RCW 47.60.385 Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests—Predesign study—Prioritization.

(1) Terminal improvement, vessel improvement, and vessel acquisition project funding requests must adhere to the capital plan, include route-based planning, and be submitted with a predesign study that:

(a) Includes all elements required by the office of financial management;

(b) Separately identifies basic terminal and vessel elements essential for operation and their costs;

(c) Separately identifies additional elements to provide ancillary revenue and customer comfort and their costs;

(d) Includes construction phasing options that are consistent with forecasted ridership increases;

(e) Separately identifies additional elements requested by local governments and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;

(f) Separately identifies multimodal elements and the cost and proposed funding source of those elements;

(g) Identifies all contingency amounts;

(h) Identifies any terminal, vessel, or other capital modifications that would be required as a result of the proposed capital project;

(i) Includes planned service modifications as a result of the proposed capital project, and the consistency of those service modifications with the capital plan; and

(j) Demonstrates the evaluation of long-term operating costs including fuel efficiency, staffing, and preservation.

(2) The department shall prioritize vessel preservation and acquisition funding requests over vessel improvement funding requests.

[ 2010 c 283 § 6; 2008 c 124 § 6; 2007 c 512 § 14.]

NOTES:

Findings—Intent—Effective date—2010 c 283: See notes following RCW 47.60.355.

Finding—Intent—2007 c 512: See note following RCW 47.06.140.