File #: 2017-0498    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/27/2017 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/8/2018
Enactment date: 1/17/2018 Enactment #: 18642
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board; authorizing the executive to enter into agreements for their continuation and committing to King County staff support through 2021.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Transportation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18642.pdf, 2. 2017-0498 legislative review form, 3. A. SeaShore Transportation Forum Agreement, 4. B. South County Area Transportation Board Agreement, updated January 1, 2018, 5. B. Eastside Transportation Partnership Agreement, 6. C. South County Area Transportation Board Agreement, 7. 2017-0498 transmittal letter.docx, 8. 2017-0498 fiscal note.xls, 9. 2017-0498_SR_TranspForum-ILAs.docx, 10. 2017-0498 amendments.pdf
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board; authorizing the executive to enter into agreements for their continuation and committing to King County staff support through 2021.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  King County and the cities in King County have a long history of multijurisdictional transportation planning and have found that benefits can be achieved by multijurisdictional coordination, including a cooperative approach to planning, financing and construction of needed transportation improvements.

2.  The SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board have served as important forums for information sharing, consensus building and coordination to develop recommendations for transportation policies, projects and programs for King County and the region.

3.  Each of these forums has formed effective partnerships to meet the growing need for transportation services and facilities throughout the county.

4.  Each of these forums is expected to continue to provide valuable input on numerous policy, planning and implementation decisions.

5.  The agreements:

  a.  Commit to staff support for their continuation through 2021;

  b.  Confirm the forums' responsibility to provide advice to King County on Metro transit planning, development and implementation of products and services; and

  c.  Acknowledge the role of the SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board in providing advice to Sound Transit, the Puget Sound Regional Council, the Washington state Department of Transportation and other transportation bodies.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The executive is hereby authorized to execute agreements,

substantially in the form of Attachments A and B to this ordinance, for the SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board, respectively.