(1) Terminal improvement project funding requests must adhere to the capital plan.

     (2) Requests for terminal improvement design and construction funding must be submitted with a predesign study that:

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

     (b) Separately identifies basic terminal 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; and

     (g) Identifies all contingency amounts.

     (h)[(3)] When planning for new vessel acquisitions, the department must evaluate the long-term vessel operating costs related to fuel efficiency and staffing.

[2008 c 124 § 6; 2007 c 512 § 14.]

NOTES:

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