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RESOLUTION NO. 4226
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE GROWING TRANSIT COMMUNITIES
COMPACT.
WHEREAS, the central Puget Sound region has adopted VISION 2040, a long-range
strategy to integrate land use, economic and transportation decisions in order to meet the
needs of current and future generations, achieve economic prosperity with social equity, and
support a healthy environment, including addressing global climate change; and
WHEREAS, VISION 2040 includes among its goals (1) maintaining a prosperous and
sustainable regional economy by supporting businesses and job creation, investing in all people,
sustaining environmental quality, and creating great central places, diverse communities, and a
high quality of life, and (2) focusing growth within already urbanized areas to create walkable,
compact, and transit oriented communities, and (3) meeting housing needs through
preservation and expansion of a range of affordable, healthy and safe housing choices; and
WHEREAS, the voters of the central Puget Sound region have committed to a $25 billion
investment in light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit and local streetcar service that creates
a once in a lifetime opportunity to plan for and support the growth of communities near high
capacity transit; and
WHEREAS, transit-oriented development is a land use pattern with many social,
economic, and environmental benefits, including more sustainable and efficient use of urban
land, support for regional and local economies, reduced combined housing and transportation
costs per household, and improved access and mobility for residents; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 4226
WHEREAS, the Growing Transit Communities Partnership was formed as a diverse
coalition of governmental and nongovernmental partners that was funded by a grant from the
federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities for the express purpose of leveraging regional
transit investments to create thriving and equitable transit communities around light rail and
other high capacity transit stations; and
WHEREAS, progress toward creating equitable transit communities will depend on
active participation from a full range of partners over the long term, including transit agencies,
businesses, non-profit organizations, as well as local jurisdictions and the Puget Sound Regional
Council; and
WHEREAS, the Growing Transit Communities Partnership has developed the Growing
Transit Communities Strategy that recommends adoption of specific actions and tools by
regional and local governments, by both public and private stakeholders, in order to create,
grow, and enhance equitable transit communities throughout the region; and
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of elected officials, public agencies, leaders of and for
affordable housing, communities and neighborhoods, business, education, the environment,
philanthropy, finance, real estate, and transportation to cooperatively engage in the work
related to the Growing Transit Communities Strategy for its successful completion; and
WHEREAS, the Growing Transit Communities Strategy will be managed by the Puget
Sound Regional Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects.
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SECTION II. This resolution is established to acknowledge the support and need for
coordinating efforts to successfully implement the Growing Transit Communities Strategy.
SECTION III. The City Council of the City of Renton, Washington, authorizes the Mayor
and City Clerk to execute the Growing Transit Communities Compact.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 15th day of September ) 2014.
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Jason . Seth, Acting City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 15th day of September , 2014.
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Denis Law, Mayor
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Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
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