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Clerk 12/19/2016
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting King County Metro's long-range transit service and capital plan and requiring a work plan.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County council adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and the King County Metro Service Guidelines in July 2011.
2. The regional transit task force recommended that the strategic plan and service guidelines focus on transparency and clarity, cost control, productivity, social equity, geographic value and sustainable funding.
3. The King County council adopted the 2013 update to the strategic plan and service guidelines in July 2013 under Ordinance 17641.
4. Ordinance 17641, Section 1, adopting the 2013 update to the strategic plan, incorporated a new strategy 6.1.2 to the strategic plan which reads as follows:
Establish and maintain a long-range transit service and capital plan developed in collaboration with local comprehensive and regional long-range transportation planning.
5. In 2010, the first-ever countywide King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014 was adopted via Ordinance 16897, establishing prioritized goals, objectives and strategies for the programs and services of King County government. That countywide plan was also intended to provide a framework for all agency-level strategic planning, including planning for the transit division.
6. On March 2, 2015, the King County council passed Motion 14317 updating and revising the King County Vision, Mission, Guiding Principles, Goals and Strategic Innovation Priorities.
7. METRO CONNECTS - King County Metro Long-Range Plan ("Metro CONNECTS"), Attachment A to this ordinance, is a long-range transit service and capital plan that was developed with input from transportation stakeholders, the King County council and executive, jurisdictions, and riders.
8. METRO CONNECTS builds on Metro's strategic plan, service guidelines, the King County Strategic Pl...

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