WSR 13-20-106 EXPEDITED RULES TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT BOARD [Filed October 1, 2013, 11:18 a.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Amending WAC 479-14-421 What projects are eligible for sidewalk program funding.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Alicia Seegers Martinelli, Transportation Improvement Board, P.O. Box 40901, Olympia, WA 98504-0901, or e-mail to aliciam@tib.wa.gov, AND RECEIVED BY December 2, 2013.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: General housekeeping to provide consistency and maintain accuracy.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To clarify language in WAC 479-14-421 as allowed in the Administrative Procedure Act, RCW 34.05.353.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 47.26 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington state transportation improvement board, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Alicia Seegers Martinelli, 505 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 586-1155; Implementation and Enforcement: Steve Gorcester, 505 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA 98501, (360) 586-1139.
October 1, 2013
Stevan Gorcester
Executive Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 12-08-060, filed 4/3/12, effective 5/4/12)
WAC 479-14-421 What projects are eligible for sidewalk program funding.
Minimum project requirements for each subprogram are as follows: (1) Urban sidewalk program project eligibility: (a) Must be on or related to a functionally classified route; and (b) Primary purpose of the project is transportation and not recreation. (2) Small city sidewalk program project eligibility: (a) The project must be located on or related to a street within the TIB designated arterial system; and (b) Primary purpose of the project is transportation and not recreation. For both of the subprograms, TIB does not participate in the cost for right of way acquisitions. ((For the urban sidewalk program, TIB does not provide funding increases.))
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