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.