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Clerk 10/20/2010
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A MOTION approving the Strategic Plan for Road Services.
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WHEREAS, the King County road services division is responsible for providing road services to the citizens of unincorporated King County including designing, building, operating and maintaining roads and bridges in unincorporated King County, and
WHEREAS, road services are supported by property tax revenue and state motor fuel revenue, which are likely to decline as a result of annexations in the future, and
WHEREAS, annexations, aging infrastructure, environmental regulations, climate change, transportation sector cost fluctuations and other changes affect the scope and financing of road services, and
WHEREAS, Motion 13077, adopted by the King County council on September 21, 2009, approved the report on Phase I of the Roads Operational Master Plan and the work plan for Phase II, consistent with a proviso in Ordinance 15975, and
WHEREAS, the Roads Operational Master Plan Phase II was subsequently transformed into the strategic plan for road services consistent with Ordinance 16202, the King County performance and accountability act, which required each county agency, department and office to develop a strategic plan to guide its ongoing and proposed activities for a five-year period, and
WHEREAS, a strategic plan for road services will provide guidance for a sustainable operational and financing model for the provision of road services, and
WHEREAS, the project advisory committee and work group have carried out the tasks envisioned in the Roads Operational Master Plan Phase II work plan to complete a strategic plan for road services, with the intent to define the mission, vision and focused direction for the provision of road services in King County for the next five years, and
WHEREAS, the King County executive has transmitted to the King County council with this motion the completed Strategic Plan for Road Services, developed collaboratively with staff from the department of transportation director's office, the road services division, the office of management and budget, the office of strategic planning and performance management, the facilities management division and the council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The Strategic Plan for Road Services, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.