File #: 2018-0250    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/14/2018 In control: Mobility Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/21/2018
Enactment date: 5/30/2018 Enactment #: 18732
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Eastside Transportation Partnership; authorizing the executive to enter into an agreement for its continuation and committing to King County staff support through 2021.
Sponsors: Claudia Balducci
Indexes: Transportation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18732.pdf, 2. A. Eastside Transportation Partnership Agreement, 3. 2018-0250_SR_ETP-ILA.docx
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary
Drafter
Clerk 05/22/2018
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Eastside Transportation Partnership; authorizing the executive to enter into an agreement for its continuation and committing to King County staff support through 2021.
Body
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 multi-jurisdictional coordination, including a cooperative approach to planning, financing and construction of needed transportation improvements.
2. The SeaShore Transportation Forum, the Eastside Transportation Partnership 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 those 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. Ordinance 18642 authorized the executive to enter into agreements with the SeaShore Transportation Forum and the South County Area Transportation Board to: commit to staff support for their continuation through 2021; confirm the forums' responsibility to provide advice to King County on Metro transit planning, development and implementation of products and services; and 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.
6. Ordinance 18642 did not include an agreement for the Eastside Transportation Partnership, as that organization was working to revise its operating procedure to replace two non-v...

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