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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1286r RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Kent, washington, relating to transportation planning, programming and coordination requirements for using Local Option Transportation Revenues authorized by Chapter 82.80 RCW. WHEREAS, Chapter 82.80 RCW Local Option Transportation 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 February 5, 1991 the Kent City Council passed Resolution 1270 reflecting their intentions to form a Street Utility; and WHEREAS, on May 16, 1990, at the King County Post-Legislative 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, and that the interim process should be in effect until reorganization of the Countywide and multicounty land use and transportation coordination agencies is accomplished; 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 foster coordinated local and regional transportation planning and to focus the use of these new revenue sources on addressing multijurisdictional commuter congestion problems and other priorities deemed appropriate by cities and counties; WHEREAS, transportation planning and coordination among local jurisdictions in King County is already occurring through varied mechanisms and forums which can accomplish the intent of RCW 82.80.070 until such time that other applicable procedures are established by a new countywide andjor multicounty planning organization; and 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 KENT, WASHINGTON DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: - 2 - ;, 1. The City of Kent 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 a new countywide and/or multicounty land use and transportation planning organization. 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 Kent's 1991-1996 Transportation Improvement Program as adopted by City Council per Resolution 1251 on July 19, 1990 shall constitute same; three specific projects {corridor improvement) shown therein will be financed, in part, by Vehicle License Fee Revenues and Street Utility revenues. 3. In conformance with RCW 82.80.070{3) Attachment B describes the various elements of the City's Specific Transportation Program as it relates to the Local Vehicle License Fee revenues and the Street Utility revenues. Passed at a regular City of Kent, Washington this day of ATTEST: Concurred in by the --~~~~---' 1991. meeting of ~~ouncil of the ~ day of 1991. Mayor f th ity of Kent, this ~ ELLEHER, MAYOR ~-,____,~:...,__-~_,;:;....._ __ _ - 3 - ,. " .. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ROGE I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. JCJ.. t!fo , passed of the City of Kent, Washington, the I( day ·. / ---.... -- 9520-340 - 4 - ~(SEAL) EPUTY CITY CLERK Attachment A INTERIM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND COORDINATION PROCESS (For Implementing RCW 82.80 Local Option Transportation Revenues) SECTION I. DEFINITIONS The "Eastside 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 "Metropolitan 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 Land Use Plans" refers to those multicounty and Countywide 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 "SCATBD" 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. Interim Transportation Planning and Coordination Process SECTION II. PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY Attachment A A. Applicability. 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 a 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 superceding procedures are established by a new Countywide and/or multicounty planning organization with transportation planning and coordination responsibilities. B. Purpose. 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 new intercounty and intracounty transportation planning and coordination organizations. 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 indicate 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)). -2 - Interim Transportation Planning and Coordination Process SECTION III. INTERIM PLANNING AND COORDINATION Attachment A 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. Subregional Coordination. 1. To the extent possible, transportation planning, coordination and dispute resolution 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. 2. In 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. B. Transportation Plans and Programs: 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, county community land use andjor transportation plan or (b) revisions to such plans, in order 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, adjacept jurisdictions, WSDOT and Metro: (a) the proposed Transportation Program; 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, applicable regional transportation planning agencies, WSDOT and METRO at the earliest possible stage of development of a project to be included in their Transportation - 3 - Interim Transportation Planning and Coordination Process Attachment A Programs which will serve a multijurisdictional function or is necessitated by existing or foreseeable congestion. c. Transportation Program. 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. SECTION IV. DISPUTE RESOLUTION A. 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 for resolving disputes including, but not limited to: (1) 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. 9520-340 - 4 - Attachment B CITY OF KENT LOCAL OPTION REVENUE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: Summary of Elements Geographic Boundaries The City of Kent will expend its distributions of the Local Option Vehicle License Fee revenues and revenues from a City implemented street Utility for transportation improvement uses within its incorporated limits and within portions of unincorporated King County described as follows: Area 1: Area 2: An area having a westerly boundary at 100 feet westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of Orillia Road, a southerly boundary of s. 204th Street, a northerly boundary at 200 feet northerly of s. 200th Street northerly right-of-way line and an easterly boundary of the city corporate limits. An area having a southerly boundary of what would be an eastjwest projection of S.E. 287th Street, a westerly boundary of the Burlington Rail Road, an easterly boundary of S.E. 132nd Avenue and a northerly boundary, a combination of s.E. 256th street and the city of Kent's corporate limits. Adopted Transportation Plan The city's Six Year Transportation Improvement Program is based upon the City's Comprehensive Transportation Plan (adopted in 1984}. The Capital Improvement Program identified therein is annually reviewed and amended to assure its currency with the needs (capacity and safety) of the City's transportation system and the City's financial capability. The City's Transportation Plan includes the following elements: (a) Policy Elements (b) An Arterial Plan (c) Policy Constraints, Performance Standards (d) A capital Improvement Program (e) A Financing and Implementation Report The City's Comprehensive Transportation Plan establishes the framework for public facility and service funding priorities by stipulating that the first priority should be to maintain or upgrade existing facilities and services where necessary to serve existing development; financing improvements to serve new development is a secondary priority. This policy is reflected in : Local Option Revenue Transportation Program Attachment B the transportation program through the Public Works Department's annual development of both the street maintenance and operation budget and the street projects fund budget. since the City has traditionally funded its street maintenance and operation program out of its general fund revenues, its dedicated street revenues such as the gas tax, vehicle registration fees, street utility, etc. are used to help finance the City's Street c.I.P. The City's street capital improvement program includes all street related projects, whether maintenance or enhancement, exceeding $100,000 in costs. The projects are prioritized by the Public Works Department upon considering existing levels of service and congestion, operational deficiencies, number of accidents, system continuity and whether a project supports adopted policies and plans. Maintenance of the existing transportation system is, however, the Public Works Department's first priority. Each year, new projects are added to the six-year street CIP based on their relative level of priority, as determined through the Public Works Department's annual needs review of its transportation system. The 1990 review served as the basis for adding new improvement projects in developing the 1991-96 street CIP. In preparing the annual Transportation Needs Review the city's Public Works Department provides adjacent cities and the county with a list of its anticipated six-year project list for comments and/or concurrence with any multijurisdictional projects. The city's annual update of its six-year street program is completed by June of each year and serves as a key tool in making the street capital budgeting decisions for the coming year. In recent years, the development of the city's six-year street CIP has incorporated the multijurisdictional transportation planning efforts of the proposed South County Area Transportation Benefit District (SCATBD). This subregional planning effort has provided the City a useful forum with which to work with King County, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Metro and the cities of Auburn, Renton, Tukwila, Seatac and Des Moines per identifying critical transportation improvement needs in the South King County area. The city's existing Transportation Priority Process, its annual transportation review process, its street CIP budgeting policies, and its participation in subregional transportation planning - 2 - ; Local Option Revenue Transportation Program Attachment B forums {SCATBD) promote the statutory priorities for the use of the local option transportation revenues, which are: (1) Project serves a multijurisdictional function; (2) Project necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion; (3) Project has the greatest person-carrying capacity; (4) Project is partially funded by other government funds; and (5) Any other criteria the local government deems appropriate. Coordination with Other Plans The city of Kent's Transportation Plan (KTP) is the product of a rigorous planning process, including continual coordination with other local jurisdictions and regional planning agencies. A key element of the KTP is the annual review of the city's Six-Year Transportation Needs, which reflects an update of transportation improvement needs based upon changing conditions. Integral tasks in developing the City's Six-Year Capital Improvement Program include public meetings, input from other local governments and WSDOT, and joint planning efforts with other government agencies on multijurisdictional projects. The SCATBD forum mentioned above is an example of a coordinated transportation planning effort, the results of which provide input to the City's six-year street program. The City is involved in other planning studies with individual government agencies on a broad range of issues --from project specific corridor analyses to regional programmatic actions. six-Year Funding Plan As noted earlier, the City's specific transportation program for the use of the new Local Option Vehicle License Fee and the Street Utility revenue is primarily reflected in the 1991-96 Transportation Improvement Program as adopted by City Council Resolution 1251. Within that program said local option revenues will be spent over the next six years on the following three specific projects: 272nd/277th Corridor (Auburn Way North to SR516), 196th/192nd Corridor (West Valley Highway to East Valley Highway) and 200th/196th Corridor (Orillia Road to West Valley Highway) . A six-year funding plan identifying the specific public and private revenue sources and amounts of revenue necessary to fund these projects as well as a schedule for design, right-of-way acquisition and construction therefor is summarized in Exhibit A. - 3 - Local Option Revenue Transportation Program Attachment B Annual Review The City will review its specific transportation program for local option transportation revenues annually as part of the annual transportation system planning and budgeting process. Non-Diversion None of either the City Local Option Vehicle License Fee revenues or its Street Utility revenue will be used to replace, divert, or loan any revenues historically used for transportation purposes to nontransportation purposes. Intergovernmental Cooperation The City will continue to work cooperatively with WSDOT, Metro, King County, adjacent cities and regional planning agencies to coordinate transportation planning efforts on projects of regional significance. once new inter-and intra-county planning agencies are in place (as a result of regional governance reform and/or efforts to replace the Puget Sound Council of Governments), the city will work with the other jurisdictions to establish appropriate mechanisms and practices to promote this planning and coordination. 9520-340 - 4 - 272nd/277th Corridor (Auburn Way N. to SR516) 196th/200th Corridor (Orillia Rd. to WVH) !96th Corridor (WVH to EVH) CORRIDOR FINANCIAL PLAN EXPENDITURES Corridor Improvements Total REVENUES TIA (State Grants) Local Improvement Districts Gas Tax Increase Vehicle Registration Fee Councilmanic Bond Issue Street Utility Cash on Hand Total 91 Total Funded 42,802 42,802 13,967 14,137 1,606 1,932 3,000 5,360 2.800 42,802 EXHIBIT A PROJECT SCHEDULE 92 ..... 93 ..... 94 ..... 95 •.... 96 ENG RW CONST ENG RW CONST ENG RW CONST (Amounts in Thousands of 1991 Dollars) 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 450 5,340 8,908 15,346 10,204 2,554 450 5,340 8,908 15,346 10,204 2,554 1,454 2,964 5,251 3,561 737 3,928 6,878 3,331 309 315 321 327 334 161 340 347 354 362 368 1,470 1,530 1,030 1,050 1,072 1,093 1' 115 289 2.207 304 450 5.340 _8,9_08 15. 3_46 10. 2_04 2.554 J t '~.._