Budget review - there is not a lot of ability to change the budget, but SCA's best recourse is through the King County Executive. This year the draft budget included some hefty increases. Package 2 - The new Regional Justice Center gets started in February 1996. However, the fees for 1997 will reflect the ongoing maintenance and operations of this Regional Justice Center. No disputes up to this point, but now there are three scheduled in November.
Members are encourage to attend, to give the committee more input.
Serious action from the ACLU is imminent because of the over-crowding. They may be using it to pay for items off the budget. We need to hear what the ETP and SCAT Board are doing. We need a more complete picture. There is a proposal for Multi-center development of transit hubs in multiple communities in place of more park and rides.