Agenda FCP Legislative Plan Meeting Noon - January 12, 2014 Norm Dicks Government Center

1. AgendaFCP Legislative Plan MeetingNoon - January 12, 2014Norm Dicks Government Center

2. Introductions(5 min)

3. Legislative Update (10 min) Rep. Larry Seaquist

4. Washington State Ferries Update (15 min) • Triangle Route • 3 Passenger Boats for West Seattle

5. Goals for 2014 (20 Minutes) Goal 1) Pass a Transportation Package Builds a 3rd 144-car Olympic Class Boat and fully funds Operations and Maintenance for at least 8 years. Passed House in 2013 but not Senate. MCC went on “Listening Tour” and heard people are willing to pay gas taxes for improvements. Some Senators called for WSDOT reforms in package. Probably harder to pass in an election year.

6. Goals for 2014 Goal 2) If no package, Secure Capital and Operational Funding Build a 3rd 144–car vessel and replace old vessels as needed to achieve reliability of the system. Washington State Ferries must build a new vessel every other year to retire existing ones when they reach 60 years of service. Develop master plan for a comprehensive package.

7. Goals for 2014 Goal 3) Maintain Service Maintain the current level of service on all routes. 22 vessels serve about 23 million passengers and 11 million vehicles annually. Number of riders actually increased in 2013.

8. Goals for 2014 Goal 4) Keep Fare Increases Reasonable Maintain reasonable fare levels. No greater than 2.5% per year baseline. Fare box recovery for ferry operations is 70%. Fare box recovery for Metro Transit is 15%, and only about 9% for Sound Transit. There is no fare box recovery for asphalt roadways. Cars and passengers pay 25 cents per ticket for capital projects.

9. Discuss Goals (80 Minutes) • Do we wish to support the Transportation Package? Yes, No, or Neutral

10. Discuss Goals 2) Do we wish to push for Bill on Accident/ Incident Investigations? Yes, No, or Neutral

11. Discuss Goals 3) Do we wish to push for monitoring of LNG Conversion before retrofitting other vessels? Yes, No, or Neutral

12. Discuss Goals 4) Do we want to maintain the current Tariff Committee and advisory process? Yes, No, or Neutral

13. BREAK (10 minutes)

14. Approve Rack Cards (10 min) Rack Cards will be given out to Legislative Offices on January 15

15. Lobbying Plan for Short Session (60 minutes)

16. PRIORITY 1– Members of Transportation Committees House DemocratsJudy Clibborn41 Mercer Island ChairJake Fey 27 Tacoma/Fife Vice-Chair Marko Liias21 Mulkiteo Vice-ChairLuis Moscoso1 Bothell Vice-ChairJim Moeller 49 VancouverJeff Morris* 40 AnacortesJoe Fitzgibbon* 34 West SeattleCindy Ryu32 EdmondsDean Takko19 RaymondSteve Bergquist11 TukwillaMarcus Riccelli3 SpokaneJessyn Farrell 46 Montlake TerraceRoger Freeman 30 Federal WayCyrus Habib 48 KirklandMike Sells 38 MaryvilleGael Tarleton 36 Magnolia Brady Walkinshaw43 Seattle House RepublicansEd OrcuttMinority LeaderMark Hargrove 47 King, Asst MLJason Overstreet 42 BellinghamBrad Hawkins 12 East Wenatchee Dave Hayes 10 Oak HarborNorm Johnson 14 YakimaBrad Klippert8 BentonLinda Kochmar30 Federal WayDick Muri28 Steilacoom Liz Pike 18 Camas Jay Rodne5 North BendMatt Shea 4 SpokaneHans Zeiger25 Puyallup *-FCP Attendee

17. PRIORITY 1– Members of Transportation Committees Senate DemocratsTracy EideFederal Way Co-Chair Steve Hobbs Lake Stevens Andy BilligSpokane Mark Mullet North Bend Christine Rolfes* Bainbridge Senate Republicans/MCCCurtis King Yakima Co-Chair Don Benton Vancouver Doug EricksenBellingham Tim Sheldon Shelton Joe Fain South King County Sharon Brown Kennewick Steve LitzowCentral King County (Steve O’BanPierce County) (Jan Angel* Port Orchard) *-FCP Attendee

18. PRIORITY 2 – Talk to new Legislators not on Transportation Committees SenateTBD HouseTBD

19. PRIORITY 3 – Update Friends of Ferries not on Transportation (late in the Day) SenateKevin Ranker Barbara Bailey Sharon Nelson HouseDrew HansenLarry SeaquistJeff MorrisChris LyttonSherry AppletonEllen Cody

20. Lobbying Plan(30 Minutes) Mon Jan 13 – Session Starts – Start calling for Appointments Mon Jan 20 – MLK Day – Whomever has a day off (Kari & Adam) Wed Jan 22 – Peninsula Leg Luncheon with Congressman Kilmer (Patty, Larry) Wed Jan 22 – AWR Realtor’s Day (Ann Erickson) Thu Jan 23 – AWR Realtor’s Day (Ann Erickson) Wed Jan 29 – AWC CLAC Conference – Mayors and Councilpersons (Patty) Thu Jan 30 - AWC CLAC Conference – Mayors and Councilpersons (Patty) Fri Feb 07 – Labor Council Day (Jerry, JR Ross) Mon Feb 17 – Presidents Day - Whomever has a day off (Kari & Adam) Tue Feb 18 – Cutoff Day Wed Feb 19 – Post-Cutoff Day (Adam) Thu Mar 13– END OF SESSION

21. Action Items(30 Minutes) • Make e-mail lists of new legs committee assignments - Brad • Be prepared to send additional e-mails FOR Transportation Package to Senate – All • Watch for Summary and additional KdT Improvement Hearings - Greg • Watch for Ferry Master Plan Meetings – Greg • Think about Facebook & Twitter for 2014 – Amanda • Beta Test the “Ferry Slots Left” App – All • Do we need new Talking Points Sheet?

22. Set Future Meeting Dates (5 minutes) NEXT MEETING: Saturday January 25 in the Mayor’s Conference Room at 9:30-11:30am Tentatively Schedule every other week thereafter: • February 8 • February 22 • March 8 (nearing end of session) • March 22 (session wrap-up) • April 12 & 2nd Saturday of the month thereafter • Special Seattle and Anacortes Meetings

23. What should be said for the Good of the Order? (Try to leave by 4 pm)