Federal Way City Council member Jeanne Burbidge has been reappointed to the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board and will serve until June 30, 2014.

The Secretary of Transportation originally appointed Burbidge to the Board in February 2004 after her nomination by the Association of Washington Cities.

She served as chair of the board from 2008-2009.

The Washington State Legislature created the TIB to foster state investment in local transportation projects. It is an independent state agency that distributes and manages street construction and maintenance grants to 320 cities and urban counties throughout Washington.

The funding for TIB’s grant programs comes from revenue generated by 3 cents of the statewide gas tax.

Burbidge has been a Federal Way City Councilmember since 1997, and served as mayor from 2002-2003. She chairs the City’s Parks, Recreation, Human Services and Public Safety Committee, and is a member of the Finance, Economic Development, and Regional Affairs
Committee.

Regionally, Burbidge is a member of the South County Area Transportation Board, the King County Metro Regional Transit Committee, the Executive Board and the Transportation Policy Board for the Puget Sound Regional Council, the Legislative Committee and the Policy
Committee on Transportation Infrastructure & Services for the National League of Cities, and is an alternate member of the Suburban Cities Association Policy Issues Committee.

In addition, she serves on the Ecosystem Coordination Board and its Executive Steering Committee for the Puget Sound Partnership.

Council member Burbidge is also very involved in community service work, which includes the Boys & Girls Club of Federal Way, St. Francis Hospital Women’s Advisory Council, the Rotary of Federal Way, the Federal Way Historical Society, and more.