Central City Line Steering Committee

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1 Central City Line Steering Cmmittee Meeting #4 Mnday, 2:00 PM 3:30 PM Spkane Reginal Transprtatin Cuncil Paulsen Building 421 W. Riverside Ave., Spkane, WA 1

2 Agenda Welcme, Intrductins and Agenda Review Public Expressins Administrative Tasks STA Bard/City Cuncil Actins Update Prject Develpment Update Statins and Stps Vehicle and Pwer Update Small Starts Grant Update Strategic Overlay Plan Update Next Meeting Date 2

3 Public Expressins At this time, the Steering Cmmittee will give the public an pprtunity t express cmments r pinins pertaining t the prject 3

4 Administrative Tasks Apprval f March meeting minutes 4

5 STA Bard/Spkane City Cuncil Updates STA Bard Actins Nvember Ballt Measure CCL LPA and Vehicle Mde Revisins City Cuncil Actins CCL LPA Revisins 5

6 Authrizatin t begin Prject Develpment September 2015 Prject Develpment Schedule STA/City Decisin n Dwntwn Alignment April 2016 Refine Statin and Stp Lcatins March 2016 Cnceptual Design Cmplete April 2016 STA Decisin Vehicle and Pwer May 2016 CENTRAL CITY LINE Preliminary Engineering Design and Estimates August 2016 Sectin 106 Agency Cncurrence July 2016 STA SEPA Determinatin September 2016 FTA NEPA Determinatin August 2016 FTA Small Starts Grant Agreement Applicatin Submitted Aug Oct Dec 2016 Apr Jun Aug 2016 Tday Planning and Cnceptual Design Preliminary Engineering FTA Small Starts Grant Agreement Applicatin NEPA Dcumentatin Strategic Overlay Plan 6

7 Prject Develpment Update Timeline is Tight! Critical Path Items and Risks Infrastructure Decisins Cst Sharing Imprvements Visin Cst Estimate and Finance Plan Strategic Overlay Plan Review and Adptin Grant Submissin Authrizatin and Cmmitment (SC, STA Bard, City Cuncil) 7

8 Statins and Stps 8

9 Statin and Stp Lcatins Identified Preliminary Statins and Stps: Lcatins Size and Amenities Cnstructin Csts Civil and Radway Imprvements Utilities (adjustments, relcatins, new infrastructure) Statin Architectural Elements ROW Impacts 9

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12 STA Plaza / Wall Street Crdinate: Current Operatins at Plaza (STA) Radway Imprvements (City) Imprvements: Feasibility f Center Island Statin n Wall Street Side Statin Optin Lk at Paid Fare Zne Organizatin fr Plaza CCL Operatins n East r Suthern Curb Shared Funding Opprtunities 12

13 WSU Riverpint Campus Crdinate: Campus Master Plan (WSU) Jensen Byrd Imprvements (City) Radway Imprvements (City) Imprvements: Pine Street (Center Island Statin) E. Spkane Falls Bulevard (Center Island vs. Side Statins) Shared Funding Opprtunities 13

14 Gnzaga University Cincinnati Crridr Crdinate: Campus Master Plan (GU) Cincinnati Green Street Imprvements (City) Radway Imprvements (City) Crridr Imprvements: Pedestrian/Bicycle Imprvements Radway & Safety Imprvements CCL Imprvements Urban Design Elements Shared Funding Opprtunities 14

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17 Spkane Cmmunity Cllege Transit Center Crdinate: Campus Master Plan (SCC) Nrth Spkane Crridr (WSDOT) Signal and Radway Imprvements (City) Upriver Transit Center Imprvements (STA) Imprvements: Infrastructure Required fr CCL Operatins at TC CCL Stp and IT Infrastructure (Fare POS, Real Time Inf, etc.) Charging Infrastructure Layver Space Shared Funding Opprtunities / Independent Utility 17

18 Vehicle and Pwer 18

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20 Operatinal Requirements Operatinal Analysis Drives Vehicle Perfrmance Requirements: Hurs f Operatin Headway Rute Timing, Layvers Vehicle Physical Specificatins: Size Level Barding Drs n Bth Sides ADA Bike Accmmdatins 20

21 Small Starts Grant Update 21

22 FTA Small Starts FTA s discretinary Capital Investment Grant prgram (Sectin 5309) Central City Line qualifies as a Small Starts prject Ttal capital cst under $250 millin Federal grant less than $75 millin Highly cmpetitive prgram demand typically exceeds available Small Starts funding 22

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24 Advancing thrugh Small Starts 1. Request t enter Prject Develpment Apprved June 30, Request fr funding recmmendatin Seek recmmendatin in FTA s Annual Reprt fr Funding Recmmendatins (early 2017) Reliable prject scpe, cst, and schedule At least 50% matching funds cmmitted Fall 2016 ratings submittal wuld be fr the FY 2018 budget 3. Request fr cnstructin grant agreement (SSGA) 100% f lcal match funding in place All critical third-party agreements cmpleted 4. Submittal date September

25 Prject Evaluatin and Rating CENTRAL CITY LINE 25

26 Summary: Making the Best Case fr the Central City Line Cmpelling narrative and business case Land Use and Ecnmic Develpment are especially imprtant fr the CCL Demnstrable cmmunity and plicy supprt Track recrd f transit-supprtive develpment and land use Strng prject and agency financials Maximize lcal/private funds and cmmitment 26

27 Rle f Steering Cmmittee Cmmunity Cmmitment and Supprt Agencies, institutins, neighbrhds, prperty wners, etc. Letters f supprt and reslutins Infrastructure cst sharing/lcal funding cmmitment C-investment and in-kind cntributins City f Spkane, Universities, ther institutins Prcess and timeline are critical: need t start nw t get these pieces in place Land Use and Ecnmic Develpment Making the best case the prject Wrking Grup Review and Advance Draft Applicatin 27

28 Strategic Overlay Plan 28

29 Objectives f Strategic Overlay Plan Maximize cmmunity benefits frm the CCL Land use, ecnmic and develpment strategies t help ensure success f the CCL Builds n ecnmic analysis in Ecnmic Develpment reprt (EcNW, 2015) 29

30 Opprtunity Fcus Area Wrkshps Heard cmmunity input n neighbrhd and crridrwide interests, challenges, and pprtunities Chief Garry Park Brwne s Additin / West Dwntwn University East District Dwntwn Fcus Areas 30

31 Key Public Outreach CENTRAL CITY LINE Takeaways Different neighbrhds have different needs and interests Chief Garry Pedestrian crssings; safety and street lighting; enhancing neighbrhd identity and cmmercial ndes U-District/East Dwntwn Supprt pedestrian riented redevelpment and ecnmic activity; better cnnect U-District t rest f the crridr Brwne s Additin/West Dwntwn Preserve neighbrhd character, revitalize West Dwntwn, knit tgether Brwne s Additin, Dwntwn and U- District 31

32 Strategies in the plan are intended t: Encurage transitsupprted develpment; imprve walkability Incentivize develpment near the CCL Prmte affrdable husing ptins Address transprtatin issues alng the CCL crridr (i.e. walkability and parking) 32

33 Land Use Strategies CENTRAL CITY LINE Adpt new Cmprehensive Plan plicies encuraging transitsupprted develpment Develp a Transit Overlay District that addresses parking, incentives, and design standards Mdify zning/design standards in key areas f the crridr (Missin near Hamiltn; design standards in Brwne s Additin) Identify ptential areas fr residential infill develpment in the Chief Garry neighbrhd 33

34 Ecnmic Develpment/Husing Strategies Prmte pprtunities t redevelp prperty Champin an pprtunity site by develping cncepts, running financial analysis, generating cmmunity interest Identify pssible jint develpment pprtunities Develp a crdinated apprach t preserving/creating affrdable husing in the crridr Adpt a n net lss affrdable husing plicy Include an affrdable husing mnitring prgram 34

35 Transprtatin Strategies Address pedestrian barriers thrughut the crridr Apply best practices frm the Pedestrian Master Plan Crdinate lcal wayfinding that cmplements the Reginal Wayfinding Prject Develp a residential parking pass prgram in areas f the crridr where parking demand is high 35

36 Transprtatin Strategies, cnt d Develp a U-District Transprtatin Demand Management (TDM) Plan Integrated parking Transit pass prgram expansin Marketing/utreach Bike cmmute infrastructure Implement a U-District bike share prgram 36

37 Next Steps fr the Strategic Overlay Plan July: CCL Steering Cmmittee review and apprval f plan Plan Cmmissin Hearing July 13th City Cuncil 37

38 Next Meeting Date Next Steering Cmmittee July 18,