King County - File #: 2011-0247

• File #: 2011-0247
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/23/2011
• In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
• On agenda: 6/27/2011
• Final action: 6/27/2011
• Enactment date: 7/7/2011
• Enactment #: 17130
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; revising rates of fare; amending Ordinance 11033, Section 3 (part), and K.C.C 28.92.115, Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.010, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.210, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.210, Ordinance 12643, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.265, Ordinance 11033, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.020 and Ordinance 12643, Section 15, and K.C.C. 28.94.225, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4.150 and recodifying K.C.C. 28.94.150, K.C.C. 28.94.160, K.C.C. 28.94.165, K.C.C. 28.94.170, K.C.C. 28.94.180, K.C.C. 28.94.185, K.C.C. 28.94.190, K.C.C. 28.94.195, K.C.C. 28.94.200, K.C.C. 28.94.210, K.C.C. 28.94.215, K.C.C. 28.94.220, K.C.C. 28.94.230, K.C.C. 28.94.235, K.C.C. 28.94.240, K.C.C. 28.94.245 and K.C.C. 28.94.260.
• Sponsors: Larry Gossett
• Indexes: Metro, transit, Transportation
• Code sections: 28.92.115 - *, 28.94.020 - *, 28.94.150 - *, 28.94.160 - *, 28.94.165 - , 28.94.170 - , 28.94.180 - *, 28.94.185 - *, 28.94.190 - *, 28.94.195 - , 28.94.200 - *, 28.94.210 - , 28.94.215 - *, 28.94.220 - *, 28.94.225 - *, 28.94.230 - *, 28.94.235 - , 28.94.240 - *, 28.94.245 - , 28.94.260 - *, 28.94.265 - , 4.150.010 - .
• Staff: Carlson, Paul

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/27/2011	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
6/27/2011	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
6/20/2011	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
6/20/2011	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Deferred
6/14/2011	1	Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee	Passed Out of Committee Without a Recommendation	Pass
5/31/2011	1	Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee	Deferred
5/23/2011	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

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AN ORDINANCE relating to public transportation; revising rates of fare; amending Ordinance 11033, Section 3 (part), and K.C.C 28.92.115, Ordinance 13480, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.150.010, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.210, Ordinance 12643, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.210, Ordinance 12643, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.265, Ordinance 11033, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.94.020 and Ordinance 12643, Section 15, and K.C.C. 28.94.225, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4.150 and recodifying K.C.C. 28.94.150, K.C.C. 28.94.160, K.C.C. 28.94.165, K.C.C. 28.94.170, K.C.C. 28.94.180, K.C.C. 28.94.185, K.C.C. 28.94.190, K.C.C. 28.94.195, K.C.C. 28.94.200, K.C.C. 28.94.210, K.C.C. 28.94.215, K.C.C. 28.94.220, K.C.C. 28.94.230, K.C.C. 28.94.235, K.C.C. 28.94.240, K.C.C. 28.94.245 and K.C.C. 28.94.260.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The rollout of the smart card system for regional fare payment -- One Regional Card for All ("ORCA") -- and start of operations of Sound Transit's Link light rail service have resulted in fare coordination issues for customers of public transportation in the region.
2. The 2010/2011 Biennium Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 16717, Section 131, Proviso P6, for the Metro transit division, calls for the undertaking of a fare coordination effort with Sound Transit and other regional transit agencies.
3. Staff from the regional transit agencies assembled information on existing and proposed transit fares, identified opportunities for further regional coordination and reviewed these opportunities with the general managers of the transit agencies participating in the ORCA fare payment system in March 2010.
4. In April 2010, Sound Transit, in coordination with King County Metro transit and the other transit agencies, adopted fare changes to be implemented in 2010 and 2011 that will simplify fare payment for Sound Transit's riders within each county and provide Metro opportunities t...