File #: 2023-0247    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/11/2023 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 10/10/2023
Enactment date: 10/19/2023 Enactment #: 19676
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the City of Federal Way for the operation and maintenance of traffic signals and related equipment for the city's adaptive traffic control system.
Sponsors: Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Federal Way, City of, Interlocal Agreement, Traffic
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19676, 2. A. Interlocal Agreement for the Operation and Maintenance of Traffic Signals and Related Equipment for Federal Way's Adaptive Traffic Control System, 3. 2023-0247 transmittal letter, 4. 2023-0247 fiscal note, 5. 2023-0247 Legislative Review Form, 6. 2023-0247_SR_AdaptiveTrafficILA
Staff: Bowman, Nick
Drafter
Clerk 07/05/2023
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the City of Federal Way for the operation and maintenance of traffic signals and related equipment for the city's adaptive traffic control system.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The city has a series of projects to provide adaptive traffic control systems throughout the city.
2. The projects are proposed to extend beyond the limits of the city into unincorporated King County where they could improve traffic signal operations for their respective transportation corridors.
3. The projects include installing fiber optic communications cable and equipment, replacing county traffic signal equipment, including signal controllers and various components in the traffic signal controller cabinets, installing additional vehicle detection, and installing closed circuit television surveillance cameras.
4. The adaptive traffic control system is a system of traffic signals in which real-time traffic data is used to continuously optimize traffic signal timing to reduce traffic delays.
5. It is in the best interest of King County and the City of Federal Way to include certain county traffic signals as part of the city's adaptive traffic control systems and for the city to operate the county signals included in the city's projects to optimize traffic signal timing through the city's and county's road corridors.
4. King County and the City of Federal Way are municipal corporations under the laws of the State of Washington and are entitled to utilize chapter 39.34 RCW to enter into an interlocal agreement to mutually carry out statutory duties.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The executive is hereby authorized to execute an interlocal agreement with the City of Federal Way for the operation and maintenance of traffic
signals and related equipment located in King County as part of the city's adaptive traffic control system, subst...

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