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A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on options for providing public transportation service to the Seattle waterfront and northwest Belltown in response to the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P7.
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WHEREAS, the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19546, Section 114, Proviso P7, states that $100,000 of the moneys appropriated to transit from the public transportation operating fund shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a report that includes a summary of long-term concepts for transit service along the waterfront and in northwest Belltown (“the study area”) that were identified in the waterfront and northwest Belltown transit study, which was approved in 2018 by Motion 15263, a description of changes since 2018 that could affect the feasibility of implementing the long-term concepts for transit service in the study area, and a summary of options for improving transit service in the study area, and
WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted to the council the 2024 Update on Waterfront & Northwest Belltown Transit Report, and
WHEREAS, the report is submitted by the Metro transit department to fulfill the proviso's reporting obligations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The council acknowledges receipt of the 2024 Update on Waterfront & Northwest Belltown Transit Report, Attachment A to this motion.