Drafter
Clerk 02/14/2023
Title
A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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WHEREAS, Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") regulations, set forth in 49 C.F.R. Part 673, require all direct and primary recipients of FTA funding to establish a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan ("ASP") within one calendar year after July 19, 2019, and
WHEREAS, 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1) requires that the ASP and any subsequent updates thereto be signed by the Accountable Executive and approved by the agency's Board of Directors or an Equivalent Authority, and
WHEREAS, in November 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill ("BIL"), which imposed additional requirements for the development of ASPs by transit agencies, was signed into law, and
WHEREAS, the King County Metro Transit department, as a transit provider and direct recipient of FTA funding, is required to comply with the requirements in 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1) and the BIL, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1), the general manager of the King County Metro transit department signed, and the King County council approved by Motion 15688, the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan dated December 2020, and
WHEREAS, consistent with new requirements imposed by the BIL, the King County Metro transit department developed the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, which updates the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan dated December 2020, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1), the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023 has been signed by the King County Metro Transit department general manager as the Accountable Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County council hereby approves the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan ...

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