Transportation, Waterfront, & Seattle Center

Committee regular meeting days and time:

1st and 3rd Thursdays at 9:30 a.m.

Committee Members:

• Chair: Rob Saka
• Vice Chair: Alexis Mercedes Rinck
• Member: Robert Kettle
• Member: Eddie Lin
• Member: Dionne Foster

Committee Scope:

To provide policy direction and oversight and to deliberate and make recommendations on legislative matters relating to:

• The Seattle Department of Transportation, including transportation issues and projects affecting
  Seattle including traffic safety and progress toward the City’s Vision Zero goals, transit service,
  policies, planning, the City’s Keep Seattle Moving Levy, the Seattle Transportation Measure, and
  transportation engineering;
• Dedicated transportation funding; pedestrian and bicycle programs and planning; new sidewalk construction and sidewalk repair; transportation system maintenance and repair; traffic control; use
  of the City right-of-way including permits and vacations; parking policies; neighborhood
  transportation planning; freight mobility planning; micromobility; and efforts to modernize and
  improve the reliability of the transportation system;
• coordination of transportation issues and representation of the City’s interests on transportation
  with the federal government, the State of Washington, King County, Sound Transit, and the Puget Sound Regional Council; including matters related to rapid transit expansion and regional mobility
  integration;
• The Seattle Center, including Memorial Stadium and Climate Pledge Arena, and the Office of the
  Waterfront, Civic Projects and Sound Transit;
• And oversight and citywide alignment of sports, entertainment, cultural, and civic experiences,
  including mobility, safety, and coordination planning for major events such as the 2026 FIFA World
  Cup.