File #: 2003-0218    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/12/2003 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 6/2/2003
Enactment date: 6/12/2003 Enactment #: 14661
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation and maintenance of the Central Link light rail system by King County on behalf of Sound Transit, and adopting an agreement between King County and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority.
Sponsors: Dwight Pelz
Indexes: Agreement, Transportation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14661.pdf, 2. 2003-0218 Power Point Presentation for 05-19-03 COW.ppt, 3. 2003-0218 Staff Report for 05-19-03 COW.doc, 4. 2003-0218 Transmittal Letter.doc, 5. A. Intergovernmental Agreement Between Sound Transit and King County For the Operations and Maintenance of Central Link Light Rail May, 2003, Council amended June 2, 2003, 6. A. Intergovernmental Agreement Between Sound Transit and King County For the Operations and Maintenance of Central Link Light Rail May, 2003, Council amended June 2, 2003, 7. A. Intergovernmental Agreement Between Sound Transit and King County For the Operations and Maintenance of Central Link Light Rail, May, 2003
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 05/12/2003
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation and maintenance of the Central Link light rail system by King County on behalf of Sound Transit, and adopting an agreement between King County and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. In 1994, King County assumed the rights, powers, functions and obligations of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle ("Metro"); consequently all the powers and functions of Metro have been vested by state law in the legislative authority of King County.
B. King County provides a comprehensive system of public transportation services.
C. King County also owns and operates the downtown Seattle transit tunnel ("DSTT"), which opened for service in 1990. The DSTT provides additional capacity for buses in downtown Seattle, and was planned to accommodate the downtown segment of a future rail system.
D. The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") was formed in 1993. In 1996, voters within the district authorized the imposition of sales and motor vehicle excise taxes for the construction and operation a regional transit system comprising express buses services, commuter rail services and light rail services.
E. The initial segment of the Central Link light rail line is a 13.9 mile double track system serving eleven stations, seven days a week, with a barrier free proof-of-payment system.
F. The King County council, in Motion 10448, passed April 27, 1998, authorized the King County executive to enter into a memorandum of understanding establishing a cooperative relationship between the Central Puget Sound Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and King County. The memorandum of understanding notes that Sound Transit will use the tunnel as an integral part of its light rail program and that King County and Sound Transit will reach agreement on the amount of compensation for any co...

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