BILL REQ. #:  H-1375.1 

Read first time 02/12/2003.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     TO THE HONORABLE DOUGLAS B. MACDONALD, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
     We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
     WHEREAS, During Maryann Mitchell's life as a mother, wife, legislator, and community activist, she made countless contributions to both the State and the community of Federal Way; and
     WHEREAS, In 1987 Maryann Mitchell served as the Chairwoman of the "Federal Way First!" cityhood campaign, which was instrumental in the city of Federal Way incorporation in 1990; and
     WHEREAS, Maryann Mitchell was the founder of the Washington State Special Olympics program, serving as the state director from 1971-1972 and again from 1977-1978; and
     WHEREAS, Maryann Mitchell served on the Woodland Park Zoo Oversight Committee from 1986-1990, which oversaw the budget and design work for building new habitats; and
     WHEREAS, Maryann Mitchell served as a member of the Pacific Northwest Aquatics Foundation, which was created to build the Weyerhaeuser pool located in Federal Way in hopes of hosting the aquatics portion of the 1990 Goodwill Games; and
     WHEREAS, In 1990 Maryann Mitchell was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives, representing the 30th District as a moderate republican who came to Olympia with clear priorities to find solutions for transportation, addressing the needs of the elderly and disabled, and working on building a sound state budget; and
     WHEREAS, During Maryann Mitchell's ten years in the Washington State Legislature, she served as many years on the Transportation Committee, in which she served as the Vice-Chairman from 1995-2000 and served as the Co-Chairman in 2000 and 2001; and
     WHEREAS, Maryann Mitchell served on the Capital Budget Committee, serving as the Cochair in 1999; and
     WHEREAS, Maryann Mitchell's leadership on the Legislative Building Preservation and Renovation Commission, and her leadership within the Legislature, was instrumental in starting the long-delayed rehabilitation of the State Capitol Building;
     NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to name the 320th Street crossing of Interstate Five in the city of Federal Way the "Maryann Mitchell Memorial Interchange."
     BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable Douglas MacDonald, Secretary of Transportation, the Washington State Transportation Commission, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.