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Clerk 05/26/2006
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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 2008.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and the cities in King County have a long history of multi-jurisdictional transportation planning and have found that benefits can be achieved by mulitjurisdictional coordination, including a cooperative approach to planning, financing and construction of needed transportation improvements.
2. The King County Transportation Long Range Policy Framework, adopted in 1993, divided Metro transit service into three geographic subareas for the purpose of allocating new transit subsidy, and the Six-Year Transit Development Plan, adopted in 2002, calls for the three subarea transportation boards, the Eastside Transportation Partnership ("ETP"), the South County Area Transportation Board and the SeaShore Transportation Forum, to review, to refine and to recommend service priorities to the King County executive.
3. ETP has functioned as a board since 1990 providing input on various transportation projects and policies.
4. Sound Transit also relies on the three subarea transportation boards to review and recommend modifications to Sound Move Plan implementation-related services and projects, and to participate in development of future phase (Phase II) high capacity transit development efforts.
5. It is expected that ETP will continue to provide valuable input on numerous planning and implementation decisions.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. King County approves the agreement, substantially in the form attached to this ordinance, for the Eastside Transportation Partnership. The agreement:
A. Commits to continued staff support for its continuation through 2008;
B. Confirms its responsibilities for King County, including providing policy direction for the suba...

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