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Committee B agrees to forward pedestrian-bicycle safety interlocal agreement with traffic-safety commission; councilor flags contract precedence language for修
Summary
Committee B agreed to forward an interlocal agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (Target Zero/Walker Roll program) that funds emphasis patrols for pedestrian and bicycle safety; Councilor Vivian flagged unclear contract language on order of precedence (section 15.2) for staff and city attorney review before finalization.
Council Committee B voted to forward to the full council an interlocal agreement with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to continue participation in regional pedestrian and bicycle safety emphasis patrols, while asking staff to clear up an internal contract wording issue raised by a councilor.
Acting Chief Sniffin described the program — referred to in packet materials as the Walker/Walker Roller grant and administered regionally by Target Zero managers — as a voluntary regional effort in which law enforcement agencies participate in emphasis patrols and may be reimbursed for overtime through the regional coordinator. He said the work-product and data-collection component includes reports and other materials used to evaluate enforcement events.
Councilor Vivian raised a legal drafting concern about the contract’s order-of-precedence clause in provision 15.2. She noted the clause, as written, would give the underlying agreement precedence over amendments and said that “that doesn’t make sense” because amendments are typically intended to alter existing terms. Committee members and staff discussed the clause; staff advised that the clause could be read to mean an amendment controls only to the extent it alters particular terms and suggested the city attorney and contract author be consulted to confirm intent.
Committee members expressed support for participating in the regional program and for forwarding the agreement to the full council on consent, while asking staff to work through the 15.2 drafting question with the city attorney. Council members emphasized participation is voluntary and that the program focuses on traffic counts, collision data and pedestrian-injury information rather than the city’s enforcement-camera data.
The committee voted informally by consensus to send the interlocal agreement to the council consent agenda, with a staff note to resolve the order-of-precedence language before final council action.
