Drafter
Clerk 12/17/2024
Title
A RESOLUTION of the King County transportation district, authorizing the appointment of a labor liaison to serve as a resource and assist the board of supervisors and executive committee.
Body
WHEREAS, chapter 36.73 RCW authorizes counties to establish transportation benefit districts for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, providing, and funding transportation improvements, as defined in RCW 36.73.015, within the district, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17746 established the King County transportation district with the authority to fund, acquire, construct, operate, improve, provide, maintain and preserve certain transportation improvements, defined in the ordinance to include specified categories of projects or programs contained in the transportation plan of the Puget Sound Regional Council, King County, or a city within King County, and
WHEREAS, the King County council is the governing board of the transportation district, acting in an ex officio and independent capacity, with the authority to exercise the statutory power in chapter 36.73 RCW, and
WHEREAS, the geographical boundaries of the King County transportation district are coterminous with the boundaries of King County, and
WHEREAS, transportation improvements funded by the King County transportation district will rely on labor organizations to construct, operate, improve, provide, maintain, or preserve those improvements, and
WHEREAS, through Motion M2019-79, the board of the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority ("Sound Transit") authorized the appointment of a labor liaison to advise the Sound Transit board, in recognition of the labor force required to construct, operate, and maintain Sound Transit's services, and
WHEREAS, the King County transportation district's rules and operating procedures, as adopted in Resolution TD2014-01, state that the board of supervisors of the King County transportation district shall determine and provide for st...

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