title
A MOTION relating to the establishment of a regional stakeholder transit task force and adopting a task force work plan, as directed by Ordinance 17941, Section 113, Proviso P1.
body
WHEREAS, in November 2014, Ordinance 17941 adopted the 2015/2016 King County Biennial Budget subject to the provisions set forth in the ordinance, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941, Section 113, includes a proviso P1 that requires the executive to transmit a motion by January 14, 2015 establishing a regional stakeholder transit task force and adopting a detailed task force work plan, and
WHEREAS, the work plan provides for a task force to be convened by March 31, 2015, that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations regarding:
1. How transit service performance is measured as specified in the Metro Service Guidelines to reflect the varied purposes of different types of transit service;
2. Approaches to evaluating how the goal of geographic value is included in the Metro Service Guidelines, including minimum service standards;
3. Approaches to evaluating how the goal of social equity is included in the Metro Service Guidelines;
4. Financial policies for purchase of additional services within a municipality or among multiple municipalities; and
5. Outline guidelines for alternative services implementation, and
WHEREAS, the work plan reflects integration with long range transit system planning and reflects corridor analyses, including Sound Transit corridors and Metro transit system corridors, and
WHEREAS, the work plan includes a scope of work, tasks, schedule, milestones, budget, task force membership criteria, and the creation of an interbranch working group to support the task force process, and
WHEREAS, Metro has compiled the required information and the executive has transmitted the regional stakeholder transit task force work plan as set forth as Attachment A to this motion to the council and to the transportation, economy and environment ...

Click here for full text