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Tacoma Dome Link Extension Tacoma Project Updates November 18-22, 2019

Project timeline Alternatives Final route design Groundbreaking development (2018-2019) Final station designs Construction updates • Investigation of and mitigation Procure and alternatives commission station Safety education • Board identifies and public art Preferred Alternative Testing and pre-operations Obtain land use and and other options to development study agreements Environmental review Begin property (2019-2022) acquisition • Draft EIS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT • Final EIS Board selects project to be built Federal Transit Administration issues Record of Decision PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT 2

Environmental review timeline* Public participation throughout 2019 2020 / 2021 2022 Spring 2019 Spring 2021 Spring/Summer 2022 EIS scoping / Draft EIS issued; Final EIS issued public comment period public comment Summer 2022 period July 2019 ST Board selects ST Board & FTA identified project to be built preferred alternative and other alternatives to study FTA issues record of in EIS decision (ROD) 3 *dates are subject to change

Tacoma Dome Station: Guiding Principles Element Example keywords Development Capacity • Retain development capacity • Proximity to adjacent development Comfortable urban • Engaging street frontage environment • Pedestrian safety and walkability • Few visual and sunlight impacts Great multi-modal • Direct, quick, and safe transfers between modes transit hub • Passenger amenities nearby • Avoid, or incorporate, enhance, Freighthouse Square Development capacity Great multi-modal transit hub Suggestions • Promote development capacity • Passenger amenities integrated or nearby we’ve heard: • Don’t detract from development potential • Special events considerations (circulation) Comfortable urban environment • Be a catalyst for and enhance the neighborhood • Well-integrated into the neighborhood General/other • Passenger weather protection • Sensitivity to historic and cultural resources 4 • ADA accessibility • Traffic and parking management

Alternatives for EIS Updates DRAFT for discussion purposes 5

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD Close to Sounder 6

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 25th West 7

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 25th East 8

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 26th 9

Portland Avenue Station Updates 10

Outreach and Next steps • City commissions • Online open house • https://tdlink.participate.online/ • Postcards • Project neighbor mailers • Freighthouse Square • Drop in sessions • Business district and neighborhoods 11

Drop-in Sessions • Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. // Eastside Community Center: 1721 E 56th St, Tacoma • Wednesday, Nov. 20, 5 – 7 p.m. // Evergreen State College: 1210 6th Ave, Front Lobby, Tacoma • Tuesday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. // UW Tacoma Campus: 1900 Commerce St, Central Stairway, Tacoma • Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6 – 8 a.m. // Sounder Station, 424 E 25 th St., Tacoma 12

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Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD Close to Sounder - Site Plan 14

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 25th West - Site Plan 15

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 25th East - Site Plan 16

Tacoma Dome Station Updates TD 26 th - Site Plan 17

Portland Avenue Station Updates Portland Avenue - Site Plan 18