Drafter
Clerk 09/30/2025
Title
A MOTION acknowledging the receipt of the expediting RapidRide report in compliance with the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 115, Proviso P5.
Body
WHEREAS, the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 115, Proviso P5, states that $100,000 of the moneys appropriated to transit from the public transportation operating fund shall not be expended or encumbered until the transit department transmits an expediting RapidRide report together with a motion acknowledging receipt of the report, and
WHEREAS, the expediting RapidRide report is required to include:
1. A summary of the expected timeline for planning, development, and implementation of a RapidRide line, including, but not limited to, technical analysis, design, community engagement, coordination with partners, permitting, environmental review, grant applications, property acquisition, and construction, as well as a summary of how that expected timeline compares with the Metro transit department's actual experience with RapidRide lines opened or planned for implementation between 2020 and 2031;
2. A description of the efforts the Metro transit department has taken to respond to the recommendations contained in the July 18, 2023, King County auditor's office audit entitled Metro Transit: Strengthening Data, Communication, and Continuous Improvement Processes Could Help Reduce Project Delays, including how the Metro transit department's responses to the audit recommendations could expedite the development of planned RapidRide lines;
3. A description of any efforts the Metro transit department has taken to change its capital delivery processes based on best practices for capital delivery identified or implemented by peer agencies or based on the Metro transit department's past experiences with partner jurisdictions and agencies that own and operate the right-of-way on which RapidRide lines run; and
4. Any legislation necessary to expedi...

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