File #: 2016-0005    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/19/2016 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/13/2016
Enactment date: 6/16/2016 Enactment #: 18301
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting updates to the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and the King County Metro Service Guidelines; and repealing Ordinance 17143, Section 3, Ordinance 17386, Section 1, Ordinance 17641, Section 1, and Ordinance 17143, Section 4, as amended.
Sponsors: Reagan Dunn, Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: Metro, Transportation
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18301.pdf, 2. A. King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 2015 Update, Rev. April 27, 2016, 3. B. King County Metro Service Guidelines 2015 Update, dated April 27, 2016, 4. 2016-0005 legislative review form.pdf, 5. A. King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 2015 Update, Rev. April 27, 2016, 6. B. King County Metro Service Guidelines 2015 Update, dated April 27, 2016, 7. A. King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 2015 Update, 8. B. King County Metro Service Guidelines 2015 Update, 9. 2016-0005 Attachment 1 to transmittal letter Summary of Changes.pdf, 10. 2016-0005 Attachment 2 to transmittal letter - Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021.docx, 11. 2016-0005 Attachment 3 to transmittal letter - King County Metro Service Guidelines.docx, 12. 2016-0005 fiscal note.xls, 13. 2016-0005 transmittal letter.doc, 14. 2016-0005_SR_Update TSP and KCMSG.docx, 15. Attachment 1. Presentation_1-20-16_v10.pdf, 16. Attachment 2. Service Guidelines Task Force Background & Access to Transit Study Summary Handouts.pdf, 17. Attachment 3 Revised Summary.pdf, 18. Revised Presentation_1-20-16_v10.pdf, 19. 2016-0005_SR_Update for 2-3-2016 Workshop.pdf, 20. RTC_2-3-16_Workshop_FINAL.pdf, 21. 2016-0005_ATT2_ListofLinks.docx, 22. 2016-0005_ATT3_Workshop_Followup.pdf, 23. 2016-0005_ATT4_AccessToTransitRpt.pdf, 24. 2016-0005_SR_2-17_Update.docx, 25. 2016-0005_ATT1_MetroPres-SvcGuid+SPPT.pdf, 26. Revised_MetroPres-SvcGuid+SPPT.pdf, 27. 2016-0005_SR_3-16_Update.docx, 28. ATT 1 Attachment A Draft Striking Amdt Changes 3-9-2016.docx, 29. ATT 2 Attachment B Draft Striking Amdt Changes 3-9-2016.docx, 30. ATT 3 Matrix of Preliminary Draft Changes 3-11.docx, 31. 2016-0005_SR_4-27_Update.docx, 32. ATT_1_2016-0005 Striker AMDT BR0421.pdf, 33. ATT_3x_MetroSrvGuid-042716rev.pdf, 34. ATT_4_2016-0005 Title AMDT BR0421.pdf, 35. ATT_5_Matrix of Changes 0421.pdf, 36. ATT_6 Collated Set of Pages Excerpted from Attachments A and B (Pages with text changes).pdf, 37. ATT_7_2016-0005_ListofLinks.pdf, 38. ATT 8. Proposed Ordinance.pdf, 39. Revised 2016-0005_SR_4-27_Update.docx, 40. 2016-0005_SR_Update Transit Strategic Plan and Service Guidelines.docx, 41. 2016-0005_SR_Update Transit Strategic Plan and Service Guidelines.docx, 42. 2016-0005_SR_Update Transit Strategic Plan and Service Guidelines.docx
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 05/04/2016
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting updates to the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and the King County Metro Service Guidelines; and repealing Ordinance 17143, Section 3, Ordinance 17386, Section 1, Ordinance 17641, Section 1, and Ordinance 17143, Section 4, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County council adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 ("strategic plan") and the King County Metro Service Guidelines ("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, productivity, social equity, geographic value and sustainable funding.
3. In 2010, the first-ever countywide King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014 was adopted via Ordinance 16897, establishing prioritized goals, objectives and strategies for the programs and services of King County government. This 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: population and economic growth, demographic changes, funding, the environment, customer service and satisfaction, access to transit, and an evolving transportation system.
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, direc...

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