1492 - Resolution - Improved Cross-Sound Passenger TransportationRESOLUTION NO. 1492
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT
ORCHARD, WASHINGTON SUPPORTING IMPROVED
CROSS -SOUND PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION.
WHEREAS, it is in the general public interest to
support efficient and effective transportation systems which
reduce the negative traffic and related environmental and
financial metropolitan impacts associated with auto travel;
and
WHEREAS, continued costly expansion of our
highway systems encourages the increase of automobile use;
and
WHEREAS, it would be desirable to see increased
high -quality public transportation connections on Puget Sound
waterways and other waterways where ferry service provides a
cost effective alternate to increasing highway capacity; and
WHEREAS, the Puget Sound Council of Governments
(PSCOG) is currently conducting the West Corridor Project to
investigate and recommend operational and capital
improvements for the "marine highways" throughout the Puget
Sound Metropolitan area, with an emphasis towards less
auto -dependent options, such as passenger -only ferries across
the Puget Sound; and
WHEREAS, passenger -only ferry service not only
implements existing public transportation policy, but also
provides a desirable maritime use for urban waterfronts and
leads to dispersed and varied suburban development around the
metropolitan areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
SECTION 1. The Port Orchard City Council
expresses its support for further regional discussion of
high -occupancy vessel concepts, such as passenger -only
ferries, which offer improved water connections between
cities around the Puget Sound area.
SECTION 2. The Puget Sound Council of
Governments (PSCOG) is encouraged to continue its West
Corridor Project, including the development of a cross -sound
public mass transportation policy and an action plan for
improved passenger -only services; and the PSCOG is asked to
share the results of such discussions with the Washington
State Department of Transportation's Marine Division.
SECTION 3. Consistent with our commitment to
integrated and coordinated regional public transportation
service, the Port Orchard City Council agrees to coordinate
planning and operation of its transportation facilities and
programs to optimize multi -modal public transportation
service connections and transfers at designated ferry
terminal transfer points.
Resolution No. 1492
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port
Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 8th day of August, 1988.
LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Patricia Hower, City Clerk