West Seattle

and Ballard
Link Extensions
West Seattle
neighborhood forum

Nov. 21, 2019

Event schedule
6:00 p.m. – View materials and share your input
Q: What do you value about your community?
Q: How could a station best serve your community?
6:15 p.m. – Presentation
6:55 p.m. – Small group conversations
8:00 p.m. – Event ends
What we’ll cover
• Timeline and background
• What routes and stations we’re studying
• What happens in environmental review
• Upcoming station planning work
 Project timeline

WE ARE HERE

PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION START OF

SERVICE
2017–2022 2022–2026* 2025–2035*
2016 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT West Seattle: 2030
Ballard: 2035

4 *West Seattle Design: 2022–2025 // Construction: 2025–2030

*Ballard Design: 2023–2026 // Construction: 2027–2035
 PLANNING DES
2016 2017–2019 2019–2022
Alternatives Environmental review
development
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
Feb–April 2019:
2022: Publish Final EIS
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board Board selects projects
identifies preferred to be built
alternatives and other Federal Record of Decision
DEIS alternatives

5 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
 Public outreach and involvement
Alternatives development phase: Jan 2018 – April 2019

5,600+ responses to your comments and questions

189 presentations to local community groups
26 neighborhood fairs and festivals visited
25 email updates sent to our subscribers
21 stakeholder and elected leadership group meetings facilitated
17 open houses and workshops held in your neighborhoods
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 Alternatives development screening process
Broad range of initial
alternatives

Refine remaining
alternatives

Further
evaluation

Preferred alternative(s)
and other EIS alternatives
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 PLANNING DES
2016 2017–2019 2019–2022
Alternatives Environmental review
development
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
Feb–April 2019:
2022: Publish Final EIS
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board Board selects projects
identifies preferred to be built
alternatives and other Federal Record of Decision
DEIS alternatives

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 PLANNING DES
2016 2017–2019 2019–2022
Alternatives Environmental review
development
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
Feb–April 2019:
2022: Publish Final EIS
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board Board selects projects
identifies preferred to be built
alternatives and other Federal Record of Decision
DEIS alternatives

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 What we’re studying
in this phase
Preferred Alternatives
Preferred Alternatives with
Third-Party Funding
Other Draft EIS alternatives

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 Draft EIS alternatives
Duwamish Crossing and West Seattle

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 Draft EIS
alternatives
West Seattle

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 Yancy/Andover
Elevated to Draft EIS
Tunnel alternatives
West Seattle

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 Draft EIS
Short Tunnel
alternatives
West Seattle

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Environmental review
 So, what’s an
Environmental Impact
Statement?
Or, “EIS” for short.

Provides agencies and the public

an understanding of environmental
consequences and assists
in decision-making.

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 What is typically
studied in an EIS? Transportation
How a project affects…

Natural Built
Environment Environment

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 EIS studies:
Transportation
impacts

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 EIS studies:
Natural environment
impacts

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 EIS studies:
Built environment
impacts

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 EIS studies:
Built environment
impacts

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 Equity and inclusion
Transportation

Environmental justice
focus within each
area of the EIS

Natural Built
Environment Environment

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 EIS studies:
Environmental
justice

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 PLANNING DES
2016 2017–2019 2019–2022
Alternatives Environmental review
development
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
Feb–April 2019:
2022: Publish Final EIS
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board Board selects projects
identifies preferred to be built
alternatives and other Federal Record of Decision
DEIS alternatives

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Station planning
Stations serving communities

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 Core responsibilities

Routes and Community planning

station locations and station access
Light rail guideway Land use and zoning
and station design
Street and
Environmental review right-of-way use

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 Core responsibilities

Routes and Community planning

station locations and station access
Co-planning
Light rail guideway Land use and zoning
and station design stations with
Street and
communities
Environmental review right-of-way use

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 Partnership focus

Station Station context Station area

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 Station context framework
Scope
Planning framework
encompassing station
footprint and adjacent blocks Station
Station context
Guides access, circulation
and relationship of station to
Station area
surrounding community

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 Station context framework
Purpose
Identify and resolve design
issues earlier through
collaboration with communities Station
Station context
Clarify zones of responsibility
between agencies for station
area investments Station area

Contribute to streamlined
permitting and project delivery

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 Station context framework

32 Example: Downtown Redmond Station

 Community outreach and collaboration
2019 2020 2021
Environmental review SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER

EIS kickoff
DEIS development
Conceptual engineering and
Design development
Station planning activities
Publish DEIS / comment period
ST Board confirms or modifies
Preferred Alternatives

Community outreach SUMMER FALL WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER

Initial assessment alternatives results

Neighborhood forums
Station community workshops
Property owner engagement
DEIS public comment / open houses
Briefings, festivals and other events

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Share with your group
Q: What are the important places
in your neighborhood?

Q: How do you travel around the area today?

Q: How could stations best serve your community?

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