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Clerk 05/05/2016
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AN ORDINANCE approving September 2016 public transportation service changes for King County.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The proposed changes to Metro's fixed route transit network include changes that affect service in the cities of Bothell, Kenmore, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Seattle and Tukwila, as well as portions of unincorporated King County.
2. The proposed changes are consistent with the policy direction and priorities adopted via Ordinance 17641 in August 2013, in the 2013 update to King County Metro's Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and associated Service Guidelines.
3. In February 2012, Ordinance 17259 directed the reduction or elimination of low performing fixed-route bus service and reinvestment of resources into priorities established within the King County Metro Transit Strategic Plan 2011-2021 and Service Guidelines.
4. Ordinance 17259 directed the elimination of Route 42 effective with the Winter 2013 service change.
5. Ordinance 17259 directed the executive to collectively engage the riders and stakeholders associated with Routes 8 and 42 and any other bus routes directly affected by potential service change concepts identified in a community-developed proposal to meet rider needs in the southeast Seattle and Rainier Valley area.
6. Between 2012 and 2014, Metro met with a coalition of community-based organizations ("Transit for All") and engaged with the general public to collect feedback about potential service changes and related needs in southeast Seattle.
7. Riders and organizations that serve populations that depend on transit identified the need for better connections between southeast Seattle, Renton and other areas south of the city, as well as more convenient bus service to stores, services and the many social, health, cultural and religious activities along Martin Luther King Jr Way South.
8. In 2015, Metro formed a community advisory group, including representat...

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