The council shall:

     (1) Develop standards and strategies for coordinating special needs transportation;

     (2) Identify and develop, fund as resources are made available, and monitor coordinated transportation pilot projects;

     (3) Disseminate and encourage the widespread implementation of successful demonstration projects;

     (4) Identify and address barriers to transportation coordination;

     (5) Recommend to the legislature changes in law to assist coordination of transportation services;

     (6) Act as an information clearinghouse and advocate for coordinated transportation;

     (7) Petition the office of financial management to make whatever changes are deemed necessary to identify transportation costs in all executive agency budgets((;

     (8) Report to the legislature by December 1, 1998, on council activities including, but not limited to, what demonstration projects have been undertaken, how coordination affected service levels, and whether these efforts produced savings that allowed expansion of services. Reports must be made once every two years thereafter, and other times as the council deems necessary)).

[1999 c 372 § 13; 1998 c 173 § 3.]

RCW 47.06B.030

Council — Duties (as amended by 1999 c 385). (Effective until June 30, 2008.)

To assure implementation of the Program for Agency Coordinated Transportation, the council, in coordination with stakeholders, shall:

     (1) Develop ((standards and strategies for coordinating special needs transportation;

     (2) Identify and develop, fund as resources are made available, and monitor coordinated transportation pilot projects;

     (3) Disseminate and encourage the widespread implementation of successful demonstration projects;

     (4) Identify and address barriers to transportation coordination;

     (5) Recommend to the legislature changes in law to assist coordination of transportation services;

     (6) Act as an information clearinghouse and advocate for coordinated transportation;

     (7))) guidelines for local planning of coordinated transportation in accordance with this chapter;

     (2) Initiate local planning processes by contacting the board of commissioners and county councils in each county and encouraging them to convene local planning forums for the purpose of implementing special needs coordinated transportation programs at the community level;

     (3) Work with local community forums to designate a local lead organization that shall cooperate and coordinate with private and nonprofit transportation brokers and providers, local public transportation agencies, local governments, and user groups;

     (4) Provide a forum at the state level in which state agencies will discuss and resolve coordination issues and program policy issues that may impact transportation coordination and costs;

     (5) Provide guidelines for state agencies to use in creating policies, rules, or procedures to encourage the participation of their constituents in community-based planning and coordination, in accordance with this chapter;

     (6) Facilitate state-level discussion and action on problems and barriers identified by the local forums that can only be resolved at either the state or federal level;

     (7) Develop and test models for determining the impacts of facility siting and program policy decisions on transportation costs;

     (8) Develop methodologies and provide support to local and state agencies in identifying transportation costs;

     (9) Develop guidelines for setting performance measures and evaluating performance;

     (10) Develop monitoring reporting criteria and processes to assess state and local level of participation with this chapter;

     (11) Administer and manage grant funds to develop, test, and facilitate the implementation of coordinated systems;

     (12) Develop minimum standards for safety, driver training, and vehicles, and provide models for processes and technology to support coordinated service delivery systems;

     (13) Provide a clearinghouse for sharing information about transportation coordination best practices and experiences;

     (14) Promote research and development of methods and tools to improve the performance of transportation coordination in the state;

     (15) Provide technical assistance and support to communities;

     (16) Facilitate, monitor, provide funding as available, and give technical support to local planning processes;

     (17) Form, convene, and give staff support to stakeholder work groups as needed to continue work on removing barriers to coordinated transportation;

     (18) Advocate for the coordination of transportation for people with special transportation needs at the federal, state, and local levels;

     (19) Recommend to the legislature changes in laws to assist coordination of transportation services;

     (20) Petition the office of financial management to make whatever changes are deemed necessary to identify transportation costs in all executive agency budgets;

     (((8))) (21) Report to the legislature by December 1, ((1998)) 2000, on council activities including, but not limited to, the progress of community planning processes, what demonstration projects have been undertaken, how coordination affected service levels, and whether these efforts produced savings that allowed expansion of services. Reports must be made once every two years thereafter, and other times as the council deems necessary.

[1999 c 385 § 5; 1998 c 173 § 3.]

Notes:

47.06B.030 was amended twice during the 1999 legislative session, each without reference to the other. For rule of construction concerning sections amended more than once during the same legislative session, see RCW 1.12.025.