Form revised December 30, 2003

FISCAL NOTE FOR NON-CAPITAL PROJECTS

Department:	Contact Person/Phone:	DOF Analyst/Phone:
Seattle Transportation	Susan Mueller, 233-7893	Jennifer Devore, 615-1328

Legislation Title:

AN ORDINANCE changing the name of Seattle Transportation to the Seattle Department of Transportation; amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 3.12 to reflect this change; updating other obsolete references throughout the Seattle Municipal Code; and authorizing the Code Reviser to make changes over time to all references elsewhere in the Seattle Municipal Code necessary to reflect the name change

· Summary of the Legislation: This Ordinance is a housekeeping ordinance that makes the official language in the Seattle Municipal Code conform to the working title of a City department (“the Seattle Department of Transportation” rather than “Seattle Transportation”), and that department’s director (“the Director of Transportation”).

· Background: (Include brief description of the purpose and context of legislation and include record of previous legislation and funding history, if applicable):

In 2002, when the current Director of Seattle Transportation was appointed, she was eager to set a new tone for the department and reflect the new Administration’s priorities for transportation. One of the ways she chose to do this was to change the name of the department from Seattle Transportation (SeaTran) to the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). As she wrote in an email to the department on June 7, 2002, “The purpose of this change is to bring more focus to a comprehensive approach to transportation. DOT is a standard reference to transportation agencies with multimodal responsibilities.” It is now time to change the Seattle Municipal Code so that the new departments name is reflected officially.

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__X__ This legislation does not have any financial implications. (Stop here and delete the remainder of this document prior to saving and printing.)