Drafter
Clerk 05/04/2016
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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; adopting updates to the Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 and the King County Metro Service Guidelines; and repealing Ordinance 17143, Section 3, Ordinance 17386, Section 1, Ordinance 17641, Section 1, and Ordinance 17143, Section 4, as amended.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The King County council adopted the King County Metro Strategic Plan for Public Transportation 2011-2021 ("strategic plan") and the King County Metro Service Guidelines ("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. 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. This countywide plan was also intended to provide a framework for all agency-level strategic planning, including planning for the transit division.
4. The strategic plan and service guidelines build on the King County Strategic Plan 2010-2014 and the policy framework and recommendations of the regional transit task force and are also guided by the challenges King County Metro faces: population and economic growth, demographic changes, funding, the environment, customer service and satisfaction, access to transit, and an evolving transportation system.
5. The strategic plan and service guidelines are meant to be living documents setting the policy for and guiding the implementation of the Metro transit service network while responding to growth throughout the county, while also incorporating regular review of policies by the regional transit committee.
6. Ordinance 17143, Section 6, which adopted the strategic plan and service guidelines, direc...
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