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2 <br /> PARTIES and RECITALS <br /> This Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)is entered into by and between the Puget Sound <br /> Regional Council,hereinafter called PSRC;the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority <br /> for its designated service area within King,Pierce and Snohomish counties,hereinafter called <br /> Sound Transit; and the eight following local public transit agencies,which shall hereinafter be <br /> collectively called LPTAs: Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation <br /> (Community Transit), City of Everett Transportation Services (Everett Transit), King County <br /> Marine Division,King County Metro, Kitsap Public Transportation Benefit Area(Kitsap <br /> Transit),Pierce County Public Works(Pierce County Ferry System),Pierce County Public <br /> Transportation Benefit Area(Pierce Transit), and City of Seattle(Seattle Monorail Services <br /> and Seattle Streetcar).All of the foregoing entities, each of which is a signatory to this MOU, <br /> may be referred to hereinafter individually as "Party"or collectively as the"Parties." This MOU <br /> will become effective once it is signed by all Parties. The date the MOU is signed by the last <br /> Party to sign it, as indicated by the date under that Party's signature,will be deemed the effective <br /> date of this MOU(the`Effective Date"). <br /> WHEREAS,the PSRC's Interlocal Agreement for Regional Planning in the Central Puget Sound <br /> Area, originally executed in 1991 and amended in 1993,2003 and 2009, established the Puget <br /> Sound Regional Council (first formed in 1956, and subsequently reorganized and renamed), as <br /> provided under various state and federal statutes,to be responsible for development and <br /> maintenance of the following: (a)the regional growth and transportation strategy referred to as <br /> VISION 2040; (b)the multicounty planning policies (RCW 36.70A.210(7));.(c)the state <br /> mandated regional transportation plan(RCW 47.80.030); and(d)the nearly identical federally <br /> mandated multimodal Metropolitan Transportation Plan(MTP)as prescribed in the Fixing <br /> America's Surface Transportation Act,Pub. L. 114-94,Dec.4,2015,23 USC §101 et seq. <br /> (FAST Act), and 23 CFR Part 450 and 49 CFR Part 613; and <br /> WHEREAS, the LPTAs (RCW 35.58, 36.57, 36.57A, 35.95A, and/or 36.54)and Sound Transit <br /> (RCW 81.104 and 81.112)have been authorized by public vote and state law to plan, fund, <br /> develop, and operate a public transportation system serving the people of the Central Puget <br /> Sound Region; and <br /> WHEREAS,the LPTAs periodically update their comprehensive transit system plans as required <br /> by state law in cooperation with local agencies in their respective service areas and Sound <br /> Transit,the Washington State Department of Transportation(WSDOT), and PSRC,to ensure <br /> that their public transportation services and facilities that are deemed regionally significant are <br /> consistent with PSRC's MTP for subsequent inclusion in PSRC updates of the MTP; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is desirable and consistent with applicable federal requirements to formalize the <br /> involvement of local public transit agencies in the metropolitan transportation planning process <br /> to support implementation of VISION 2040 and the intent of federal and state transportation <br /> statutes to provide a greater emphasis on urban transit services to improve alternative travel <br /> options to reduce the growing dependency on single occupant automobile travel in urban areas; <br /> and <br /> MOU—Puget Sound Regional Council/Local Public Transit Agencies and Sound Transit Page 1 <br /> 9 <br />