The South Corridor Task Force is addressing key issues along the corridor, which extends 34 miles from downtown Seattle through downtown Tacoma and encompasses two operating light rail lines. Funding secured from Sound Transit 2 will extend light rail from the airport to Federal Way.

Contact: Michael Hubner, 206-971-3289

Meeting Summaries and Past Presentations

Task Force Members

Membership of the Corridor Task Forces consists of appointments made by the Oversight Committee upon the nomination of Consortium partners, with assistance of project staff & Affordable Housing and Equity Network Steering Committees.

Charlene Anderson, Chair – City of Kent

Jan Arntz – University of Washington
Andrew Austin - Transportation Choices
Cindy Baker – City of SeaTac
Tom Berquist – BECU
Connie Brown – Tacoma-Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium
Kristen Bryant – Sierra Club
Isaac Conlen – City of Federal Way
Nora Gierloff – City of Tukwila
Sibyl Glasby – Mercy Housing
David Goldberg – City of Seattle
Monica Hall – New Holly Neighborhood Groups
Jesse Hamashima – Pierce County
Denise Lathrop – City of Des Moines
Tina Lee – Pierce Transit
Jim Mueller – JC Mueller LLC
Ian Munce – City of Tacoma
Quang Nguyen – MLK Business Association
Chris Pasinetti – City of Fife
Amy Pow - Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Kristin Pula - HomeSight
Cathal Ridge – Sound Transit
Skye Schell - Forterra
Daphne Schneider - Othello Park Alliance
Marianne Seifert – Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Lucy Steers – Municipal League of King County
Andrew Strobel – Puyallup Tribe
Paul Takamine – King County
Lynn Wallace – Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce
Julie West – Public Health – Seattle and King County
Larry Yok – Highline Community College

Alternates

Monica Adams – Pierce Transit
Lyle Bicknell – City of Seattle
Russell Blount – City of Fife
Eric Chipps – Sound Transit
Margaret Clark – City of Federal Way
Teresa Doherty – University of Washington
Mary Gates - Municipal League of King County
Ken Gill – City of Fife
Gloria Gould-Wessen – City of Kent
Barry Holldorf – Highline Community College
Jared Jonson – King County
Becca Meredith - Forterra
Rob Olson – Tacoma-Pierce County Public Health Department
Shawn Phelps – Pierce County
Jaimie Reavis – City of Tukwila
Peter Rimbos – Sierra Club
Michael Scarey – City of SeaTac
Milt Tremblay – University of Washington
Boting Zhang – Mercy Housing

More Information

A total of 24 existing, planned, and potential station areas and other transit nodes have been identified along the South corridor, in addition to the four existing stations serving downtown Seattle. The station areas include major employment centers, such as downtown Tacoma, residential neighborhoods, such as Beacon Hill, and major institutions, such as the Sea-Tac International Airport and higher education campuses. To date, planning for transit-oriented communities in the corridor has ranged from recently completed neighborhood and subarea plans around several existing stations to long-range visioning exercises along corridor segments, to preliminary light rail alignment studies.

The South Corridor Task Force will address key issues for the corridor, to include:

• Promoting equitable participation and outcomes in many of the most diverse and economically challenged communities in the region
• Overcoming historical market barriers to development
• Achieving station area growth in ways that preserve community assets for current and future residents
• Linking a range of housing choices with centers that offer living wage employment opportunities