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Funding ApplicationCompetition Regional FHWAApplication Type Corridors Serving CentersStatus submittedSubmitted: April 8th, 2020 12:58 PMPrepopulated with screening form? No
Project Information1. Project Title
South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216th Street2. Regional Transportation Plan ID
55593. Sponsoring Agency
Kent4. Cosponsors
N/A5. Does the sponsoring agency have "Certification Acceptance" status from
WSDOT?Yes
6. If not, which agency will serve as your CA sponsor?N/A
Contact Information1. Contact name
Carla Maloney2. Contact phone
253-856-55233. Contact email
Project Description1. Project Scope
This project will widen South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South216th Street to three lanes and includes paving, concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalks, five-footpaved shoulders, street lighting, storm drainage, landscaping, utilities, and channelization.
2. Project Justification, Need, or PurposeThe South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216th Streetproject meets three critical needs. First, the project increases access to employmentopportunities in the Kent MIC for residents in Kent's East Hill, Renton, Maple Valley, BlackDiamond and Covington. Second, the project builds upon a vital east-west option to reachthe Kent MIC increasing east-west capacity for freight. Third, the project meets a need for anon-motorized last/first mile connection to high capacity transit via the new RapidRide I. Thisproject is one of the last corridors to complete the long-term vision from the mid 1980’s ofincreasing east-west connections to the Kent Industrial Valley. Currently, adjacent east-westcorridors are operating at or near capacity during peak hours. Drivers attempting to travel
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corridors are operating at or near capacity during peak hours. Drivers attempting to traveleast or west along these adjacent corridors frequently are cued at signals through multiplecycles. With the addition of the corridor, level of service will be improved reducing delay. Thisproject will also help complete the corridor across the valley connecting to the future SR509project completion.
Project Location1. Project Location
South 218th Street/98th Avenue South2. Please identify the county(ies) in which the project is located. (Select all that
apply.)King
3. Crossroad/landmark nearest the beginning of the project94th Place South
4. Crossroad/landmark nearest the end of the projectSouth 216th Street
5. Map and project graphics224thVicinity_Map.pdf, RapidRideI.pdf, S218th_FGTS_RTV_MIC_letter.pdf,218th_98thPSRCRegionalBrochure.pdf, DemographicMaps.pdf
Plan Consistency1. Is the project specifically identified in a local comprehensive plan?
Yes2. If yes, please indicate the (1) plan name, (2) relevant section(s), and (3) page
number where it can be found.(1) Kent 2015 Comprehensive Plan(2) Chapter 4 - Transportation Element(3) Page 61 (Project N-3), Page 69 (Bicycle), Page 71 (Sidewalk)
3. If no, please describe how the project is consistent with the applicable localcomprehensive plan, including specific local policies and provisions the projectsupports. In addition, please describe how the project is consistent with atransit agency plan or state plan, if applicable.N/A
Federal Functional Classification1. Functional class name
17 Urban Collector
Support for Centers1. Describe the relationship of the project to the center(s) it is intended to support.
Identify the designated regional growth or manufacturing/industrial center(s)and whether or not the project is located within the center or along a corridorconnecting to the center(s).The project is located east of the Kent manufacturing/industrial center (MIC) along a corridorconnecting to the Kent MIC. The project provides a critical east-west connection to the KentMIC for residents and businesses in Kent's East Hill, Renton, Maple Valley, Black Diamond andCovington supporting access to employment opportunities, e-commerce delivery, andtransportation network freight capacity. The project is part of a larger corridor that is gradeseparated from both the Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)Railroads as well as SR 167. In addition, the corridor has a direct connection to SR 509 andInterstate 5 included in the funded 509 Gateway project.
Criteria: Benefit to Regional Growth or Manufacturing/IndustrialCenter1. Describe how this project will benefit or support the housing and employment
development in a regional growth center(s) and/or employment growth in amanufacturing/industrial center(s). Does it support multiple centers? Pleaseprovide a citation of the relevant policies and/or specific project references in asubarea plan or in the comprehensive plan.
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subarea plan or in the comprehensive plan.This project will support development plans and activities in the Kent MIC by increasingconnectivity and east-west options to reach the Kent MIC for employees in Kent's East Hill,Renton, Maple Valley, Black Diamond, and Covington and for e-commerce delivery tobusinesses and residents in these same areas. In addition, freight will benefit from theincreased number of east-west connections to the Kent MIC. Rally the Valley Industrial Subarea PlanThe Rally the Valley Plan, adopted by the Kent City Council on Tuesday, March 3, 2020,specifically calls out four goals for the Kent MIC. The 1st goal is directly supported by theproject. The goal is "Optimize the City’s financing mechanisms to support the public servicesand infrastructure that keep the City financially resilient and the Valley productive." Further,one of the correlated strategies, "Reduce direct City expenditures on freight-supportivecapital projects and long-term maintenance through partnerships and strategic use ofuntapped state-authorized funding mechanisms," is the policy directive to seek funding forfreight supportive infrastructure. The goal and strategy highlight a key issue in the Kent MIC,the freight network must be financially supported by regional investments. To that end, theproject provides an additional east-west connection to the Kent MIC to decrease the delay onadjacent east-west corridors in the freight network. This connection increases east-westoptions to reach employment opportunities in the Kent MIC and beyond. (See page 1-2 to 1-3, 1-7 of the Rally the Valley Industrial Subarea Plan).The plan details employment, commute and industrial data at three geographies: the Kentindustrial Valley, the City of Kent Industrial Lands, and the PSRC Kent MIC. See attachment“Rally the Valley Kent Industrial Land Map.” This plan proposes amending the boundaries ofthe regionally designated MIC to include the largest contiguous area of Kent’s industrial lands.See attachment “Rally the Valley Proposed MIC Map.” Staff have begun the process to amendthe MIC boundaries. The current Kent Manufacturing/Industrial Center (MIC), a regionallydesignated 3.1 square mile area that provides a significant amount of manufacturing,industrial, advanced technology, and related employment. Kent’s industrial lands coverapproximately 6 square miles (4,073.9 acres) and represent 20 percent of the City’s landbase. As detailed in the paragraph below, a significant portion of Kent’s industrial lands areincluded in the proposed revised PSRC MIC boundary. Kent Valley Kent’s industrial lands contain 49,680 total jobs based on 2018 coveredemployment estimates. Eighty percent of these jobs are with core industrial firms, includingvarious categories of manufacturing and transportation, warehousing, and wholesale (NAICS31-33 and 42, 48-49); as well as construction, utilities, waste management and remediation,telecom, broadcasting and production; and other industrial services (NAICS 22, 23, 14, and19). Manufacturing alone consists of 28%, while transportation and warehousing jobs total38% of the total jobs. In comparison, Kent’s existing MIC hosts 19,782 jobs; 86% of these arein core industrial sectors with 37% in manufacturing.2015 Kent Comprehensive PlanMultiple elements of the 2015 Kent Comprehensive Plan vision are supported by the project.The vision elements supported by the project include (Page 12 - Kent 2015 ComprehensivePlan): Urban Growth, Land Use and Economic Development. In addition, policies in twoComprehensive Plan elements, Land Use and Transportation, are supported by the project.
2. Describe how the project provides or benefits a range of travel modes to userstraveling to/from centers, or if it provides a missing mode.This project is a critical east-west connection to the Kent MIC for commuters (vanpools,carpools), out of the MIC for e-commerce delivery, and a critical first mile/last mile non-motorized connection to RapidRide I. In addition, the project is located in the service area forthree planned King County Metro Alternative Services, Community Ride, Community Shuttleand Vanpool LIFT. The project provides a key corridor for these alternative transit services toconnect to employment opportunities in the Kent MIC. A summary of the planned services isbelow:Community Ride: Community Ride is an on-demand public transportation service thatoperates within a specified service area during a specific timeCommunity Shuttle: Community Shuttle is a smaller Metro route that includes both a fixed-route section, with regular stops, and flexible-service stops for which riders call ahead toschedule a pick-up or drop-off. Riders pay a regular Metro fare using ORCA, cash, valid papertransfer, or mobile ticket. A Community Shuttle route would operate on evenings andweekends when other Metro bus service through the valley is less available. The route wouldconnect Renton Transit Center and Kent Station to certain work sites in the Kent IndustrialValley. Flexible service stops requiring a reservation could include other work sites in the KentIndustrial Valley.Vanpool LIFT: Vanpool LIFT enables qualified Vanpool riders to pay a reduced fare for aVanpool. A Vanpool is a group of five or more people who share a similar commute. Forexample, they could be co-workers, friends, or neighbors. Each group has at least twovolunteer drivers plus a volunteer bookkeeper to track mileage, ridership and fares. Fares arebased on mileage, number of riders and size of van. On average, vanpooling savesparticipants $6,000 each year compared to driving alone.
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participants $6,000 each year compared to driving alone.The project also provides improved network connectivity for regional access to employmentfor employees traveling by vehicle, as pedestrians and as bicyclists.
3. Describe how the project will benefit a variety of user groups, includingcommuters, residents, and/or commercial users.The project provides a benefit to commuters accessing the Kent MIC as well as providingaccess to employment opportunities in other regional MICs and Regional Growth Centers.The access to other MICs and Regional Growth Centers is via transit (Sounder and the Kent-Des Moines Link Light Rail Station) and via regional freeways/interstates (I-5,509 Gateway).The main benefit is to commuters from Kent's East Hill, Renton, Maple Valley, Black Diamond,and Covington.The Rally the Valley Industrial Subarea Plan details the commute origins for the Kent IndustrialValley. About 20 percent of Kent Valley employees reside within the cities of Kent, Auburn andRenton, while 20 percent of employees in the Kent Valley commute to work from nearby citiesincluding Seattle, Federal Way, and Tacoma. The Kent Valley also draws a large industrialworkforce, about 28 percent, from eastern rural and unincorporated urban areas of the PugetSound Region. The pages detailing these commute patters as well a map is included as anattachment to this application.The project benefits residents by constructing a first/last mile non-motorized connection tohigh capacity transit (RapidRide I).The project benefits commercial users by providing another east-west connection for e-commerce deliveries to access businesses and residents in Kent's East Hill, Renton, MapleValley, Black Diamond, and Covington.The Kent Valley has a global reputation as a hub for manufacturing some of the mostadvanced technologies and best-known brands. Near the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma,adjacent to markets in Seattle and Bellevue, and along several major freight routes, Kent isalso known as a prime location for distribution of materials and consumer goods. The projectbenefits freight by increasing much needed east-west options dispersing traffic acrossmultiple corridors.
4. Describe how the project will benefit minority and low-income populations asidentified in the President’s Order for Environmental Justice, seniors, people withdisabilities, those located in highly impacted communities, and/or areasexperiencing high levels of unemployment or chronic underemployment; pleasebe specific and provide data where applicable.The project increases access to job opportunities in the Kent Valley MIC for traditionallyunderserved populations. Benefits include increased access to regional employmentopportunities, decreased travel times, and increased transit access to Kent Station (Sounder,Sound Transit Buses, Metro buses). The decreased delay and congestion also improves airquality and positively impacting public health and quality of life. Environmental Justice populations are overrepresented in the City of Kent. Kent has a higherpercent of people of color, a lower median income, higher rates of disability, a lower medianincome, higher rates of poverty, and a larger portion of the population speaking a languageother than English when compared to King County. Maps and tables detailing demographicsare included as an attachment to this application. Race and Hispanic Origin:Black or African American alone, percent: 12.8% (Kent), 6.9% (King County)American Indian and Alaskan Native alone, percent: 1.3% (Kent), 1.0% (King County)Asian alone, percent: 20.0% (Kent), 19.2% (King County)Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent: 1.6% (Kent), 0.8% (King County)Two or More Races, percent: 6.7% (Kent), 5.1% (King County) Hispanic or Latino, percent: 16.1% (Kent), 9.8% (King County)Health:With a disability, under age 65 years, percent: 6.8% (Kent), 6.3% (King County)Income & Poverty:Median Household Income (in 2018 dollars): $68,880 (Kent), $89,418 (King County)Persons in poverty, percent: 13.7% (Kent), 9.2% (King County)Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+: 40.4%(Kent), 27.2% (King County)
5. Describe how the project will support the establishment of new jobs/businessesor the retention of existing jobs/businesses including those in the industryclusters identified in the adopted regional economic strategy.By the year 2035, Kent is forecasted to grow by 15,648 jobs with 7,255 of those new jobs inthe Manufacturing – Wholesale Trade, Transportation and Utilities (WTU) employment sectorand forecasted to be primarily located in the Kent MIC. Commuter access from east of theKent MIC will be a vital resource for future employees. Development on Kent Industrial Land is
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Kent MIC will be a vital resource for future employees. Development on Kent Industrial Land isoccurring both inside and outside of the Kent MIC. The adoption of the Rally the Valley Planwas the first step to update the boundaries of the Kent MIC to reflect the true extent ofmanufacturing and industry in the Kent Industrial Valley. Development can be tracked by thenumber of pre-applications, new construction permits, and expansion permits reviewed bythe City of Kent. Fifteen pre-application conferences were held in 2018 and 2019 to provideconsultation for the construction of new facilities or the expansion of existing facilities. Justeight of these pre-application conferences included discussion of approximately an additional760,000 square feet of warehouse and industrial space. In addition to these pre-applications,there are 31 new or expansion projects in permitting, under construction, or recentlycompleted as well as 6 proposed alterations. These projects include multiple projects alongor within 0.25 mile of the 224th/228th corridor which includes the South 218th Street/98thAvenue South from 94th Place South to South 216th Street project.
Criteria: System Continuity/Long-Term Benefit and Sustainability1. Describe how this project supports a long-term strategy to maximize the
efficiency of the corridor, including TDM and activities and ITS improvements thatuse advanced technologies or innovative approaches to improve traffic flow.Describe the problem and how this project will remedy it.Currently, there are only four east-west corridors connecting residents east of the Kent MIC toemployment opportunities in the Kent MIC and beyond. The corridors are S 277th Street atthe extreme southern border of Kent, E James Street/W James Street/S 240th Street throughdowntown Kent and two at grade railroad crossings, S 212th Street north of the projectcorridor with two at-grade railroad crossings and a SR-167 interchange, and S 180th Streetwith a SR-167 interchange at the extreme northern Kent border. The project is the only east-west corridor that does not include a SR-167 interchange and that is completely gradeseparated from the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railroad. This vital corridor provides anoption for alternate transit modes, commuters, and e-commerce delivery to reach the KentMIC and beyond without encountering traffic associated with railroad crossing and SR-167delays. In addition, the project includes non-motorized facilities that serve as a first/last mileconnection to high capacity transit. The non-motorized facilities provide access to transitthereby decreasing single occupancy trips on the project corridor.
2. Describe how this project provides a “logical segment” that links to a regionalgrowth or manufacturing/industrial center.The project is the next segment in the 224th/228th corridor serving the Kent MIC. The224th/228th Street corridor is an east-west corridor bisecting the center of the Kent MIC thathas been planned for decades with construction of multiple segments completed between2006 and the present. The first major segment, Veterans Drive, was completed in 2006followed by the BNSF railroad grade separation in 2009 and then the Union Pacific railroadgrade separation, 224th Phase 1 across SR-167, and 224th Phase 2 up 88th Avenue S in2020. The South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216thStreet project is the next segment to reach the final corridor limits at SR 515/108th Ave SE, anorth-south minor arterial in the regional transportation network.
3. Describe how the project fills in a missing link or removes barriers to/from acenter.The project is the next link in the 224th/228th Street corridor as described in previousresponses. Unlike previous segments, the project provides benefits to the east and west ofthe project limits. To the west, the project provides a missing link to access employmentopportunities in the Kent MIC and beyond via transit and the regional freeway/interstatesystem. To the east, the project provides access to high capacity transit via an activetransportation mode. RapidRide I provides access to employment opportunities in theRenton, Kent and Auburn Regional Growth Centers. With a transfer to the Sounder in the Kentor Auburn Regional Growth Centers, the project provides access to employmentopportunities in the following MICs and Regional Growth Centers: Seattle, Tukwila, SumnerPacific, Puyallup Downtown, and Downtown Tacoma. This project will improve connectivity andaccess to existing community services in the city center by providing multi-modal facilities forall users to access transit.
4. Describe how this project will relieve pressure or remove a bottleneck on theregional transportation system and how this will positively impact overall systemperformance.The regional transportation network in the City of Kent lacks east-west corridors. In addition,all of the corridors that directly link to the Kent MIC are plagued by delays associated withrailroad crossings, SR-167 or both types of delay. The lack of east-west corridors linking to theKent MIC means a high level of congestion for all modes on the existing corridors coupledwith that delay. The addition of the project will be the next step to providing an east-westconnection to the Kent MIC free from delays associated with railroad crossings and SR-167.This will increase system efficiency in two ways. First, trips with a final destination of the KentMIC or other regional MICs and Regional Growth Centers via the regional freeway/interstatesystem will be divert from other east-west corridors. These trips will experience less delay.Second, by diverting some trips to the new east-west corridors, the existing corridors willexperience less congestion, positively impacting the overall performance of the regional
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experience less congestion, positively impacting the overall performance of the regionaltransportation network.
5. Describe how this project addresses safety and security.This project includes ADA compliant 5-foot sidewalks, a 5-foot paved shoulder that bicyclistscan use, planter strips, a center turn lane and widened lanes for shared use. Theseimprovements will separate pedestrians from traffic, reducing the risk of pedestrian/vehicleaccidents. Street lighting is planned to increase safety and security across modes. Thisproject will also provide additional capacity for travelers to evacuate the valley in the case of anatural disaster. In addition, the project improves police and fire department response times.
6. Describe how the project provides opportunities for active transportation thatcan lead to public health benefits.This project benefits a variety of user groups, increased mobility for commuters to thecenters on foot or bicycle, increase multimodal access to employment opportunities,increased safety along the corridor, and improve access to active commuting options. Theproject is a key last mile connection to planned King County Metro high capacity transit on SR515/108th Avenue SE. Residents will have the opportunity to access transit via an activemode increasing their health and the health of others by removing a vehicular trip from thecorridor.
Criteria: Air Quality and Climate Change1. Please select one or more elements in the list below that are included in the
project’s scope of work, and provide the requested information in the pages tofollow.Roadway Improvement, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities
Air Quality and Climate Change: Roadway Improvement1. What is the length of the project?
1,800 feet2. What is the average daily traffic before and after the project?
2005 – appx 5000 ADD2020 – unknown 2023 – unknown
3. What is the average speed before and after the project?25 mph before and after (posted speed limit)
4. What is the average daily transit ridership along the corridor?N/A
5. How many daily peak period transit trips serve the corridor?N/A
6. What is the expected increase in transit speed due to the BAT/HOV lanes?N/A
7. What is the expected increase in transit ridership due to the BAT/HOV lanes?N/A
8. What is the percentage of freight truck traffic on the facility?Unknown
9. Will the project result in shorter trips and reduced VMT? If so, please explain.As detailed in an earlier question, the project and associated corridor provides a new,unimpeded east-west connection between residents and businesses on Kent's East Hill,Renton, Maple Valley, Black Diamond and Covington to access the Kent MIC. The increasedconnectivity will facilitate shorter trips and decreased VMT for residents and businesses inthese areas to access the Kent MIC.
10. Please describe the source of the project data provided above (e.g.,Environmental Impact Statement, EPA/DOE data, traffic study, survey, previousprojects, etc.).The 2005 ADD is from the 224th/228th Corridor EIS. The average speed has not beencollected for the roadway, so the posted speed limit was provided.
Air Quality and Climate Change: Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities1. Describe the facilities being added or improved
The project will construct a 5-foot sidewalk and 5-foot paved shoulder for pedestrians andbicyclists.
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2. What is the length of the proposed facility?1,800 feet
3. Describe the connections to existing bicycle/pedestrian facilities and transit.There are existing sidewalks on 108th Avenue SE to the east of the project. In addition, thereis an existing bus stop on 108th Avenue SE at SE 216th Street that will be upgraded to aRapidRide stop for RapidRide I.
4. Describe the current bicycle/pedestrian usage in the project area. If known,provide information on the shift from single occupancy vehicles.Students of Panther Lake Elementary School, located just east of the eastern project limits,currently walk and bike in the project limits to access the school. In addition, residents walkand bike to Garrison Creek Park, located within the project limits.The shift from single occupancy vehicle is unknown.
5. What is the expected increase in bicycle/pedestrian usage from the project? Ifknown, provide information on the shift from single occupancy vehiclesThe project is expected to increase both bicycle and pedestrian link especially tripsassociated with accessing transit. The shift from single occupancy vehicle is unknown.
6. What is the average bicycle trip length?Unknown
7. What is the average pedestrian trip length?Unknown
8. Please describe the source of the project data provided above (e.g.,Environmental Impact Statement, EPA/DOE data, traffic study, survey, previousprojects, etc.)Onsite observation during school hours.
Criteria: Project Readiness and Financial Plan1. What is the PSRC funding source being requested?
STP2. Has this project received PSRC funds previously?
No3. If yes, please provide the project's PSRC TIP ID
N/A
Phase Year Alternate Year Amountconstruction 2023 $4,915,680.00
Total Request: $4,915,680.00
Total Estimated Project Cost and SchedulePE
Funding Source Secured/Unsecured AmountLocal Secured $1,076,000.00
$1,076,000.00Expected year of completion for this phase: 2023
ROW
Funding Source Secured/Unsecured AmountLocal Secured $1,158,000.00
$1,158,000.00Expected year of completion for this phase: 2022
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Construction
Funding Source Secured/Unsecured AmountSTP Reasonably Expected $4,915,680.00Local Secured $3,444,320.00
$8,360,000.00Expected year of completion for this phase: 2024
Summary1. Estimated project completion date
September 20242. Total project cost
$10,594,000.00
Funding Documentation1. Documents
218th_Ledger_Sheet.pdf2. Please enter your description of your financial documentation in the text box
below.Matching funds will be obtained from City Business and Occupation (B&O) Tax revenue. Kentadopted a B&O tax in 2012, which raises approximately $8 million annually for transportationcapital and maintenance projects. $3,444,320 has been set-aside, as match, for theconstruction of South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216thStreet.The B&O ordinance is located athttps://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Kent/ords/Ord4054.pdfIn addition, there are two Local Improvement District (LID) ordinances that support funding. Thefirst is Ordinance #3896 located athttps://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Kent/ords/Ord4051.pdf and the second is Ordinance#4051 located at https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Kent/ords/Ord4051.pdf
Project Readiness: PE1. Are you requesting funds for ONLY a planning study or preliminary engineering?
No2. What is the actual or estimated start date for preliminary engineering/design?
September 20213. Is preliminary engineering complete?
No4. What was the date of completion (month and year)?
N/A5. Have preliminary plans been submitted to WSDOT for approval?
No6. Are there any other PE/Design milestones associated with the project? Please
identify and provide dates of completion. You may also use this space to explainany dates above.N/A
7. When are preliminary plans expected to be complete?March 2023
Project Readiness: NEPA1. What is the current or anticipated level of environmental documentation under
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for this project?Categorical Exclusion (CE)
2. Has the NEPA documentation been approved?No
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3. Please provide the date of NEPA approval, or the anticipated date of completion(month and year).June 2022
Project Readiness: Right of Way1. Will Right of Way be required for this project?
Yes2. What is the actual or estimated start date for right of way?
September 20213. What is the estimated (or achieved) completion date for the right of way plan
and funding estimate (month and year)?August 2022
4. Please describe the right of way needs of the project, including propertyacquisitions, temporary construction easements, and/or permits.Temporary construction easements to connect driveways to new roadway grade and partialproperty acquisition for right-of-way.
5. What is the zoning in the project area?Single Family 4.5 Units/Acre and Single-Family 6 Units/Acre
6. Discuss the extent to which your schedule reflects the possibility ofcondemnation and the actions needed to pursue this.Early scoping work has commenced to identify parcels needed for acquisition. Negotiationswill commence upon receipt of funding commitments. Schedule has adequate time forcondemnation action. Anticipate R/W cert six months prior to project advertisement.
7. Does your agency have experience in conducting right of way acquisitions ofsimilar size and complexity?Yes
8. If not, when do you expect a consultant to be selected, under contract, andready to start (month and year)?N/A
9. In the box below, please identify all relevant right of way milestones, includingthe current status and estimated completion date of each.Begin R/W phase Mar 2020Negotiations Aug 2022 -Jul 2023Prepare R/W plans Jul 2023R/W Certification Aug 2023
Project Readiness: Construction1. Are funds being requested for construction?
Yes2. Do you have an engineer's estimate?
Yes3. Engineers estimate document
224th_Phase_3_-_Estimate.pdf4. Identify the environmental permits needed for the project and when they are
scheduled to be acquired.NEPA CE – 6-2022
5. Are Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E) approved?No
6. Please provide the date of approval, or the date when PS&E is scheduled to besubmitted for approval (month and year).February 2023
7. When is the project scheduled to go to ad (month and year)?March 2023
Other Considerations1. Describe any additional aspects of your project not requested in the evaluation
criteria that could be relevant to the final project recommendation and decision-
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criteria that could be relevant to the final project recommendation and decision-making process.The City of Kent has begun the process to submit a request to reclassify the roadway from aUrban Collector to an Urban Minor Arterial. The limits for the reclassification start at S 224thStreet just west of the new bridge over SR-167 and end at SE 216th Street at SR 515/108thAvenue SE.
2. Describe any innovative components included in your project: these couldinclude design elements, cost saving measures, or other innovations.The City will pursue rubblizing the existing asphalt for re-use.
3. Describe the process that your agency uses to determine the benefits ofprojects; this could include formal cost-benefit analysis, practical design, orsome other process by which the benefits of projects are determined.The annual Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) process reviews existingprojects and proposed new projects. This review process looks at the potential benefit ofeach project from the perspective of the movement of people and goods. During the reviewprocess, the South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216thStreet project ranked high due to a positive benefit to the movement of both people andgoods. The positive benefit to the movement of goods is due to two unique phenomena. First, theproject is part of a new critical east-west corridor. The on-boarding of a new east-westcorridor increases options for east-west travel for both freight and vehicles. The benefit ismost notable for freight movement on the existing S 212th Street corridor and S 240th Streetcorridor, north and south of the new corridor. Second, the benefit is to last mile delivery toresidents and businesses on Kent's East Hill, Maple Valley, Covington, and Black Diamond. E-commerce has exploded in the last decade increasing the number of last mile deliveryvehicles using the roadway network. The project along with the rest of the new corridorprovides the only railroad separated corridor without an interchange with SR-167 directlyserving the Kent MIC. The positive benefit to the movement of people also has two components. First, the projectalong with the rest of the 228th/224th Street corridor serves as a critical connection toemployment opportunities in the Kent MIC and beyond to other MICs and Regional GrowthCenters. The access to these employment opportunities is multimodal. The fully rail/roadwaygrade separated corridor is a critical vanpool, carpool and vehicular link to the 509 Gatewayproject and a critical link to high capacity transit at Kent Station (Sounder) and the new FederalWay Link Extension (the Kent-Des Moines Station). Second, the project is a last/first mile non-motorized connection to the new RapidRide I on 108th Ave SE. RapidRide I provides a link toemployment opportunity to north in Renton and beyond to Bellevue via the 405 BRT and tothe south in Auburn.
4. Final documentsRally_the_Valley_Pages_1-1_to_1-7.pdf, Rally_the_Valley_Plan_-_Employee_and_Commute_Data_and_Maps.pdf,2015ComprehensivePlan_TransportationProjectMaps.pdf, 2020-2025_TIP_with_ResolutionProjectPage.pdf,U.S._Census_Bureau_QuickFacts_KingCounty_Kent.pdf
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Preliminary Engineering Spent Thru Future Total
Design Engineering (City) 1,076,000.00 1,076,000.00
Subtotal 1,076,000.00
Right of Way Spent Thru Future Total
R.O.W. ‐ Design Section Engineering/Consultants 1,158,000.00 1,158,000.00
Subtotal 1,158,000.00
Construction Spent Thru Future Total
Construction Engineering & Contract 8,360,000.00 8,360,000.00
Subtotal 8,360,000.00
Total Project Cost 10,594,000.00 10,594,000.00
Revenues Received Thru Future Total
B&O ‐ Design and R.O.W. 2,234,000.00
B&O ‐ Construction @ 41.2% 3,444,320.00
PSRC ‐ Construction @ 58.8% 4,915,680.00
Total Funding 10,594,000.00
Total Project Cost 10,594,000.00
Total Surplus (Deficit) ‐
South 218th Street/98th Ave S
from 94th PL S to S 216th ST
Project Budget
Project #
3/2/2020
South 218th Street/98th Avenue Southfrom 94th Place South to South 216th Street
Prepared by: ASH/CAMItem No. Description Quantity Units Unit Cost Total
1000 Mobilization 1 LS 747,250.00$ 747,250.00$ 1005 Clearing and Grubbing 1 LS 43,750.00$ 43,750.00$ 1006 Remove Tree 4 Inch to 20 Inch Diameter 165 EA 700.00$ 115,500.00$ 1007 Remove Tree Greater Than 20 Inch Diameter 92 EA 1,300.00$ 119,600.00$ 1008 Removal of Structures and Obstructions 1 LS 31,500.00$ 31,500.00$ 1009 Decommission and Demolish Monitoring Well 3 EA 8,750.00$ 26,250.00$ 1010 Remove Existing Asphalt Concrete Pavement 4,700 SY 24.00$ 112,800.00$ 1045 Removal of Traffic Signs 1 LS 875.00$ 875.00$ 1050 Saw Cut Existing Asphalt Concrete Pavement 900 LF 6.00$ 5,400.00$
1060* Roadway Excavation Incl. Haul 7,400 CY 60.00$ 444,000.00$ 1061 Select Borrow Incl. Haul and Compaction 3,700 CY 21.00$ 77,700.00$
1062* Quarry Spalls 400 TON 79.00$ 31,600.00$ 1065 Unsuitable Foundation Excavation Incl. Haul 400 CY 114.00$ 45,600.00$ 1069 Construction Geotextile for Soil Stabilization, Woven 4,400 SY 7.00$ 30,800.00$
1075* Gravel Borrow, Including Haul and Compaction 16,900 TON 44.00$ 743,600.00$ 1080* Crushed Surfacing Top Course, 5/8 Inch Minus 1,200 TON 56.00$ 67,200.00$
1085 Crushed Surfacing Base Course, 1-1/4 Inch Minus 1,400 TON 56.00$ 78,400.00$ 1100 HMA Class 1/2”, PG 58V-22 2,500 TON 184.00$ 460,000.00$ 1105 Job Mix Compliance Price Adjustment 1 CALC 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$ 1110 Compaction Price Adjustment 1 CALC 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$ 1115 Cyclic Density Price Adjustment 1 CALC 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$ 1120 Asphalt Cost Price Adjustment 1 CALC 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$ 1135 Cement Concrete Driveway, 6 Inch Depth 200 SY 150.00$ 30,000.00$ 1145 Cement Concrete Sidewalk 1,500 SY 110.00$ 165,000.00$ 1146 Thickened Edge Cement Concrete Sidewalk with Fence 60 LF 350.00$ 21,000.00$ 1200 Cement Concrete Sidewalk Ramp Type Single Direction A 3 EA 4,375.00$ 13,125.00$ 1202 Cement Concrete Sidewalk Ramp Type Combination 2 EA 6,125.00$ 12,250.00$ 1205 Cement Concrete Curb and Gutter 2,720 LF 70.00$ 190,400.00$ 1206 Cement Concrete Traffic Curb 110 LF 90.00$ 9,900.00$ 1207 Cement Concrete Gutter 140 LF 70.00$ 9,800.00$ 1225 Adjust Existing Manhole Cover to Finished Grade 11 EA 1,050.00$ 11,550.00$ 1230 Adjust Existing Valve Box Top Section and Lid to Finished Grade 11 EA 1,225.00$ 13,475.00$ 1245 Install New Riser for Monument’s Case and Cover to Finished Grade 1 EA 800.00$ 800.00$ 1250 Install New Monument, Case and Cover to Finished Grade 4 EA 1,750.00$ 7,000.00$ 1255 Remove Fence 360 LF 14.00$ 5,040.00$ 1282 Wood Fence 250 LF 63.00$ 15,750.00$ 1285 Mailbox Support, Type 1 4 EA 790.00$ 3,160.00$ 1298 Shotcrete Facing 4,600 SF 43.00$ 197,800.00$ 1313 MSE Wall 4,600 SF 192.50$ 885,500.00$ 1315 Pothole Utilities 20 EA 875.00$ 17,500.00$ 1320 Project Sign Fabrication and Installation 2 EA 2,800.00$ 5,600.00$ 1330 Field Office 1 LS 26,250.00$ 26,250.00$ 1500 Illumination System 1 LS 157,500.00$ 157,500.00$
5,050,225.00$
Schedule I Street
Subtotal
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South 218th Street/98th Avenue Southfrom 94th Place South to South 216th Street
3020 PVC Sewer Pipe, 8 Inch Diameter 1,500 LF 190.00$ 285,000.00$ 3050* Manhole Under 12 Feet, Type 1 48 Inch Diameter 9 EA 8,750.00$ 78,750.00$
3060 Manhole 12 Feet to 20 Feet, Type 2 72 Inch Diameter 1 EA 14,000.00$ 14,000.00$ 3085* Locking Manhole Frame and Cover 10 EA 1,300.00$ 13,000.00$ 3110* Remove Existing Catch Basin or Manhole 2 EA 2,100.00$ 4,200.00$ 3115* Shoring or Extra Excavation Class B 13,500 SF 2.00$ 27,000.00$ 3120* Foundation Material, Class I and II 400 TON 70.00$ 28,000.00$ 3140* Crushed Surfacing Top Course, 5/8 Inch Minus 800 TON 70.00$ 56,000.00$ 3150* Gravel Borrow, Including Haul and Compaction 1,600 TON 50.00$ 80,000.00$
585,950.00$ 10% Sales Tax 58,595.00$
Subtotal 644,545.00$
4018 Ductile Iron Storm Sewer Pipe, 12 Inch Diameter 600 LF 200.00$ 120,000.00$ 4019 Ductile Iron Storm Sewer Pipe, 18 Inch Diameter 400 LF 350.00$ 140,000.00$ 4020 Storm Sewer Pipe, 12 Inch Diameter 200 LF 150.00$ 30,000.00$ 4025 Storm Sewer Pipe, 18 Inch Diameter 500 LF 175.00$ 87,500.00$ 4080 Catch Basin, Type 1 11 EA 2,275.00$ 25,025.00$ 4085 Catch Basin, Type 2 48 Inch Diameter 6 EA 5,775.00$ 34,650.00$ 4115 Bolt Down Catch Basin Frame and Grate 17 EA 1,225.00$ 20,825.00$
4147* Quarry Spalls 100 TON 70.00$ 7,000.00$ 4175* Foundation Material, Class I and II 300 TON 175.00$ 52,500.00$ 4185* Crushed Surfacing Top Course, 5/8 Inch Minus 600 TON 55.00$ 33,000.00$ 4195* Gravel Borrow, Including Haul and Compaction 1,400 TON 45.00$ 63,000.00$
613,500.00$
5005 Traffic Control Labor 1,500 HR 115.00$ 172,500.00$ 5010 Construction Signs Class A 400 SF 28.00$ 11,200.00$ 5015 Traffic Control Supervisor 800 HR 150.00$ 120,000.00$ 5020 Temporary Traffic Control Devices 1 LS 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$ 5030 Portable Changeable Message Sign (PCMS) 300 DAY 140.00$ 42,000.00$ 5060 Type III Barricade 9 EA 740.00$ 6,660.00$ 5100 Single Solid Plastic Edge Line 3,900 LF 8.00$ 31,200.00$ 5105 Profiled Plastic Double Yellow Centerline 900 LF 14.00$ 12,600.00$ 5110 Profiled Plastic TWLTL Line 2,100 LF 11.00$ 23,100.00$ 5112 Solid Plastic Wide Lane Line 200 LF 13.00$ 2,600.00$ 5115 Plastic Stop Line (24 Inch Wide) 120 LF 20.00$ 2,400.00$ 5125 Plastic Traffic Arrow 8 EA 260.00$ 2,080.00$ 5135 Permanent Signing 1 LS 17,500.00$ 17,500.00$
461,340.00$
6012 Joint Utility Trench (3 Ft. Wide, 3 Ft. Cover) 1,600 LF 75.00$ 120,000.00$ 6013 Joint Utility Trench (3.5 Ft. Wide, 3 Ft. Cover) 600 LF 95.00$ 57,000.00$ 6014 Joint Utility Trench (4 Ft. Wide, 3 Ft. Cover) 800 LF 100.00$ 80,000.00$
6015* Crushed Surfacing Top Course, 5/8 Inch Minus 1,700 TON 55.00$ 93,500.00$ 6030 PSE - Vault Excavation and Installation 8 EA 14,000.00$ 112,000.00$ 6036 Sand for Conduit Bedding 620 TON 60.00$ 37,200.00$ 6040 PSE - Installation and Proofing of PSE Conduit 20,000 LF 11.50$ 230,000.00$
6045* Foundation Material, Class I and II 200 TON 70.00$ 14,000.00$ 6056 Comcast - Installation and Proofing Comcast Conduit 1,900 LF 14.00$ 26,600.00$ 6060 CenturyLink - Vault Excavation and Installation 4 EA 9,625.00$ 38,500.00$ 6066 CenturyLink - Installation and Proofing of CenturyLink Conduit 2,200 LF 14.00$ 30,800.00$
6085* Gravel Borrow for Trench Backfill 2,200 TON 43.00$ 94,600.00$ 6155* Shoring or Extra Excavation Class B 800 SF 2.00$ 1,600.00$ 6160* Conduit Pipe 2 Inch Diameter 2,200 LF 50.00$ 110,000.00$
1,045,800.00$ 10% Sales Tax 104,580.00$
Subtotal 1,150,380.00$
Schedule IV Storm Sewer
Schedule III-A Sewer
Subtotal
SubtotalSchedule V Traffic Control
SubtotalSchedule VI Joint Utility Trench
Subtotal
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South 218th Street/98th Avenue Southfrom 94th Place South to South 216th Street
7000 Seeding, Fertilizing, and Mulching 1 AC 5,250.00$ 5,250.00$ 7005 Filter Fabric Fence 1,900 LF 10.00$ 19,000.00$ 7010 Wattle 800 LF 10.00$ 8,000.00$ 7015 Inlet Protection 22 EA 220.00$ 4,840.00$ 7025 Street Cleaning 150 HR 300.00$ 45,000.00$ 7030 ESC Lead 200 HR 115.00$ 23,000.00$ 7035 Temporary Sediment Trap 1 LS 26,250.00$ 26,250.00$ 7055 Erosion/Water Pollution Control 1 FA 35,000.00$ 35,000.00$ 7060 Baker Tank 1 FA 35,000.00$ 35,000.00$ 7100 SPCC Plan 1 LS 2,625.00$ 2,625.00$
203,965.00$
8000 Street Tree Planting and Staking 30 EA 875.00$ 26,250.00$ 8005* Topsoil Type A 1,100 CY 129.50$ 142,450.00$
8010 Sod Installation 1,600 SY 26.00$ 41,600.00$ 8015 Wood Chip Mulch 200 CY 130.00$ 26,000.00$
236,300.00$
Subtotal Schedule I Street 5,050,225.00$ Subtotal Schedule III-A Sewer 644,545.00$
Subtotal Schedule IV Drainage 613,500.00$ Subtotal Schedule V Traffic Control 461,340.00$
Subtotal Schedule VI Joint Utility Trench 1,150,380.00$ Subtotal Schedule VII Temporary Erosion and Sedimentation Control 203,965.00$
Subtotal Schedule VIII Roadside Restoration 236,300.00$ Total Construction Cost 8,360,255.00$
SubtotalSchedule VIII Roadside Restoration
Subtotal
Schedule VII Temporary Erosion and Sedimentation Control
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Project Description This project will widen South 218th Street/98th Avenue South from 94th Place South to South 216th Street to three lanes and includes paving, concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks, five-foot paved shoulders, street lighting, storm drainage, landscaping, utilities and channelization.
Project Goals � Critical east-west corridor for the movement of people and goods
� Connect current and future employees living in Kent East Hill neighborhoods, Renton, Maple Valley, Covington, and Black Diamond with employment in the MIC
� Provide a critical last mile pedestrian and bicycle facility for households east of Benson Highway to access RapidRide
� Connect residents in Kent’s East Hill, Renton, Maple Valley, Covington and Black Diamond with employment opportunities in Seattle, Bellevue and other employment centers via high capacity transit (Sounder, Link Light Rail)
Project Benefits � Supports existing and planned employment in the MIC
� Connects existing and planned housing to employment opportunities in the MIC
� Improves mobility and access for freight, delivery, vehicles, transit, bicycles and pedestrians between I-5/SR-509/SR-167/SR-515
Funding Project Budget:$10.59 million
Funding Request:The City of Kent requests $4.92 million (STP) to fund construction.
Critical Multimodal Connections:
� Freight/Delivery: Access to Kent MIC, I-5, future SR-509, SR-167, SR-515, SR-181, Ports of Seattle and Tacoma and SeaTac Airport
� Bicycle and Pedestrian: Access to RapidRide and Kent MIC
� Transit: Access to RapidRide, Kent Sounder Station and future Link Light Rail Station
� Vehicles: Access to Kent MIC, I-5, future SR-509, SR-167, SR-515, SR-181, and SeaTac Airport
Critical Community Connections:
� Kent East Hill
� Covington
� Maple Valley
� Black Diamond
Benefits to Regional Growth Center or Manufacturing/Industrial Center
Support Housing & Employment Development
� 2018 Employment on Kent Industrial Lands was 49,680
� Provides connectivity between projected increased housing along the RapidRide I corridor and increased employment in the MIC
Multiple Travel Modes � Provides bicycle and pedestrian connection to RapidRide
� Increase freight/delivery mobility east of Kent
Benefit a Variety of User Groups � Connects employees in Kent East Hill, Maple Valley, Covington, and Black Diamond with MIC employment
� Provides pedestrian/bicycle facilities for residents to access RapidRide on Benson Highway/SR-515
� Increases east-west freight and delivery capacity from the Kent MIC to residents of Kent, Maple Valley, Covington, and Black Diamond
Benefit Environmental Justice Populations
� Serves communities that have a higher percent minority population, elder/65+ population, and households below poverty level than the region
Support new jobs/businesses or the retention of existing jobs/businesses
� Supports employment growth in key industry clusters in the Kent MIC including Aerospace and Transportation & Logistics
System Continuity/Long-Term Benefit and Sustainability
Supports a long-term strategy to maximize the efficiency of the corridor
� Increases capacity on east-west corridors on the regional transportation system
� TDM strategy to plan housing and employment growth within reasonable commute sheds
Provides a “logical segment” that links to a manufacturing/industrial center
� Connects the MIC to residential areas (20,000+ residents)
Fills in a missing link or removes barriers to/from a center
� Increases multimodal capacity and safety by replacing existing two-lane road with a three-lane road with bicycle/pedestrian facilities
Relieve pressure or remove a bottleneck on the Metropolitan Transportation System and how this will positively impact overall system performance
� Increases capacity on east-west corridors on the regional transportation system
� Increases access to transit (RapidRide, Link light rail, Sounder) and active transportation options
Addresses safety and security � Reduces response times for the police and fire department to the MIC
� Provides an emergency evacuation route for the valley including the MIC
Provides opportunities for active transportation (public health benefits)
� Critical last mile bicycle/pedestrian link to RapidRide
� Bicycle/pedestrian link to elementary school
Air Quality/ Climate Change
Describe how the project will reduce emissions, particularly of diesel particulates
� Housing density along the RapidRide corridor is projected to increase. This project provides connectivity between projected housing and employment to reduce commute times and VMT.
� Improve traffic flow on other congested east-west corridors, including S 208th/212th Street and E James Street, which are commuter routes for communities to the east of Kent to reach I-5, SR 167, the Sounder train at Kent Station, and the future Kent/Des Moines Sound Transit Link Light Rail station.
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FUTURE PHASE
South 218th Street/98th Avenue South94th Place South to South 216th Street
S. 224th/S. 228th Corridor
Kent-Kangley Rd
Kent-Black Diamond Rd
152
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CITY LIMITS
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PREFERRED STREET NETWORK
Kent-Kangley Rd
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CITY OF KENT WASHINGTON
SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
2020 – 2025
Mayor Dana Ralph
Timothy J. LaPorte, PE, Director of Public Works
RESOLUTION NO. 1981
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of theCity of Kent, Washington, adopting the 2020through 2025 Six-Year Transportation ImprovementProgram.
RECITALS
A, Following notice, at its regularly-scheduled meeting on
May 2L,2OL9, the City Council held a public hearing to consider public
testimony on the City's proposed 2020 through 2025 Six-year
Tra nsportation Improvement Progra m.
B. Per RCW 35.77.}LO, the six-year program for each city must
specifically set forth projects and programs of regional significance for
inclusion in the transportation improvement program within that region.
C, Having considered public testimony, the Council voted to adopt
the 2020 through 2025 Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CIry COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 7, - Adoption. The 2020 through 2025, Six-Year
Transportation Improvement Program, set forth in Exhibit "A," which is
attached and filed with the City Clerk, is hereby adopted.
SECTION 2, - Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this resolution is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this resolution
and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3, - Corrections by City Clerk Upon approval of the city
attorney, the City Clerk is authorized to make necessary corrections to this
resolution, including the correction of clerical errors; resolution, section, or
subsection numbering; or references to other local, state, or federal laws,
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Project Descriptions
CITY OF KENT 37
PROJECT #37: South 224th Street Extension (Phase III)
94th Place South to 108th Avenue Southeast (State Route 515/Benson Highway)
YEAR: 2024
DESCRIPTION: Construct a three-lane roadway from 94th Place South to 108th Avenue Southeast (State Route 515/Benson Highway). This project widens South 224th Street to three lanes and include full-width paving; concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks; five-foot paved shoulders; street lighting; storm drainage; landscaping; utilities and channelization. This project must be assessed with respect to the complete streets requirements.
PROJECT COST: Preliminary Engineering .... $1,500,000
Right of Way Acquisition ... $1,000,000
Construction ................ $13,000,000
TOTAL ........................ $15,500,000
Secured Funding ................. $100,000
FUNDING SOURCE(S): City of Kent (Business and Occupation Tax, Drainage Fund, Local Improvement District, Special Assessments, Transportation Impact Fee), Developer Mitigation, Transportation Improvement Board
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: The existing roadway system cannot accommodate the current or forecast east-west traffic volumes between Kent’s East Hill and the Green River Valley floor. In order to meet transportation concurrency requirements of the Growth Management Act, additional east-west vehicle capacity is required. Intersections along South 208th/212th Street and James/Southeast 240th Streets are at or over capacity. Because of existing development and topographic constraints, it is not feasible to widen the James/Southeast 240th Street and South 208th/212th Street corridors enough to provide the additional east-west capacity needed to accommodate forecast traffic volumes.
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Chapter 1 Purpose and Vision
Table of Contents Industry Transformation ................................................................................................................................ 1
Fiscal and Policy Limitations ......................................................................................................................... 2
Worker Experience ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Economic Diversity ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Public Realm ................................................................................................................................................. 5
The Future of the Kent Valley ....................................................................................................................... 5
VISION: ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Geographic Scope ........................................................................................................................................ 8
Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement ..................................................................................................... 10
Rally the Valley Advisory Panel ............................................................................................................... 10
Partner Cities and Staff Working Group .................................................................................................. 10
Employee Survey .................................................................................................................................... 10
Employer Interviews ................................................................................................................................ 10
Subject Matter Expert Consultation ......................................................................................................... 11
Industry Transformation
Evolving technologies are transforming industry in the Kent Valley. Developments in commercial space, new categories of manufacturing and materials, and innovations in global trade/supply chain management mean the activities taking place in industrial spaces are fundamentally different from those of past decades. Kent Valley companies are at the leading edge of aerospace, developing technologies that will take people into space by the close of the decade. Composite materials made in Kent undergird modern automobile crash safety. Kent-made cable technologies, tooling, and machinery make possible a world of unique products, while new capabilities in logistics and supply chain management drive an increasingly precise, optimized, and just-in-time distribution apparatus that sustains regional commerce. At the threshold of this “fourth industrial revolution”, the Kent Valley is positioned for enormous opportunities in economic growth and global recognition.
At the same time, Kent’s ability to capitalize on these opportunities is bounded by outdated land use policies and state-imposed fiscal constraints. Much of the land in the Kent Valley is currently limited by land use policies aimed at preserving an outdated notion of industrial lands, and zoning codes that are based on obsolete conceptions of industrial uses as dirty, loud, smelly, and incompatible with other uses. Many of the regulations guiding development in the Kent Valley don’t consider modern industrial practices, or the layers of environmental regulations and minimum performance standards already in
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place. They also fail to capitalize on existing assets, which, if made more visible and accessible, would stand to enrich not only the daily experience of industrial workers, but also that of the greater Kent community.
Rally the Valley seeks to address these issues through goals, policies, projects and programs that steer the Kent Valley over the short and long term toward the following vision:
The Kent Valley is recognized as a thriving, economically resilient industrial ecosystem, a center for productive business, and a healthy, desirable place to work.
Fiscal and Policy Limitations
Due to its geography and past investment patterns, the City of Kent is well-suited for industrial economic activity, particularly those characterized by significant warehousing and distribution operations. Reinforced by growing market demand and business-friendly regulations, Kent has become highly specialized in land-consumptive warehousing and distribution uses. This trend continues as e-commerce expands and competes with other uses for space. Meanwhile, the City, state, and region invest substantial resources to build and maintain infrastructure needed to support these freight-intensive operations.
Funding for infrastructure investments is constrained by state-imposed regulatory limits on taxes that can be collected and how they can be spent. Some revenue sources must be deployed for new capital investments, while others can be tapped for maintenance purposes. Property and sales taxes are flexible revenue streams that can be used to both build and maintain City infrastructure, but state legislative action in recent decades has reduced revenues from both. Property tax is capped at 1% growth per year for local jurisdictions, less than annual inflation. Sales tax revenues have also declined sharply; beginning in 2008, Streamlined Sales Tax shifted the state’s sales tax collection to a destination-based model. This dramatically reduced Kent’s revenues from its warehousing and distribution sector. The hit to these flexible, once strong and reliable revenue streams reduces the City’s capacity to maintain the freight infrastructure needed to support its industrial users.
Limited regional grant funds are available, some of which are tied directly to Kent’s Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC) designation. Regionally funded projects serving Kent’s MIC primarily include expansion of freight infrastructure through road widening and grade separations. Some repair and reconstruction projects have also received regional support, although these dollars are hardly commensurate with the increased demands on the City’s maintenance program. Other types of infrastructure investments – transit, trails, and open space – are needed to mitigate the externalities and opportunity costs of freight infrastructure. Grant programs are available to support some of these projects, but the regional policy framework misses the fundamental link between ever-expanding freight infrastructure and the costs incurred to sustain it1.
These limitations introduce a new urgency to explore different funding mechanisms and make the best use of the tools available. One of four main goals of Rally the Valley is to:
1 See Chapter 4 – Infrastructure and Transportation for more discussion of the costs of freight infrastructure.
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1) Optimize the City’s financing mechanisms to support the public services and infrastructurethat keep the City financially resilient and the Valley productive.
Proposed outcomes of this goal will be to make targeted, strategic changes to the fees collected from developers and businesses to encourage positive investments that generate jobs, revenues, and valuable assets for the City. The proposal also promotes formalized funding partnerships with businesses and regional partners to share the costs of building new freight infrastructure and maintaining it into the future. Part of achieving financial resilience will be a re-evaluation of the types of investments the City has historically prioritized, and shifting focus to investments that have cascading positive effects for the City’s economy, such as pedestrian, bicycle, and transit projects that aid in workforce retention.
Worker Experience
People’s experience of the Valley is shaped by the physical environment and what they perceive visually while moving in, around or through the Valley. Visual cues – components of the physical environment that distinguish one place from another – can contribute to or detract from the Kent Valley’s image as an attractive location for people to be and for businesses to invest.
Kent’s branding is strong in the real estate sector, and the City’s business-friendly policies are familiar to industrial businesses nationwide. For the industrial workforce, however, there are fewer indicators signifying the unique and dynamic activities taking place, or the value and care that may be important to employee satisfaction.
There are also many non-business-related assets in the Valley, like a regional trails system and award-winning parks and natural spaces. Many would-be users aren’t aware of these assets, largely attributable to the lack of visibility and accessibility; few of them are marked with high-visibility signs or wayfinding markers. Today this results in significant underutilization, but positions them as hidden gems if a strong re-investment strategy is deployed.
A second goal of Rally the Valley is to:
2) Elevate people's experience of the Valley by introducing visible cues of dynamic businessactivity and desirable amenities.
Investments in design and aesthetics, both public and private, will signal that the Kent Valley is a place worth caring about and investing in, and can reshape the perception of the Valley into a place that people and people-focused businesses are welcome.
Realization of these investments are envisioned in several ways in Rally the Valley. Zoning and development standards will require elevated design components including visible entries, more windows, and encouraging smaller building footprints, while simultaneously simplifying overly complicated regulations and reducing unnecessary restrictions such as height. The enormous scale of certain classes of industrial buildings can be disorienting for people; smaller buildings can provide visual relief and help provide spatial orientation to people making their way from place to place. Through progressive standards that require more investment in site design for large buildings with significant numbers of dock-high doors (signaling high dependence on trucking), developers are encouraged to consider smaller building footprints. Those who require large building footprints and depend on dock-high doors are not prevented from building; they simply must meet additional standards to mitigate the impacts of their scale and contribute positively to the Valley by investing more in on-site amenities.
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Through thoughtful signage, wayfinding, and site design strategies, Rally the Valley efforts will point people to underutilized assets in the Kent Valley. These include both recreational amenities and important links in the Valley’s transportation network. Efforts will be especially focused on the regional trails system and transit infrastructure, making use of both public and private investment to highlight assets, improve user experience, and increase utilization.
Economic Diversity
Today’s market demand strongly favors large-scale warehousing and distribution uses; however, this is not by any means the only type of demand in the Kent Valley. In recent years, the City has received inquiries from multiple smaller-scale, employment-dense industrial users including prototyping and design and boutique manufacturing; these users often struggle to find appropriately sized space at a price point their growing businesses can afford.
These challenges can be partly attributed to the fact that current land use policy and development regulations fail to define modern industrial uses in such a way that ensures a healthy mix of industrial building types to serve a variety of businesses in the Valley. Industrial users present a wide range of operational needs, from the small start-up that needs prototyping and design space to major producers like Oberto snacks and rapidly expanding companies like Blue Origin. These businesses seek locations where they can establish a presence, recruit talent and share ideas, access customers and suppliers, and grow and expand their operations.
The third goal of Rally the Valley is to:
3) Encourage more business types, uses, and economic activity to complement the City’scurrent strengths as a manufacturing and industrial hub.
The Kent Valley is already known as one of the best places to be an industrial business. Kent has a global reputation as a hub for manufacturing some of the most advanced technologies and best-known brands. Near two Seaports, adjacent to markets in Seattle and Bellevue, and along several major freight routes, Kent is also known as a prime location for distribution of materials and consumer goods.
Through strategic changes to policies and development regulations, as well as recognition of and investment in existing assets, Rally the Valley strategies aim to welcome all different scales and types of industrial uses, and open the door to other supportive uses that contribute to an amenity-rich environment for industrial workers. These strategies will build resilience to market fluctuations and help businesses in the Kent Valley capitalize on new technologies and innovations through information sharing and deep talent pools.
Recommended policy and regulatory changes target distinct areas of opportunity within the industrial valley. They endeavor to preserve existing and encourage new smaller-scale uses and mixed-use complexes that form concentrations of diverse business types. These uses are more likely to be independent and locally-based, and increase employment numbers per acre dedicated to industrial use.
These policy and regulatory changes will ensure availability of a variety of building forms and price-points, to meet the needs of a rapidly diversifying industrial sector. They target externalities rather than narrowly defining permitted uses based on the type of activities that occur inside a building. This simplification of use definitions is intended to minimize off-site impacts to adjacent users, while building more flexibility for new uses and streamlining the permitting process.
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Public Realm
Kent’s investment patterns in the past were designed to facilitate the efficient movement of freight to and from its industrial center. Externalities of this investment strategy are now becoming apparent: it has created an environment in the industrial valley in which pedestrians feel disoriented by scale, particularly due to the length of blocks and pedestrian crossings, and bicyclists must brave intimidating roadway configurations, even short distances of which would deter all but the most experienced riders.
There are significant gaps in the existing sidewalk and bicycle network; in fact, several of Kent’s largest employers disclose that their employees traverse streets with no sidewalks to get to their bus stops. Where non-motorized infrastructure is present, it does not account for the impact and scale of truck movement.
Signage and wayfinding in the Kent Valley fails to orient people to significant protected non-motorized routes and other amenities like the Interurban and Green River Trails, as well as parks and green spaces and commercial amenities. These result in missed opportunities to provide positive experiences to workers in the Valley and to generate more business at Kent Valley restaurants and commercial centers.
The final goal of Rally the Valley is to:
4) Invest in a public realm that supports people and their activities.
Rally the Valley policies propose a shift in investment focus to people and call for a public realm that offers opportunities for people to interact with one another outside of their cars and enjoy positive experiences in the Kent Valley.
These policies focus on investments in multi-modal connections for pedestrians, cyclists, and trail users, and better integration of all of these modes with transit. The qualities of these facilities need to respond to the unique context of the industrial valley; technical and programmatic recommendations will guide future investment and design decisions to increase usage of public trails specifically.
The business community will also be engaged in achieving this goal, through development regulations that encourage amenity spaces for employees to use on their breaks. These on-site amenities are especially intended to serve people who work in the Valley and have limited breaks or opportunities to leave their work sites. They would also add attractive, visually interesting components to an industrial site that could be visible to passers-by.
The Future of the Kent Valley
The unifying concept of Rally the Valley is to create a complete, functioning industrial ecosystem, with a diversity of activities and scales, in which each type of business and employee has an important and unique role. Like biodiversity in natural ecosystems, the cross-pollination of ideas, technologies, and knowledge makes the whole system better able to absorb and take advantage of changing market conditions.
People-centered investment will result in positive worker experiences, create opportunities for both planned and spontaneous interactions and collaboration, and sustain a physically and emotionally healthy workforce. Over time, this investment strategy along with the vital contributions of the private market will
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make the Kent Valley stronger and more resilient as a community; its businesses will thrive, and will likely see a gradual increase in location-based value as the Kent Valley becomes a more competitive and attractive place to do business.
The following table summarizes the proposed strategic framework and policy recommendations to achieve this future:
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Table 1. 1 Rally the Valley Strategic Framework
VISION: THE KENT VALLEY IS RECOGNIZED AS A THRIVING, ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM, A CENTER FOR PRODUCTIVE BUSINESS, AND A HEALTHY, DESIRABLE PLACE TO WORK. GOAL #1: OPTIMIZE THE CITY’S FINANCING MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEP THE CITY FINANCIALLY RESILIENT AND THE VALLEY PRODUCTIVE.
a) Structure City infrastructure fee schedules and investment priorities to encourage high-value uses.
b) Reduce direct City expenditures on freight-supportive
capital projects and long-term maintenance through partnerships and strategic use of untapped state-authorized funding mechanisms.
GOAL #2: ELEVATE PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE OF THE VALLEY BY INTRODUCING VISIBLE CUES OF DYNAMIC BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND DESIRABLE AMENITIES.
a) Raise the bar for urban design by regulating minimum standards that are flexible to site constraints.
b) Increase visibility and accessibility of existing parks, trails,
and non-motorized transportation amenities.
c) Invest in Interurban and Green River Trails as both recreational and transportation assets.
GOAL #3: ENCOURAGE MORE BUSINESS TYPES, USES, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO COMPLEMENT THE CITY’S CURRENT STRENGTHS AS A MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL HUB.
a) Preserve existing and encourage new smaller manufacturing and office uses that support the competitiveness of the greater Kent Valley.
b) Modernize industrial land use policy at local and regional
level to support industrial job creation.
c) Encourage appropriate commercial uses to support manufacturing.
d) Continue allowing wide variety of industrial uses; curtail
externalities proportional to size/impact of development.
GOAL #4: INVEST IN A PUBLIC REALM THAT SUPPORTS PEOPLE AND THEIR ACTIVITIES.
a) Increase recreational value of city-owned parks in the Kent Valley.
b) Support Kent Valley business needs with regards to
parking and transportation in the public right of way, particularly focused on those businesses with high job density.
c) Consider multimodal needs in the Kent Valley, particularly
focusing on increased connections for commuters utilizing active transportation, ride-share, and public transit.
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form. Within regional geographies, designated regional growth centers (RGCs) and manufacturing and industrial centers (MICs) are more concentrated areas which are intended to accommodate a significant percentage of the region’s population and employment growth.
To support the regional MPPs, each county also adopts Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs), through which the county and its cities commit to more specific policies and strategies for managing growth. The CPPs allocate population and employment growth targets to cities, which then plan to accommodate those targets in their comprehensive plans.
In this framework, Kent is considered a Core City, and is envisioned as a densely developed urban place. The City of Kent has both a Regional Growth Center (RGC), located in its downtown area, and a regional Manufacturing and Industrial Center (MIC), currently located in the northeast portion of Kent’s industrial lands. As described later in Chapter 3 – Land Use, this plan proposes amendments to the current MIC boundaries. All regionally-designated centers must meet minimum planning criteria by 2020, which may be accomplished through adoption of a subarea plan. This document serves as the subarea plan for Kent’s designated Manufacturing and Industrial Center.
City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Kent’s Comprehensive Plan, adopted in 2015, establishes a vision for the City’s growth over the next 20 years. It guides staff and elected officials in making decisions about capital planning and projects, implementing development regulations, and communicates the City’s investment priorities to the community and other public agencies. The Rally the Valley subarea plan is adopted as an element of Kent’s comprehensive plan, in accordance with the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A.080(2).
Businesses and Employment Kent Valley industrial lands host over 10,000 businesses with more than 250,000 employees; together they generate $6.7 billion dollars in annual revenue. The Boeing Company, Blue Origin, Flow International Corporation, Woodward Hexcel and Spaceflight Industries, are some of the best-known names, but thousands of other Kent Valley firms lead their industries with advanced manufacturing expertise and specialized logistics management.
Employment trends over the decade between 2008 and 2018 reflect significant growth in all sectors other than retail, with manufacturing, transportation/warehousing, and construction leading the way. Data from the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) also indicates that the Kent Valley captures a larger share of regional manufacturing employment compared to other cities and counties in the region. While Seattle’s share of manufacturing sector jobs fell by about 8 percent since 2008, other jurisdictions in the region - mainly Kent, Auburn, Renton, and Everett - saw a commensurate increase in their regional shares.
Of the 250,000 jobs in the Kent Valley, nearly 49,000 are in the manufacturing sector. Sixty percent of manufacturing jobs in the Kent Valley (12% of all Kent Valley employees) are in advanced manufacturing industries – those that require a high degree of training or advanced education. Aerospace manufacturing jobs, including those at Boeing and Blue Origin, make up 22,000 of these, while 7,100 are in advanced manufacturing industries outside of the aerospace industry.
The construction, warehousing and transportation sectors in the Kent Valley also grew over the last decade, indicating that the Valley’s mix of manufacturing and distribution industries remains stable as King County as a whole moves towards an economy dominated by high-tech and medical services. Changes in regional shares of employment for manufacturing and other industrial uses indicate
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that the Kent Valley will continue to have regional competitive advantages to grow employment in manufacturing industries.
The Kent Valley’s manufacturing businesses tend to be those with a relatively high share of workers in “white collar” occupations (those engaged in management and design), as compared to “blue collar” occupations (those engaged in production and supervision). This is especially true for the advanced manufacturing and aerospace industries in the Valley. These types of business are more likely to have operational needs that support a larger share of office-based “white collar” workers.
About 20 percent of Kent Valley employees reside within the cities of Kent, Auburn and Renton, while 20 percent of employees in the Kent Valley commute to work from nearby cities including Seattle, Federal Way, and Tacoma. The Kent Valley also draws a large industrial workforce, about 28 percent, from eastern rural and unincorporated urban areas of the Puget Sound Region.
Figure 2. 1 Employee Commute Patterns in Kent Valley
In the Puget Sound region, jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher tend to cluster around downtown Seattle and the Bel-Red area in Bellevue (home to the Microsoft campus). However, according to the US Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) data from 2015, a concentration of workers with bachelor’s degrees or higher is also present in the Kent Valley.
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Persons in poverty, percent 13.7% 9.2%
PEOPLE
Population
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019) NA 2,252,782
Population estimates, July 1, 2018, (V2018) 129,618 2,233,163
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019) NA 1,931,287
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2018) 118,614 1,931,292
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019,(V2019) NA 16.6%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2018,(V2018) 9.3% 15.6%
Population, Census, April 1, 2010 92,411 1,931,249
Age and Sex
Persons under 5 years, percent 6.9% 5.8%
Persons under 18 years, percent 24.7% 20.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent 10.9% 13.2%
Female persons, percent 50.0% 49.8%
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent 48.3% 66.9%
Black or African American alone, percent (a) 12.8% 6.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent (a) 1.3% 1.0%
Asian alone, percent (a) 20.0% 19.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent (a) 1.6% 0.8%
Two or More Races, percent 6.7% 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent (b) 16.1% 9.8%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 43.7% 58.9%
Population Characteristics
Veterans, 2014-2018 6,733 104,243
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018 30.2% 22.5%
Housing
Housing units, July 1, 2018, (V2018) X 952,569
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018 54.9% 57.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018 $316,400 $493,500
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018 $1,952 $2,372
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018 $663 $777
Median gross rent, 2014-2018 $1,286 $1,494
Building permits, 2018 X 18,460
Families & Living Arrangements
Households, 2014-2018 42,815 865,627
Persons per household, 2014-2018 2.94 2.46
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018 81.0% 81.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+,2014-2018 40.4% 27.2%
Computer and Internet Use
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018 93.7% 94.9%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018 88.9% 90.2%
Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 85.8% 93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018 24.9% 51.4%
Kent city,Washington
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Health
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018 6.8% 6.3%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent 9.4% 6.2%
Economy
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018 67.9% 69.8%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018 62.1% 63.8%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000) (c) 179,886 6,223,768
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000) (c) 255,219 17,719,220
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000) (c) 7,642,365 D
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000) (c) 6,803,679 42,092,462
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000) (c) 1,447,206 61,598,157
Total retail sales per capita, 2012 (c) $11,766 $30,685
Transportation
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018 32.3 29.6
Income & Poverty
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018 $68,880 $89,418
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018 $29,561 $49,298
Persons in poverty, percent 13.7% 9.2%
BUSINESSES
Businesses
Total employer establishments, 2017 X 69,279
Total employment, 2017 X 1,215,664
Total annual payroll, 2017 ($1,000) X 96,513,579
Total employment, percent change, 2016-2017 X 4.2%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2017 X 178,868
All firms, 2012 9,605 201,404
Men-owned firms, 2012 5,177 100,912
Women-owned firms, 2012 2,771 71,005
Minority-owned firms, 2012 3,435 45,508
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012 5,430 145,726
Veteran-owned firms, 2012 614 15,016
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012 8,248 175,951
GEOGRAPHY
Geography
Population per square mile, 2010 3,228.3 912.9
Land area in square miles, 2010 28.63 2,115.57
FIPS Code 5335415 53033
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Value Notes
Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.
Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info icon to row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.
The vintage year (e.g., V2019) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2019). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.
Fact Notes(a) Includes persons reporting only one race(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories(c) Economic Census - Puerto Rico data are not comparable to U.S. Economic Census data
Value Flags- Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upperopen ended distribution.D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential informationF Fewer than 25 firmsFN Footnote on this item in place of dataN Data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.NA Not availableS Suppressed; does not meet publication standardsX Not applicableZ Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income andEstimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.
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