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Committee reviews 6-year transportation improvement plan update, moves to prepare materials for public comment
Summary
City staff presented an updated six-year Transportation Improvement Plan that removes completed projects, reassigns funding status for several projects now in the CIP and fixes mapping artifacts; staff will bring a formal agenda bill and public hearing materials next week to meet a June 30 deadline.
Dylan Gamble, a city staff member, told the Parks and Public Works Committee on the 6-year Transportation Improvement Plan — the city’s TIP — that the document is the city’s annual update of planned transportation projects and must be transmitted to the state by June 30.
The update presented to the committee removes projects completed since last year (including the two Meadowbrook Way bridge repairs and the Fourth Street sidewalk project), preserves the staff ranking used previously, and moves several projects into an actively funded category after their inclusion in the city’s adopted Capital Improvement Program. “It is not tied to — it’s not funding constrained,” Gamble said, describing the TIP as an identification and planning document rather than a funding plan.
Why it matters: the TIP is the city’s formal list of transportation projects for the coming six years and is the document the city shares with regional and state partners. Moving projects into the TIP’s “funded” category signals the city expects to pay for them from the adopted CIP, which can affect scheduling and coordination with regional agencies.
Most important details: Gamble said completed projects removed from this year’s TIP include the Meadowbrook Way bridge work (identified in the presentation as “Kimball Creek Bridal,” project no. 140) and recent sidewalk work on Fourth Street. He also told the committee that several items now show funding in the adopted CIP — including King Street rail improvements, parkway rail work and complete-streets safety improvements — and he moved those items into the green, or actively funded, category.
Committee members raised map and display questions during the presentation. Gamble acknowledged a map-layering artifact that incorrectly displayed a small segment’s color and said staff would correct it before the next community meeting. He also said the park-and-ride entry on the TIP represents a desire to partner with King County Metro, not a council-approved location: “This would be one of those where we'd be working with King County Metro to identify it; I don't believe any location specifically has been identified,” Gamble said.
Gamble outlined the next steps: staff will correct the map, post the materials on the city website after the meeting, and return next week with the formal agenda bill and public hearing materials for the committee and council to advance the TIP to the state portal.
Background and process notes: Gamble reviewed differences between the state STIP (State Transportation Improvement Program) and the city TIP, noting state and regional processes have different policy requirements. He also reminded the committee that the city’s TIP is not required to rank projects or show funding, but staff has retained rankings for council context.
What’s next: staff will prepare the formal agenda bill and public-hearing packet for the committee and council; the TIP must be transmitted to the state account by the end of the month to meet the June 30 requirement.
Ending: The committee did not take a formal vote on the TIP at the meeting; members asked for the corrected map and the formal materials before the public hearing and final council action.
