Drafter
Clerk 05/09/2013
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AN ORDINANCE implementing public transportation service changes and the Snoqualmie Valley alternative service demonstration program in September 2013, February 2014 and June 2014 scheduled service changes.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The proposed changes to Metro's fixed route transit network and the Snoqualmie Valley alternative service demonstration program include changes that affect service in the cities of Bellevue, Burien, Carnation, Duvall, Issaquah, Mercer Island, North Bend, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, SeaTac, Seattle, Shoreline, Snoqualmie, Tukwila and Woodinville, as well as portions of unincorporated King County.
2. The proposed changes are consistent with the policy direction and priorities adopted on July 11, 2011, in King County Metro's Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and associated Service Guidelines, in Ordinance 17143.
3. Ordinance 17143, Section 7, adopting the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and Service Guidelines, directed the executive to transmit to council before June 15, 2012, for acceptance by motion, a five-year implementation plan for alternatives to traditional transit service delivery consistent with the recommendations from the 2010 Regional Transit Task Force.
4. The Five-Year Implementation Plan for Alternatives to Traditional Transit Service Delivery was submitted to council on June 12, 2012 and accepted on September 17, 2012, by Motion 13736. The motion directed Metro to start one to three alternative service demonstration programs by mid-2014 using the identified process for community collaboration.
5. The proposed 2013 service changes implement the first of three alternative service demonstration programs as called for in the alternative service delivery implementation plan. The first demonstration program includes the establishment of a funding partnership and operational strategies, developed as part of the identified community collaboration proce...
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