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1 General Assembly Wednesday, May 31, :30 A.M. 1:30 P.M. Conference Center at Washington State Convention Center Level Three Tahoma Pike Street (8 th & Pike), Seattle, WA [DIRECTIONS ATTACHED] PARKING: Parking will be validated at the General Assembly registration table for Assembly members parked at the Washington State Convention Center garage. Main entrance on 8 th Ave., between Pike & Seneca Streets. MEETING LOCATION: Meeting will be held at the Conference Center just across the street from the Washington State Convention Center. Registration if you plan to attend, please register at or by contacting Sheila Rogers at (206) Assembly members by registering if you plan to attend the meeting, it will help us to determine our quorum. PSRC General Assembly includes all mayors, county executives, and council and commission members from member jurisdictions and tribes, and representatives of statutory members. (11:30 a.m.) Check-in begins for General Assembly Sign-in at Registration Table and pick up a box lunch. 1. Call to Order (12:00 p.m.) Mayor John Marchione, President Roll Call* (by sign-in sheet please sign in at Registration Table) 2. Communications and Public Comment 3. Welcome 4. President's Report 5. Consent Agenda a. Adoption of Minutes of PSRC Assembly Meeting held March 31, 2016* 6. New Business a. Adoption of FY Biennial Budget and Work Program* (ACTION) Executive Dave Somers, Vice President, Chair, Operations Committee b. Election of Officers Report of the Nominating Committee* (ACTION) Mayor John Marchione, President, Chair, Nominating Committee 7. Presentation A conversation with Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers and Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier moderated by PSRC Executive Director Josh Brown. 8. Other Business 9. Adjourn (1:30 p.m.) * Supporting materials attached. Assembly members please submit proposed amendments and materials prior to the meeting for distribution. Organizations/individuals may submit information for distribution. Send to Sheila Rogers, srogers@psrc.org; fax ; or mail. Sign language and communication material in alternate formats can be arranged given sufficient notice by calling (206) or TTY Relay 711. 中文 Chinese, 한국 Korean, Русский Russian, Español Spanish, Tagalog, Tiếng việt Vietnamese Call

2 MEMORANDUM May 18, 2017 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: PSRC General Assembly Mayor John Marchione, President General Assembly Voting Attached is a list of the weighted votes for the General Assembly. The counties and cities votes are based on the State of Washington Office of Financial Management s final 2016 populations. Voting at the General Assembly meeting is described in the Puget Sound Regional Council Interlocal Agreement, Section V.B.2: The General Assembly shall make decisions when a quorum is present, and on the basis of a weighted vote of the members, with the weight of each city and county jurisdiction vote as follows: total votes of all city and county jurisdictions within each county will be proportional to each county s share of the regional population. County government will be entitled to fifty (50) percent of their respective county s total vote. City and town votes will be based on their respective share of the total incorporated population of their county. Indian Tribe vote will be based on their respective share of the region s population. The vote of statutory members shall be as prescribed in the applicable statute or as determined by the Executive Board where the applicable statute is silent on the matter of voting. As noted in Article V, Section 7 of the Regional Council s Bylaws, approval of the annual budget and work program, adoption or amendment of the regional growth management strategy and transportation plan, and amendments to the Bylaws require a roll-call vote and the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of those present. All other matters require a simple majority, with the manner of voting determined by the presiding officer; however, at the request of any two members, a roll call vote shall be taken. For more information, please contact Diana Lauderbach, PSRC Chief Financial Officer, at (206) or dlauderbach@psrc.org. Attachment: (1) PSRC Weighted Votes Page 1-1

3 PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL General Assembly Weighted Votes May 31, 2017 Weighted Weighted MEMBERS Votes MEMBERS Votes UNINCORPORATED COUNTIES CITY MEMBERSHIPS Cont. King Milton 1.72 Kitsap Monroe 4.12 Pierce Mountlake Terrace 4.79 Snohomish Mukilteo 4.79 TOTAL COUNTIES Newcastle 1.59 Normandy Park 0.94 North Bend 0.94 Algona 0.45 Orting 1.78 Arlington 4.23 Pacific 0.99 Auburn Port Orchard 5.19 Bainbridge Island 8.94 Poulsbo 3.84 Beaux Arts 0.04 Puyallup 9.43 Bellevue Redmond 8.69 Black Diamond 0.62 Renton Bonney Lake 4.73 Ruston 0.22 Bothell 7.76 Sammamish 8.79 Bremerton SeaTac 3.99 Buckley 1.08 Seattle Burien 7.17 Shoreline 7.89 Clyde Hill 0.44 Skykomish 0.03 Covington 2.69 Snohomish 2.19 Darrington 0.31 Snoqualmie 1.88 Du Pont 2.21 Stanwood 1.51 Duvall 1.06 Steilacoom 1.46 Eatonville 0.69 Sultan 1.10 Edgewood 2.30 Sumner 2.30 Edmonds 9.29 Tacoma Enumclaw 1.64 Tukwila 2.80 Everett University Place 7.63 Federal Way Woodinville 1.66 Fife 2.35 Woodway 0.30 Fircrest 1.57 Yarrow Point 0.15 Gig Harbor 2.15 TOTAL CITIES Granite Falls 0.77 Hunts Point 0.06 TRIBAL GOVERNMENT MEMBERS Issaquah 4.96 The Suquamish Tribe 0.31 Kenmore 3.20 Muckelshoot Indian Tribal Council 0.72 Kent Puyallup Tribe of Indians 2.43 Kirkland TOTAL TRIBAL GOV. MEMBERS 3.46 Lake Forest Pk 1.86 Lake Stevens 7.02 STATUTORY MEMBERS Lakewood Port of Bremerton 3 Lynnwood 8.32 Port of Seattle 50 Maple Valley 3.56 Port of Tacoma 30 Marysville Port of Everett 10 Medina 0.45 WSDOT 30 Mercer Island 3.39 WA Trans. Comm 30 Mill Creek 4.52 TOTAL STATUTORY MEMBERS GRAND TOTAL Page 1-2

4 Minutes General Assembly Meeting Puget Sound Regional Council Thursday, March 31, 2016 Don James Center at the Husky Stadium Seattle, Washington Call to Order and Roll Call The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Mayor John Marchione, President. He announced that a quorum was present. Attendance was determined by the signatures on the registration sheets, and registration check-in by staff, both included with the official copy of these minutes. President Marchione welcomed attendees to the 2016 General Assembly. He introduced PSRC s leadership: Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, PSRC Vice President and chair of the Operations Committee; Tacoma City Councilmember Ryan Mello, chair of the Growth Management Policy Board; Seattle City Councilmember Rob Johnson, chair of the Transportation Policy Board; Lake Forest Park Deputy Mayor Catherine Stanford, President of the Economic Development District Board; Snohomish County Councilmember Terry Ryan, Vice President of the Economic Development District Board; and Josh Brown, PSRC s executive director. Public Comment The following people addressed the Assembly: Paul W. Locke, Will Knedlik, and John Niles. (Comments on file with the official copy of these minutes.) Executive Director s Report Josh Brown, Executive Director, thanked Mayor John Marchione for his leadership to the region and to PSRC. He also thanked PSRC staff for its work, and thanked attendees for being here today, noting that there were over 200 people in attendance today. He stated, Most of you represent PSRC s membership our cities, counties, ports and tribes. But we also have partners from business, education, Federal and State offices, all of whom work with PSRC to tackle the issues we need to address to ensure our region thrives. He thanked Rick Krochalis, Regional FTA Administrator, noting that he has been a great partner with PSRC for a lot of the things that we do. This is his last General Assembly meeting as the FTA Administrator. Mr. Brown reported that, As I ve gone around the region I ve spent time meeting with many of you and listening. The issue that everyone wants to talk about is growth. Over the past 5 years, our region has grown 241,000 jobs that s three times the number of people employed by our region s largest employer Boeing. Last year alone we added 54,300 jobs. The level of job growth we are experiencing is at near record levels. To put these numbers in perspective, all of last decade, from , our region grew only 10,100 jobs total or just 1,000 jobs per year. And these jobs bring people. Our region added 63,270 people in And we are due to reach 4,000,000 people in our region sometime over the next year. But it s not just about how much we are growing as a region that is remarkable. It is also about where. When our region adopted VISION 2040, our growth strategy, we made a commitment to concentrating growth in our urban areas, particularly our centers. We made a commitment to reducing sprawl and protecting our rural areas, especially our forests and farms. Page 5a-1

5 Today, at least 95 percent of new housing is being built in cities and urban areas (2013) compared to only 72 percent in We have fundamentally moved the needle in terms of how and where our region grows. Thirty-three percent of the region s job growth going into regional growth centers -just 3 percent of the urban land area (covered employment for ). Since 2010, we have added more than 52,000 more jobs in regional growth centers and 18,000 more jobs in manufacturing/industrial centers. And here is something important to note, each of our four counties has contributed to this fundamental change. Being from the smallest county in the region, I understand how different each of our counties are. While we have started in different places, the thing that is most important is that we are working toward a shared vision and common goals. And this has been a busy year with all of our cities and counties working to update their comprehensive plans in order to implement VISION One of the reasons why we decided to have the General Assembly meeting here at Husky Stadium was to be able to celebrate our regional successes. When we have surveyed real people about the issues that most impact them today, transportation has been far and away at the top of the list. With the growth we are experiencing as a region I know that doesn t surprise anyone in this room. This is why we came together to work to secure the largest transportation package in the history of our state last year. The people of our region demanded action and our leaders stepped up to the plate and acted. It was just outside of this stadium last summer where Governor Inslee signed the Connecting Washington package into law. It was a bipartisan, statewide group of leaders here that spectacular July afternoon to celebrate our shared accomplishment. And action didn t stop in Olympia. Voters in communities as diverse as Seattle and Enumclaw and Tacoma passed transportation measures. Community Transit also secured additional authority from their voters. We know people are hungry for more transportation options. Transit use is breaking records it s grown twice as fast as our population growth in the last five years. VISION 2040 relies on a robust transit system to achieve our regional goals. And as we have learned from our region s history, failure to act pushes us further behind. Over my shoulder is the new 520 floating bridge which will open in a few days. PSRC put the first money into the 520 bridge replacement way back in I will let you guess where I was at back then. The point is, it takes time and it takes partnership to deliver these projects and if we aren t consistently pushing, we find ourselves woefully behind. Many of you rode light rail here today. Wasn t it incredible? The Seattle Times called U-link the most significant capacity improvement for our region since the opening of the third I-90 bridge. It took a region to make this happen. But we know with a million more people coming to our region we need to do more. This is why the leadership of the region has proposed Sound Transit 3 this November. I liked what Executive Constantine said about ST3, it s an ambitious plan for an ambitious region. Let s shed our Puget Sound modesty and be bold about what we want for our region and what we need to get there together. We have a shared vision of what we want our region to be. We want a thriving economy and a protected environment. We want to promote a great future for a diverse region full of thriving urban centers and healthy small towns and rural areas. And we want the opportunities that comes with growth to benefit everyone both newcomers and people who already call our region home. We want everyone to have the chance to share in the region s prosperity. This is why our work this year launching our new Regional Economic Strategy is so important. With a strong economy, we have the opportunity to figure out how we can sustain this prosperity and ensure it is more broadly available. Page 5a-2

6 The work that we do at PSRC helping the region prepare for growth and ensuring that it is done well, and focusing all of us on what we need to do better has never been more important. I look forward to working with all of you to make this happen. Consent Agenda Adoption of Minutes of PSRC Assembly Meeting held April 30, 2015 ACTION: It was moved and seconded to adopt the minutes of the Puget Sound Regional Council Assembly meeting held April 30, The motion passed unanimously. New Business Adoption of FY Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program Executive Dave Somers, Vice President, Chair, Operations Committee, reported that the FY Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program was developed by our Operations Committee and has had an in-depth review by the Transportation Policy Board, Growth Management Board, and Economic Development Board and comes to you today with a unanimous vote of support from our Executive Board. Executive Somers asked members of the Operations Committee to stand to be recognized. He reported, The proposed Supplemental Budget and Work Program updates the budgeted revenues and expenses July 1, 2015 June 30, The budget of $29.8 million provides for continuing the excellent work we have come to expect from PSRC in the areas of Growth Management, Transportation, Data, Economic Development, and Administrative services. In the coming year, major activities will build on and enhance efforts carried forward from the current fiscal year. Our work will continue to focus on meeting mandates, and providing essential services to members as illustrated in the Integrated Planning Timeline. Executive Somers provided a brief overview of the revenues and expenditures for the budget. He stated, Fifty-three percent of the funds originate from Federal and State Grants, 14 percent provide the match for the Federal and State grants, 22 percent represents carryover funds from the prior biennium, 1 percent represents carryover funds for tenant improvements, and 10 percent is anticipated funds. Sixty percent of the expenditures support the salaries and benefits (which supports 77 employees), 13 percent to overhead which supports the internal operating costs like rent, and information technology, 11 percent to direct project costs and consultants/partners, 12 percent is encumbered, and 4 percent is reserved for contingency fund. The revenue comparison shows funding sources for the proposed supplemental budget in comparison to the current budget. State/Federal Funding increased by $204,000 due to additional Federal Transit Administration funds and WSDOT Transit Integration Funds. Local Funds increased by $1,000 with the addition of Alderwood Water & Wastewater District. Carryover was reduced by $10,000 to reflect additional FY2015 expenses. State/Federal/Local Anticipated increased overall by $2.2 million. The expenditure comparison shows the updated expenditures for the biennium in comparison to the current budget. Labor reduced by $297,000 to reflect staffing changes. Direct costs increased by $152,000 due to reclassification of consultant costs and purchase of Remix Software. Consultants reduced by $30,000 to reflect reduction and reclassification of Consultant costs. Encumbered/anticipated increased by $2.2 million due to the addition of State/Federal/Anticipated funds as stated above, as well as an additional $370,000 in encumbrance, which is a mixture of increased revenue and decreased expenses, for a total increase of $2.57 million. Page 5a-3

7 ACTION: It was moved and seconded to (1) adopt the FY Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program as recommended by the Executive Board, and (2) adopt Resolution PSRC-A authorizing the submittal of the adopted Fiscal Year Supplemental Biennial Budget and Work Program to the appropriate federal and state funding agencies. The motion passed 99 percent. Election of Officers Report of the Nominating Committee Executive Pat McCarthy, Chair, Nominating Committee, reported on the recommendations of the Nominating Committee. She first introduced the 2016 Nominating Committee members: King County Executive Dow Constantine, Kitsap County Commissioner Charlotte Garrido, City of Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent, Town of Steilacoom Mayor Ron Lucas, Port of Tacoma Commissioner Clare Petrich, Snohomish County Councilmember Terry Ryan, City of Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson, and City of Kirkland Mayor Amy Walen. She reported, the Nominating Committee recommends our officers to be Redmond Mayor John Marchione as President; and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers as Vice President. There were no nominations from the floor. ACTION: It was moved and seconded to adopt the slate of officers presented by the Nominating Committee. The motion passed unanimously. Video Presentation Next, the Assembly watched PSRC s One Region video. Regional Economic Strategy Launch Mayor John Marchione commented, This is a really an uplifting moment to be here, it s like a deep breath of fresh air on a spring day. It s inspiring just to be here with you representatives of nearly 100 local governments, ports, transit agencies, tribes and affiliates, and our private sector partners, gathered as a collective body to collaborate and prioritize regional policy issues. You know there is not a lot of glory that comes with working on regional government issues. But glory is not our motivation. We care about neighborhoods, about our kids kids, about fixing potholes and creating jobs. We are building up and strengthening communities. I wish the many Americans who today are so frustrated with the pettiness, paralysis and partisanship in government could see more of what we do at a local level. Potholes and sewer lines are not partisan. They are real problems that cannot be filibustered. No, we work together. We get things done. So thank you. Thank you for being here and thank you for your service to the local and regional community. Mayor Marchione stated, One of the prerogatives of being the Puget Sound Regional Council president is the opportunity to address the General Assembly. So thank you for indulging me today. I will start with sports. Congratulations to UW Women s basketball team for reaching the NCAA Final Four this weekend. Here is a group of women who work as a team to achieve great success. Yes, they have Wooden All-American guard Kelsey Plum, the nation s third leading scorer, but they are stronger together and everyone has a role in their success. I also want to give a shout out to the 13 th ranked UW Women s Softball team and their coach, Heather Tarr. Again a great example of excellent team work accomplishing great things. I also want point out that Coach Tarr is a product of Redmond Little League and Redmond High School. She played on All-Star teams with my youngest brother. Yes, she played baseball because there were no softball leagues 30 years ago. Page 5a-4

8 Next, the economy! Today, I am so excited that we, PSRC, are launching the creation of a new regional economic strategy. This strategy is not going to be a re-do or update, it s going to be a fresh, from the ground-up, new economic strategy. A bold new plan for the next phase of the Puget Sound economy. We are taking a data-driven approach with a consensus-based process in which many of you will be called on to participate and contribute starting today! But the outcome is not going to be an aspirational tome about a shining city on a hill. Again, local leaders take a more pragmatic approach in addressing our community s needs. We need to take a sober look at the future and clearly delineated actions that we, as local policy makers, working regionally, can take to ensure job creation and long-term prosperity. Successful economies in the future are going to depend more on brain power and the availability of a highly educated work force than on a natural deep water harbor, mining or fish and forests. The future economy will be driven by where entrepreneurs, and the people they need to help grow their businesses, want to live. We re competing with every metropolitan region on the planet from Austin to Boston to the North Carolina Research Triangle and from Vancouver to Shenzhin to Bangalore and Seoul not just for new business but for talented individuals and to keep the assets we already have. Now, when our economy is strong, is the best time to figure out ways to leverage our strengths and overcome our weaknesses. Now is the time to secure our future prosperity. There are lots of things we need to do to sustain and grow the economy. I ll just mention three that may not seem obvious from an economic development perspective: education, transportation and competitiveness. Education is a no brainer, yes the pun is intended. Companies in our region are going to be offering more and more great jobs with good salaries. The question is whether our kids will be qualified to fill them. The job market is changing rapidly. Thirty years ago a young person with a high school diploma could get a decent job. Most of those jobs are gone and they are not coming back. That doesn t mean everyone has to go to college. But everyone does need post-high school education whether it s learned at a university, a community college, a trade school or through an apprenticeship. The vast majority of new jobs, of course, will require a bachelor s or advanced degree. We need to dramatically increase the number of college graduates we produce to keep up with the demand for talent. If Microsoft hired every computer science major across the country who graduates this spring there would still be vacancies at the company. We need to think differently about education. We have a 19 th century system in a 21 st century world. Too many 17 and 18 year olds graduate from high school without a clue in the world where they are going or how to get there. What if, as part of their education, kids were required to map out a course for their first five years after high school. Let s help them identify their interests, abilities, options and opportunities. If a student has a knack for science, we need to spot that early and nurture it beginning in middle school. We need to embrace change. When I was in school, we were taught foreign languages in high school. Now we know, based on study after study, the best time to start teaching new languages is in pre-school. At the same time, education is an interconnected ecosystem early learning, K-12, community/technical college, higher education all the parts need to work for it to be successful. Early learning is especially important. This is when the brain develops at an amazing pace and is most receptive to learning. These years present an unprecedented opportunity to help kids build the cognitive, social and emotional skills they need to succeed in school and life. It s gratifying to see there is some progress being made in the Legislature. But there is so much more to do. Education must be a cornerstone of our regional economic strategy. Page 5a-5

9 The second, but equally important issue, is transportation. Transportation, oh where to begin? Well, first a shout out to all of you who were out in the field advocating for Connecting Washington, the $16 billion package approved by the Legislature and Governor last year. The package also includes authority for local jurisdictions to levy voter-approved transit measures, including for Sound Transit 3. It s a huge and hopeful step forward. A special thank you to Representative Judy Clibborn, chair of the House Transportation Committee, and a steady hand in pushing the legislation across the finish line. Thank you. Judy comes from good political stock (meaning local!), serving as Mercer Island s mayor before heading to Olympia. She knows the challenges we face. Our transportation needs are great and growing. We live in a region with an inadequate transportation system that is behind our times and overburdened. Much of it was built during the Eisenhower Administration. And the transportation system is fragile. Remember when the fish truck overturned on the Viaduct last year? The resulting traffic jam reverberated throughout the region. One crash. That is why we need to salute Sound Transit. Wow. Westlake to Husky Stadium in eight minutes. This new route is changing lives hour-long, unpredictable commutes are now 20 minutes. I think some of you might have taken it here to our meeting today! Sound Transit s accomplishments are Exhibit #1 for how we can work together as a region. Most of the people here today are within the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority district and certainly share in Sound Transit s success. It helps communities outside the district too. But there is more work to do. There is a current demand for more light-rail. Redmond is a net importer of people every work day. Our day-time population doubles to 120,000 as people pour into our employment centers. Light rail and regional transportation are essential to helping keep Redmond, and many other communities, accessible and sustainable as our regional population grows. We also know that more than one million additional people are expected to live in the central Puget Sound region by 2040, bringing a dramatic increase in demand for transportation. In addition, trends in technology and demographics point to disruption in the fiscal foundations that currently sustain the region s transportation system. We need to make the large infrastructure investments now to meet the growth we know is coming. To paraphrase King County Executive Dow Constantine from his state of King County speech earlier this week: Even if we had the money, we lack the physical space to build enough lanes to build our way out of this crisis. There is simply no other option (than transit) that can add the kind of capacity we need to our transportation system. And even if we could build more freeway lanes, our arterials and side streets could never handle the additional traffic these lanes would deliver. The case for light rail is simple: at peak capacity, a light rail line can carry 16,000 people an hour in each direction absolutely reliably. It's always an eight-minute ride from Westlake Station to Husky Stadium, regardless of traffic or weather or time of day. That's the equivalent of adding 14 new lanes to Interstate 5 through the heart of downtown Seattle. 14 lanes! Try to get that permitted! Page 5a-6

10 There is simply no other option that can add the kind of capacity we need to our transportation system. None. Reliable, safe and efficient transportation is needed to sustain and grow the economy. We need goods and services delivered. People need to get to and from work, school, shopping and recreation. Even with the Connecting Washington package and the anticipated revenue from existing sources a new report by the Transportation Futures Task Force concludes we are short by more than $36 billion from what is needed in future decades. In addition, I also believe transportation can become the leading edge of our strategy to provide affordable housing. We have plenty of areas in the four-county region that offer affordable housing today. The challenge is those areas are too distant, given the transportation options and costs available today, from employment centers. In thinking about our regional economic strategy, we need to find solutions that make it possible for people to travel efficiently and inexpensively from where they can afford to live to where they work. Light rail and express buses will play a role, but we need to do more. Finally, a word about competitiveness. We live in one of the most spectacular places on the planet. Mountains, Puget Sound, rivers and lakes, abundant parks, refuges and wilderness areas. Where else in the world, but from the Space Needle, can you see three magnificent national parks, five snow-capped volcanos, four lakes, many rivers, and the second largest estuary in the United States? I mean really! Our healthy, wild and scenic environment gives us a competitive economic advantage as a region. It is something to be highly valued, protected and nourished. But competitive advantage isn t just the environment. A vibrant cultural sector helps define the Puget Sound region as surely as does Mount Rainer. Our region is desirable because of the value we place on culture and curiosity, and the way we embrace new Americans. Sometimes walking around Redmond I feel like I m at the United Nations. We have residents from Russia, India, Korea, Peru and China. We welcome diversity and the cultural enrichment it brings to our community. Research clearly shows that exposure to the arts, culture and science brings citizens together, and expands understanding of our and others heritage. Culture performing arts, museums, galleries, zoos and aquariums is critical to our economic strategy. The new economic strategy will assess the health of our cultural organizations and define tactics for ensuring they remain strong. By upping our game on education, transportation and our overall competitiveness, we can build a strategy that lifts up the entire region, including those who have sometimes been left behind. It s got to be about ensuring access to economic opportunity for everyone, no matter what zip code you were raised in or the circumstances of how you got here. All, need to be in. In close, we are certainly blessed in the Puget Sound region. We don t have the kind of systemic problems that face many other urban areas of our country. Instead we have gigantic opportunities on our doorstep just waiting to be picked up and put into play. We have the talent and financial resources to take full advantage of the opportunities before us and to sustain a prosperous economy for our children. We need to take bold steps. We need to invest in what matters. And we need to have some fun and celebrate our successes while we re are at it. We can do this. Thank you for coming today and let s get to work! Deputy Mayor Catherine Stanford, President of the Economic Development District Board commented, I am delighted to be here today to launch the development of a new economic strategy for the region. Next year, we will bring that new strategy back here for your embrace. Page 5a-7

11 We are not starting from scratch. A dozen years ago, in the middle of a recession, the Puget Sound Regional Council brought the region together on our first-ever regional economic strategy. That cluster based strategy served us well. It served to educate people about the regional economy. It helped boost investment in higher education and transportation. It helped grow our strategic clusters and rally the region and the entire state with wins in aerospace, clean technology, biomedical research, international trade and support for our military bases. It led the state to develop a cluster based approach to economic development. And it created new sustainable industry support systems that had never existed before. The overall strategy has always been to cultivate the drivers of job growth in our region as the best way to grow all kinds of jobs and opportunity in every business, in every corner of the region. We launch work to develop a new strategy that builds on all that we learned, that is informed by all the changes underway in the region, and that is customized to work for us for the next several years. Our board has set up a data-driven, action oriented, inclusive process to deliver a new strategy. We ll need your help. Let s launch this strategy with the same spirit we started with over a decade ago by rolling up our sleeves and getting down to work right away. Deputy Mayor Stanford then introduced Chris Mefford, Community Attributes, Inc., who is helping to lead this work. Mr. Mefford provided instruction for an interactive survey. He asked a series of questions which attendees were able to answer using their phone. Honoring Washington State Representative Judy Clibborn Mayor John Marchione presented the President s VISION 2040 award to Representative Judy Clibborn. He remarked, We could not be more grateful to our state Legislature and our Governor for their success in producing a comprehensive, statewide transportation package this past year. It took many years of leadership really hard work. There was no single leader in our state who was leading longer from beginning to end than our beloved House Transportation Chairwoman, Judy Clibborn. We need to stand up and recognize leaders like Judy Clibborn, who have gone beyond everyday leadership and accomplished something truly extraordinary. And that s what we re doing today. In terms of achieving our regional VISION, there are few who have done more. Judy led the way on the most important priority of the people of the region: transportation. She led the way in passage of the most important transportation investment package in our region s history. In the planning world, the package will finally allow the region to complete the regional highway network and the opportunity to connect the region s major centers with light rail. Those are the planning terms. What this will mean to millions of people, for many generations to come, is much, much more. In short, it will mean better lives, better access to opportunity, more chances for everyone in the region to have more choices in where they work, live and play. In short, a brighter future for our people and this place. Everything the state invested in transportation supports VISION 2040 and our goals for a strong economy and a healthy environment. It s rare that we honor any single person with the region s highest honor. It s rare when leadership comes along like Judy Clibborn. It is a deep honor to be in a position to honor Judy on behalf of the region s elected leadership with the President s VISION 2040 award for exemplary leadership and I ask you to stand with me to show her how much we appreciate all that she has accomplished. Page 5a-8

12 Other Business There was no other business brought before the Assembly. Adjourn -- The meeting adjourned at 1:36 p.m ADOPTED by the Assembly this 31 st date of May, Mayor John Marchione President, Puget Sound Regional Council ATTEST: Josh Brown, Executive Director (To listen to a recording of the meeting, please contact the PSRC Information Center at info@psrc.org; ) Page 5a-9

13 ACTION ITEM May 18, 2017 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: PSRC General Assembly Executive Dave Somers, Vice President Adoption of Fiscal Years Biennial Budget and Work Program IN BRIEF On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the Executive Board recommended the Fiscal Years Budget and Work Program for adoption by the General Assembly on May 31, The Budget and Work Program provides an overview of the agency s major work elements and includes an Integrated Planning Timeline on page 12. RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Adopt the Fiscal Years Biennial Budget and Work Program as recommended by the Executive Board. 2. Adopt Resolution PSRC-A authorizing the submittal of the adopted Fiscal Years Biennial Budget and Work Program to the appropriate federal and state funding agencies. BUDGET IMPACT The Proposed Biennial Budget and Work Program Fiscal Years is $25.9 million. DISCUSSION The Puget Sound Regional Council is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization and state designated Regional Transportation Planning Organization for the four-county area and has specific responsibilities under the Fixing America s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Clean Air Act (CAA), the state Growth Management Act (GMA) and the Interlocal Agreement approved by PSRC members. PSRC is funded through a combination of federal and state grants and local funds. The federal grants traditionally make up nearly 78 percent of the funding, while state grants contribute about 5 percent. Local funds provide 17 percent and are used to match the state and federal grants, and also fund work not covered by federal and state grants. The Operations Committee, which has primary responsibility for developing the annual Budget and Work Program, has had a number of briefings on the proposed Budget and Work Program. The Executive Board, Transportation Policy Board, Growth Management Policy Board, and Economic Development Board were also given briefings on the proposed Budget and Work Program in March. The Operations Committee prepared and presented this recommended Budget and Work Page 6a-1

14 Program to the Executive Board at their March meeting, where it was approved and recommended for adoption by the General Assembly. To view the entire document, please visit If you have questions, please call Diana Lauderbach, PSRC Chief Financial Officer, at (206) or Attachment: (1) Resolution PSRC-A Page 6a-2

15 RESOLUTION NO. PSRC-A A RESOLUTION of the Puget Sound Regional Council Authorizing Submittal of the Fiscal Years Biennial Budget and Work Program WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), at its meeting on May 31, 2017, adopted the Biennial Budget and Work Program for Fiscal Years ; WHEREAS, that the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Regional Council is authorized to submit to the federal and state agencies the grant application to carry out the Biennial Budget and Work Program, and all supporting information, including procedures to ensure compliance with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Economic Development Administration; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Aviation Administration; the United States Geological Survey; and the Washington State Department of Transportation. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Executive Director is designated as the authorized official to execute grant contracts on behalf of the Puget Sound Regional Council with the United States Department of Transportation, the Economic Development Administration; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Aviation Administration; the United States Geological Survey; and the Washington State Department of Transportation in support of the adopted budget and work program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Director of PSRC is authorized to incur costs beginning on July 1, 2017, and receive planning monies from the federal and state agencies and local jurisdictions pursuant to the adopted Biennial Budget and Work Program for Fiscal Years for the Puget Sound Regional Council. ADOPTED by the Assembly this 31 st day of May, John Marchione, Mayor City of Redmond President, Puget Sound Regional Council ATTEST: Josh Brown, Executive Director Page 6a-3

16 ACTION ITEM May 18, 2017 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: PSRC General Assembly Mayor John Marchione, Chair, 2017 Nominating Committee Election of Officers IN BRIEF The Nominating Committee will present its candidates for the offices of President and Vice President for the General Assembly s action on May 31, Additional candidates may be nominated at the Assembly meeting by any member. RECOMMENDED ACTION The General Assembly should adopt the slate of officers for President and Vice President presented by the Nominating Committee. DISCUSSION The Nominating Committee concluded its selection of candidates for PSRC President and Vice President by conference call on May 9. The committee was chaired by Redmond Mayor John Marchione. Other Nominating Committee members included King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci, Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier, City of Poulsbo Mayor Becky Erickson, Kitsap County Commissioner Rob Gelder, Town of Steilacoom Mayor Ron Lucas, Port of Tacoma Commissioner Clare Petrich, Snohomish County Councilmember Terry Ryan, and City of Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson. As noted in Article III, Section 2 of the Regional Council s Bylaws: Elections: The President and Vice President of the Puget Sound Regional Council shall be elected by the General Assembly from the Executive Board membership, and shall not be from the same county. Nomination of candidates for the office of President and Vice President shall be presented annually to the General Assembly, at its first meeting of the calendar year, for the General Assembly s action. If you have questions, please contact me at (425) or jmarchione@redmond.gov; or Mark Gulbranson at (206) or mgulbranson@psrc.org. Page 6b-1

17 DIRECTIONS TO WA STATE CONVENTION CENTER (WSCC) GARAGE From I-5 Southbound: Stewart Street exit (exit #166) Left on Boren Avenue Right on Seneca Street Right on 8 th Avenue Right into garage From I-5 Northbound: Madison Street/I-90 exit (exit #164A) Follow signs to Madison Street / Convention Place Right on Madison Street Left on 8 th Avenue Right into garage From I-90 Westbound I-5 Northbound Madison Street (exit #164A) Follow signs to Madison Street / Convention Place Right on Madison Street Left on 8 th Avenue Right into garage DIRECTIONS to The Conference Center (TCC) If you walk to The Conference Center (TCC): The main entrance of TCC is on the NE corner of 8 th Ave & Pike Street If you park in the WA State Convention Center (WSCC) Garage: The garage connects to the Convention Center on Level 3 South Take the elevators or escalators down to Level 1 South EXIT WSCC onto Pike Street by FedEx The main entrance of TCC is on the NE corner of 8 th Ave & Pike Street