment, and Announcements

There were no public comments. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Approval of Meeting Summary

The summary for the February 16, 2017 RPEC meeting was approved as submitted. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Transportation Policy Board Debrief

The ‘At Work’ report for the Transportation Policy Board meeting on Thursday, March 9, 2017 is available on the

PSRC website at http://www.psrc.org/about/boards/tpb/tpb-at-work/ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion: Regional Centers Framework Update*

Ben Bakkenta, PSRC, provided a report on the Regional Centers Framework Update, including an overview of the

process and next steps. The Stakeholder Working Group recommended alternatives for Board consideration, and

outreach across the region is currently underway. The Growth Management Policy Board will be discussing this

topic through the summer, and the Executive Board is scheduled to discuss and take action in the fall.

For more information, contact Ben Bakkenta, (206) 971-3286 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discussion: 2018-2020 TIP Balancing

Kelly McGourty, PSRC, provided a report on the status to date towards achieving the required balancing by year

in the regional TIP. Kelly proposed the next layer of parameters to be applied to continue making progress,

including a consideration of project statuses, multiple phases, county and agency equity, etc. A report will be

provided at the next meeting, and there was consensus that if resolution was not achieved by then through

voluntary measures, the PSRC Transportation Policy Board would need to be engaged.

For more information, contact Kelly McGourty, (206) 971-3601 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Status Report: 2018 Transportation 2040 Update

Kelly provided a status report on the Transportation 2040 update, including the work to update the Regional

Capacity Projects list.

For more information, contact Kelly McGourty, (206) 971-3601 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Information: Federal Budget Process

A handout was provided summarizing the President’s 2018 budget proposal. Lisa Wolterink, Sound Transit,

summarized for the committee recent comments on this topic by the Sound Transit CEO, indicating that they are

working on a plan to keep moving forward on projects. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Other Business ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Next meeting: Friday, April 28, 2017, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.