1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Regional Transit Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Steffanie Fain, Chair  
Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer  
Sound Cities Association:  
Vice Chair: Ryan McIrvin, Renton; Neal Black, Kirkland; JC  
Harris, Des Moines;  
Susan Honda, Federal Way; Pamela Stuart, Sammamish;  
Toni Troutner, Kent; Tracy Taylor-Turner, Auburn  
Alternates:  
Vishal Bhargava, Bellevue; Larry Goldman, Lake Forest Park;  
Councilmember Julie Hsieh, Mercer Island; Mayor James  
Mayhew, Snoqualmie;  
Jim Ribail, Carnation  
City of Seattle:  
Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Rob Saka  
Alternate: Dionne Foster  
Lead Staff: Mary Bourguignon (206-263-3296)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, April 21, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
DRAFT MINUTES - Special joint meeting with the Transportation, Economy, and  
Environment Committee  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Fain called the meeting to order at 9:32 AM.  
Roll Call  
14 -  
Present:  
McIrvin, Troutner, Honda, Saka, Black, Perry, Fain, von Reichbauer,  
Taylor-Turner, Harris, Hsieh, Mayhew, Bhargava and Goldman  
2 - Stuart and Rinck  
Excused:  
Regional Transit Committee  
Meeting Minutes  
April 21, 2026  
Briefing  
3.  
FIFA Transportation Summit  
Sam Zimbabwe, Seattle FWC2026, Jonathan Rose, FIFA Program Director, King  
County Metro, Grant Lahmann, Transit Operations Chief of Staff, Sound Transit, Travis  
Phelps, Management of Mobility Division Director, Washington State Department of  
Transportation, and Elizabeth Sheldon, Deputy Director and Chief Infrastructure  
Engineer, Seattle Department of Transportation, briefed the committee via PowerPoint  
presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 10:49 AM.