HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/10/2008 22 Six-year TIP for 2009-2010; Metropolitan Transportation Plan Amendment; Yakima UACP Amendment BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 4 22-
For Meeting of June 10, 2008
ITEM TITLE: Set Public Hearing dates for July 1 and July 15, 2008 to consider:
A) Adoption of the Six -year Transportation Improvement Program for the
years 2009 to 2014, and to amend the Metropolitan Transportation Plan;
and
B) Amend the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities
Element
SUBMITTED BY: William Cook, Director of Community and Economic Development -
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer, 576 -6797.
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
A) Each year the City is required by RCW 35.77.010 and RCW 36.81.121 to update its Six -year
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for submittal to the Washington State Department of
Transportation. This plan must include all transportation projects for which state gas tax revenue
of federal revenue will be used.
The plan for 2008 — 2013 consisted of fourteen funded projects. Some additional funding has
been acquired since the last TIP and will be shown on the update with the first hearing. Funding
for the remainder of the projects will continue to be sought.
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APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL:
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the resolution to set July 1 and July 15, 2008 as hearing dates to review and adopt the
updated six -year TIP and amend the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities
Element.
BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
COUNCIL ACTION:
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A Public Hearing will be held to consider adoption of a Resolution approving the six -year TIP and
amending the regional Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities
Element.
The Transportation Equity Act of 1998 for the 21 Century (TEA -21) began with the passage of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991. It specifies the systems on
which certain funds can be used, expands the kinds of activities for which funds can be used and
promotes the role of the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) in the planning and
programming of projects. SAFETEA requires each designated MPO to develop a Transportation
Improvement Program, and the state to develop a Statewide Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) as a condition to securing federal funds for the transportation projects.
Projects listed in the STIP are the only projects that can be approved by the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to utilize federal funds by the
State of Washington for approved state funding agencies. The STIP is a prioritized program of
transportation projects, compiled from local and regional plans, along with the Washington
Transportation System Plan (WTP), which provides a backbone for developing projects for the
intermodal transportation network in the State of Washington.
The STIP contains federally- funded projects, plus state and local projects, that are regionally
significant. These projects have been identified through the planning process as the highest
priority for the available funding to the state's transportation program.
Planning activities of state and local governments are essential parts of integrated regional
planning processes. Long range transportation planning is a part of the comprehensive land use
planning carried out by local govemments. Citizen participation is an integral part of the planning
process at all levels. Local agencies are required to develop and adopt a six -year transportation
program. All local agencies are required to hold at least one public hearing during the
development of the six -year transportation program.
Project ranking will be performed utilizing data supplied by the Streets and Traffic Division. The
ranking will be integrated with other project needs and the total list will be reviewed and adjusted to
the particular needs of the City of Yakima.
B) The City needs to amend the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities
Element to incorporate the adopted Six -year TIP for 2009 to 2014. This will ensure that we are in
compliance with the Growth Management Act and that we are consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan as required. The amendment is limited to incorporate only those projects that are adopted in
the STIP and is not subject to the "once a year" change required under the laws of the Growth
Management Act.
2 — June 5, 2008
• RESOLUTION NO. R -2008-
A RESOLUTION fixing the time and place for hearing on. July 1 and July 15, 2008 in the City
of Yakima Council Chambers on the Six -year Transportation Improvement
Program for the period of 2009 through 2014
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima Annually prepares, reviews and adopts a six -year
program for the construction of streets and arterial streets in the City of Yakima for the ensuing
six -year period, all as contemplated and required by State RCW 35.77.010 and applicable
Federal law; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing must be held on said program before final approval, .
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
That said program shall be presented for hearing and determination on Tuesday, July 1
and July 15, 2008, at the hour of 7:00 o'clock p.m. on said days, in the Council Chambers of the
City of Yakima, at Yakima City Hall, Yakima, Washington, or as soon thereafter as the same
may be heard, and that notice of such hearing be given as approved by law.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 10 day of June 2008.
David Edler, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk