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Clerk 03/25/2022

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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the Future of Metro Transit Department's Fare Collection System report as required by Ordinance 19210, Section 113, Proviso P4.

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                     WHEREAS, the 2021-2022 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19210, Section 113, Proviso P4, states that $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated to transit from the public transportation operating fund shall not be expended or encumbered until the transit department transmits a report on the future of Metro transit department's fare collection system together with a motion acknowledging receipt of the report and the motion acknowledging the report is passed by the council, and

                     WHEREAS, the future of Metro transit department's fare collection system report is required to include:  (1) a description of Metro transit department's current fare collection system, including the condition of Metro transit department's fare boxes, and identification of fare collection system components in need of replacement and rationale for proposing changes to the current fare collection system; (2) an equity impact review, including identification of communities that could be disproportionately adversely impacted by the transition to a contactless fare system and therefore should be priority populations in the design of a contactless fare collection system; (3) a summary of the community engagement process, conducted by the Metro transit department and cocreated by stakeholders identified as representing priority populations, including fare collection system alternatives considered in the community engagement process, and recommendations made by priority populations; (4) options and cost estimates for potential fare collection alternatives, including continuing current fare collection methods and replacing fare boxes on buses; (5) an identification of potential cost savings from each fare collection option, including transitioning to contactless fare collection, and how those savings could be reinvested in improving the accessibility or affordability of fares for priority populations; and (6) discussion of policy changes necessary to implement the identified options for potential fare collection alternatives, and

                     WHEREAS, the Metro transit department, in consultation with the office of equity and social justice and the office of performance, strategy and budget, compiled the required information and the executive has transmitted the future of Metro transit department's fare collection system report;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The council hereby acknowledges receipt of the future of Metro transit

department's fare collection system report, Attachment A to this motion, as required by Ordinance 19210, Section 113, Transit, Proviso P4.