RES 90-54 OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION POLICYRESOLUTION N0. 90-54
A RESOLUTION WHICH WILL ESTABLISH AN OFFICIAL
TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE
ISLAND. TO BECOME EFFECTIVE FOLLOWING A TRANSPORTATION
MEETING TO BE HELD IN JANUARY, 1.991.
WHEREAS., the City Council has met several times to
review the recommendations made by the Council Transporation
Committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reached agreement
regarding those issues which will be included in the official
transportation policy statement; now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINSLOW, WASHINGTON, DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Additional passenger and vehicle ferry
service on all existing routes with primary emphasis in
Bremerton, Kingston, .and Southworth as a means of reducing
traffic congestion in Winslow is encouraged.
Section 2. Creation of new vehicle and .passenger
ferry service from Seattle to Suquamish and other Kitsap
County destinations is encouraged.
Section 3. Private enterprise ventures for marine
transportation service is encouraged.
Section 4. As additional ferries are proposed for
the Winslow run, it will be City policy to require mitigation
of traffic and park-ing impacts. The City will provide local
leadership and solicit community input in determining the
appropriate mitigation measures.
Section 5. The Washington State Ferry System is
encouraged to provide incentives for carpool users.
Section 6. The City opposes any additional bridges
to Bainbridge Island.
Section 7. Kitsap Transit planners are. encouraged to
serve both on and off Island users and to meet ferry commuter
demand with buses which pick up commuters close to their
point of origin.
Section 8. The City encourages continued use of park
and ride lots of appropriate size to serve the Bainbridge
Island community such as existing parking lots at churches. ~-
Section 9. Creation and use of van pools through
City parking policies is encouraged.
Section 10. Kitsap Transit is encouraged to create
scheduled, reliable bus routes on Bainbridge Island to serve
the needs of commuters and to create mini-bus service to meet
the needs of senior citizens and other user groups who are
without vehicles.
Section 11. Parking spaces for residential and
commercial development shall reflect expressed community
desires for a pedestrian oriented community.
Section 12. Commuter parking in the Central Business
District is discouraged.
Section 13. Assess New Brooklyn Road as a route to
the south end of the Island.
Section 14. Additional traffic on Ericksen, Wyatt Way
and Ferncliff Avenue is discouraged. Trafffic patterns that
disrupt residential neighborhoods are to be avoided.
Section 15. Assess economic, neighborhood and
transportation impacts of multi-level parking lots within the
existing commuter parking zone.
Section 16. The creation and use of more pedestrian
and bicycle safe corridors is supported.
Section 17. Assess signalization improvements which
may be needed to improve the flow of traffic and to improve
pedestrian safety.
Section 18. Participate in regional transportation
planning efforts.
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Winslow,
Washington, this 6th day of December 1990.
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_ - SAM NATO, Mayor
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.~ - ; ~ '" - "~:DQNNA J XTON, Clerk- easurer
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