File #: 2010-0557    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/3/2011 In control: Environment and Transportation Committee
On agenda: 1/31/2011 Final action: 1/31/2011
Enactment date: 2/8/2011 Enactment #: 17025
Title: AN ORDINANCE replacing the transit advisory and accessible services advisory committee with the transit advisory commission; and amending Ordinance 11431, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.140, recodifying K.C.C. 28.94.140 and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 2.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Accessible Services, transit
Code sections: 2 - , 28.94.140 -
Attachments: 1. 17025.pdf, 2. 2010-0557 Transmittal Letter.doc, 3. 2010-0557 Fiscal Note.xls, 4. 2010-0557 Staff Report - TAC-ASAC Merger.doc, 5. 2010-0557 Revised Staff Report - TAC-ASAC Merger.doc
Staff: Carlson, Paul
Drafter
Clerk 01/19/2011
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AN ORDINANCE replacing the transit advisory and accessible services advisory committee with the transit advisory commission; and amending Ordinance 11431, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.140, recodifying K.C.C. 28.94.140 and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 2.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The existing transit advisory committee and accessible services advisory committee provide the transit division, the King County executive and the King County council with community and bus rider perspectives on similar transit policy issues.
B. The transit division faced significant funding shortfalls due to the national recession requiring adoption of a 2010-2011 biennial budget that included job losses, fare increases, use of reserves and significant cuts to transit programs.
C. The transit division continues to face significant financial challenges, which likely will require significant reductions in transit service, unless new revenue sources can be secured.
D. Combining the transit advisory and accessible services advisory committees would result in cost savings through a reduction in staff time, duplication of effort and costs attendant to organizing and supporting advisory committees.
E. Consolidation of the transit advisory and accessible services advisory committees will not diminish the value of information provided to the transit division, the executive, or the council; nor will consolidation limit committee members' ability to represent transit riders throughout the county including persons with disabilities and elderly persons.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11431, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.140 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The ((transit public involvement model employed by the)) King County department of transportation shall ((consist of three)) employ a transit public involvement model to promote the transit division's responsiveness and ...

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