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10-01-2019 Operations Maintenance FacilityOperations & Maintenance Facility (OMF) South Federal Way City Council October 1, 2019 1 Agenda Project Overview OMF South Evaluation Process Environmental Process & Next Steps Questions 2 Included in ST3 Plan One of four OMFs planned for the region Location and size supports system expansion of multiple corridors Open by 2026 and connected to active rail line When completed, will create living-wage jobs for more than 300 people Operations and Maintenance Facility South (OMF South) 3 OMF South Evaluation Process 4 OMF South Evaluation Process Early Scoping Public Comment Period, April 2018 Alternatives Evaluation, Summer-Fall 2018 Scoping Public Comment Period, Feb. 19-April 1, 2019 5 SEPA EIS Scoping by the Numbers (February 19 - April 1, 2019) 6 OMF South Sound Transit Board Action - May 2019 Midway Landfill Alternative S. 336th St. Alternative S. 344th St. Alternative *Preliminary conceptual layout, subject to refinement 7 South of S 246th Street, west of and adjacent to I-5 Mostly on the former landfill site Connecting tracks to the Federal Way Link Extension Midway Landfill Alternative *Preliminary conceptual layout, subject to refinement 8 West of I-5 and south of S 336th Street Approximately 1.1 miles of connecting tracks to the Federal Way Link Extension terminus along I-5 The connecting tracks would serve as future TDLE guideway tracks South 336th Street Alternative *Preliminary conceptual layout, subject to refinement 9 West of I-5 and north of S 344th Street Approximately 1.3 miles of connecting tracks to the Federal Way Link Extension terminus along I-5 The connecting tracks would serve as future TDLE guideway tracks South 344th Street Alternative *Preliminary conceptual layout, subject to refinement 10 Environmental Process & Next Steps 11 What is typically studied during an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)? Ridership Transit Regional and local traffic Non-motorized facilities and modes Freight movement Marine navigation Aviation Construction traffic Ridership Transit Regional and local traffic Non-motorized facilities and modes Freight movement Marine navigation Aviation Construction traffic Noise and vibration Economic effects Visual resources Parks resources Land use Acquisitions, displacements and relocations Energy use Hazardous materials Public services and utilities Impacts on low income and minority populations Cultural, historic and archaeological resources Construction impacts Ridership Transit Regional and local traffic Non-motorized facilities and modes Freight movement Marine navigation Aviation Construction traffic Air quality and greenhouse gas emissions Ecosystems and fish and wildlife habitat Water resources Geology and soils 12 Fall 2020* ST Board identifies preferred site *dates are subject to change Summer 2020* Draft EIS issued; public, tribal, agency comments 2019 2020 2021 Summer 2021* Final EIS issued Preliminary Engineering complete OMF South Environmental Review Timeline May 2019 ST Board identified sites to study in the Draft EIS Summer 2019 Begin work on the Draft EIS April 2019 End of public, tribal, agency EIS scoping comment period Winter 2020* Begin work on the Final EIS Fall 2021* ST Board selects project to be built 13 November Outreach Drop-in sessions Stakeholder and property owner engagement Notifications to the public Online open house 14 15 Project Timeline Preliminary Schedule 16 Project Engagement Inter Agency Group (IAG) Convening of relevant Tribal and agency staff for Sound Transit to share information regarding the development of OMFS South project Regular Project Meetings with the City of Federal Way More outreach this fall 17 November Outreach Primary goal is to inform the public Articulating how past feedback was considered and incorporated Build an understanding of the environmental review process 18