Transportation & Seattle Public Utilities
Committee regular meeting days and time:
1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.
Committee Members:
- Chair: Alex Pedersen
- Vice Chair: Dan Strauss
- Member: Kshama Sawant
- Member: Lisa Herbold
- Member: Tammy J. Morales
Committee Scope:
To provide policy direction and oversight and to deliberate and make recommendations on legislative matters relating to:
- the operations of the Seattle Department of Transportation;
- transportation issues and projects affecting the City of Seattle including transit service, policies, and planning; pedestrian and bicycle programs and planning; transportation system maintenance and repair; traffic control; use of the City right-of-way including permits and vacations; parking policies; neighborhood transportation planning; and freight mobility planning;
- 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; and
- water, drainage, wastewater, and solid waste services provided by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), including SPU environmental services and utility rates, regional water resources, endangered species recovery plans, waterway cleanup, and green stormwater infrastructure;
- City information technology planning, implementation, and organization; cable telecommunications services and planning; broadband telecommunications planning and implementation; technology grants; Seattle Channel; seattle.gov; and citizen technology literacy and access;
- Seattle City Light, including but not limited to City Light finances, energy utility rates, resource matters, energy policy, regional matters, air pollution regulations, and alternative energy sources;