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April 16, 2014|3:00PM -5:00PM | ROOM 1E-108

April 16, 2014|3:00PM -5:00PM | ROOM 1E-108. Agenda. 3:00 Call to Order, Approval of Agenda, Approval of March 5th, March 19th , and March 25th Downtown Segment Open House Meeting Minutes – Co-Chair Lynde Public Comment 3:20 Station Area Planning Update – Michael Kattermann 3:50

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April 16, 2014|3:00PM -5:00PM | ROOM 1E-108

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  1. April 16, 2014|3:00PM -5:00PM | ROOM 1E-108

  2. Agenda • 3:00 • Call to Order, Approval of Agenda, Approval of March 5th, March 19th , and March 25th Downtown Segment Open House Meeting Minutes – Co-Chair Lynde • Public Comment • 3:20 • Station Area Planning Update – Michael Kattermann • 3:50 • CAC provides oral feedback to Sound Transit on Downtown Bellevue Segment – Co-Chair Lynde • 4:30 -CAC introduction to the Bel Red Design and Mitigation Permit (Permit #13-135564 LD) – Matthews Jackson • 4:50 - Public Comment Light Rail Permitting Citizen Advisory Committee

  3. STATION AREA PLANNING LIGHT RAIL PERMITTING CAC April 16, 2014

  4. Station Area Planning Study Areas 11

  5. STATION AREA PLANNING v. PERMITTING • Station area planning = everything beyond light rail project w/in approx. ½ mile • Permitting = Sound Transit owns, builds or operates • Avoid overlap, defer to permit process, ongoing coordination

  6. TYPICAL ISSUES Light Rail Best Practices • Community & neighborhoods • Community involvement • Elevated, at-grade, tunnel • Station security • Street design & operations • Connecting people to light rail • Construction impacts & mitigation • Property values • Land use Station Area Planning • Access to neighborhood • Access to station • Aesthetics & identity • Cut-through traffic • Redevelopment • Safety & security • Spillover parking (hide-&-ride)

  7. OVERVIEW • Station access – pedestrian, bicycle, transit • Parking – hide-&-ride, park-&-ride • Traffic – cut-thru, neighborhood access, arterial traffic

  8. STATION ACCESS Pedestrians • Maximize use of station • 10 minute walk (+/- ½-mile) • Safe, comfortable environment • Way-finding

  9. STATION ACCESS Bicycle • Greater radius (3 miles ??) • Safe, direct routes • Way-finding

  10. STATION ACCESS Transit • Regional express (ST) • Local feeder service (Metro) • Transit Master Plan (Bellevue)

  11. PARKING Hide-&-Ride • Neighborhood impacts • RPZ & enforcement Park-&-Ride • Purpose – intercept SOV trips close to originto reduce congestion & VMT • Part of regional transit system • Functional & aesthetic context

  12. TRAFFIC • Cut-thru traffic • Avoiding congestion • Perceived shorter (time, distance) • Traffic calming • Safety concerns • Neighborhood access • Peak hour congestion • Limited access points

  13. East Main Study Area Cut-thru traffic Neighborhood access Parking Station access

  14. QUESTIONS

  15. CAC Feedback Downtown Segment CAC Comments to Sound Transit on Major Project Elements Station Design and Materials Colors Landscaping Weather Protection Ancillary structures Access Railings Other Next Steps Light Rail Permitting Citizen Advisory Committee

  16. Next Meeting Wednesday, May 7 • CAC provides ST with advisory document for East Main Segment • CAC review of Bel Red D&M Permit application Light Rail Permitting Committee

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