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Clerk 08/02/2010
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A MOTION accepting a report by the transit division detailing the feasibility of implementing recycling and solar powered trash compaction at transit passenger facilities maintained by King County.
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WHEREAS, the King County department of transportation provides a variety of public transportation services to the citizens of King County, and
WHEREAS, some of these services include activities pertaining to waste collection at hundreds of transit passenger facility locations throughout the county, and
WHEREAS, a proviso in the 2010 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, requires the transit division to transmit a report detailing the feasibility of implementing recycling and solar powered trash compaction at transit passenger facilities maintained by King County with a motion for council approval, and
WHEREAS, the facilities management division was also issued a similar proviso and both divisions were directed to collaborate and provide a joint report, and
WHEREAS, the transit division has collaborated with the facilities management division and together they have determined that they have uniquely different operations and waste collection methods, and
WHEREAS, the transit division and the facilities management division will be providing separate reports to address the proviso in order to fully address the unique features and operations in each division, and
WHEREAS, the transit division has determined it is feasible to test both recycling and solar powered trash compaction at transit facilities;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The report detailing the feasibility of implementing recycling and solar powered
trash compaction at transit passenger facilities maintained by King County, as outlined in Attachment A to this motion, is hereby accepted.
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