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Clerk 05/15/2003
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A MOTION declaring the intent of King County to approve the agreement for the South County Area Transportation Board; committing to staffing support for its continuation through 2005; clarifying its membership and representation; and authorizing the executive to enter into an agreement to further the purposes of this board.
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WHEREAS, the King County and the cities in King County have a long history of multi-jurisdictional transportation planning; including the Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan, and
WHEREAS, each of the jurisdictions in the south King County area has experienced significant population growth and economic development in the last decade, and project continued growth and development in the future, and
WHEREAS, the enormous cost of many of the needed transportation improvements and their importance to south King County as a whole demonstrate the need for a cooperative approach to the planning, financing and construction of these improvements, and
WHEREAS, many of the transportation problems which were identified in Green River Valley Transportation Action Plan still exist and new transportation issues have emerged, and
WHEREAS, King County, the Washington state Department of Transportation and the south King County cities of Auburn, Kent, Renton, Tukwila, SeaTac, Burien, Federal Way, Algona, Pacific, Milton, Normandy Park, Enumclaw and Black Diamond in 1992 recognized that a cooperative approach to the transportation problems would facilitate application of the south King County jurisdictions for funding from the state of Washington and the United States, and in recognition of this, formed the South County Area Transportation Board to serve as a central forum for solving transportation issues affecting the south county area jurisdictions, and
WHEREAS, the new cities of Maple Valley and Covington joined the South County Area Transportation Board and have joined South County Area Transportation Board discussions, and
WHEREAS, the South County Area Transportation Board has been given responsibility for building consensus and providing input into the King County Metro Six Year Transit Development Plan, King County Metro transit service priorities, project submittals for federal funds and changes to the Sound Move Plan, and
WHEREAS, the South County Area Transportation Board has been effective in providing productive forums for discussion, information sharing and consensus building, and
WHEREAS, the existing agreement for the South County Area Transportation Board expired at the end of 2002, and
WHEREAS, significant transportation needs continue to exist that can be addressed effectively by the South County Area Transportation Board, and
WHEREAS, King County recognizes the importance of the South County Area Transportation Board and supports its continued functioning;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
King County approves the agreement for the South County Area Transportation Board, as shown in Attachment A to this motion, and:
A. Commits to continued staff support for its continuation through 2005;
B. Confirms its responsibilities for King County, including providing policy direction for the subarea on the following issues:
1. Development of the Six-Year Transit Development Plan;
2. Implementation of transit service priorities; and
3. Recommendations for TEA-21 regional project identification and countywide project selection;
C. Acknowledges that Sound Transit considers the South County Area Transportation Board and other subarea transportation boards as information sharing forums for Sound Transit, and specifically requires consideration of subarea board approval of changes to the Sound Move Plan as one of six criteria in making a determination about changes;
D. Acknowledges that other transportation agencies may use these boards as tools for sharing information and gathering input;
E. Allows for the addition of new members and consideration of additional transportation issues as determined by the South County Area Transportation Board; and
F. Authorizes the executive to enter into an agreement to further the purposes of the board
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