2014/12/24 Council Agenda Packet

EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES I. Pursuit of Federal Funding: Transportation Funding Advocacy for: • Programmatic modifications to improve the competitiveness of City priority improvements through the reauthorization of MAP-21 (expiration May 31, 2015) including: freight routes, bridges, HOV lanes, interchange modifications and improvements, railway corridors, safety improvements, pedestrian and bicycle ways, community character and preservation projects as available in annual transportation appropriations and with attention to 1-5 and U.S. Highway 2 corridors, freight mobility and aerospace related improvements. • Pursue funding for rail safety and infrastructure upgrades and improvements to include but not limited to: re- enforced tanker cars, emergency response training, at- grade crossings, bridges, tunnels and slope stabilization. • FAA funding for Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field and City areas of interest during the FAA reauthorization process (expiration September 30, 2015). • Everett Transit Division capital requests funded via Section 5309 allocations within the Transportation Appropriations for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) bus/paratransit vehicle acquisition. Utilities and Infrastructure: • Support legislative requests and funding for water pipeline construction to the Tulalip Tribes Reservation as per the City of Everett and The Tulalip Tribes Agreement of September 16, 2005. The Tulalip Tribes/City of Everett agreement provides the framework for water delivery to • the Tribes for its Reservation use, including fisheries, mutual financial contributions to the construction of a pipeline, and a pledge of cooperation in obtaining funding for the pipeline construction. • Bond St. CSO Project: As mandated by the federal government the City is required to have construction completed by the end of 2017. 84