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 process.
6. Metro conducted required public outreach and the Title VI analysis in accordance with King County Code and policy.
7. The proposed changes are within the adopted 2013-14 service hour budget.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The public transportation service changes for King County, substantially as described in Attachment A to this ordinance, dated September 2013, are hereby approved and will be implemented effective September 28, 2013.
SECTION 2. The public transportation service changes for King County, substantially as described in Attachment B to this ordinance, dated February 2014, are hereby approved and will be implemented effective February 15, 2014.
SECTION 3 The public transportation service changes for King County, substantially as described in Attachment C to this ordinance, dated June 2014, are hereby approved and will be implemented effective June 7, 2014.
SECTION 4. The alternative service demonstration program in the Snoqualmie Valley, substantially as described in Attachment D to this ordinance, together with the proposed revisions to the Snoqualmie Valley fixed route transit network set forth in Attachment D to this ordinance, are hereby approved and will be implemented effective September 28, 2013, subject to and contingent upon execution of agreements with the alternative service demonstration program service provider and funding partner no later
than June 13, 2013. The executive is authorized to enter into such agreements as necessary to implement the alternative service demonstration program.