Metropolitan King County Council Vice Chair Jane Hague this week recognized the work of the members of the Regional Transit Task Force who represented the interests of resident in East King County. The panel created to develop a vision for the public transportation in King County briefed the Committee of the Whole and presented their recommendations to the members of the Council’s Committee of the Whole at the Committee’s November 8 meeting.

Issaquah City Council member Fred Butler was a member of the task force.

“I was very pleased by Eastside’s strong representation on the RTTF,” said Hague. “I also commend these individuals for all their time and hard work. This was a big commitment from beginning to end.”

Other members of the task force from the Eastside are:

Christine Hoffman, Redmond Chamber; Grant Degginger, Bellevue; Shiv Batra; Lynn Moody, Hopelink; and Jim Stanton, Microsoft.