Res 91-064
RESOLUTION
91-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
WASHINGTON RELATING TO TRANSPORT A nON PLANNING'
PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR USING LOCAL
OPTION TRANSPORTATION REVENUES AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 82.80
RCW.
WHEREAS, Chapter 82.80 RCW Local ONion TransDortation Taxes requires that, as
a condition of levying or expending any of the local option transportation revenues authorized by that
legislation, counties and cities over 8,000 population must meet certain planning, programming and
coordination requirements as provided in RCW 82.80.070; and
WHEREAS, King County has enacted the local option vehicle license fee authorized by
RCW 82.80.020 effective July 1, 1991; and the revenues from this new fee will be distributed by the
State Treasurer to King County and each of its cities, pursuant to the formula established by RCW
82.80.080; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 1990, at the King County Post-Legislation Session
Transportation Forum, King County and city elected officials agreed that there should be a common,
interim process for meeting the planning, programming and coordination requirements of RCW
82.80.070, until the county and cities adopt a mechanism to address county-wide and multi-county land
use and transportation coordination; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act of 1990 establishes certain requirements for
land use and transportation planning and coordination among local jurisdictions, which requirements
exceed the scope of the requirements in RCW 82.80.070, and for which new planning and coordination
procedures may have to be established; and
WHEREAS, King County and all cities within the County would benefit from a common
framework within which to respond to the requirements of RCW 82.80.070; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the 1990 Legislature in authorizing these new local option
transportation revenues was to 1) Provide for necessary state highway improvements, as well as providing
local governments with the option to use new funding sources for projects meeting local and regional
needs; 2) Provide a source of funds that may be used for multimodal transportation purposes; 3)
Implement transportation facilities and services that are consistent with adopted land use and
transportation plans and coordinated with recently authorized programs such as the act authorizing
creation of transportation benefit districts and the local transportation act of 1988; and 4) Encourage
transportation planning and projects that are multi-jurisdictional in their conception, development, and
benefit, recognizing that mobility problems do not respect jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, transportation planning and coordination among local jurisdictions in King
County is already occurring through varied mechanisms and forums which can assist in accomplishing
the intent of RCW 82.80.070 until the county and cities adopt a mechanism to address county-wide and/or
multi-county land use planning and transportation issues; and
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WHEREAS, the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle and the Washington State
Department of Transportation should also be involved in coordinated land use and transportation planning;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON, HEREBY RESOLVES
AS FOLLOWS:
~ The City of Federal Way shall use the interim process described in Attachment
A to meet the transportation planning, programming and coordination requirements of RCW 82.80.070
until such time that other applicable planning and coordination procedures are established by the cities
and county.
Section 2. With respect to the "specific transportation programs" required by RCW
82.80.070 to be adopted by each jurisdiction over 8,000 population, the City of Federal Way intends to
update the City's current transportation improvement program as the basis for it's transportation program
as required by RCW 82.80.070 (3). In the future, the city will base it's transportation program on the
City's Transportation Master Plan, which is now being developed. Once this plan is completed and
adopted, it will serve as the city's long range planning document upon which to base future transportation
related decisions. This document will be both locally and regionally coordinated with the appropriate
jurisdictions. This document will also meet the appropriate requirements set forth in the Growth
Management Act of 1990.
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way, Washington, this 18th day of
June,19.2l.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
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Mayor, Debra Ertel
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: June 12, 1991
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: June 18, 1991
RESOLUTION NO. 9l-64
Attachment A
Interim Transportation Planning and Coordination Process
(For Implementing RCW 82.80 Local Option Transportation Revenues)
SECTION I.
DEFlNITIONS
The Bastside Transportation Program or ETP is a transportation planning and coordination effort
which includes King County, the cities of Bellevue, Bothell, Issaquah, Kirkland, and Redmond,
Metro, and WSDOT.
Local Option Transportation Revenues include the vehicle license fee, local option gas tax, street
utility, and commercial parking tax authorized by Chapter 82.80 RCW.
Metro is the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle.
A MetropoliJan Planning Organization or MPO is an organization designated jointly by local
jurisdictions and the Governor as the agency responsible for carrying out the cooperative,
continuing and comprehensive transportation planning activities required by Section 134, Title
23 USC.
Regional Transportation and Lond Use Plans refers to those multi-county and county-wide
transportation and land use plans, such as VISION 2020, adopted by the Puget Sound Council
of Governments as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the Central Puget Sound
Region, until such time that a new agency is designated as MPO and develops new regional
plans.
The South County Area Transportation Benefit District or SCATBO Steering Committee is a
transportation planning and coordination effort to establish a transportation benefit district and
includes representatives from King County, the cities of kent, Renton, SeaTac and Tukwila,
Metro and WSDOT, and the Valley Area Transportation Alliance.
A Transportation Plan is a functional plan describing the existing and proposed transportation
facilities and services within a jurisdiction. Such plans may be jurisdiction-wide or may
encompass a smaller geographic area.
Transportation Program refers to the specific transportation program described in RCW
82.80.070(3), and required to be developed by each jurisdiction (with population of 8,000 or
more) that levies or expends any of the local option transportation revenues.
WSDOT is the Washington State Department of Transportation.
County is King County, Washington.
SECTION II. PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
A.
B.
Apolicability - The forums and processes described herein shall be the interim method by which
King County and the cities within King County comply with the transportation planning,
programming and coordination requirements specified as condition of using the local option
transportation revenues authorized by Chapter 82.80 RCW, including the vehicle license fee
which has been implemented by King County effective July 1, 1991. This interim method shall
be used by King County and the cities within King County until such time as superseding
procedures are established by the county and cities.
Puroose
1.
The general purpose of the Interim Transportation Planning and Coordination Process is
to ensure that the transportation planning, programming and coordination requirements
of RCW 82.80.070 are complied with in an orderly and efficient manner until such time
that the process is replaced by new processes as may be established by the county and
cities.
2.
The specific purpose of this process shall be to respond to the statutory requirements that:
(a)
The Transportation Program of each jurisdiction over 8,000 population indicates
how the jurisdiction's Transportation Plan (upon which the Transportation
Program is based) is coordinated with applicable Transportation Plans for the
region and for adjacent jurisdictions (RCW 82.80.070(3)(b); and
(b)
Jurisdictions over 8,000 population periodically review and update their
Transportation Programs to ensure consistency with applicable local and Regional
Transportation and Land Use Plans (RCW 82.80.070(4».
SECTION III. INTERIM PLANNING AND COORDINATION
Coordination among jurisdictions to ensure consistency between Transportation Plans of adjacent
jurisdictions and between local plans and Regional Transportation and Land Use Plans shall be
accomplished as follows:
A.
2.
Subre!!ional Coordination
1.
To the extent possible, transportation planning, coordination and dispute resolution for
member jurisdictions shall be pursued through existing subregional transportation
planning groups such as the ETP and SCATBD. Each such group will determine how
this is best accomplished within its geographic area.
In unincorporated geographic areas of the county where such groups do not exist and
when necessary, King County shall take the lead in establishing such additional
subregional transportation planning forums. In geographic areas of the county which are
incorporated, that city shall take the lead in establishing such additional subregional
transportation planning forums.
B.
c.
TransDortation Plans and Prol!rams: Notification Review and Comment
1.
The County and each city shall notify adjacent jurisdictions, applicable regional
transportation planning agencies, WSDOT, and Metro at the earliest possible stage of
development of (a) a new regional, subregional, city or county community land use
and/or Transportation Plan; or (b) revisions to such plans in order to provide timely
opportunities for review and comment prior to adoption by the legislative authority.
2.
Prior to legislative adoption of a Transportation Program, as required by RCW
82.80.070(3), King County and each city shall submit to applicable regional
transportation planning agencies, adjacent jurisdictions, WSDOT and Metro: a) the
proposed Transportation; and b) the Transportation Plan upon which the proposed
Transportation Program is based. The Transportation Program shall be transmitted to
adjacent jurisdictions and applicable regional agencies no later than the same time it is
transmitted to the jurisdiction's legislative body for adoption in order that those agencies
have opportunity to formally comment on the Transportation Program before adoption.
3.
The county and each city should notify adjacent jurisdictions, application regional
transportation planning agencies, WSDOT, and Metro at the earliest possible stage of
development of a project to be included in their Transportation Programs which wilt
serve a multi-jurisdictional function or is necessitated by existing or reasonably
foreseeable congestion.
Transportation Prol!ram - The Transportation Program shall be developed as an integral part of
each jurisdiction's six-year transportation capital improvement program. At a minimum, the
Transportation Program shall consist of a narrative report on the specific points required to be
addressed by RCW 82.80.070 including identification of the transportation improvements and
services intended to be funded in whole or in part by local option transportation revenues.
A.
SECTION IV. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Notification of appropriate jurisdictions at the earliest stages of a transportation planning process
shall be practiced in order to identify potential problems and concerns and to seek early resolution
of any dispute.
B.
Until such time that a specific procedure for resolving transportation planning disputes is
established as part of Growth Management Act implementation, any party may use existing
processes, where applicable, for resolving disputes including, but not limited to: I) Appeal
processes provided through the State Environmental Policy Act, (SEPA), the Shoreline
Management Act, or other regulatory measures; 2) Binding Arbitration; and 3) Voluntary
Mediation. Where subregional forums such as ETP or SCATBD exist, those bodies may
establish an appropriate dispute resolution mechanism for their member jurisdictions.