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West Seattleand Ballard
Link Extensions
Neighborhood
Forum
Nov. 20, – Dec. 7, 2019
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5:30 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?
5:45 p.m. – Presentation
6:25 p.m. – Small group conversations
7:30 p.m. – Event ends
Event schedule
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• Timeline and background
• What routes and stations we’re studying
• What happens in environmental review
• Upcoming station planning work
What we’ll cover
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Project timeline
*West Seattle Design: 2022–2025 // Construction: 2025–2030
*Ballard Design: 2023–2026 // Construction: 2027–2035
2016
PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION2017–2022 2022–2026* 2025–2035*
START OF
SERVICE
West Seattle: 2030
Ballard: 2035
WE ARE HERE
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENTPUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
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DESIGN
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PLANNING2019–2022
Environmental review
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
2022: Publish Final EIS
Board selects projects
to be built
Federal Record of Decision
2017–2019
Alternatives development
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping
Feb–April 2019:
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board
identifies preferred
alternatives and other
DEIS alternatives
2016
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Public outreach and involvementAlternatives 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
Refine remaining alternatives
Furtherevaluation
Broad range of initial alternatives
Preferred alternative(s)and other EIS alternatives
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DESIGN
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PLANNING2019–2022
Environmental review
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
2022: Publish Final EIS
Board selects projects
to be built
Federal Record of Decision
2017–2019
Alternatives development
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping
Feb–April 2019:
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board
identifies preferred
alternatives and other
DEIS alternatives
2016
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DESIGN
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PLANNING2019–2022
Environmental review
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
2022: Publish Final EIS
Board selects projects
to be built
Federal Record of Decision
2017–2019
Alternatives development
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping
Feb–April 2019:
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board
identifies preferred
alternatives and other
DEIS alternatives
2016
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What we’re studyingin this phase
Preferred Alternatives
Preferred Alternatives with
Third-Party Funding
Other Draft EIS alternatives
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Draft EIS alternatives
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Smith Cove, Interbay, Ballard
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Draft EIS alternatives
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South Lake Union and Downtown
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Draft EIS alternatives
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Chinatown-
International District
station
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Draft EIS alternatives
SODO
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Draft EIS alternatives
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Duwamish Crossing and West Seattle
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Draft EIS alternatives
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West Seattle
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Draft EIS alternatives
West Seattle
Yancy/Andover
Elevated to
Tunnel
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Draft EIS alternatives
West Seattle Short Tunnel
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Environmental review
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Or, “EIS” for short.
Provides agencies and the public
an understanding of environmental
consequences and assists
in decision-making.
So, what’s anEnvironmental ImpactStatement?
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What is typicallystudied in an EIS?
How a project affects…
Transportation
Built Environment
Natural Environment
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EIS studies:
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Transportationimpacts
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EIS studies:
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Natural environmentimpacts
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EIS studies:
Built environmentimpacts
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Equity and inclusion
Environmental justice
focus within each
area of the EIS
Transportation
NaturalEnvironment
BuiltEnvironment
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EIS studies:
Built environmentimpacts
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EIS studies:
Environmental justice
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DESIGN
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
PLANNING2019–2022
Environmental review
Early 2021: Publish Draft EIS
Board confirms or modifies
preferred alternatives
2022: Publish Final EIS
Board selects projects
to be built
Federal Record of Decision
2017–2019
Alternatives development
Feb–March 2018:
Early scoping
Feb–April 2019:
Scoping
May–Oct 2019: Board
identifies preferred
alternatives and other
DEIS alternatives
2016
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Station planning
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Stations serving communities
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Routes and
station locations
Light rail guideway
and station design
Environmental review
Community planning
and station access
Land use and zoning
Street and
right-of-way use
Core responsibilities
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Core responsibilities
Routes and
station locations
Light rail guideway
and station design
Environmental review
Community planning
and station access
Land use and zoning
Street and
right-of-way use
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Co-planning
stations with
communities
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Station Station context Station area
Partnership focus
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Planning framework
encompassing station
footprint and adjacent blocks
Guides access, circulation
and relationship of station to
surrounding community
Station
Station area
Station context
Scope
Station context framework
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Station
Station area
Station context
Purpose
Station context framework
Identify and resolve design
issues earlier through
collaboration with communities
Clarify zones of responsibility
between agencies for station
area investments
Contribute to streamlined
permitting and project delivery
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Station context framework
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Community outreach and collaboration2019 2020 2021
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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EIS kickoff
DEIS development
Conceptual engineering andDesign development
Station planning activities
Publish DEIS / comment period
ST Board confirms or modifiesPreferred Alternatives
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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?