File #: 2023-0084    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 3/14/2023 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/4/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16329
Title: A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: King County, Metro, Public Transportation
Attachments: 1. Motion 16329, 2. A. King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, 3. 2023-0084 transmittal letter, 4. 2023-0084 Legislative Review Form, 5. 2023-0084_SR_Metro-Safety-Plan
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary

Drafter

Clerk 02/14/2023

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A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulations and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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                     WHEREAS, Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") regulations, set forth in 49 C.F.R. Part 673, require all direct and primary recipients of FTA funding to establish a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan ("ASP") within one calendar year after July 19, 2019, and

                     WHEREAS, 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1) requires that the ASP and any subsequent updates thereto be signed by the Accountable Executive and approved by the agency's Board of Directors or an Equivalent Authority, and

                     WHEREAS, in November 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill ("BIL"), which imposed additional requirements for the development of ASPs by transit agencies, was signed into law, and

                     WHEREAS, the King County Metro Transit department, as a transit provider and direct recipient of FTA funding, is required to comply with the requirements in 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1) and the BIL, and

                     WHEREAS, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1), the general manager of the King County Metro transit department signed, and the King County council approved by Motion 15688, the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan dated December 2020, and

                     WHEREAS, consistent with new requirements imposed by the BIL, the King County Metro transit department developed the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, which updates the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan dated December 2020, and

                     WHEREAS, in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 673.11(a)(1), the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023 has been signed by the King County Metro Transit department general manager as the Accountable Executive;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The King County council hereby approves the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan 2023, which is Attachment A to this motion.  The King County executive is requested to transmit a copy of Attachment A to this motion, with a copy of the final,

signed Signature Report of this motion attached as Appendix A, to the Federal Transit Administration.