What Happened at the Metropolitan King County Council Monday, March 1, 2010

At Monday's Council meeting, councilmembers:

--Declared the month of March Women’s History Month in King County.
--Recognized the city Of SeaTac on the 20th Anniversary of its incorporation.

· Unanimously adopted an ordinance that increases the ability to identify high-risk capital projects and provides greater scrutiny of major construction projects. The legislation calls for the phased release of funds for specific projects determined to be high-risk and standardizes countywide reporting requirements to achieve the objective of holding projects accountable to their planned scopes, schedules, and budgets (Ordinance 2009-0523).

· Confirmed the appointment of the 28 members of the regional task force that will provide a vision for the future of transit in King County, including Shoreline city councilmember Chris Eggen. The panel will explore King County’s transit system as part of the regional transportation system through key system design factors of land use, social equity and environmental justice, financial sustainability, geographic equity, economic development and productivity and efficiency (Motions 2010-0122 through 2010-0147, 2010-0150 and 2010-0151).

Read more about this legislation on the King County Council’s LEGISEARCH system at http://kingcounty.legistar.com and enter the item numbers above.