File #: 2012-0181    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/7/2012 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/30/2012
Enactment date: 8/10/2012 Enactment #: 17386
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting an update to the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Larry Phillips, Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Transportation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17386.pdf, 2. A - Proposed new strategies 2.1.4 and 6.2.4, 3. 2012-0181 Transmittal Letter.doc, 4. 2012-0181 Transit Strategic Plan Update Ordinance, 5. 2012-0181 Attachment May_2012_Strategic Plan.draft, 6. 2012-0181 Staff Report with attachments, 7. A. Proposed new strategies 2.1.4 and 6.2.4 dated 6-27-12, 8. 2012-0181 Staff Report - tsp UPDATE .doc, 9. 2012-0181 Attachment 3 - Transit Strategic.doc, 10. A. Proposed new strategies 2.1.4 and 6.2.4 dated 6-27-12
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 05/01/2012
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting an update to the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County council adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 ("the strategic plan") and the King County Metro Service Guidelines ("the service guidelines") in July 2011.
2. The regional transit task force recommended that the strategic plan and service guidelines focus on transparency and clarity, cost control and productivity.
3. In July 2010, the King County council adopted the first-ever countywide King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014, establishing prioritized goals, objectives and strategies for the programs and services of King County government. The countywide plan was also intended to provide a framework for all agency-level strategic planning, including planning for the transit division.
4. The strategic plan and service guidelines build on the King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014 and the policy framework and recommendations of the regional transit task force and are also guided by the challenges King County Metro faces: regional growth; the evolving transportation system; climate change; diverse customer needs; and a structural funding deficit.
5. The strategic plan and service guidelines are meant to be living documents setting the policy for and guiding the implementation of the Metro transit service network while responding to growth throughout the county, while also incorporating regular review of policies by the regional transit committee.
6. Ordinance 17143, Section 6, which adopted the strategic plan and service guidelines, directs that by April 30, 2012, 2013 and 2015, and as necessary thereafter for the purpose of validating policy intent of the strategic plan, the executive shall transmit to the council an ordinance to update the strategic plan and service guidelines. The legislation and updates should inclu...

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