Drafter
Clerk 5/2/2007
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AN ORDINANCE relating to certain transit service partnerships authorized in the Transit Now Ordinance, 15582; adopting prioritization criteria for selecting among eligible partnership applications and establishing procedures for entering into agreements for the service partnerships; and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4.29.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. The Transit Now Ordinance, Ordinance 15582, adopted by the council on September 5, 2006, and the subsequent Transit Now proposition approved by the voters in the general election on November 7, 2006, provides funds for new transit services. In addition to those services, the Transit Now Ordinance authorizes King County Metro Transit to enter into certain service partnerships with public and private service partners to add other transit services mutually agreed to by the service partners and Metro Transit. Two types of service partnerships are authorized by the Transit Now Ordinance: direct financial partnerships and speed-and-reliability partnerships.
B. According to the Transit Now Ordinance, service partnership agreements are intended to: "leverage Metro's service resources to increase overall transit resources;" to be located "where transit service investments will generate the most riders;" to "act as a tool...to meet growth targets and improve transit market share to support employee commuting;" and to "target but not limit partnerships to designated urban, manufacturing, and industrial centers."
C. The Transit Now Ordinance establishes the maximum number of annual service hours available for service partnerships, and sets minimum requirements for service partnership proposals to be eligible for service partnership agreements. Those proposals will be developed and evaluated using the criteria established by this ordinance.
D. The criteria set forth in this ordinance for selecting among eligible servi...

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