[0:11] Good morning, everyone, it is 10
[0:13] o'clock, I would like to call the Puget
[0:18] Sound regional Council executive board
[0:21] to order Thursday, February 22, 2024.
[0:24] Thank you all for joining us. This is a
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[1:53] Sheila, would you like to do the roll
[1:59] call, please.
[2:02] >>[ CALLING ROLL ]
[5:12] >>We do have a quorum.
[5:14] >>Thank you, Sheila. Has anyone
[5:16] signed up for public comment
[5:18] either remotely or in person,
[5:20] or have we received any written
[5:22] comments? We have nothing this
[5:23] week, this month. Okay. So no
[5:25] public comments. I'm going
[5:27] to call out
[5:28] in the chamber here,
[5:30] the meeting room. Is there any
[5:35] public comment? Okay. Seeing
[5:36] that we have no public
[5:39] comments. So the next thing I'd
[5:40] like to just a few remarks, I
[5:43] was, you know,
[5:45] we've had a little trouble
[5:46] with ferries these days,
[5:47] and I'm happy to tell you that
[5:49] I rode the ferry from
[5:50] Bainbridge Island this morning.
[5:52] It was on time. It was
[5:53] beautifully clean. It was a
[5:55] bright, sun, shiny day. The
[5:57] galley was open. The copy was
[5:59] great. So When everybody starts
[6:00] complaining about ferries,
[6:02] please remember, please,
[6:04] they're doing really fabulous
[6:05] work, and they've been, you
[6:07] know, struggling lately. But
[6:08] When they run, I can't think
[6:10] of a nicer thing to do
[6:12] on a beautiful morning, is
[6:14] to come
[6:15] across the sound and look
[6:17] at the mountains and, it was a
[6:18] it was a great commute. So the
[6:20] ferries are running,
[6:22] maybe not as regular as 1,
[6:24] but when they do run,
[6:25] they're wonderful. So please
[6:27] keep that in mind. I'd also
[6:29] like to say, in March, I will
[6:31] announce the 2024 nominating
[6:33] Committee which is tasked
[6:35] for proposing the candidates
[6:36] for the positions of PSRC
[6:39] president and vice president,
[6:41] which we will do
[6:42] at the general assembly.
[6:44] Well, those will be announced
[6:45] and to end confirmed. I'm also
[6:49] working with president, vice
[6:50] president, summers
[6:52] to finalize the 2024
[6:54] performance goals for PSRC
[6:56] Executive Director, Josh
[6:58] Brown, in March board members
[7:00] will receive an email from me
[7:01] for waiting the goals. Those
[7:02] goals that I will forward
[7:05] to you will be used
[7:06] to evaluate performance during
[7:07] his next annual performance
[7:09] review in December of 2024. I
[7:11] think Josh is doing a terrific
[7:12] job, but this is obviously
[7:14] something that we need to do
[7:16] to establish, you know, which
[7:18] direction we want this agency
[7:21] to go in and, Josh is our key
[7:23] person. And so as a board,
[7:27] we need to make sure that those
[7:28] expectations are really clear.
[7:30] Additionally, we have several
[7:32] new board members. Let's
[7:34] welcome Council member,
[7:36] Jennifer Chamberland, an
[7:37] alternate for the city of
[7:38] Bremerton. Is Jennifer here
[7:41] today? No? Okay. Council
[7:43] member, Scott Bader, alternate
[7:44] for the city of Everett.
[7:46] Scott's here. Welcome, Scott.
[7:48] Welcoming back Commissioner
[7:50] Carrie Bozeman. As an alternate
[7:52] for the Port of Bremerton. I
[7:54] don't know if Carrie's here,
[7:56] you know, and mayor, Victoria
[7:58] Woodard's as an alternate
[7:59] for the city of Tacoma. So
[8:02] those are our new members. And
[8:04] with that, I'm just going
[8:06] to turn it over to Josh Brown
[8:07] for your report.
[8:09] >>Alright. Excellent. Thank
[8:10] you, Mayor Erickson. Thank you
[8:12] for everybody
[8:13] for joining us and
[8:14] participating
[8:15] in the meetings today. So this
[8:17] board meeting
[8:18] of the executive board is going
[8:19] to be a little different than
[8:20] last month. We took on a lot
[8:22] of funding actions
[8:24] at the last board meeting in
[8:26] January. This month,
[8:27] we're going to be bringing to
[8:28] you several important
[8:30] discussion items related to
[8:32] major planning efforts that we
[8:33] have as an agency. Our next
[8:35] update to our regional
[8:36] transportation plan,
[8:37] which we have to adopt every 4
[8:38] years under federal law.
[8:41] Bringing to you our scope
[8:43] of work for updating our
[8:45] center's framework and
[8:46] important conversation
[8:48] around how we're guiding growth
[8:49] in the region. And then we're
[8:50] going to be reporting
[8:51] on important data that,
[8:53] you've asked us
[8:54] to bring back as part
[8:55] of a dashboard for the regional
[8:57] transportation plan. As part
[8:58] of the last, update to the to
[9:00] the regional transportation
[9:01] plan. So a lot
[9:03] of important things. A couple
[9:04] of things I wanted to note
[9:06] in your packet first. We do
[9:08] have a date, a hold for our
[9:09] next general assembly meeting.
[9:10] That'll be May 30th. And, the
[9:14] tentative hold is from 9:30
[9:17] to 1. We are hoping to be
[9:20] at the new expansion,
[9:23] the new annex
[9:25] for the convention center
[9:26] in downtown Seattle. So staffs
[9:28] working to finalize those
[9:32] details will be a great
[9:33] opportunity
[9:34] to highlight a regional asset,
[9:36] a asset for the state of
[9:37] Washington. I know many
[9:38] of you worked very hard. I know
[9:39] King County did a lot of work
[9:40] to ensure that that project
[9:41] moved forward
[9:42] during the pandemic. So great
[9:43] opportunity to bring the reach
[9:44] in together. The other thing I
[9:45] just wanted to note, and,
[9:47] we have our fund, our fairy
[9:49] support letter that has been
[9:50] attached
[9:51] in your packet. I want
[9:53] to thank many members of the
[9:54] executive board. I'm looking
[9:56] around the room, looking
[9:58] at folk style then. Many
[9:59] of your jurisdictions, we have
[10:01] about 25, I believe,
[10:03] elected officials who signed
[10:04] on to that fund our ferries,
[10:06] support letter. So thank you so
[10:07] much for your help and your
[10:10] advocacy. Our next convening is
[10:11] tomorrow, for, for, the focus
[10:12] on ferries, and it's going
[10:17] to be from 10:45 to, 11:45. So
[10:20] thanks for our elected
[10:21] officials that'll be joining
[10:24] us, the chair of the House
[10:26] Transportation Committee
[10:27] chairman Jake Fye has agreed
[10:28] to join us. So he's taking 20
[10:29] minutes out
[10:30] of his busy schedule
[10:31] to join us tomorrow. As many
[10:32] of you know, that that both the
[10:33] house and the senate
[10:34] transportation budgets were
[10:36] just released. So, you know, if
[10:38] we got some things that we
[10:39] wanted those budgets,
[10:40] there's other things related to
[10:41] ferries that aren't included.
[10:43] So it'd be a good opportunity
[10:44] for dialogue and
[10:45] to provide feedback
[10:46] for chairman Fye. The other
[10:48] thing I wanted
[10:49] to highlight next Friday is
[10:50] PSRC is going to be hosting our
[10:52] new elected official workshop.
[10:55] So I know many of you
[10:56] participated when you were new
[10:58] elected officials,
[10:59] it's a great opportunity
[11:00] for PSRC
[11:01] to share regional data, to,
[11:03] you know,
[11:05] for new elected officials
[11:06] to learn about collaboration
[11:07] and regionalism,
[11:08] we'll be hosting it
[11:10] in person here at our offices
[11:12] at 1201 Third Avenue. I'd
[11:13] encourage you if you have a
[11:14] colleague that hasn't yet
[11:16] registered. It's not quite too
[11:17] late,
[11:18] although it's getting close.
[11:19] We're going to send
[11:20] out our final push
[11:21] for RSVP soon. And, look
[11:23] forward to having folks,
[11:25] attend that that workshop.
[11:26] It's always a lot of fun. A
[11:28] couple other just updates I
[11:30] wanted to provide on February
[11:32] 7th PSRC hosted a tribal
[11:34] coordination meeting. So one of
[11:36] the things that we've been
[11:37] exploring at the staff level is
[11:39] different ways that we can
[11:41] engage with our region's
[11:42] tribes. I'm proud
[11:44] to report that we had 6 of our
[11:46] region's tribes participate
[11:48] at the meeting There were
[11:49] multiple staff people for
[11:51] from most
[11:52] of our tribal governments who,
[11:53] were there participating
[11:55] in person or pardon me,
[11:57] virtually. And we received
[11:59] really, really great feedback
[12:01] on our work. You know,
[12:02] the goal
[12:03] of this meeting wasn't to have
[12:04] a meeting where we're talking
[12:05] to our tribes, but instead to
[12:06] really listen and get feedback,
[12:08] we received a lot
[12:09] of really great direction. And
[12:10] I think moving forward,
[12:12] what we're going to do is,
[12:13] turn this into maybe a
[12:14] semiannual meeting where couple
[12:16] times a year, we're engaging
[12:18] with our tribes. They're
[12:20] developing the agenda, and
[12:21] we're giving them an
[12:23] opportunity
[12:24] to provide feedback. So we
[12:25] couldn't have been more pleased
[12:26] with the way that that meeting
[12:27] came together. Our directors,
[12:29] joined me in that meeting,
[12:30] and I wanted
[12:32] to give a big shout out to
[12:33] Erica Harris and our staff who
[12:34] did a lot of the late work.
[12:36] Putting together the agenda and
[12:37] handling the logistics. So
[12:39] really, an important meeting.
[12:40] Just a couple other brief
[12:41] updates. So,
[12:43] in the past month,
[12:44] I've been busy out in the
[12:45] region. I joined the housing
[12:47] development consortium
[12:48] for meeting that they held
[12:49] on housing in Redmond, near
[12:50] Ernie, counsel of Herbal
[12:52] Ducci, among others,
[12:53] were there in attendance. So it
[12:55] was great to catch up with all
[12:56] of you. I was asked
[12:57] to give a presentation to
[12:59] King County Realtors, the
[13:00] master builders and Bellevue
[13:01] Chambers Transportation
[13:03] Committee. And, something I
[13:04] wanted to flag for everybody
[13:06] in March We're really going
[13:07] to lean into the topic
[13:09] of climate at our March
[13:10] executive board meeting. We'll
[13:12] be providing staff reports and
[13:14] updates
[13:15] on the work that we're doing
[13:16] at PSRC, but we also have a
[13:18] special guest. Our March
[13:19] meeting will be will be
[13:21] finished
[13:23] with a legislative session.
[13:25] And we're going to have a house
[13:26] majority leader, Joe
[13:28] Fitzgibbon join us, in person
[13:30] to be able
[13:31] to provide an update
[13:33] on the legislative session
[13:34] with a special focus on the
[13:36] Climate Commitment Act. I know
[13:38] many of you have been tracking
[13:40] not only a lot of the important
[13:42] investments that the Climate
[13:43] Commitment Act has been
[13:44] providing, but also the fact
[13:46] that we're going to have,
[13:48] some initiatives
[13:51] on the ballot, this year as
[13:52] well that that could impact,
[13:55] the Climate Commitment Act. So
[13:56] we just appreciate majority
[13:59] leader Fitzgibbon's joining us
[14:02] and, taking time out
[14:04] of his busy schedule
[14:05] to update the executive board.
[14:09] So more to come on that. And
[14:11] that's a perfect segue to
[14:12] Robin Koske, PSRC's director of
[14:13] government relations and
[14:14] communications
[14:15] to provide an update
[14:16] on the legislative session.
[14:17] So, Robin, let me hand things
[14:18] over to you.
[14:20] >>Thanks, Josh. There we go. I
[14:24] hope everybody can see my
[14:25] screen. Nice to be here today
[14:28] with some legislative updates.
[14:30] I guess the, first thing I'll
[14:31] say too is that I just got back
[14:33] from a visit to Washington DC
[14:35] for the National Association
[14:37] of Regional Council's
[14:39] Meeting. Where I also checked
[14:41] in with, just
[14:43] about every member
[14:44] of our delegation, both
[14:47] Senator Marie and Cantwell, and
[14:48] then the whole House of
[14:49] Representatives delegation.
[14:51] And, I would say that I got,
[14:53] you know,
[14:54] a very positive response to
[14:55] PSRC's work. I think that they
[14:57] were very interested in the
[15:00] things we're doing where we're
[15:01] collaborating regionally
[15:02] on federal grants
[15:03] to make sure grants are getting
[15:04] out communities
[15:05] across our region, you know,
[15:07] safe streets and roads
[15:08] for all and other things. And
[15:09] we also were looking
[15:11] for toward, surface
[15:13] transportation,
[15:14] reauthorization, and how a
[15:15] metropolitan planning
[15:17] organizations might show up
[15:18] in that. So that's a couple
[15:19] years. I hope are already
[15:21] starting to think about it. So
[15:22] we want to be proactive and
[15:23] make sure we're part of the
[15:26] conversation as that happens.
[15:27] So very good visit to DC and,
[15:28] nice to be there
[15:30] with our delegation. As far as
[15:33] the state legislative session
[15:35] goes, this is the 7th week
[15:38] We're now in day 46. So
[15:40] after today, just 2 weeks 2
[15:42] weeks left in the session went
[15:44] by pretty fast. This week was
[15:47] quite a week. All
[15:49] of the budgets came out
[15:51] between Friday Tuesday, one
[15:53] on Sunday, 3 on Monday. So, I
[15:54] will preface that, you know,
[15:57] we're still kind of combing
[15:58] through things and figuring out
[16:01] exactly what everything means,
[16:02] but, you know,
[16:04] I do have some updates for you
[16:05] around that. The, opposite
[16:08] house policy cutoff was, the
[16:11] week, just yesterday. So more
[16:12] and more bills are are going
[16:15] away and that the priority and
[16:16] then we have fiscal cutoff
[16:20] on the 26th, and then the
[16:21] opposite house bill cutoff on
[16:22] March 1st. And then finally,
[16:23] signing dye on the 7th. So
[16:25] rapidly, careening
[16:26] toward the end here. I wanted
[16:29] to share something a little bit
[16:30] light as I always do. I think
[16:33] last year, I shared with you
[16:34] all the state dinosaur bill.
[16:35] This year, there was a bill
[16:36] before the legislature that was
[16:38] actually quite controversial.
[16:41] The bill was to designate the
[16:42] Pacific raise razor clam as the
[16:49] state clam. And, there was some
[16:52] competition from the So that
[16:54] bill did actually not move
[16:55] forward, but there was a group
[16:57] I I share. I have a drawing
[16:58] here. There was a a group
[17:00] of medals from for monitoring
[17:04] the bill and had some art
[17:06] contests, to support, the razor
[17:08] clam as the state clam. So they
[17:10] said that they're going
[17:12] to continue working
[17:13] on the issue because they
[17:15] Passionate laser clams should
[17:16] be the clam of Washington. So
[17:18] one of those, a nice sort
[17:20] of lighthearted things
[17:22] to watch out for, next session
[17:24] I didn't actually do a slide
[17:27] on the operating budgets,
[17:29] but I would say, you know,
[17:30] of course, that just
[17:31] to remind everyone,
[17:33] this is the 2nd year
[17:35] of the biennium. So these are
[17:36] supplemental budgets. They're
[17:37] meant to be sort of, you know,
[17:38] trimming around the edges
[17:40] of the policy,
[17:42] statements that were made
[17:43] with the budget last year.
[17:44] Although I think, you know,
[17:46] more and more,
[17:47] we see pretty major investments
[17:48] in the budgets. I think one
[17:49] of the things that we saw in
[17:50] the operating budget was just a
[17:51] significant investment
[17:52] through all three
[17:53] of the budgets, the
[17:54] transportation, capital, and
[17:55] operating, but both the Senate
[17:56] and the house invest quite a
[17:57] bit of climate commitment act
[17:58] dollars, in
[18:00] in various programs. The
[18:02] housing trust fund, just
[18:15] another, item of note, oh,
[18:16] I guess I'm still talking
[18:18] about the operating budget. So
[18:19] one other thing to point out
[18:20] about that is that the document
[18:22] recording fees, which are,
[18:23] fund many
[18:26] of our homelessness programs,
[18:27] those fees have, of course,
[18:28] been down with the rise in
[18:29] interest rates and less real
[18:30] estate transactions happening.
[18:32] So there is a a quite a bit
[18:34] of a shortfall, and there has
[18:35] been a very big advocacy effort
[18:37] going on to try and see if
[18:38] those funds can't be restored
[18:39] through other means
[18:41] in the state budget. And, the
[18:43] Senate puts in $20,000,000 and
[18:45] the house puts in $70,000,000.
[18:47] And my understanding from the
[18:48] Department of Commerce is that
[18:50] the actual deficit is
[18:51] $70,000,000. So $20,000,000
[18:53] wouldn't quite cut it. So it'll
[18:56] be interesting
[18:58] to see how that falls out.
[18:59] There was also,
[19:00] the governor you may remember
[19:02] had, almost $12,000,000
[19:04] in his budget for local housing
[19:06] programs that could be accessed
[19:07] directly you know, housing
[19:09] people who are experiencing
[19:10] homelessness and other things,
[19:12] that was included in the
[19:18] Senate budget. And then the
[19:19] house included as well
[19:21] in a package of of 46 point
[19:23] $4,000,000, sort
[19:25] of a bucket of, housing
[19:28] for vulnerable populations,
[19:29] and they funded that at 7.4.
[19:33] Full of highlights. And then as
[19:35] I said, there were investments
[19:36] in the operating budget
[19:38] in the Climate Commitment Act
[19:39] and then significant
[19:40] investments
[19:41] in the capital budget of
[19:42] $650,000,000 $670,000,000,
[19:45] respectively. Housing trust
[19:46] fund, both made pretty
[19:49] significant investments and you
[19:51] see the house comes
[19:52] in a little bit higher than the
[19:53] Senate, neither
[19:55] of the budgets interested
[19:57] in what the governor had wanted
[19:59] to do around,
[20:00] rapid acquisition of mostly
[20:02] hotels and motels so they
[20:04] invested directly in in funds
[20:06] to
[20:08] of fund affordable housing. So
[20:09] I think that decisively,
[20:11] decision that's been made that
[20:12] we won't see that rapid
[20:14] acquisition, And then both
[20:16] capital budgets,
[20:17] significantly invest
[20:18] in behavioral health, as well
[20:20] as the operating budget and the
[20:22] operating budget also does
[20:23] some, work on opioids. Let's
[20:26] see. Moving on
[20:28] to the transportation budget,
[20:30] I just wanted
[20:31] to talk a little bit about,
[20:33] you know,
[20:34] the background considerations
[20:35] for the transportation budget
[20:37] because we're seeing a lot
[20:39] of cost increases. And so I
[20:41] just wanted
[20:43] to also just talk a little bit
[20:44] about what some of the reason
[20:45] behind that. You know,
[20:47] the pandemic was, of course,
[20:49] very disruptive. Revenues have
[20:51] decreased I think one
[20:52] of that's one issue certainly
[20:54] with the ferry system, revenues
[20:55] that we saw the a very
[20:57] significant reduction
[20:59] in that. And then, of course,
[21:00] costs have gone up due
[21:01] to supply chain issues. And
[21:03] then we've also seen workforce
[21:05] shortages Another thing that's
[21:07] kind of looming in the
[21:08] background is that there are 6
[21:09] ballot initiatives that have
[21:11] been certified, and, 2 of those
[21:13] would very significantly impact
[21:14] the budget One, of course,
[21:16] for the repeal of the Climate
[21:17] Commitment Act and,
[21:19] then the other for the repeal
[21:20] of the capital gains tax. The
[21:22] climate Commitment Act is a
[21:23] very significant issue for our
[21:25] transportation budgets because
[21:26] the move ahead Washington
[21:27] package that passed 2 years ago
[21:29] relied heavily on Climate
[21:31] Commitment Act Investments
[21:33] of the 17,000,000,000 that was,
[21:34] in the total of that budget,
[21:37] about 5,400,000,000 was climate
[21:39] Commitment Act revenues. So
[21:41] almost a third of the budget
[21:43] would be impacted if those
[21:46] funds were to go away. And
[21:50] then, of course, additionally,
[21:52] there are the court decision on
[21:55] fish passage and culprit
[21:56] replacement 4,000,000,000
[22:01] of that. We have a sort of a
[22:02] $4,000,000,000 issue that needs
[22:03] to be solved. But if you take
[22:05] away the CCA funds,
[22:06] that goes all the way up to
[22:07] 9,000,000. So just wanted
[22:08] to kind
[22:09] of highlight the background
[22:10] before I talked about the
[22:11] transportation budget. And I
[22:12] know secretary Malar is
[22:13] on the phone is
[22:14] on the line today. So, he may
[22:15] have some additional things
[22:16] to add when I am finished,
[22:18] because as I said,
[22:19] we're still kind of calling
[22:21] through exactly what all
[22:23] of these, budget things mean.
[22:25] Both of the budgets made some
[22:29] investments in safety. They
[22:31] kind of total it a little bit
[22:33] differently. So it's kind
[22:35] of hard to tell exactly
[22:37] to compare, the senate
[22:39] to house. The senate very
[22:40] clearly called
[22:43] out the what they labeled as
[22:44] $31,000,000 in investments.
[22:46] Both the budgets put
[22:47] $8,500,000 into the Washington
[22:49] traffic safety commission
[22:51] for public, education
[22:52] enforcement and other grants.
[22:54] And all both budgets also put
[22:55] $1,000,000 into wrong way
[22:58] driving prevention. The Senate
[23:00] collects some Washington state
[23:01] patrol, investments
[23:03] into their safety bundle, but
[23:05] the house budget also does some
[23:07] investment there. So I think
[23:08] in the end, they come
[23:10] out pretty close,
[23:11] on the safety issue. Yeah,
[23:12] preservation,
[23:14] both budgets and invest
[23:15] in preservation, the house
[23:17] budget, adds $40,000,000, and
[23:20] the Senate budget says that
[23:22] they add a 150, but I think
[23:24] 50,000,000 of that is active
[23:26] transportation and the house
[23:27] budget also has some active
[23:29] transportation dollars. So I I
[23:30] think maybe that they come
[23:32] out a little, closer than,
[23:33] comparing 150 to 40
[23:35] in the end. I think one of the
[23:37] most significant differences
[23:38] between the transportation
[23:40] budgets is how they handle
[23:42] Portage Bay. The house budget
[23:43] directs the Department of
[23:45] Transportation to cancel the
[23:48] Portage Bay bid, for both
[23:50] for that whole project And
[23:52] then, only, send the north end
[23:55] of the bridge out for, forbid
[23:57] The Senate budget on the other
[23:58] hand adds some funds
[24:02] for additional costs,
[24:03] and we proceed
[24:04] with the project I think based
[24:05] on the theory,
[24:07] from what I heard Senator,
[24:09] Liisa,
[24:10] in his press conference,
[24:11] around the budget,
[24:13] that they think that we're you
[24:15] know, costs are never going
[24:19] to go down. They're only going
[24:22] to go up. So we'd be better
[24:25] off to just proceed ahead and
[24:26] kind of, you know,
[24:27] swallow our lumps. So we shall
[24:29] see how the 2, just decide that
[24:30] when we get out to conference
[24:35] As far as ferries go, both made
[24:36] very significant investments
[24:38] in ferries, and I think that,
[24:39] you know,
[24:40] certainly the advocacy of all
[24:41] of you who signed on
[24:43] to her letter made a difference
[24:44] in making sure that there was a
[24:45] focus on that. The house does
[24:47] have a, $50,000 per mile
[24:48] program for the Department of
[24:50] Licensing to explore how that
[24:53] would work out. Not a huge
[24:55] amount of money, but,
[24:57] something in the budget. I
[24:59] think everyone will remember
[25:01] that there were some funding
[25:02] for a study
[25:03] of a road usage charge. Last
[25:05] year in the budget that the
[25:06] governor ended up line item
[25:08] vetoing. So, I understand
[25:09] from what chairman Fai said in
[25:11] his press conference that
[25:12] there's some agreement that
[25:14] this is appropriate, with the
[25:15] governor's office this year.
[25:18] So that's a good thing
[25:19] from our perspective here
[25:21] at PSRC since we have the road
[25:22] uses charge in our regional
[25:24] transportation plan. I'm going
[25:26] to move on to ferries. So, kind
[25:28] of a lot of work. Haven't
[25:29] actually compared exactly the
[25:32] governor's budget on the
[25:33] workforce development issues,
[25:35] but both the house and the
[25:38] senate make investments there
[25:39] to make sure that the ferry
[25:40] workforce, has what they need
[25:42] to get back up
[25:43] to full service. Both invest in
[25:45] the passenger only routes
[25:47] continues this extended service
[25:49] on the Bremerton, of about
[25:51] $3,000,000 in both budgets
[25:59] for some additional service
[26:00] on the Bastion Seattle route.
[26:02] So, interesting because that
[26:03] was not
[26:05] in the governor's budget, and
[26:06] they both considered important.
[26:07] In terms of preservation, the
[26:10] Senate invests some additional
[26:12] money to make sure that ferries
[26:14] are able to be fixed when they
[26:16] have problems or
[26:17] before they have problems. So
[26:19] hopefully, the house does not
[26:21] put any new preservation money
[26:22] in,
[26:23] but they direct the ferries
[26:25] to create a plan and ask
[26:26] for what funding is needed
[26:28] for appropriate preservation
[26:29] in 2025. The I say the capital
[26:32] part is the is the part that
[26:33] you know, kind of hard to dig
[26:38] into in the budgets, but they
[26:40] both clearly provide funding
[26:41] for 5 new vessels and 3
[26:44] conversions
[26:46] over the next several years,
[26:48] but the Senate is very over in
[26:50] saying that they are investing
[26:52] 307,000,000 additional dollars
[26:53] and 237 of that from a CCA
[26:55] to create those vessels,
[26:57] indicating that then what could
[27:00] happen is that when those bids
[27:01] go out this April that
[27:04] potentially,
[27:05] if there was a bid that could
[27:07] do 2 vessels at 1, we might be
[27:09] able to build 3 vessels. So
[27:11] they kind
[27:12] of front load those funds to
[27:13] try and get those ferries
[27:15] online as fast as possible. As
[27:17] far as, studies go. There's,
[27:20] 300,000,000
[27:21] in the house budget
[27:22] for a work group plus
[27:23] 200,000,000
[27:24] for an economic impact study,
[27:25] and then there's a
[27:26] $140,000,000
[27:27] for an economic impact study
[27:28] in the senate, which is, around
[27:30] this bill that representative
[27:33] Nance proposed on the
[27:35] Washington State Prairie 75
[27:36] work group That bill has died,
[27:39] but the you can see that the
[27:41] both the work group and the
[27:42] study showed up
[27:43] in the budgets,
[27:45] only the study only in the
[27:46] Senate budget. So we shall see
[27:47] how that works out
[27:48] with budget providers.
[27:49] Secretary Malar, yes,
[27:52] you can go ahead if you'd like
[27:53] to comment.
[27:56] >>Yeah. I was just on those
[27:57] studies. I don't think they're
[27:58] a 140,000,002 100,000,000.
[28:01] >>I think they're Okay. 1000.
[28:02] Oh, a 200,000. Yes. Right.
[28:04] 200,000,000. Excuse me. As I
[28:06] said, I, you know,
[28:09] I was I've been sort
[28:11] of burning the midnight oil
[28:13] to get all
[28:14] of these budget information up.
[28:16] So thank you. Right? Of course,
[28:17] that doesn't make any sense
[28:18] at all.
[28:19] >>No. And, you know,
[28:20] we're ready to rip the covers
[28:22] off of the studies we've
[28:23] already done and send them back
[28:24] in. And if I can get a
[28:25] 140,000,000 for that,
[28:27] that would be out standing.
[28:28] >>Yes. I know that that there's
[28:31] some consternation on behalf
[28:32] of the ferry system
[28:34] around those secretary. So
[28:35] Thank you very much for the
[28:37] important clarification. I'll
[28:39] make sure before Sheila puts
[28:40] those slides up
[28:42] on that I changed the m
[28:45] to a k. And Josh already
[28:46] mentioned the fund or fairy
[28:48] sign on letter,
[28:50] but just also wanted
[28:51] to express my deep gratitude
[28:52] to everyone for signing on to
[28:53] that letter. I really do think
[28:55] it makes a difference,
[28:56] chairman Fye mentioned
[28:58] in his, remarks to when he was
[29:01] unveiling the budget that he
[29:02] had heard about ferries
[29:04] from very many emails. So,
[29:06] thank you. I think you
[29:08] definitely,
[29:09] made an impact this legislative
[29:11] session, so we really
[29:13] appreciate it. I'm going
[29:15] to switch from talking
[29:17] about the budgets, and then
[29:19] that I think are probably
[29:21] important to all of you the
[29:23] housing stability bill,
[29:25] which was a very interesting,
[29:27] legislature thing
[29:29] to watch this year. Is still
[29:31] alive. House bill 2114.
[29:33] They're the senate version
[29:34] of that bill actually died
[29:37] in the senate committee because
[29:41] Senator Cleveland, voted yes
[29:42] for the bill, and then in an
[29:45] unusual move did not sign,
[29:47] officially when the hearing was
[29:49] over, and then came out
[29:50] publicly and said that she was
[29:51] not in support
[29:53] of the bill causing it
[29:54] to die. So then the house
[29:55] version
[29:57] of the bill passed the house
[30:00] And in a very unusual move,
[30:02] they bypass the housing
[30:03] committee and sent that bill
[30:05] directly to the ways and means
[30:06] committee,
[30:08] where it will have a hearing,
[30:10] I think later this,
[30:12] what was scheduled for a public
[30:14] hearing actually today. So we
[30:15] shall see what happens
[30:16] with that bill. Of course,
[30:18] quite a big deal, down in
[30:20] Olympia this year, one of the
[30:22] biggest policy things I think
[30:23] the legislature's discussing.
[30:25] The housing, subsidy bill,
[30:28] the real estate transfer tax
[30:29] bills, both
[30:31] of those are still alive,
[30:32] because they are
[30:34] to implement the budget,
[30:36] bills. They've been marked
[30:38] that. So, they could still
[30:39] pass. They both had public
[30:40] hearings,
[30:42] but they have not been
[30:43] scheduled
[30:44] for executive session. So we'll
[30:45] see what happens with those
[30:46] over the next couple
[30:47] of weeks. And then
[30:48] on the supply side,
[30:51] representative doers bill that
[30:53] would do some work
[30:54] on the state building code,
[30:56] passed out of the local
[30:57] government committee,
[30:58] and that's
[30:59] in the rules committee over
[31:00] in the senate. The co living
[31:01] bill is also the house version
[31:02] still alive and awaiting floor
[31:04] action in the senate. And then
[31:06] the last splitting bill did not
[31:08] make it forward this year. And
[31:10] then my final bill that I
[31:11] wanted to mention to you is the
[31:13] transit oriented development
[31:14] bill. I think everyone has
[31:15] heard a lot about this PSRC's
[31:17] data team has done some
[31:18] incredible work
[31:19] on the mapping tool that you
[31:21] see on the left side where
[31:22] there's also a link that you'll
[31:24] be able to find on the website
[31:25] on the agenda page later today.
[31:27] And, so, of course, thank you
[31:31] to them for just doing all this
[31:32] incredible work
[31:34] to visualize what this look
[31:35] like on the ground
[31:37] for communities,
[31:38] in our region. And that bill is
[31:41] actually still alive, it,
[31:43] passed the house. It's over
[31:48] in the senate. It came
[31:49] out of,
[31:50] the local government committee.
[31:52] It's in the rules committee
[31:54] right now. And, in So we'll see
[31:57] what happens. PSRC has also
[32:00] done some work
[32:01] around suggesting how
[32:03] to define bus rapid transit for
[32:04] this bill because there is no
[32:06] definition
[32:07] in federal statutes And there
[32:09] is no definition
[32:11] in state law either. So, it's
[32:12] kind of one of those know it
[32:13] when you can see it things.
[32:14] There are some efforts
[32:15] to put some language
[32:16] in the bill,
[32:17] that would clarify it. So we
[32:18] tried to help out a little bit
[32:19] with that in the background.
[32:22] And then I would also say that
[32:23] the senate transportation
[32:24] budget has some
[32:25] in it that would direct the
[32:27] University of Washington
[32:28] in cooperation with PSRC
[32:29] to complete a review of a DOD
[32:31] development conditions and look
[32:34] at zoning and some other
[32:36] things. So we shall see,
[32:37] if the bill does not pass, I
[32:40] assume that that study will
[32:44] move forward and, you know,
[32:47] some work will be done
[32:48] in the interim to look
[32:50] at what the impacts are. So
[32:51] that I will stop there and,
[32:54] take any questions if anyone
[32:56] has them. And I invite
[32:57] secretary Malar to help me if
[32:59] anyone has budget questions
[33:01] some
[33:02] of those mega project delays,
[33:04] are kind of interesting in
[33:05] in how each of the house
[33:06] incident handled them.
[33:08] >>You know, secretary, Malar,
[33:10] do you have any statements or
[33:11] comments, now that Robin's that
[33:12] was an excellent report,
[33:14] Robin. Thank you so much. But
[33:16] Now, Roger, is there anything
[33:17] you'd like to say
[33:18] to the group,
[33:20] before I open it up
[33:21] for questions?
[33:22] >>No. I think Robin, did a good
[33:23] job summarizing what's going
[33:24] on. From my perspective,
[33:26] both houses have listened
[33:27] to us, among us, all the other
[33:30] people they listen to. A lot of
[33:31] our issues have been addressed,
[33:33] very differently. So, it's
[33:35] going
[33:37] to be quite a challenge,
[33:39] but I think, people
[33:40] with goodwill will we'll get
[33:41] to wherever they're going
[33:43] to be. We have more funding now
[33:45] than we've ever had,
[33:47] and the need is still greater.
[33:48] And, you know,
[33:50] and everybody wants it now.
[33:52] So, we'll see you. We'll see
[33:55] what comes out in, a little
[33:57] over 2 weeks, but I'd be happy
[33:59] to help
[34:00] with any questions.
[34:02] >>Alright. Thank you, Roger.
[34:03] Questions for either, Robin or
[34:05] secretary Millar regarding the
[34:07] presentation. Any questions?
[34:09] We got a pretty quiet group
[34:14] today. Okay, Robin. That was
[34:18] wonderful. Great report. Thank
[34:20] you very much,
[34:21] and looking forward
[34:22] to seeing you soon. Okay?
[34:23] Thank you. Okay. So we are
[34:26] going to move on. Is there any
[34:29] other that was part
[34:30] of your report? So is there any
[34:32] other? Okay. So, we're going
[34:34] to move on
[34:35] to the committee reports.
[34:37] Please refer
[34:38] to your agenda packet
[34:39] for reports on the February
[34:40] transportation and growth
[34:42] management policy board
[34:43] meetings. The operations
[34:45] committee met this morning,
[34:46] and I'll ask vice president,
[34:48] Dave Summers,
[34:50] to give a report. Good morning,
[34:51] Dave.
[34:52] >>Good morning. Good morning,
[34:53] everybody. Good
[34:55] to see you all. So it, today's
[34:56] operations can meeting the
[34:58] committee recommended board
[34:59] approval of items 6b
[35:03] through 6d on your executive
[35:04] board consent agenda. And those
[35:06] items were vouchers,
[35:08] contract authority
[35:10] for waterfront place, office
[35:11] repair, and restoration,
[35:12] and contract authority
[35:15] for the 2024 General
[35:17] Assembly. So those are
[35:18] recommended unanimously
[35:20] for your approval. Reminder
[35:22] state auditors' office is
[35:24] conducting their annual audit
[35:26] with PSRC and the economic
[35:27] development district,
[35:28] and we've been invited
[35:29] to a report out
[35:31] by the audit team on March 7th.
[35:34] And we also learned that a
[35:35] number
[35:36] of jurisdictions have been,
[35:37] stopping by PSRC's old offices
[35:39] to take some surplus equipment
[35:41] and furniture,
[35:42] and that's going
[35:43] to reduce the actual cost of
[35:45] the waterfront place office
[35:46] restoration efforts. And Huge
[35:47] thanks, shout out to Council
[35:49] member Merrill
[35:51] for suggesting PSRC. Do some
[35:52] outreach and a great number
[35:54] of jurisdictions, are reusing
[35:57] the items PSRC couldn't find
[35:59] room for in its new offices.
[36:01] So I, I understand that carcass
[36:03] is being picked clean.
[36:05] Rapidly. And so,
[36:07] that's great use of, PSRC's,
[36:09] old equipment and many folks
[36:11] very grateful to have it. So
[36:13] thank you for that. So that
[36:15] concludes my report. Any
[36:17] questions?
[36:19] >>Any questions for executive
[36:20] summers?
[36:22] >>Thank you.
[36:23] >>I want
[36:24] to welcome councilmember
[36:25] Walker. Thank you
[36:26] for being here today. Okay.
[36:27] Seeing none, we're going
[36:28] to move on to consent agenda,
[36:30] would anyone
[36:31] like anything removed
[36:32] for discussion
[36:34] on the consent agenda? That's
[36:35] items a through g. K? Seeing
[36:39] none,
[36:42] I would entertain a motion to
[36:44] approve the consent agenda
[36:45] items A through G,
[36:47] as presented.
[36:49] >>I moved to approve the
[36:50] consent agenda. This is
[36:52] Brian.
[36:53] >>Second.
[36:54] >>We have a motion and a second
[36:55] to approve the consent agenda
[36:57] as presented. Any questions or
[36:59] concerns? Seeing none, hearing
[37:03] none, all in favor, say aye.
[37:05] >>Aye.
[37:08] >>Anyone opposed? Anyone
[37:11] abstaining? Okay. Motion
[37:14] carries. Next, we are moving
[37:16] on to discussion item about the
[37:18] regional transportation plan
[37:20] dashboard. And this is Craig
[37:22] Hillman, our data guru,
[37:24] Craig? Where are you, Craig?
[37:27] >>Can y'all hear me and see me,
[37:31] okay?
[37:35] >>Yep. You're there.
[37:37] >>Alright. Hopefully, this
[37:38] starts
[37:40] to share the slideshow.
[37:41] Alright. Everyone can see my
[37:42] slideshow. Okay?
[37:44] >>Sounds great.
[37:45] >>Thank you. Alright. So I'm
[37:48] here to talk to you all
[37:49] about the RTP dashboard,
[37:51] and I'll warn you if you were
[37:52] at the transportation policy
[37:53] board. This is the exact same
[37:55] presentation,
[37:56] exact same slides. That we
[37:57] shared just a couple weeks ago,
[37:59] as well as we shared at the
[38:00] regional staff committee just
[38:02] last week,
[38:03] to see if you have background,
[38:04] We shared the development
[38:06] of the RTP dashboard last year,
[38:07] with all our boards,
[38:09] including you all,
[38:10] and we shared it last in
[38:12] January as we're developing it
[38:13] just as a reminder, the
[38:16] performance dashboards are
[38:17] resource to help our region
[38:19] understand how we're meeting
[38:20] our long range goals,
[38:21] and it was directed directly
[38:22] out of our recently adopted
[38:24] regional transportation plan.
[38:25] So we spent, early 2023 taking
[38:27] feedback. We took it down
[38:30] to all our boards and lots of
[38:32] different committees and little
[38:33] groups, and we made changes
[38:40] to the dashboard based
[38:41] on that feedback. And now what
[38:43] we're doing each year is coming
[38:45] as what we're calling this kind
[38:46] of annual briefing or annual
[38:47] report. We ended up doing the,
[38:48] briefing in February, just
[38:49] because we got a lot
[38:50] of year end data
[38:51] by the end of, early in
[38:52] February. So if we come in
[38:53] February, we can share year end
[38:54] stuff more,
[38:55] readily than if we say come
[38:56] in January. So you can expect
[38:57] to see us each, February or
[38:58] kind of talking
[39:00] about different things
[39:01] in the dashboard. My other
[39:02] highlight at the end
[39:04] of this dashboard, end
[39:05] of this presentation,
[39:06] I apologize. There's a link
[39:07] to the dashboard. If you're
[39:09] following along,
[39:10] you're welcome to go look
[39:11] at the dash board. My only
[39:12] warning
[39:13] to you all is we size it. We
[39:14] it's spun up
[39:15] on servers outside
[39:16] of PSRC. I don't have the link
[39:18] at the beginning of it because
[39:19] then everybody the dashboard
[39:21] at the same time. It slows
[39:22] things down on the dashboard.
[39:24] We generally size the thing
[39:25] to meet probably five
[39:26] to ten people
[39:28] at a time looking at it.
[39:29] Realistically
[39:30] in our organization, not that
[39:32] many people. I love our data. I
[39:33] love what we put out there
[39:34] for people to see. We rarely
[39:35] were not Amazon. We don't have
[39:37] hundreds of people at any given
[39:38] clicking our stuff. So if all
[39:40] of you go to click it
[39:41] at the exact same time, it'll
[39:42] probably be a little slow. So
[39:43] if you're all looking
[39:44] at it now, just the warning,
[39:45] it'll be a little slow
[39:46] for you. On this kind
[39:48] of table, what is shown
[39:49] in bold, these are the
[39:51] highlights I'm going
[39:52] to show you just some of the
[39:53] highlights and the trends and
[39:54] direction things are going I'm
[39:56] going to give you, basically,
[39:57] regional numbers for most
[39:59] of this stuff. If you actually
[40:00] go into the dashboard, you'll
[40:01] see a lot more geographies
[40:02] for these different metrics.
[40:03] As well as the ones that are
[40:05] not bolded,
[40:06] you can look and kind
[40:07] of see what those are. The
[40:08] other part we have
[40:09] on here is this kind
[40:10] of progress column. And this is
[40:12] one I've been expecting
[40:13] pushback from folks,
[40:14] but I haven't gotten any yet.
[40:16] The idea of the progress column
[40:17] is just as look
[40:18] at the trends we're seeing,
[40:20] are they moving
[40:21] in the way that we want them
[40:22] to move according
[40:23] to our goals and our plans?
[40:24] That would be the green check
[40:25] mark. Kind
[40:27] of the green dashes,
[40:28] things are good,
[40:30] but they're maybe moving
[40:31] in the wrong direction. So we
[40:32] should really keep our eyes on
[40:34] them and make sure that green
[40:35] dash doesn't turn
[40:36] into what is the third thing,
[40:37] which is the red x. Those are
[40:39] the ones that are clearly
[40:40] from the data not going
[40:41] in the direction,
[40:43] that we would like them
[40:44] to go in. So just orient folks
[40:45] to that as we kind of go
[40:47] through it and you'll see it
[40:48] on some of the slides. So I
[40:49] will take you
[40:51] through these kind of 5 main
[40:52] topic areas in the dashboard.
[40:54] So we can start with climate
[40:55] and just as a refresher
[40:56] for everyone. The goal
[40:58] in our plan is to be 80%
[40:59] below 1990 GHG levels
[41:01] by the year 2050. It's 50%
[41:02] below those 1990 levels
[41:04] by the year 2030. We don't have
[41:09] a sensor out in the air
[41:10] measuring the GH that's
[41:12] submitted. So we use a lot
[41:13] of proxy measures
[41:14] to see where we're going
[41:16] on these. So some
[41:18] of the ones we've talked about
[41:19] here are the transportation
[41:20] Carbonization as an example.
[41:21] Here's one where we've actually
[41:23] seen pretty significant changes
[41:25] just in a short amount of time
[41:26] that green line chart showing
[41:27] there. These are coming from
[41:29] 2017 onward. These are
[41:30] for new vehicle registrations.
[41:32] And so if you're
[41:33] on the dashboard,
[41:34] this is just showing you
[41:35] but if you're actually
[41:36] on the dashboard,
[41:37] you can see what it is
[41:38] for used vehicles as well. So
[41:39] by the end of 2023, about 43%
[41:41] of all new vehicle
[41:43] registrations were either
[41:44] electric or hybrid, and you can
[41:45] actually see where the purple
[41:46] line, that's the battery
[41:48] electric vehicles have actually
[41:49] and surpass the hybrid electric
[41:52] vehicles in early 2023. They
[41:53] each make up about 20 some
[41:56] percent
[41:57] of the overall registrations.
[42:00] On the dashboard. If you look
[42:01] at it, you can also see a map
[42:03] by, census track. So it can
[42:05] give you an idea of where some
[42:07] of those higher and lower
[42:10] levels are,
[42:11] and we overlay that with some
[42:12] of our equity focus areas
[42:13] for people
[42:15] of color and low income. So you
[42:16] can kind
[42:17] of see how that matches. Maybe
[42:18] not surprising. There's some
[42:19] census tracks in the east side
[42:21] of the lake where over 3
[42:22] quarters of the new vehicle
[42:24] registrations or electric
[42:25] vehicles. And there are places
[42:27] in, say, Kitsap County where
[42:29] it's less than 10% of new
[42:31] vehicle registrations are,
[42:32] electric fields, but it's
[42:33] really interesting how rapidly
[42:34] it is changing. Even
[42:36] on the used car market,
[42:37] if you look
[42:38] at the dashboard and look
[42:39] at the used vehicles right now,
[42:41] about 90%
[42:42] of the used vehicle market is
[42:43] for internal combustion
[42:45] engines. It's about 10% now for
[42:46] electric and battery electric
[42:48] and hybrid electric vehicles.
[42:50] It's definitely changing fairly
[42:51] rapidly as these vehicles are
[42:53] actually now starting to hit
[42:54] the used car market as well.
[42:56] So that kind
[42:58] of highlight that one. That was
[42:59] a green check mark. That idea
[43:01] of kind of a green dash
[43:02] Williams, we look at kind
[43:03] of vehicle miles traveled. We
[43:05] are definitely still
[43:06] below where we're
[43:07] at pre pandemic levels, but
[43:08] we're getting closer the last
[43:10] set
[43:11] of regional data we have were
[43:12] about 9% pre pandemic levels,
[43:13] but we've definitely been
[43:15] increasing
[43:16] since the lows coming out
[43:17] of the pandemic where we were
[43:18] about 20% below.
[43:20] On the dashboard, you can look
[43:21] at both per mile or, sorry,
[43:23] per capita metrics. That's what
[43:24] I'm showing you
[43:25] on the chart here.
[43:27] But you can also look
[43:28] at the total VMT as well. Both
[43:29] per capita and totals are
[43:31] below what they were, pre
[43:33] pandemic,
[43:34] but they're definitely starting
[43:35] to increase a bit. And there
[43:37] are other metrics, as I had
[43:38] mentioned, and other
[43:39] geographies that you can kind
[43:40] of see
[43:41] on the dashboard as you kind
[43:42] of flip through,
[43:43] those climate related measures.
[43:46] On the safety side of things,
[43:47] our goal is, similar
[43:50] to the state and many
[43:51] of our jurisdictions is 0 fatal
[43:53] and serious collisions
[43:54] by the year 2030. This is
[43:56] definitely one where the
[43:57] numbers are going
[43:58] in the wrong direction,
[44:00] hence the red x we have there.
[44:01] The data for 2023 will become
[44:03] available and May. And so a few
[44:05] months from now, we'll be able
[44:06] to see where we're at in 2023.
[44:07] So, unfortunately,
[44:09] this data is through 2022, but
[44:10] you can see that rapid increase
[44:11] in the amount
[44:12] of people who died
[44:13] on our regions roadways. This
[44:17] is just in our Four counties
[44:18] in 2022. We had 300 almost 3
[44:22] 30 people die
[44:23] on roadways almost 1 a day.
[44:25] All numbers from 2023 look like
[44:27] it's worse than it was. I think
[44:29] many of you are familiar with
[44:31] the work that PSRCs been
[44:32] embarked upon on the street and
[44:34] our safe streets
[44:35] for all grant work
[44:36] with the federal government.
[44:38] There's now been 2 different
[44:39] funding rounds come out. The
[44:41] first one, we collaborated
[44:42] with 6 other local
[44:44] jurisdictions to get almost
[44:45] $5,000,000 in grants to develop
[44:47] a safety action plan. And just
[44:48] in the last month, PSRC is,
[44:49] kicked
[44:51] off our safety action plan
[44:53] with our consultant team. And
[44:54] so all and all those other six
[44:56] jurisdictions are also
[44:58] under contract as well with us
[44:59] to get their work going
[45:00] on their safety action plans.
[45:03] Since then, we were,
[45:05] notified that in 2023, another
[45:07] 10 jurisdictions got, grants
[45:08] with the safe streets
[45:10] for all work to also embark
[45:11] upon safety action plans
[45:13] for their jurisdictions,
[45:14] but we were definitely going in
[45:15] the wrong direction when we
[45:17] look at annual traffic related
[45:20] deaths. And this metric as we
[45:21] kind of see and some
[45:22] of the things we're trying
[45:24] to put in the dashboard is
[45:25] share more information about
[45:26] racial disparities and whatever
[45:28] data that we can share it. So
[45:29] this is an example
[45:30] on the traffic rate
[45:31] of the desk
[45:32] by race and ethnicity. And you
[45:33] can see that American Indian,
[45:35] our Alaska native member of our
[45:36] community was seven times more
[45:38] likely to die in a traffic
[45:39] related collision than a white
[45:40] resident in the year 2022. And
[45:41] you can also see kind
[45:42] of how that varies by other
[45:43] race and ethnicity groups As
[45:44] you go on to the dashboard,
[45:46] you can also see we have it
[45:47] by gender. We have it by age.
[45:48] We have information
[45:50] by different geographies. We
[45:52] also have it by cities. And
[45:54] then you can also look and kind
[45:55] of see how things vary maybe
[45:56] by time of day or day
[45:58] of week. We have lots of
[45:59] different metrics that are
[46:00] available for folks to pull
[46:01] off of the dashboard. But this
[46:03] is definitely another one
[46:04] of those that is not moving
[46:05] in the right direction.
[46:09] On the growth side, the goals
[46:10] on our growth come
[46:11] from vision 2050. It's really
[46:12] about where our population and
[46:14] employment growth. So 65%
[46:16] of our population and 75%
[46:17] of our job growth. Is to occur
[46:19] near high-capacity transit
[46:21] in our regional centers. Once
[46:22] again, there's more data
[46:24] on the dashboard. You can kind
[46:25] of see just
[46:26] from the little bullets
[46:27] at the top there. If you're
[46:30] on the dashboard,
[46:31] you could click those and look
[46:32] at each one. I'm going
[46:34] to add a line to these to show
[46:35] you actually what the goal is.
[46:36] I should have had that
[46:38] on there, originally. So the
[46:39] population goal is 65%. So you
[46:40] can kind
[46:41] of see where we've been since
[46:42] 2011. Coming out
[46:43] of the great recession
[46:45] about 3rd of our population
[46:46] growth was occurring
[46:47] near high-capacity transit.
[46:49] In the last several years,
[46:50] we've been closer
[46:52] to 50% mark. You can kind of
[46:53] see we've definitely rash it
[46:55] up, early on
[46:56] into the forties. And we'd I
[46:57] always say
[46:59] for a data perspective, that
[47:00] 2020 2021 year are really,
[47:02] really hard to look at.
[47:04] They're so anomalous,
[47:08] so it's hard to see. So another
[47:09] couple of years of data,
[47:10] we'll see if we continue
[47:11] to keep hovering
[47:12] around that 50% mark.
[47:13] On the job side,
[47:15] we definitely go up and
[47:16] down and hover pretty close
[47:18] to that 75%
[47:19] of our job growth. You can kind
[47:20] of see how things vary year
[47:22] by year. It kind of bounces
[47:23] around there. We can see in
[47:25] 2022 is hovering about 60%.
[47:26] Some years, it it's been
[47:28] over 80%. Is definitely one
[47:29] of those ones that kind
[47:32] of comes up and down. Hence,
[47:34] the reason, once again,
[47:35] for the kind of sideways dash
[47:36] on both of these for kind
[47:40] of where we're going in terms
[47:43] of our growth. I combined
[47:44] transit and the walk and bite
[47:45] measures into 1
[47:46] for the presentation just
[47:47] to try to keep things simple.
[47:48] This is an example where I've
[47:50] brought up in our previous
[47:52] presentations that really our
[47:53] goals and our plan are
[47:54] about growth. Are fatal and
[47:57] serious collisions,
[47:59] and they're about climate. And
[48:00] so we really look at transit,
[48:02] walk, and bike, non-motorized,
[48:04] all that stuff is kind of
[48:05] metrics that help us meet our
[48:06] climate goals. So in
[48:07] in many ways,
[48:08] all these measures could also
[48:09] go under the climate, section
[48:11] of So as we separate those out,
[48:13] that's why I've actually
[48:14] mentioned in this case, and
[48:15] you'll see the difference
[48:16] language on the plan where you
[48:17] have a goal. It's called goal
[48:19] and where it's just an outcome
[48:21] of the plan. So a lot
[48:22] of these are outcome measures.
[48:24] They're called plan outcomes.
[48:25] And so in this case, if you're
[48:26] to look at our plan, our
[48:27] regionally,
[48:29] adopted transportation plan.
[48:30] We're looking
[48:31] at triple transporting
[48:32] by the year 2050. And probably
[48:34] before I even go
[48:35] to the next slide, you're
[48:36] probably all fully aware that
[48:37] the impact
[48:39] of the pandemic has been huge
[48:40] on transit ridership. So this
[48:41] is showing annual transit
[48:43] boardings as an example
[48:44] by year. So this is
[48:45] through the end of the year
[48:46] 2023. We are definitely
[48:50] below where we're at. 2019 as
[48:53] well as we were forecasted
[48:55] to be. It might be hard
[48:56] for you to see on the screen,
[48:58] but the slope of that line
[48:59] since 2021 It's actually
[49:01] growing more rapidly than the
[49:02] slope of the orange line,
[49:04] which is the forecast,
[49:05] but it's definitely
[49:06] down below. It's about 70%
[49:07] of where we're
[49:08] at forecasted before. It
[49:10] definitely varies by mode,
[49:11] and you can see that
[49:12] on the dashboard. If you click
[49:14] through it, you can look at,
[49:15] things by bus, rail, commuter,
[49:17] I should say when I say rail,
[49:18] light rail,
[49:20] car versus commuter rail,
[49:22] and you can kind of see that
[49:23] in the bullet points here,
[49:25] light rail,
[49:26] since the pandemic, especially
[49:27] since, Northgate stations
[49:29] opened. It's actually now in
[49:30] 2023 above where it was
[49:32] in pre pandemic levels. The bus
[49:33] routes are about 70%
[49:35] of where they're at. Commuter
[49:36] rail and van pools,
[49:38] which serve our kind
[49:39] of employment centers. Those
[49:42] places are most likely
[49:43] to have still higher shares
[49:45] of work from home,
[49:46] for instance, are some
[49:48] of the ones who are furthest
[49:49] down in terms
[49:50] of where they're at. They're
[49:51] more like 30 or 40%
[49:53] of what it was
[49:54] in pre pandemic measures. When
[49:55] we look
[49:56] at it and compare ourselves
[49:58] to other metro areas,
[49:59] and we do this for a lot
[50:00] of the measures
[50:01] in the dashboard. So you can
[50:02] kind of click
[50:03] through and you can kind
[50:04] of compare us to 27
[50:05] of the largest MPOs
[50:07] around the country. This is
[50:08] where I'd say our,
[50:09] we're very similar
[50:10] to everybody else. We're middle
[50:11] of the pack. So there's 27 bars
[50:13] here. We're number 13. So we're
[50:14] almost smack dab
[50:15] in the middle. So we're at
[50:17] about 68% of pre pandemic
[50:18] transit boardings in 2023. And
[50:20] you can kind of see,
[50:21] where some of those ones
[50:24] at the top bar that were closer
[50:25] to that kind of Miami, San
[50:28] Diego, Austin, Houston.
[50:30] They're closer to a 100%. No
[50:32] one is at a 100%. You can see
[50:34] we're very similar to places
[50:35] like Boston. We're actually
[50:36] above Boston, slightly below
[50:38] Washington, DC. When you're
[50:39] in the dashboard,
[50:40] you can also look
[50:41] at the totals,
[50:42] not just these ratios. So the
[50:44] other thing I bring up when
[50:45] I've I shared this slide is
[50:46] places like Miami have a lot
[50:48] less transit ridership than we
[50:49] have in our region. They have a
[50:51] lot less transit service than
[50:52] we have. This is just showing
[50:53] how much closer they are
[50:54] to those places, but you
[50:56] definitely see the sun belt
[50:57] for the most part of those
[50:58] places that have recovered a
[51:00] lot quicker, than the rest
[51:01] of us. But as I mentioned,
[51:03] we're kind of middle
[51:05] of the pack. Hovering right
[51:06] near that kind of 70%
[51:07] of the pre pandemic levels
[51:09] for transit ridership. This one
[51:11] is about walking to work. And I
[51:12] thought this measure might be
[51:14] interesting to folks. And I and
[51:16] I looked back
[51:17] in the data all the way to
[51:18] 2006. It's been pretty
[51:20] consistent, actually. So when
[51:21] you look at the dashboard,
[51:22] that's the other thing you'll
[51:23] find is We generally do 3 years
[51:24] of data. So we have 2012,
[51:25] 2017, 2022. This is all census
[51:27] related data. So 2022 is the
[51:29] most recent data that we have.
[51:31] Geographies. This is the
[51:33] by county and region again,
[51:35] but also if you're on here,
[51:36] you can actually see it
[51:38] by city as well. We had the 3rd
[51:39] highest walk to work, in 2022
[51:41] of any metro region, only
[51:43] Boston, New York are higher
[51:45] than us. We're somewhere
[51:47] between 3 5 every year back
[51:49] to 2000 6. So we're
[51:51] consistently one of the top 5
[51:53] highest shares of walk to work
[51:55] in the country. Having said
[51:56] that when we're number 3,
[51:58] there's a big difference
[52:00] between us and New York. So
[52:01] we're hovering right here a
[52:02] little about 3 a half percent.
[52:04] New York is about 12%. Now
[52:06] having said that, New York
[52:08] isn't 40%. It's about 40%
[52:09] of people using transit to get
[52:10] to work in New York City,
[52:12] but there's still about triple
[52:13] of what we are,
[52:15] even though we're number 3 in
[52:16] Boston, maybe not surprisingly,
[52:18] is kind of in between the 2.
[52:19] So there's even a decent amount
[52:21] of distance between us and
[52:22] in places like Boston as an
[52:23] example.
[52:25] But having said that,
[52:27] we are definitely one
[52:28] of the we have one
[52:29] of the higher shares
[52:30] of walked work
[52:31] in the country,
[52:32] and you can kind
[52:34] of see how it varies by,
[52:35] county. It's maybe always
[52:36] surprising to people. We
[52:37] actually have a pretty high
[52:38] share of walk to work in
[52:39] Kitsap. So Kitsap County
[52:41] actually has a higher share
[52:42] of walk
[52:43] to work residents than King
[52:44] County does. It's an example. A
[52:45] bit of that is a lot
[52:46] of people living in Bremerton
[52:47] working at the Puget Sound
[52:48] Naval Shipyard. That is have a
[52:51] couple more slides here. I
[52:52] think time wise,
[52:54] I'm doing okay. These are just
[52:55] a couple on delay. Once again,
[52:57] this was a plan outcome. So in
[52:59] the plan where you were looking
[53:01] at an actual reduction and
[53:03] delay per household, these ones
[53:06] might be a little hard
[53:08] to decipher. This is,
[53:10] quarterly charts, and these are
[53:11] stacked bars showing the
[53:12] percent of the system that is
[53:14] either heavy heavily congested
[53:16] or severely congested. So heavy
[53:18] congestion,
[53:20] it means you're going
[53:21] on a freeway
[53:22] under thirty miles an hour. If
[53:24] you're severely congested,
[53:25] you're averaging 9 or 15 miles
[53:27] an hour. So, so very,
[53:28] very slow on the freeway. You
[53:30] know, I think about that. And
[53:31] then the same ratios are
[53:32] applied to arterials. You can
[53:34] see going in the morning peaks
[53:36] before the pandemic, about 60%
[53:38] of the network was congested
[53:39] with a big chunk of it
[53:41] about 20%
[53:43] of it being severely congested.
[53:45] You can see that we're still
[53:46] not back to those levels. I
[53:48] think most people who've seen
[53:49] that morning commutes
[53:50] definitely are not as bad as
[53:52] they were yet. They're getting
[53:53] worse, but you can also see
[53:55] that severe congestion. It's
[53:56] about half of what it was,
[53:57] pre pandemic. So we're hovering
[53:59] about 50% of the network is
[54:01] congested now. We have a
[54:03] federal performance target.
[54:04] That is one
[54:06] of the things FHWA requires us
[54:08] to have. And our performance
[54:11] target, what these numbers were
[54:12] actually performing better than
[54:14] our federal performance target,
[54:16] maybe not too surprisingly.
[54:17] The afternoon's a little
[54:19] different. In
[54:20] on the dashboard,
[54:21] you can see it in the middle.
[54:22] On the dashboard, you can look
[54:23] at what it is in the middle
[54:25] of the day. Things have
[54:26] definitely gotten worse
[54:27] in the middle of the day. I've
[54:28] shared the story of all
[54:29] of us who work from home. It
[54:30] seems like we go shopping at
[54:31] Costco in the middle
[54:33] of the day, you got a lot
[54:34] of more activity that happens
[54:36] in the middle of the day. This
[54:37] afternoon congestion, the
[54:38] afternoons were never really
[54:40] just people going
[54:42] to going home from work.
[54:43] There's also people going out
[54:44] to dinner, doing stuff
[54:45] with their families. So there's
[54:47] always a lot bigger mix. So
[54:49] it's gotten closer. It's still
[54:50] lower, but you can kind
[54:51] of see that pre pandemic. It
[54:53] was about 70%
[54:54] of the network was congested.
[54:55] Now we're about 60%
[54:57] of the network. And once again,
[54:58] that kind of severe congestion
[54:59] is less than it was, but it's
[55:00] definitely growing and getting
[55:02] closer to what it was
[55:03] in those pre pandemic. Years,
[55:05] and you can definitely kind of
[55:07] see as that growth is happening
[55:08] in the congestion. Once again,
[55:09] if you go on the dashboard,
[55:10] we also have maps So you can
[55:12] see, facilities. So you can
[55:14] zoom in and see where your
[55:16] facility is at. I will say
[55:17] though when 70%
[55:19] of the network is congested,
[55:20] pretty much every bar on the
[55:22] network will show congestion.
[55:23] It's a it's a pretty,
[55:25] in some ways, ugly map. If you
[55:26] want to look at it that way,
[55:28] there's not a lot of places
[55:29] that are not congested. So that
[55:30] that's the last bit
[55:32] of slides I have. The link,
[55:34] as I promised, is here. So you
[55:36] can get the presentation
[55:38] on the dash on this
[55:40] presentation is already online.
[55:42] You can download it. You could
[55:43] follow the link. You could dig
[55:44] around and look
[55:45] at the different, pages
[55:46] on the dashboard. The other
[55:47] thing we have on there,
[55:49] there's a circle icon circle
[55:51] with an eye for information.
[55:52] If you go on that one, you can
[55:53] actually download the data. If
[55:54] you click the button,
[55:56] it'll take 15, 20 seconds
[55:57] because it's downloading all
[55:58] the data, but it actually gives
[56:00] you every piece of data that's
[56:01] in the dashboard. So you're
[56:03] welcome to use it however you
[56:04] like to use it. We'll continue
[56:05] to update data throughout the
[56:07] year. So as data becomes
[56:09] available, we update it. We
[56:10] don't wait till the end
[56:11] of the year to update it. And
[56:13] then each year will come and
[56:14] share kind of the highlights
[56:16] in this February time frame as
[56:17] I mentioned. So folks can see
[56:18] what's up there,
[56:20] but welcoming you all
[56:21] to go check it out. See what's
[56:22] there. And if you have any
[56:23] questions about it, reach out
[56:24] at any time. And we're happy
[56:26] to add stuff to it,
[56:28] take stuff away from it. It is
[56:29] a online living thing,
[56:32] and we will definitely continue
[56:33] to update and change. So
[56:35] with that, I'm happy to stop
[56:36] sharing and take any questions.
[56:38] >>Great report, Craig. Thank
[56:39] you so much. Mayor Robinson,
[56:41] question for Craig.
[56:42] >>Yeah. This is fantastic.
[56:45] And, obviously, I just looked
[56:46] at it briefly just now.
[56:47] But it it does kind of appear
[56:49] like you are actually getting
[56:50] people out. We are getting
[56:51] people out of cars. And if
[56:53] that's the case, and we're
[56:57] seeing more collisions and
[56:58] fatal fatalities,
[57:01] we have just got to really
[57:02] emphasize the alternative mode
[57:04] infrastructure so that as we
[57:06] encourage people
[57:08] to take the bus to, to get out
[57:10] of their cars,
[57:12] we're actually putting them
[57:13] in a safe situation. So I hope
[57:15] that as a as a group that we
[57:17] are going to emphasize that.
[57:18] Thank you.
[57:22] >>Sorry. I was going
[57:24] to share you. If you look
[57:25] on the dashboard
[57:27] at the collisions by type,
[57:28] there's definitely been a
[57:29] noticeable increase
[57:31] in the amount
[57:32] of pedestrians and cyclists,
[57:33] but especially pedestrians
[57:34] who've been dying
[57:35] on our roadways since 2010.
[57:37] It's definitely it's increasing
[57:38] for all categories, but it's
[57:39] definitely seen a noticeable
[57:40] increase for those pedestrians.
[57:44] >>Secretary Malar.
[57:47] >>Thank you. And, Craig, thank
[57:48] you for a great presentation
[57:49] and a great product. I'm
[57:51] curious whether you're
[57:52] coordinating
[57:55] with our gray notebook folks
[57:56] at Washdot. There's, it's
[57:58] interesting. Some of the stuff
[58:00] like the congestion figures you
[58:02] showed. When we talk
[58:05] about reliable travel times.
[58:08] And everybody freaks out
[58:10] about the reliable travel time
[58:11] from Snohomish County down
[58:12] into Seattle or from Pierce
[58:13] County into Seattle. What they
[58:15] don't pick up is if you look
[58:17] at our data, it takes longer
[58:20] to drive by yourself. From
[58:23] Everett to Seattle than it does
[58:25] to carpool from Everett to
[58:27] Seattle. And that takes longer
[58:29] than it takes to ride a bus.
[58:32] From Everett to Seattle. So the
[58:34] word, the thing that got
[58:36] in the paper, was it takes 90
[58:38] minutes to drive. What didn't
[58:40] get
[58:41] in the paper is it's less than
[58:42] 60 minutes if you take the bus.
[58:43] And so it would be useful if it
[58:45] while it's important to tell
[58:47] everybody how congested the
[58:49] highways are, that there are
[58:50] solutions, to manage your life
[58:53] in that congested space. So I
[58:55] hope we can use the data that
[58:58] we're presenting to tell more
[58:59] of those stories. But, yeah,
[59:01] thanks. It's a great stop.
[59:03] >>Yeah.
[59:04] >>And just so you, for context,
[59:05] we're trying
[59:06] to put more and more context
[59:08] on each of our pages. And so
[59:09] one of the things that this
[59:10] clicked is mentioning that is
[59:11] we have links off of as you go
[59:12] into each page. We have,
[59:14] different relevant links
[59:16] for that kind of data So one of
[59:19] the things we should do is
[59:20] definitely link to watch dot
[59:21] screen notebook as an example.
[59:22] We definitely have worked at,
[59:24] reached out to folks in your
[59:25] in your shop as we've talked
[59:26] about getting data, sharing
[59:28] data, what's there, but that
[59:29] would be a great resource
[59:31] to add that as a link. So when
[59:32] you're looking at that,
[59:33] we can connect people
[59:34] to other places. We're planning
[59:35] to do the same thing on the
[59:37] transit slides as an example.
[59:38] Point people to what our
[59:39] transit agencies have and other
[59:40] information. They might be
[59:42] sharing as well.
[59:44] >>Great. I just put the link
[59:45] in, the chat.
[59:47] >>Thank you. Executive summers.
[59:49] >>I'm just wondering if we have
[59:51] a heat map or a geographic
[59:53] location where fatalities are
[59:54] occurring, interesting,
[59:56] or does anybody put anything
[59:57] like that together get an idea
[59:59] if they're clustered or
[1:00:01] scattered or >>It is definitely
[1:00:04] underway. We don't have it yet
[1:00:06] as part of our regional safety
[1:00:08] action plan. We're working
[1:00:09] on identifying one of the,
[1:00:10] kind of requirements of that
[1:00:13] safety action plan is a high
[1:00:14] injury network. But we have
[1:00:16] also been talking about,
[1:00:17] and we had the same,
[1:00:19] same idea come up at the
[1:00:21] transportation policy board as
[1:00:22] well. It'd be great to kind
[1:00:23] of see a heat map just a a way
[1:00:24] to highlight or concentrations
[1:00:26] these have been occurring.
[1:00:29] Definitely have some stuff
[1:00:30] internal,
[1:00:31] that I've been working
[1:00:32] on that, but we are definitely
[1:00:33] working and an plan
[1:00:34] to incorporate that as part of
[1:00:35] our safety action plan.
[1:00:39] >>I'm not seeing any more hands
[1:00:41] up. Any more questions for
[1:00:42] Craig. I want to say Craig has
[1:00:45] helped me out several times
[1:00:47] when I've had data questions,
[1:00:48] he's been really good about,
[1:00:50] you know, responding and, and,
[1:00:52] providing really good
[1:00:55] information, just as I asked
[1:00:56] for it. So I want
[1:00:57] to say thank you for that,
[1:00:59] Craig. We have a great data
[1:01:00] team here at Puget Sound
[1:01:03] Regional Council. So any other
[1:01:04] questions for Craig? Okay.
[1:01:06] Thank you, Craig. Okay. So, now
[1:01:10] we're moving on to miss Kelly
[1:01:14] McGurdy with the discussion of
[1:01:15] the regional transportation
[1:01:18] plan 2026, 2050 development
[1:01:20] process. Kelly.
[1:01:24] >>Good morning. Thank you. And
[1:01:28] the information that Craig
[1:01:30] shared
[1:01:31] with you queued up a number
[1:01:32] of my slides as, Josh did in
[1:01:34] his introductory remarks as
[1:01:35] well. We are, officially
[1:01:37] launching, the development of
[1:01:39] our next regional
[1:01:41] transportation plan. And today,
[1:01:42] I'm just I'm going
[1:01:44] to I we thought it was
[1:01:45] important
[1:01:46] to give some foundation,
[1:01:47] especially for new members who
[1:01:48] weren't a part
[1:01:49] of the development
[1:01:51] of our current plan, just
[1:01:52] Reminding folks what some
[1:01:53] of the requirements are,
[1:01:54] what's in our regional
[1:01:55] transportation plan and how we
[1:01:56] got there. There's been a lot
[1:01:57] of work happening since then,
[1:01:58] and Craig shared a little bit
[1:01:59] of that. And then we'd like
[1:02:00] to chat with you
[1:02:01] about where we go next
[1:02:02] in terms of developing this
[1:02:03] next plan and get some,
[1:02:04] preliminary feedback
[1:02:06] on priorities. But this is just
[1:02:08] the this is the con
[1:02:09] conversation 1 of many more
[1:02:11] to come. So this is kind
[1:02:14] of the boring stuff. The
[1:02:16] requirement part stuff. So, we
[1:02:17] are required to have a where
[1:02:19] it's the long range regional
[1:02:21] transportation plan
[1:02:22] with a minimum of 20 years. We
[1:02:24] everything we do is based
[1:02:25] in vision. And so right now,
[1:02:27] we are going out to a Horizon
[1:02:28] year of 2050, which is a little
[1:02:29] bit longer than a 20 year
[1:02:30] planning horizon. We are
[1:02:32] required to update or develop a
[1:02:34] new plan every 4 years. And the
[1:02:36] current plan was adopted in
[1:02:38] May of 2022. So now it's time
[1:02:40] to develop the plan that will
[1:02:41] be adopted in May of 2020 I
[1:02:42] won't go through all
[1:02:45] of the bullets here, but a lot
[1:02:47] of the requirements that we see
[1:02:48] for this product from both the
[1:02:50] federal legislation and state
[1:02:51] legislation very much aligned
[1:02:53] with the priorities and the
[1:02:55] vision and policies and vision
[1:02:57] 2050 as well, an integrated
[1:02:59] system I will talk a little bit
[1:03:01] about the financial strategy.
[1:03:03] All of the most current and the
[1:03:04] best data we can pull together
[1:03:05] on our, growth and our travel
[1:03:07] patterns and Craig mentioned,
[1:03:10] touched on this. So performance
[1:03:12] measures and targets is also
[1:03:13] something that not only that we
[1:03:15] do and we try to do very, very
[1:03:16] well, but it is something
[1:03:17] that's also anchored
[1:03:18] in federal state legislation.
[1:03:20] My presentation doesn't have
[1:03:21] that. We do have a wealth
[1:03:22] of information, and Craig
[1:03:24] touched on a lot of it,
[1:03:25] but can always come back at a
[1:03:26] future presentation and talk
[1:03:28] more about that. So moving
[1:03:31] into some Background
[1:03:34] information on the current
[1:03:35] regional transportation plan.
[1:03:37] As we began developing this
[1:03:38] current tip,
[1:03:40] the board had conversations
[1:03:41] about what are the objectives
[1:03:42] and the overall priority. And
[1:03:44] these were the 2 objectives
[1:03:45] that we landed on. Again, as I
[1:03:47] mentioned,
[1:03:48] everything we do is based
[1:03:50] in vision 2050. And the
[1:03:51] regional transportation plan is
[1:03:53] really the implementation arm
[1:03:54] of that vision, and to support
[1:03:57] vision 2050's leading edge, our
[1:03:59] ambitious transit focused
[1:04:01] regional growth strategy. And I
[1:04:02] just realized I'm doing it
[1:04:03] again. I'm moving my head. So
[1:04:05] apologies. I will try to stop
[1:04:06] doing that so everyone can hear
[1:04:07] me. As part
[1:04:09] of this current plan,
[1:04:10] we also really tried to,
[1:04:12] achieve better data collection
[1:04:14] and analysis tools, not just to
[1:04:16] support the plan that we were
[1:04:18] building, but
[1:04:19] in recognition that the updates
[1:04:21] to local comprehensive plans
[1:04:22] were happening, So really
[1:04:24] helping to support that local
[1:04:25] investment planning as well.
[1:04:27] But also recognizing that there
[1:04:28] are existing challenges on the
[1:04:30] ground today we are planning
[1:04:32] out for 2050. So thinking about
[1:04:34] those bigger picture thinking
[1:04:35] on investments that might be
[1:04:36] needed into the future.
[1:04:38] In addition, recognizing that
[1:04:42] the region continues to grow,
[1:04:43] in addition to those 2 key
[1:04:44] objectives, the board spent
[1:04:46] some time really focusing on,
[1:04:47] 6 key policy focus areas that
[1:04:50] they wanted to use
[1:04:51] to direct development
[1:04:53] of the plan,
[1:04:55] not just building a transit
[1:04:56] network, but accessing that
[1:04:57] transit network, safety,
[1:04:59] equity, climate, supporting our
[1:05:01] local agencies and the needs
[1:05:03] on their local systems as a,
[1:05:04] again, as well as that forward
[1:05:05] thinking, looking
[1:05:06] at the future investment. And I
[1:05:08] love the little fidget spinner
[1:05:09] to the right, and I have
[1:05:11] to give community transit
[1:05:12] credit for this. Many years
[1:05:14] ago, they invited us
[1:05:16] to a swift tour,
[1:05:17] and they handed out this fancy
[1:05:20] green fidget spinner. And we
[1:05:21] took that and ran with it
[1:05:22] because it was such a good
[1:05:23] representation
[1:05:24] of how each element
[1:05:25] of the plan is interconnected.
[1:05:26] So maintenance and
[1:05:27] preservation, for example,
[1:05:28] is woven throughout all
[1:05:29] of the modes of the plan.
[1:05:30] Safety and equity are woven
[1:05:32] throughout all elements
[1:05:33] of the plan,
[1:05:34] transit is connected to our
[1:05:35] bicycle and pedestrian network,
[1:05:41] etcetera. So that became a real
[1:05:43] theme as we developed the plan.
[1:05:49] Another important thing
[1:05:50] to acknowledge is that The plan
[1:05:52] includes investments
[1:05:54] for the entirety
[1:05:55] of the transportation system.
[1:05:56] It includes both larger scale
[1:05:57] projects, but it also includes
[1:05:58] what we call,
[1:06:00] programmatic investments. And
[1:06:01] all of the,
[1:06:03] the representation that you see
[1:06:04] on the slide here,
[1:06:05] local and regional transit,
[1:06:06] cities, counties, the state
[1:06:08] investments, our ports, All of
[1:06:09] these investments are
[1:06:10] represented
[1:06:11] in the current plan. Part of
[1:06:16] the current plan that we're
[1:06:18] very proud of is,
[1:06:20] we spent a substantial amount
[1:06:21] of time trying
[1:06:22] to do more when it came to data
[1:06:24] collection and really having a
[1:06:25] better understanding of the
[1:06:26] current transportation system
[1:06:28] on the ground at that moment
[1:06:29] in time,
[1:06:30] what was being planned for
[1:06:32] in terms of investments, and
[1:06:34] then really trying understand
[1:06:35] where are the needs,
[1:06:36] where are the opportunities
[1:06:37] in there.
[1:06:39] For the first time ever, we
[1:06:40] have a regional sidewalk
[1:06:41] inventory. We don't have,
[1:06:42] every facility, throughout the
[1:06:45] region,
[1:06:47] because we are a very large
[1:06:48] region,
[1:06:49] but we have some thresholds
[1:06:50] about what we consider the
[1:06:51] regional system. And we're very
[1:06:52] excited
[1:06:53] about the work that was done
[1:06:54] to update those inventories.
[1:06:55] And then we compiled all that
[1:06:56] data
[1:06:57] into a new visualization tool.
[1:06:59] And this was a great tool
[1:07:00] for us as we did our planning,
[1:07:01] but we also wanted it
[1:07:03] to be useful to our member
[1:07:04] jurisdictions as they do their
[1:07:05] planning. So the users can zoom
[1:07:07] into a specific area,
[1:07:09] see what's on the ground
[1:07:10] in terms of facilities,
[1:07:12] see what's planned in terms
[1:07:14] of investments,
[1:07:15] but do so within,
[1:07:17] other contextual data. So
[1:07:18] for example,
[1:07:19] where regional centers are,
[1:07:20] where activities are, where our
[1:07:21] demographic and our equity
[1:07:23] focus areas are. So this is a
[1:07:24] really born fruit for us,
[1:07:26] and we're going to continue
[1:07:27] to utilize this
[1:07:28] into the future. An additional
[1:07:33] element
[1:07:34] of the current plan is we try
[1:07:35] to do some extensive outreach
[1:07:37] And, of course, we developed
[1:07:38] the plan. I think we started
[1:07:40] just as the pandemic began in
[1:07:42] 2020. So we did have
[1:07:44] to pivot and move more
[1:07:45] to more online tools,
[1:07:47] more social media.
[1:07:48] But we tried to do some new and
[1:07:50] innovative things. We had
[1:07:52] online open houses. We of
[1:07:53] course did the surveys and our
[1:07:55] formal public comments as we
[1:07:56] normally do,
[1:07:57] but we also did focus groups.
[1:07:59] We reached out
[1:08:00] to youth groups. So we try
[1:08:01] to do more. And
[1:08:02] for this new next plan,
[1:08:03] we will continue to try
[1:08:04] to do even more. We even,
[1:08:06] they made stuff,
[1:08:07] do some videos. So they made me
[1:08:08] go on camera and do videos.
[1:08:10] Now I'm now I'm a little more
[1:08:11] used to it since we have to do
[1:08:13] it every day now. I think all
[1:08:15] told, when we think about all
[1:08:17] of the different engagement, I
[1:08:19] think, Literally thousands of
[1:08:21] comments throughout the course
[1:08:22] of the plan development,
[1:08:23] which was really,
[1:08:25] really helpful. Moving
[1:08:29] into a little bit more
[1:08:30] of the detail
[1:08:31] about what are the investments
[1:08:32] in the plan and some
[1:08:33] of the other background. The
[1:08:35] plan is a $300,000,000,000
[1:08:37] plan. It does go out again to
[1:08:38] 2050. And I think an important
[1:08:40] note is that over half
[1:08:41] of the plan is dedicated
[1:08:44] to maintaining, preserving,
[1:08:45] and operating the system. As I
[1:08:47] mentioned, the plan includes
[1:08:49] both what we call programmatic
[1:08:50] investments, including things
[1:08:52] like maintenance and
[1:08:53] preservation, including things
[1:08:54] like local investments, But
[1:08:56] for the but
[1:08:57] for those investments
[1:08:58] in system expansion, this,
[1:08:59] percentage really resonates
[1:09:01] with me 70%
[1:09:02] of those system investments.
[1:09:04] The system improvements are
[1:09:05] dedicated
[1:09:06] for local and regional transit.
[1:09:07] And you can see
[1:09:08] from the bottom of the slide,
[1:09:10] By 2050, we will have pretty
[1:09:12] extensive expansion
[1:09:13] of the transit network plan.
[1:09:14] 36 bus rapid transit routes
[1:09:15] will be in operation 10
[1:09:17] passenger only ferry routes and
[1:09:20] over a hundred miles
[1:09:22] of light rail. And we did a
[1:09:23] little digging, and we believe
[1:09:24] this is the most aggressive
[1:09:25] transit expansion
[1:09:26] in the country. We are required
[1:09:29] to have a financially
[1:09:30] constrained plan, which means
[1:09:32] that funding sources that are
[1:09:33] currently available plus a
[1:09:35] reasonable strategy for
[1:09:37] potential new revenue sources
[1:09:38] must be enough to pay
[1:09:41] for the full suite
[1:09:42] of investments. And so
[1:09:43] for the $300,000,000,000, 84%
[1:09:45] of the plan is funded with our
[1:09:47] forecast current law revenues,
[1:09:49] and I believe that is the
[1:09:50] largest percentage that we've
[1:09:51] seen
[1:09:52] to date as we've moved forward
[1:09:53] with our plan. I'm seeing some
[1:09:54] head nods in the back.
[1:09:56] Thanks, Ben. The remaining 16%
[1:09:58] is coming
[1:10:01] from what we call our strategy.
[1:10:04] And this was a built a menu of,
[1:10:06] menu of new revenue options
[1:10:07] that could be compiled and
[1:10:08] deployed
[1:10:10] to fill that 16% gap. And I
[1:10:11] know that, a lot of things are
[1:10:12] moving and changing
[1:10:13] with financial forecast both
[1:10:15] in terms
[1:10:16] of revenues and expenditures,
[1:10:17] and that will be a big topic
[1:10:18] of discussion as we move
[1:10:19] into the next plan. Yeah.
[1:10:26] These next two these next two
[1:10:27] slides really illustrate the
[1:10:29] expansion
[1:10:30] of the transit network. So this
[1:10:31] is just a map showing the high
[1:10:32] capacity transit network that
[1:10:33] was on the ground in 2018,
[1:10:35] which is our base year
[1:10:37] at the time. And this is just
[1:10:39] the visual representation
[1:10:40] of what that network will look
[1:10:41] like in 20 So that's pretty
[1:10:42] exciting. So now I'd like
[1:10:47] to pivot a little bit and talk
[1:10:48] about what have we done
[1:10:50] since the plan was adopted in
[1:10:51] 2022 I mentioned this plan is
[1:10:53] really about, implementation
[1:10:54] and, making progress towards
[1:10:56] our vision and priorities. So
[1:10:58] I'm going to give just a a few
[1:10:59] highlights related to each
[1:11:02] of these five bullet points.
[1:11:06] First on safety, and Craig just
[1:11:08] shared with you,
[1:11:09] some information on the
[1:11:10] regional safety action plan,
[1:11:12] which is now underway. We have
[1:11:13] our consultants on board. We
[1:11:15] actually know that about up
[1:11:16] to 25 jurisdictions
[1:11:18] in addition
[1:11:19] to the work we'll be doing
[1:11:20] at the regional scale up to 25
[1:11:21] of our local jurisdictions are
[1:11:22] also developing local safety
[1:11:24] action plans under the Sage
[1:11:25] Streets and Ritzborough grant
[1:11:27] program. And our regional
[1:11:28] safety action plan will be done
[1:11:29] hopefully early 2025 in time
[1:11:31] for informing and incorporating
[1:11:34] into this next regional
[1:11:35] transportation plan.
[1:11:37] But I also it would be remiss
[1:11:39] of me if I didn't also talk
[1:11:40] about our first ever regional
[1:11:42] safety summit. We were very
[1:11:43] excited about that. It was a
[1:11:44] lot of work, but it was,
[1:11:46] a really great event. We had,
[1:11:48] over a 140, participants join
[1:11:50] us to talk about safety. We had
[1:11:52] some national speakers And the
[1:11:54] feedback from that summit will
[1:11:55] definitely inform,
[1:11:56] not just development of our
[1:11:58] regional safety action plan,
[1:11:59] but also the regional
[1:12:01] transportation plan as we move
[1:12:02] forward. On equity, you may
[1:12:05] remember that in January, just
[1:12:08] last month,
[1:12:09] you adopted the policy
[1:12:11] framework for our 2024 project
[1:12:12] selection process, and that
[1:12:14] included recommendations
[1:12:16] for improvements from our
[1:12:17] equity advisory committee
[1:12:18] related to that came directly
[1:12:20] out of our FHWA Equity pilot.
[1:12:22] That project selection process
[1:12:25] is underway moving forward,
[1:12:27] and we'll come back to you in
[1:12:28] July with the results
[1:12:29] of the total suite
[1:12:31] of project investments. But
[1:12:32] in addition, what you may not
[1:12:35] remember is in 2023 as well,
[1:12:36] the board adopted a new way
[1:12:38] of how we distribute a portion
[1:12:40] of our federal transit
[1:12:42] administration funds. So we are
[1:12:44] now dedicating a portion
[1:12:46] of these funds to distribute
[1:12:47] to transit, projects with a
[1:12:49] very focused and very
[1:12:50] intentional methodology that
[1:12:51] will support and improve
[1:12:52] transit service for our equity
[1:12:54] focused populations. We did our
[1:12:55] 1st round
[1:12:56] of that new distribution late
[1:12:58] in 2023. We'll do our next
[1:13:00] round as part of our 2024
[1:13:03] project selection process.
[1:13:05] Moving on to climate,
[1:13:09] there is a lot
[1:13:11] of work that has been going
[1:13:12] on climate as well. The current
[1:13:14] regional transportation plan,
[1:13:16] we always do an analysis out
[1:13:19] to our horizon year. So we
[1:13:21] provided a lot
[1:13:22] of performance metrics out to
[1:13:24] 2050, but the plan directed us
[1:13:25] to also use,
[1:13:26] to also conduct an analysis
[1:13:28] of the interim year of 2030,
[1:13:30] which is an alignment with our
[1:13:31] regional climate goals. So we
[1:13:34] concluded this work, earlier
[1:13:36] in 2020 3. We identified where
[1:13:38] we were in comparison
[1:13:40] to our climate goals for
[1:13:41] 2030, but we also conducted
[1:13:43] some sensitivity testing. So we
[1:13:45] could pull on different policy
[1:13:46] levers and see, the potential
[1:13:48] for further emission reductions
[1:13:49] depending on,
[1:13:51] which lever we wish to pull.
[1:13:53] That was a very valuable
[1:13:54] exercise for us. We provided a
[1:13:56] lot of information
[1:13:58] to the boards earlier in 2023.
[1:14:00] Shortly
[1:14:02] after that work was concluded,
[1:14:03] we convened a climate expert
[1:14:04] review We brought in, experts
[1:14:06] from around the country and
[1:14:07] other MPOs,
[1:14:08] and they reviewed not just our
[1:14:09] 2030 work, but all of our
[1:14:11] modeling framework and our
[1:14:12] assumptions. That was a very
[1:14:13] valuable exercise for us
[1:14:16] to conduct as well. And we'll
[1:14:17] be working on a summary
[1:14:18] to come back. And I believe
[1:14:19] next month,
[1:14:20] we will come back and share,
[1:14:22] reminds the board
[1:14:23] of what was done in 2030 and
[1:14:24] share some results
[1:14:26] of the panel as well as,
[1:14:27] next steps for all the other
[1:14:28] work that's going on. I also
[1:14:29] wanted
[1:14:30] to note that there are a number
[1:14:32] of partnership efforts. We work
[1:14:33] very closely with our partners
[1:14:34] at the Puget Sound Clean Air
[1:14:35] agency, and I wanted to
[1:14:36] highlight a few things that
[1:14:38] have been going on. In 2022, I
[1:14:40] believe, is when we completed a
[1:14:42] partnership project to update
[1:14:43] the regional greenhouse gas
[1:14:45] emissions inventory. And we
[1:14:46] brought the base year inventory
[1:14:48] up to 2019. This is a very
[1:14:50] important body of work,
[1:14:52] and I'm very excited
[1:14:54] about this for a couple
[1:14:55] of reasons. 1, it was a
[1:14:56] partnership between, our
[1:14:57] agency, the Clean Air agency,
[1:15:00] all 4 of our counties,
[1:15:01] and the city of Seattle. And
[1:15:04] the importance of doing this as
[1:15:05] a partnership is now, I think
[1:15:06] for the first time,
[1:15:08] we are all working
[1:15:09] from the same playbook. We're
[1:15:10] working
[1:15:11] from the same were working from
[1:15:12] the same assumptions and
[1:15:13] methodology,
[1:15:14] which was very important. The
[1:15:15] other benefit of this project
[1:15:16] is it didn't just,
[1:15:17] update the base year inventory
[1:15:19] Tory. It also looked into the
[1:15:20] future and had some
[1:15:21] projections,
[1:15:23] for what would need
[1:15:25] to happen. How close are we to
[1:15:26] our future goals and what could
[1:15:27] need to happen they developed a
[1:15:29] tool very similar to the
[1:15:30] sensitivity testing I mentioned
[1:15:31] that we conducted where you
[1:15:32] can, look
[1:15:33] at a county or jurisdiction
[1:15:36] in King County, for example.
[1:15:37] And use the tool to pull
[1:15:39] on certain levers. And if you
[1:15:40] did more of, more transit,
[1:15:43] more electric vehicles,
[1:15:45] what does that do
[1:15:46] to overall emission reduction.
[1:15:47] So that was a, a really,
[1:15:49] important project,
[1:15:51] and it's it's continuing
[1:15:53] to bear fruit
[1:15:54] for the next bullet that I want
[1:15:55] to talk about, which is the
[1:15:56] climate pollution reduction
[1:15:57] grant program. I've, been
[1:15:58] in front of you a couple
[1:16:00] of times talking
[1:16:01] about that as has the Clean
[1:16:03] Air Agency. And this is really
[1:16:04] an alignment
[1:16:05] with an action item
[1:16:07] in our current plan that calls
[1:16:08] for us to do with partners at
[1:16:10] our clean air agency conducting
[1:16:11] a regional climate
[1:16:13] implementation plan. So very
[1:16:14] timely under the current
[1:16:16] federal legislation,
[1:16:18] this grant program came out.
[1:16:19] It provided,
[1:16:21] a direct allocation of funding
[1:16:22] to states and
[1:16:24] to large regions such as ours
[1:16:26] to do, climate,
[1:16:27] implementation planning. So
[1:16:30] climate planning. So the
[1:16:31] Clean Air Agency is leading the
[1:16:33] work on behalf of the region,
[1:16:34] again, with a group
[1:16:35] of stakeholders, including
[1:16:36] PSRC,
[1:16:37] including all four counties
[1:16:39] in a few of the major cities.
[1:16:41] And there were 2 things
[1:16:42] in related to the to the
[1:16:43] planning work that were due.
[1:16:44] The first one was a
[1:16:46] near term look, which is
[1:16:47] actually that that document
[1:16:48] called the priority climate
[1:16:49] action plan is due to EPA,
[1:16:51] in less than 2 weeks. And so
[1:16:54] much work had already been done
[1:16:55] in the region including that
[1:16:56] inventory I mentioned,
[1:16:57] that this was really just kind
[1:16:59] of compiling all
[1:17:00] of the work and identifying all
[1:17:02] of the things that are going
[1:17:03] on. So we felt pretty good
[1:17:05] about that. But the next step
[1:17:06] is a more comprehensive climate
[1:17:07] action plan that will get
[1:17:08] started shortly. That will be
[1:17:10] due in, summer of 2025. The
[1:17:12] timing is great to feed into
[1:17:14] our regional transportation
[1:17:17] plan and inform that. So we
[1:17:19] will definitely come back
[1:17:20] with more information
[1:17:21] with our partners
[1:17:23] at the clean area to see
[1:17:24] on this work, it will include,
[1:17:27] disadvantaged communities
[1:17:28] analysis. It will include
[1:17:29] workforce development analysis,
[1:17:30] and it'll include a lot
[1:17:31] of outreach. So as soon as we
[1:17:32] launch that work program,
[1:17:34] we will let you know. And then
[1:17:35] last but not least,
[1:17:37] we have been spending time
[1:17:39] since 2019 with our partner
[1:17:40] at the Clean Air Agency,
[1:17:41] to advance regional, electric
[1:17:44] vehicles,
[1:17:46] to support that work. So
[1:17:48] throughout the last 5 years,
[1:17:50] we've been holding,
[1:17:51] various workshops and events,
[1:17:52] trying to just support our
[1:17:54] member agencies in their
[1:17:55] in their work
[1:17:56] to move this forward. And I
[1:17:57] believe it was, last year that
[1:17:59] we also developed a regional EV
[1:18:00] clearinghouse.
[1:18:02] With everything else going on,
[1:18:04] this one kind of fell
[1:18:05] to the back
[1:18:06] in our work program, but the
[1:18:07] state published their
[1:18:09] transportation electric
[1:18:11] electrification strategy,
[1:18:12] which is a lot
[1:18:13] of great work. A lot
[1:18:14] of great information. So we
[1:18:16] hope to get back to that and,
[1:18:17] continue to improve and expand
[1:18:19] our resources to, to,
[1:18:20] support our local agency work
[1:18:22] to decarbonize the system. And
[1:18:24] ultimately, we hope
[1:18:26] to develop a, a more detailed
[1:18:28] and helpful regional EV plan.
[1:18:30] So more to come on all
[1:18:32] of that. And then,
[1:18:36] just a couple more things. Our
[1:18:38] in in terms
[1:18:39] of transit access,
[1:18:41] which is one of the 6 key
[1:18:42] policy focus areas as well. I
[1:18:45] mentioned that there's been
[1:18:46] extensive expansion
[1:18:47] of the transit network
[1:18:48] in the plan
[1:18:49] But it's important not just
[1:18:50] to build the network,
[1:18:51] but make sure that we have,
[1:18:53] comprehensive and equitable
[1:18:54] access to that system. So last
[1:18:56] year, the team initiated a
[1:18:57] transit access work program to
[1:18:59] 1st and foremost assess the
[1:19:01] existing tools and resources
[1:19:03] that we've been providing to
[1:19:05] see how we can make them
[1:19:06] better. Ultimately identify
[1:19:09] where, what is this state
[1:19:11] of the access to transit
[1:19:12] throughout the region and
[1:19:13] under various context,
[1:19:15] update our tools
[1:19:16] to provide more resources, and
[1:19:17] then ultimately do a regional
[1:19:19] needs assessment come up with
[1:19:20] some potential recommendations.
[1:19:22] So this work has started. The
[1:19:23] teams have been working with
[1:19:24] our transit agencies and a and
[1:19:26] a work group that spans various
[1:19:29] interest on this topic. And,
[1:19:31] again, this work will feed
[1:19:33] into development of the
[1:19:35] regional transportation plan.
[1:19:38] Last on the kind
[1:19:39] of what's been going on, as I
[1:19:40] mentioned, how excited we were
[1:19:41] with the data collection and
[1:19:42] the analysis tools and the
[1:19:44] visualization tool,
[1:19:46] the team has already started to
[1:19:47] update that those data
[1:19:48] collection efforts. So we've
[1:19:49] been, reaching out to all
[1:19:51] of your addictions
[1:19:52] on your staff
[1:19:53] to help us just update the
[1:19:54] state of the system. We're
[1:19:56] going to continue to work on
[1:19:57] improving our analysis
[1:19:59] capabilities and really
[1:20:00] focusing in
[1:20:01] on those needs and
[1:20:02] opportunities
[1:20:03] of the current system. So we
[1:20:10] are now officially launched
[1:20:11] for development of the next
[1:20:13] regional transportation plan,
[1:20:14] which will be adopted in May
[1:20:16] of 2026. And I know. We did
[1:20:19] just do this. We are viewing
[1:20:21] 2024 really as a year
[1:20:23] of engagement and
[1:20:25] identification of priorities.
[1:20:26] So that's engagement with all
[1:20:28] of you and our other boards,
[1:20:29] engagement
[1:20:30] with our member jurisdictions,
[1:20:32] engagement with the public,
[1:20:33] and a variety
[1:20:34] of other stakeholders. And so
[1:20:35] this first,
[1:20:36] the next few slides I'm going
[1:20:37] to share with you, we're really
[1:20:38] starting the conversation
[1:20:39] with you
[1:20:40] about what are the priorities
[1:20:42] for this next For example,
[1:22:00] being centered on people,
[1:22:02] it's love to see the back
[1:22:03] to basic repairs and focusing
[1:22:04] in on maintenance. And so we're
[1:22:06] going
[1:22:07] to take this and we'd love
[1:22:08] to hear from you today as well
[1:22:09] and then start working with the
[1:22:10] transportation policy board on,
[1:22:12] what are what are our top
[1:22:15] priorities? The second question
[1:22:18] that we asked them was a little
[1:22:19] bit more, more
[1:22:22] of a sticky note exercise,
[1:22:24] I would say,
[1:22:26] a little bit broader. Given
[1:22:28] everything that we shared
[1:22:29] in terms of the performance
[1:22:31] metrics and the things that
[1:22:32] we've done in the plan, what
[1:22:33] are some new things that they
[1:22:34] wanted us to to do
[1:22:35] for this plan update? And as an
[1:22:36] example, Are there new things
[1:22:37] they would like us
[1:22:38] to analyze? Are there new ideas
[1:22:39] or investments that they're
[1:22:40] that don't see
[1:22:41] in the current plan? Again,
[1:22:42] always looking for better ways
[1:22:43] to engage with the public This
[1:22:44] is just, this is just some
[1:22:46] highlights, some examples
[1:22:47] of what we heard at the
[1:22:49] transportation policy board.
[1:22:51] One was better linking
[1:22:52] to land use decisions. We
[1:22:53] certainly are supporting our
[1:22:55] transit focused growth
[1:22:57] strategy. So we'll dig
[1:22:58] in a little bit more
[1:23:00] about that that better linkage
[1:23:01] to land use decisions,
[1:23:02] what does that look like
[1:23:04] for our work ahead? A number of
[1:23:05] these things I would
[1:23:06] characterize, I'll sum up and
[1:23:08] characterize this with all of
[1:23:09] the data collection that we're
[1:23:10] doing, all of the data that's
[1:23:12] out there,
[1:23:13] really digging deeper
[1:23:14] to really understand some
[1:23:15] of the reasons. And this came
[1:23:16] up particularly as it related
[1:23:18] to some of our safety data.
[1:23:20] And then 2 other things I would
[1:23:21] highlight are, 1, continued
[1:23:22] decarbonization
[1:23:23] of our transportation system,
[1:23:24] and then, of course,
[1:23:25] our financial As you've as
[1:23:26] you've heard,
[1:23:27] there were some agenda items
[1:23:29] in the in the packet today. It
[1:23:31] is getting more and more
[1:23:33] difficult costs are increasing.
[1:23:34] Revenues are challenging. So
[1:23:36] really digging into our current
[1:23:38] financial strategy and seeing
[1:23:39] where those adjustments are
[1:23:41] going to need to be made. So
[1:23:44] those are my prepared slides.
[1:23:46] I'd be happy
[1:23:47] to answer questions,
[1:23:48] but really, we wanted
[1:23:49] to turn it over to you all and
[1:23:51] see if you had initial thoughts
[1:23:52] for us. Again, conversation,
[1:23:53] one of many,
[1:23:54] but any initial thoughts on,
[1:23:56] priorities as we move forward.
[1:23:57] >>Hello. Questions for Kelly,
[1:24:00] Mayor Robinson.
[1:24:03] >>Really quickly. Thank you
[1:24:04] for that presentation. You
[1:24:05] know, I'm a lifetime transit
[1:24:07] rider, and I always call it my
[1:24:08] magic carpet ride. And I think
[1:24:09] to Roger's point,
[1:24:12] we really need to be talking
[1:24:14] about the strong benefits
[1:24:16] to everybody, switching out
[1:24:18] of cars and onto transit. But
[1:24:21] at the same time, I love how
[1:24:23] in that word bubble thing,
[1:24:26] it has safety, front and
[1:24:27] center, the largest wearing.
[1:24:29] So again, I'm just going
[1:24:31] to encourage that we continue
[1:24:33] to prioritize the safety as we
[1:24:34] encourage people
[1:24:36] to try walking and walking to
[1:24:37] transit and taking multimodal
[1:24:39] transportation systems.
[1:24:43] Thanks.
[1:24:44] >>Thank you, Mayor.
[1:24:48] >>Questions for Kelly. Okay.
[1:24:52] Council member Kitchener from
[1:24:53] Redmond. Go ahead. Can I get
[1:24:56] your name right, Crister?
[1:24:58] It's Crister.
[1:25:00] >>Sorry. Go ahead. No worries.
[1:25:01] Hi. Well, thank you so much.
[1:25:04] >>And I just would say, first
[1:25:05] of all, it's really cool to see
[1:25:06] the plans that that we've made
[1:25:08] actually going
[1:25:09] into action and see some of
[1:25:11] those results and just
[1:25:12] appreciate everyone who's been
[1:25:14] working really hard on these
[1:25:15] and also all the different,
[1:25:17] jurisdictions that have been
[1:25:18] contributing the outcomes that
[1:25:20] that we're starting to see
[1:25:22] on these. I think just from,
[1:25:24] our perspective in in
[1:25:25] Redmond, you know, some
[1:25:27] of the priorities that we want
[1:25:29] to continue to focus on, obviously
[1:25:31] really exciting to see the work on
[1:25:37] equity. Safety is one similar to us
[1:25:38] Mayor Robinson noted on the mind of
[1:25:39] people in our jurisdiction and as were
[1:25:47] working on our vision zero goals being
[1:25:48] able to work on this collectively is so
[1:25:49] critical. As we have the arrival of
[1:25:51] labor in our community and are doing a
[1:25:52] lot of planning and just think about
[1:25:54] multi-model or immobility and how we
[1:25:59] make all those connections and make
[1:26:00] them connected all throughout our
[1:26:01] region. So, I think that is a big one.
[1:26:04] And for our city in Council, I one of
[1:26:08] the biggest focuses is those climate
[1:26:09] objectives. Good to see some of the
[1:26:12] progress of their etiquette is one that
[1:26:13] they want to keep laser focusing on and
[1:26:19] that making sure that they are doing
[1:26:20] what we can collectively do you move
[1:26:21] the needle on that. Because it's really
[1:26:22] one of the most because items that we
[1:26:24] have to work regionally on together.
[1:26:27] Thanks.
[1:26:30] >>Great comments, thank you very much.
[1:26:32] I got a couple of questions here.We are
[1:26:38] 16 percent out right now. And is that
[1:26:40] including the anticipation of the road
[1:26:44] user charge or have you put that in at
[1:26:48] this point where are we at with that?
[1:26:52] The plant is great, they cannot pay for
[1:26:53] it
[1:26:54] >>Great question. They four percent is
[1:26:59] all of the funding sources are already
[1:27:00] locked and in on the books and 16
[1:27:03] percent is covered by the financial
[1:27:04] strategy which currently does presume
[1:27:09] the road uses charged beginning in 2030
[1:27:10] at higher rates we know that what the
[1:27:11] state has assumed you could also
[1:27:12] include the menu bar options. You heard
[1:27:18] loud and clear what the action item to
[1:27:19] the current plan was through the
[1:27:23] (INAUDIBLE) to the current analyzer. We
[1:27:24] deftly heard that, we now these are
[1:27:25] recent conversations and where people
[1:27:28] stand with (INAUDIBLE) definitely a
[1:27:29] topic (INAUDIBLE)Were going to dig
[1:27:33] into. We do see some sensitivity
[1:27:36] analysis in our future looking at those
[1:27:40] as they share data 2030 (INAUDIBLE) we
[1:27:41] did one of the levers wasThe road uses
[1:27:45] charge.Various rates or no raise on our
[1:27:56] finance. And I'll just put the plug,
[1:28:01] everything that we are moving to the
[1:28:02] Carbonite system. Craig mentioned the
[1:28:12] kind of rapid penetration of EVs into
[1:28:13] the fleet. We need to look at the
[1:28:14] revenue impact of that as well.
[1:28:15] >>You got a lot of different levers the
[1:28:21] faculty also have " " that was the
[1:28:24] amendments for today.You got
[1:28:30] accelerating cost. We don't really have
[1:28:31] revenue pieces. We're going to have to
[1:28:42] do some heavy financial Quenching on
[1:28:43] this.
[1:28:49] >>We made substantial progress to get
[1:28:57] to 84 percent. The highest level we had
[1:29:11] in our regional plan since start doing
[1:29:12] regional plans. For example,
[1:29:13] interconnection today where this cost
[1:29:17] is (INAUDIBLE) treatment
[1:29:20] programs national transportation plan
[1:29:26] we treat high capacitytransit as
[1:30:01] fully funded. This
[1:30:12] doesn't mean that all of our
[1:30:15] partnership dealing with cost situation
[1:30:16] of project delivery challenges. That is
[1:30:18] happening to everyone. When we take the
[1:30:24] big step back and look at the financial
[1:30:25] picture, there's some elements in the
[1:30:26] plan that are dependent on our revenue
[1:30:27] sources for the next 2025 years are just
[1:30:32] now helping us in our sustainable.
[1:30:38] >>Thank you. I heard a call for ideas.
[1:30:42] As a couple for you. One said that
[1:30:45] we've been looking at is state highways
[1:30:49] that pass through population centers
[1:30:56] and not interstate. Not the limited
[1:30:57] access stuff. The state Route 99, 97
[1:31:01] Pieces of 509 and 167, 45 miles in our,
[1:31:09] driveway every 55th, no place for
[1:31:15] parking bikes. We are up at 1100 miles
[1:31:16] of those highways in the state of
[1:31:23] Washington. The fatality rate on those
[1:31:24] highways is twice the state average.
[1:31:25] The jury is three times the state
[1:31:28] average. The facilities areAnd often
[1:31:35] how is, the legacy highways, nobody
[1:31:38] wants to, we maintain them but we do
[1:31:46] not have a program for making safety
[1:31:47] improvements on those highways. And
[1:31:51] having an inventory of those facilities
[1:31:54] , we got 1100 miles lot of them are
[1:32:01] within the PS RC region. That is where
[1:32:04] people are getting killed and get
[1:32:05] seriousInjuries.The statements of a
[1:32:13] statewide program. If you are really
[1:32:16] going deep dive into safety, that is a
[1:32:18] place where some investments can make a
[1:32:20] significant difference.For something
[1:32:27] completely different, we really need to
[1:32:29] be thinking as to go forward, what is
[1:32:33] the communicating doing the
[1:32:37] transportation and land use, and
[1:32:39] economic development space. A lot of
[1:32:40] downtown is concerned about(INAUDIBLE)
[1:32:45] work. Everybody teleworking to me is
[1:32:52] one less customer in my heavy system
[1:32:53] but it's the impact on transit and
[1:32:54] downtown retail, impacting commercial
[1:32:57] market downtown. I would hope that as
[1:32:58] we look into this plan, we are looking
[1:33:01] at it long-term and rather than
[1:33:08] thinking ways to (INAUDIBLE) back to
[1:33:09] the office, how do we leverage this new
[1:33:12] behavior to change development patterns
[1:33:16] in our downtown. To change commerce
[1:33:23] pattern, how to change how we use our
[1:33:24] public transportation. It is something
[1:33:25] that Reagan be dealing with. If I were
[1:33:31] to tell my people to come back to the
[1:33:32] office, I would lose 1/4. Of them
[1:33:33] right away.
[1:33:47] >>Thank you for mentioning that. I
[1:33:48] should have noted that. As I mentioned
[1:33:49] that the current plan was built kind of
[1:33:52] a while they were independent. And
[1:33:53] started before we are independent of the
[1:33:55] now, we all hesitate to say after the
[1:33:58] pandemic, the but now we are hearing
[1:33:59] 2034, 70 looking at new travel
[1:34:07] behavior. We have a 2023 survey
[1:34:14] definitely everything you said, and to
[1:34:15] select mitigating but overall she is
[1:34:16] and travel behavior, we are keeping an
[1:34:17] eye on that.
[1:34:25] >>Thank you.I'll echo few comments or
[1:34:44] restate and emphasize a few comments I
[1:34:45] made during that sort of interactive
[1:34:50] session that we had a TPV. I want to
[1:34:53] highlight the importance of safety,
[1:34:54] focusing on the basics and prioritizing
[1:35:05] bridge, maintenance, road repairs. We
[1:35:06] need to new a lot of new sidewalk
[1:35:08] investments those last mile our
[1:35:11] personality does, and make sure our
[1:35:14] communities are truly connected is
[1:35:20] really important. Electrification is
[1:35:21] also really important and by that, I
[1:35:24] don't mean just electrification the
[1:35:25] transferring " " Transit fleet.Transit
[1:36:06] service and reliability without having
[1:36:07] a Pardo conversation about how we can
[1:36:08] improve the public safety experience on
[1:36:09] while before " " While people are on
[1:36:14] transit. And lastly
[1:36:34] cleanliness. One thing
[1:36:52] I've learned the private sector, they
[1:36:54] don't build new products or features
[1:37:01] for shift new features that people are
[1:37:03] going to use or adopt.People actually
[1:37:24] want to take transit. Just want to
[1:37:33] emphasize those areas. That is also
[1:37:34] going to contribute to not only our
[1:37:35] transit ridership goals. That is a lot
[1:37:36] of areas. It is often enforcing
[1:37:40] overloads specific opportunity that is
[1:37:48] a lot of really critical areas. Thank
[1:37:49] you.
[1:37:50] >>Yes, good morning. I just want to
[1:37:55] take the opportunity to introduce
[1:38:01] myself, this my second meeting. His
[1:38:11] comments as to where the public safety
[1:38:12] committee and also a member of our
[1:38:13] transportation committee that the
[1:38:18] public safety pieces is very important
[1:38:21] that is something that would be
[1:38:22] definitely part of our work plan 2024.
[1:38:26] And I echo his comments and also want
[1:38:27] to take the opportunity to say I was
[1:38:30] the center the earlier data, this want
[1:38:31] to, the public safety aspects of this
[1:38:33] in terms of the dataIs may be needs to
[1:38:37] be adjusted. For example, we have a
[1:38:42] death on Aurora at the underpass, an
[1:38:47] older lady, she decided to cross. That
[1:38:51] is a divided highway at that point. In
[1:38:52] the reason why it was because of that
[1:38:54] your underpass is so unsafe for her and
[1:38:55] her mind in reality, she decided to go
[1:39:04] across 29 itself instead of taking the
[1:39:05] underpass. I do think that point will
[1:39:06] be was captured.Yes, pedestrian that
[1:39:14] but really it is tied to public safety'
[1:39:15] have on 99 in the South Aurora bridge.
[1:39:20] That is something that we are working
[1:39:21] constantly. That is the point there.
[1:39:23] Separately, property owner, we have
[1:39:26] seen people " " we can assume that is
[1:39:31] accidental. Recently, we had some young
[1:39:32] people purposely targeting pedestrians.
[1:39:34] Just like a different category not sure
[1:39:41] if that is caught up in the data sets.
[1:39:42] That is something that needs to be
[1:39:43] addressed. These two examples are just
[1:39:48] examples of how were trying to work
[1:39:49] public safety piece. You have had
[1:39:56] safety bus riding environment you want
[1:39:57] people to come downtown to visit the
[1:39:58] downtown businesses in all the points
[1:39:59] that (INAUDIBLE) on that. I just want
[1:40:00] to take the opportunity to introduce
[1:40:04] myself as a Councilmember here in
[1:40:05] Seattle but also to kinda echo what was
[1:40:06] just said and with that extra piece in
[1:40:09] terms of this data collection in terms
[1:40:13] of which is driving that pedestrian that
[1:40:15] . Those examples it is not additional
[1:40:18] loops, there's an accident for speeding
[1:40:19] or whatever. There is really public
[1:40:26] safety posture consideration that led
[1:40:27] to that on 99 and the targeting
[1:40:32] pedestrians by those two young people.
[1:40:33] Anyways, just want to put that out and
[1:40:34] also introduce myself but Kelly here in
[1:40:35] Seattle. I will get the next meeting
[1:40:38] with my colleague Rob down there in
[1:40:41] (INAUDIBLE) Avenue.
[1:40:47] >>Thank you, really appreciate your
[1:40:48] comments. We are running therefore it
[1:40:51] on time. Is there any other comments
[1:40:53] about Kelly's presentation on the plan
[1:40:55] going forward?
[1:41:02] >>I just wanted to reiterate Mayor
[1:41:08] Robinson 40 highlighting the pedestrian
[1:41:09] safety that is really important.
[1:41:16] Secretary Millar, I appreciate the
[1:41:17] highlights of I don't know what the
[1:41:18] term is.Is highlight them, and you think
[1:41:46] we have a TDM committee that needs
[1:41:47] regularly may be make my blood here but
[1:41:52] to the PDT really dig into that data. I
[1:41:53] think utilizing those organizations are
[1:41:54] over doing that work will be really
[1:41:55] helpful to again, just to reiterate
[1:42:03] (INAUDIBLE) Post Covid. Thank you for
[1:42:04] my colleagues for being those of.
[1:42:10] >>Thank you. Healthy discussion. I
[1:42:17] appreciate all the comments. Thank you
[1:42:18] Kelly, great job. Okay, we are now
[1:42:21] moving onto discussion item the
[1:42:29] regional centers monitoring scope of
[1:42:30] work and this is Maggie Moore.
[1:42:31] >>Today I'll be talking about our
[1:42:43] regional centers monitory and scope of
[1:42:44] work. And I have limited time but I'm
[1:42:52] going to hold some time for discussion
[1:42:53] at the and 40 group. So we are going to
[1:42:57] go through the scope of work is
[1:42:58] included in your packet if you want to
[1:42:59] follow along for that. The scope of
[1:43:00] work over the next three years. And
[1:43:01] then, are located to provide any
[1:43:08] feedback and then also direction to
[1:43:09] proceed on this work. You don't have a
[1:43:10] formal action today but you looking for
[1:43:11] some agreement to move forward on this
[1:43:12] quote. You want to regional
[1:43:15] subcommittee in January on this as well
[1:43:16] as our growth management Baltimore in
[1:43:19] February. And that the corrections
[1:43:24] received from them at the time too.
[1:43:48] Original centers, I think they have
[1:43:49] been mentioning vote of the previous
[1:43:50] presentation but just taking a step
[1:43:54] back, these are key part of vision 2050
[1:43:55] and the regional growth strategy. They
[1:43:58] guy the regional growth allocations
[1:44:01] both population and jobs. Craig
[1:44:06] mentioned and shows some chart
[1:44:07] measuring the growth in centers that
[1:44:09] are really looking at this allocations
[1:44:11] and how we are doing. It protects our
[1:44:19] rule of natural resources land with the
[1:44:20] allocation of girls and advanced local
[1:44:21] planning. There's a lot of work that
[1:44:22] goes in that. The local level around
[1:44:23] the centers. As well as informing
[1:44:25] transit service planning to priority
[1:44:28] areas and transit service and then
[1:44:33] priorities areas for PSR assisted our
[1:44:34] transportation funding. In a recent
[1:44:41] today, we are 13 original growth
[1:44:42] centers you may remember the latest one
[1:44:43] was vaccinated this past year Kirkland
[1:44:46] greater downtown. And then we have 10
[1:44:47] manufacturing industrial centers. 40
[1:44:49] centers altogether is read into those
[1:44:50] two categories. The regional growth
[1:44:52] Centers are central basis with mix of
[1:44:55] activities and transportation options.
[1:45:01] The manufacturing and industrial centers
[1:45:04] support employment growth and protect
[1:45:06] industrial areas. And also there is
[1:45:11] countywide and local center regions.
[1:45:16] This is important for growth and
[1:45:17] learning weight they don't have the
[1:45:23] same (INAUDIBLE) their designated in
[1:45:24] original " " You have our regional
[1:45:30] centers and has a well information of
[1:45:37] each individual center. As you can see
[1:45:38] here, Tocoma, downtown chose
[1:45:40] information on population and housing
[1:45:41] there's a lot of chart.The framework
[1:46:03] recognizes Hallmark region " " Federal
[1:46:18] funding. We also recognize that centers
[1:46:19] have been designated at different
[1:46:20] times. There's different plans that has
[1:46:21] gotten to all of our centers today. So
[1:46:24] it really is the purpose is to build
[1:46:28] consistencies around our regional
[1:46:29] centers. Both existing centers as well
[1:46:32] as designation of new centers. And
[1:46:38] enclose for this designation of new
[1:46:39] centers and redesignation of the
[1:46:40] existing centers in 2024 " 2025
[1:46:46] timeframe. That is really why am here
[1:46:47] talking through the scope of work we
[1:46:49] are doing. Page 45 of your packet.
[1:47:05] Looking at the outcomes from monitoring
[1:47:06] and redesignation over the next three
[1:47:07] years, we are looking to evaluate the
[1:47:08] success of the system of centers. So
[1:47:11] the region achieving the desired
[1:47:12] outcomes from the system? Does the
[1:47:13] region have the right numbers of
[1:47:15] centers? Any changes needed to the
[1:47:16] regional centers framework for future
[1:47:20] updates to vision 2015 to better
[1:47:21] achieve the desired outcomes for
[1:47:22] centers. Also looking at considering
[1:47:24] the designation applications for new
[1:47:29] regional centers. Give us a new
[1:47:30] original centers to be designated. And
[1:47:39] confirming designation of existing
[1:47:40] centers would agree redesignation
[1:47:41] process is looking at our existing
[1:47:42] individual centers. Are they meeting
[1:47:45] criteria? And if not, how should the
[1:47:46] board address those centers?I just want
[1:47:54] to prep you for them, this line of text
[1:47:55] here but the gist of this are
[1:47:56] remeasuring the right things over the
[1:48:03] next three years to successfully
[1:48:05] monitors our centers? No so looking for
[1:48:08] some direction to proceed on the scope
[1:48:11] of work. I'll bring this up again at
[1:48:14] the N. Looking at the timeline for the
[1:48:15] scope, 2024 is very at right now. Bring
[1:48:20] the scope of this board and were going
[1:48:21] to start on our system monitoring data
[1:48:23] in collection. In 2025, we will open
[1:48:28] our window for applications of new
[1:48:29] centers and were also looking at our
[1:48:35] existing centers during that week
[1:48:36] designation process using creature
[1:48:37] reports to evaluate them. Franchises,
[1:48:41] we will be doing assistance monitory
[1:48:42] refresh, there's some new data
[1:48:45] available then. We will be including
[1:48:46] that. Also I want to mention this time
[1:48:48] is the process of local (INAUDIBLE)
[1:48:52] plan update on adoption certification
[1:48:54] not only will be " " Local staff are
[1:49:01] also doing a lot of work right now.This
[1:49:08] is happening 2024, building a
[1:49:14] monitoring report to see how our
[1:49:15] centers doing comparison to the goals
[1:49:16] and outcomes we have for the center. In
[1:49:21] 2026, we will do some of days to
[1:49:24] reflect this conference a plan updates
[1:49:27] there will be new growth targets
[1:49:28] associated with our centers and revise
[1:49:38] capacities and other data. Looking at
[1:49:47] growth in both population " " how
[1:49:51] people are getting around our centers,
[1:49:55] getting to them and what transit
[1:49:56] options are available there. And then,
[1:50:03] some urban form considerations, we are
[1:50:04] both from safety perspective that
[1:50:06] they talked about that also just walk
[1:50:08] ability and what people have access to
[1:50:16] if you are living in a center or
[1:50:17] (INAUDIBLE). And then, in 2025, we will
[1:50:23] open the call for application for the
[1:50:24] new centers. So this process will be
[1:50:28] initiated by the SRC to open a call but
[1:50:32] local jurisdictions will apply with the
[1:50:33] center.Is RC staff overview for those
[1:50:40] applications and bring them to the
[1:50:41] board for designationI also know that
[1:50:48] they are currently working with our
[1:50:49] county wide to coordinate timing with
[1:50:50] this. And so this is really trying to
[1:50:51] answer the questions should any new
[1:50:53] original centers should be designated
[1:50:58] or anyplace in the region that really
[1:50:59] elevates originals centers status.And
[1:51:09] then in 2025, we will also be focusing
[1:51:10] on our existing centers by developing
[1:51:13] criteria reports. Directly related to
[1:51:17] the criteria, we have four centers have
[1:51:22] see how individual (INAUDIBLE) see that
[1:51:24] creature. And how the board " " We will
[1:51:34] be working closely with local
[1:51:35] jurisdictions to make sure we are also
[1:51:38] giving this quality approach in
[1:51:39] addition to that quantity data to make
[1:51:43] sure we are telling the right story for
[1:51:44] the centers and with recognizing the
[1:51:45] local planning that has been done.We
[1:51:55] did some scooping and 2023, we went to
[1:51:56] a number of SRC's committees and also
[1:51:58] work with the red management policy
[1:51:59] board.This is to lay out the scope of
[1:52:03] work and determine a lot of the data we
[1:52:07] are looking at. As well as the process
[1:52:10] and timing. As I mentioned, the
[1:52:14] February growth management board
[1:52:18] meeting, we are given direction to
[1:52:19] proceed on the scope of work.Is
[1:52:23] highlight a few of these things. We
[1:52:30] have heard a bit about the background
[1:52:31] and purpose Inc. to the scope. We work
[1:52:34] really talking about what our goals are
[1:52:35] here specially when it comes to
[1:52:37] redesignation of those existingCenters
[1:52:43] on what the process looks like. Also we
[1:52:44] provide opportunity to future changes
[1:52:51] to the framework. This process over the
[1:52:52] next two years are not planning 2000
[1:52:53] centers framework that recommendations
[1:52:58] may come out of all this data
[1:52:59] monitoring doing for the future of this
[1:53:00] of the framework.For this is a monitory
[1:53:08] report, we got a lot of feedback and
[1:53:09] data we should be including a lot
[1:53:10] related to housing portability,Urban
[1:53:15] form considerations and we are working
[1:53:16] with the team to see what you can do
[1:53:27] for the centers. In terms of individual
[1:53:28] sinners, we need that qualitative
[1:53:29] approach special presenters who may not
[1:53:30] be meeting requirements, looking at
[1:53:31] trendlines that are not currently
[1:53:32] meeting their goals for density, what
[1:53:33] have they been moving into right
[1:53:34] direction to do so. Open up for
[1:53:48] discussion. This just a reminder, are
[1:53:53] we looking at the right things for the
[1:53:56] scope of work to successfully monitor
[1:53:57] our centers? And then, looking for that
[1:54:00] direction to proceed. Those the Jeff
[1:54:07] Scoble work adequately covert needed
[1:54:08] steps for successful centers monitoring
[1:54:09] with designation? Any additional
[1:54:12] information that may be needed for
[1:54:13] successful monitoring of the system
[1:54:15] stars? And does the board agree PSR to
[1:54:16] staff should proceed on the scope of
[1:54:19] work for regional monitoring?
[1:54:20] >>Will open it up for questions and
[1:54:23] comments.
[1:54:34] >>Is a continuation of this agency
[1:54:35] really being a leader in this around
[1:54:36] the country. On-the-job housing balance
[1:54:42] and monitoring jobs housing balance, we
[1:54:43] are doing a deeper dive than just
[1:54:44] employment, housing.Executive housing
[1:54:47] in Walmart job is not a job housing
[1:54:55] balance. Other than that, and happy to
[1:54:58] see this happens.
[1:55:01] >>Thank you.
[1:55:04] >>Thank you, that's a question on the
[1:55:06] monitoring, we talk about monitoring is
[1:55:13] that including updating current
[1:55:14] information. Because of look at some of
[1:55:15] these charts here.
[1:55:18] >>They been working with the individual
[1:55:26] centers jurisdictions a check Tech Data
[1:55:30] we will continue updating it as new
[1:55:31] data is available but if using
[1:55:32] something specific, I'd like to talk
[1:55:33] about it I'll talk with Craig too.
[1:55:40] >>Okay, questions for Maggie?I'm not
[1:55:50] seeing any. Either they are getting
[1:55:51] tired or you are right on track. Last
[1:55:53] call, questions for Maggie? All right,
[1:56:00] thank you very much Maggie, I
[1:56:01] appreciate it. Included in your packet
[1:56:04] is a couple of flyers those 14 save the
[1:56:07] date for the general assembly. We have
[1:56:10] a great speaker.We also have a call for
[1:56:22] vision 2050 awards. You guys have
[1:56:26] unique and unusual " " 2050
[1:56:28] Words Are Really Great Pl. to recognize
[1:56:38] what to do. And recognizing staff that
[1:56:39] does it. And then it there is a letter
[1:56:40] where find our Ferries it will
[1:56:41] continue to do on very works. Other
[1:56:43] than that, anything else that you would
[1:56:46] like to talk about? Anything for the
[1:56:50] good of the order? Seeing none, I think
[1:56:55] we are adjourned. Thank you.