Washington Administrative Code

(1) The university shall send copies of the final EIS to the SEPA advisory committee and the city-university community advisory committee.(2) The responsible official shall send notice of availability of the final EIS to anyone who received and/or commented on the DEIS.[Statutory…

(1) The University of Washington capital planning and development office shall serve as the location for the university's SEPA information website.(2) The following documents shall be maintained at the SEPA information website:(a) All SEPA public information registers for a perio…

The university shall provide public notice of scoping, DNS with comment period, public hearings scheduled in accordance with these procedures and availability of draft and final EISs by providing notice in such form as a press release or advertisement in the online UW Today, Univ…

There is no administrative appeal of any university determination relating to SEPA. Any appeal must be a judicial appeal under WAC 197-11-680(4).[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and 43.21C.120. WSR 03-12-007, § 478-324-145, filed 5/22/03, effective 6/22/03.]

(1) "Final action" means the university's decision to proceed or not proceed with a proposal and is so defined in compliance with public notice requirements, RCW 43.21C.080. For proposals involving a series of decision points, the final action shall be clearly identified in the e…

The university will use the flexible thresholds established by the particular jurisdiction in which a university project is located.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.120 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 84-20-074 (Order), § 478-324-160, filed 10/2/84.]

Actions that must be undertaken immediately or within a time too short to allow full compliance with these rules, to avoid an imminent threat to public health or safety, to prevent an imminent danger to public or private property, or to prevent an imminent threat of serious envir…

The associate vice president for capital planning and development or his or her designee shall serve as the responsible official for all university projects.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and UWBR, Standing Orders, chapter 8, § 2. WSR 17-14-035, § 478-324-180, filed 6/26/17…

The capital planning and development office shall be responsible for coordinating, receiving, and reviewing comments and requests for information from agencies regarding threshold determinations, scoping, EISs, and supplemental EISs.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and UWBR, …

(1) Except as otherwise specially provided herein, the university shall serve as the lead agency for all proposals.(2) When the total proposal will involve both private and university construction activity, it shall be characterized as either a private or a university project for…

(1) For university actions subject to SEPA, the capital planning and development office shall be charged with the university's lead agency responsibilities.(2) The capital planning and development office shall have primary university responsibility for providing procedural advice…

In order to carry out the policy of the State Environmental Policy Act, the University of Washington or its agents shall use all practical means, consistent with other essential considerations of state and university policy, to improve and coordinate plans, functions, programs, a…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.120 and WAC 197-11-904. …

The University of Washington adopts these rules pursuant to RCW 28B.20.140.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and 28B.20.140. WSR 08-13-074, § 478-350-010, filed 6/16/08, effective 7/17/08.]

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a fair, open, and efficient method by which the university may, under certain circumstances, contract for the erection and construction of university buildings or improvements thereto, in lieu of other statutorily authorized contracting…

The contracting method set forth in this chapter may be used only when the president of the university finds that all of the following criteria are met:(1) The buildings or improvements involved are part of the university's intercollegiate athletics facilities, include renovation…

Upon an approved finding that a project meets the criteria set forth above, the president or the president's designee may proceed to conduct a competitive process that is open, fair, and unbiased and results in one or more contracts with a qualified entity or team on the most adv…

Any contract awarded pursuant to these rules shall require full compliance with applicable sections of chapters 39.08, 39.12, and 60.28 RCW. The selected entity shall also be encouraged to work closely with the university's business diversity program.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B…

This chapter is enacted by the board of regents of the University of Washington pursuant to RCW 39.04.155 authorizing the university to establish a small works roster for public works projects with an estimated cost of less than three hundred thousand dollars.[Statutory Authority…

To expedite the award of public work contracts at minimum cost, the University of Washington executive vice president for finance and administration is authorized to establish a small works roster.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and UWBR, Standing Orders, chapter 8, § 2. WSR…

Whenever the estimated project construction cost of any University of Washington public work is less than three hundred thousand dollars, the University of Washington executive vice president for finance and administration is authorized to use the small works roster in lieu of pu…

Procedures shall be established for securing telephone, written, or electronic quotations from contractors on the appropriate small works roster to assure that a competitive price is established and to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. Bids may be solicited from a…

All statutes pertaining to contracts for public works shall be otherwise fully applicable to contracts awarded through the small works roster procedure.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and 39.34.080. WSR 86-08-027 (Order 86-1), § 478-355-050, filed 3/26/86.]

The executive vice president for finance and administration is authorized to establish procedures for university use of its small works roster.[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.20.130 and UWBR, Standing Orders, chapter 8, § 2. WSR 17-14-035, § 478-355-060, filed 6/26/17, effective 7/…

The transportation improvement board is a twenty-one member board, organized under the provisions of RCW 47.26.121. The board administers the transportation improvement account and the small city pavement and sidewalk account.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 12-08-060…

Regular public meetings of the board are held at least quarterly or more frequently as decided by a majority vote of the board. Regular meetings are held on the fourth Friday of the month, unless the week of the fourth Friday includes a holiday, wherein the board will determine t…

The official mailing address of the board is:Transportation Improvement BoardPost Office Box 40901Olympia, Washington 98504-0901.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 07-18-050, § 479-01-030, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07; WSR 95-04-072, § 479-01-030, filed 1/30/95, eff…

The following definitions and acronyms apply:(1) TIB - The transportation improvement board.(2) Board - The transportation improvement board refers to the group of board members defined in RCW 47.26.121 and does not include the executive director or staff.(3) Director - The execu…

The costs for board activities, staff services, and facilities will be paid out of the transportation improvement account as determined by the biennial appropriation.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 12-08-060, § 479-01-050, filed 4/3/12, effective 5/4/12; WSR 07-18-05…

The board appoints an executive director who will serve at its pleasure to carry out the board priorities and the mission of the agency including the following administrative duties:(1) The executive director will direct and supervise all day-to-day activities of the staff.(2) Th…

The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure compliance by the transportation improvement board with the provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW dealing with public records.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 07-18-050, § 479-02-010, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07. Statutory…

The executive secretary is the public records officer for the transportation improvement board. The public records officer is responsible for implementation of the board's rules and regulations regarding release of public records and ensuring compliance with the public records di…

All public records defined in RCW 42.17.020 are available for public inspection and copying unless the record falls within the specific exemptions of chapter 42.56 RCW or other specific statute.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 07-18-050, § 479-02-060, filed 8/30/07, e…

Public records requests should be sent to the public records officer at the office location using the following procedures:(1) To ensure accuracy, any requests for public records should be made in writing and may be mailed or emailed.(2) For prompt response, the following informa…

Upon receiving a request, the public records officer will respond within five business days in writing or by email acknowledging receipt of the request and with one or more of the following:(1) The requested record;(2) An estimate of the time it will take to provide the record or…

Public records will be available for inspection and copying by appointment during the normal business hours of TIB. Normal office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 23-08-032, § 479-02-0…

(l) No fee is charged for inspection of public records.(2) The board will charge a reasonable fee for providing copies of public records as provided in RCW 42.56.120.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 07-18-050, § 479-02-090, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07; WSR 91-13-…

To protect public records, the following rules have been adopted:(l) Copying of public documents will be done by staff or under their supervision.(2) Public documents will not be removed by the requestor.(3) Inspection of documents will be monitored by staff.(4) If a request is s…

Whenever the record requested clearly falls within the statutory exemptions of chapter 42.56 RCW, or when the exempt status of the record is unclear:(1) The public records officer will consult with the assistant attorney general to determine if a requested public record is exempt…

Denial of a public records request will be in accordance with RCW 42.56.530.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 07-18-050, § 479-02-120, filed 8/30/07, effective 9/30/07; WSR 95-04-072, § 479-02-120, filed 1/30/95, effective 3/2/95; WSR 91-13-056, § 479-02-120, filed 6/1…

The public records officer will maintain a current index of board records.(1) The following list of records is included in the index:(a) Legislation, rules, and regulations of the board;(b) Bylaws adopted by the board;(c) Minutes of board meetings;(d) Resolutions approved by the …

The current index promulgated by the board shall be available to all persons under the same rules and on the same conditions as are applied to public records available for inspection.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. WSR 91-13-056, § 479-02-140, filed 6/17/91, effective 7/…

A call for projects may be made as the board deems appropriate. Subsequent to a call, a priority array may be adopted. The array will be published and will list all approved applications.Special funding programs or a special call for projects may be made by the board as funds all…

An eligible agency may request the transportation improvement board to consider a project for funding outside of the normal call for projects. To be considered as emergent nature, a project must demonstrate one or more of the following:(1) There has been a significant change in t…

Projects selected in the priority array must be included in the local agency's six-year transportation plan prior to receiving authorization to proceed on the project.Preservation projects identified through pavement condition ratings are not required to appear in the local agenc…

(1) All projects using transportation improvement board funds will be supervised by a professional engineer registered in the state of Washington.(2) The executive director may waive a supervised professional engineer requirement for low-cost preventative preservation and mainten…

A local agency that has a small city arterial program project, small city preservation project, complete streets project, or active transportation project, may elect to have, or the executive director may require, the project to be administered by another city, a county, state de…