TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Michael Hintze
Transportation Planning Manager
Planning and Community Development
Kim Keeling
Program Administrator
TITLE:
title
Approval of the 2025-2027 Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Implementation Agreement
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
The City of Redmond is required to implement the Commute Trip Reduction Law (RCW 70.94.521-551). The requirements and parameters to reduce traffic congestion, fuel use, and air pollution through commute trip reduction programs, including TDM programs for growth and transportation efficiency centers are established by RCW 70A.15.4000 through RCW 70A.15.4110.
This agreement with WSDOT would provide the City of Redmond with $214,300 between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2027, to execute the CTR law and TDM services in Redmond. The workplan approved by WSDOT is included in the agreement. This grant funding is a decrease of $90,106 over the prior biennium. The decrease is due to newly affected jurisdictions entering the State program. A portion of these funds were included in the City's 2025-2026 budget. The remaining portion of the funds will be included in the 2027-2028 budget proposals.
The recurring agreement contains a workplan that must be approved by WSDOT. The workplan includes recruiting new employer worksites, reviewing employer programs, providing site-specific suggestions for improved CTR performance, administering surveys, reviewing program exemption requests, providing employer training, providing incentives, performing promotion and marketing, and other commuter services. The workplan for this agreement has already been approved by WSDOT.
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