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