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A MOTION relating to public transportation; acknowledging receipt of the Vanpool Program Update Report submitted in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P6.
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WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, unanimously adopted by the King County council and signed by the executive, appropriated $2.47 billion for the public transportation operating fund in the 2023-24 biennium, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P6, states that $100,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a vanpool program update report and a motion that should acknowledge receipt of the report, and a motion acknowledging receipt of the report is passed by the council, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P6, directs that the motion should reference the subject matter, the proviso's ordinance number, ordinance section and proviso number in both the title and body of the motion, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P6 directs that the report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. The number of active vanpool groups;
B. The total number of vanpool vehicles owned by the Metro transit department, specifying the number of vehicles being used for vanpool groups or other public transportation uses and the number of vehicles that are not in service; and
C. A description of the Metro transit department's plans for the vanpool program, including, but not limited to:
1. The number of vanpool groups that were active in 2023, as well as estimates of the number of vanpool groups that will be active at the end of 2024, 2025 and 2026;
2. Estimates of the number of vehicles the vanpool program will acquire in 2024, 2025 and 2026;
3. The proposed strategy and timeline to convert the vanpool program to zero emission vehicles; and
4. Any proposed changes to the design, structure or staffing of the vanpool program to resp...

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