1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

Regional Transit Committee

Councilmembers:

Jorge L. Barón, Chair

De'Sean Quinn

Alternate:

Sound Cities Association:

Vice Chair: Barbara de Michele, Issaquah; Neal Black,

Kirkland;

Joseph Cimaomo, Jr., Covington; Susan Honda, Federal Way;

Karen Howe, Sammamish; Ryan McIrvin, Renton;

Katherine Ross, Snoqualmie; Toni Troutner, Kent;

Alternates:

Paul Charbonneau, Newcastle; JC Harris, Des Moines;

Tarlochan Mann, Pacific; Tracy Taylor, Auburn

City of Seattle:

Joy Hollingsworth, Rob Saka

Alternate: Robert Kettle

Lead Staff: Mary Bourguignon (206-263-3296)

Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)

3:00 PM

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

DRAFT MINUTES

Hybrid Meeting

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Barón called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m.

10 -

Present:

Cimaomo Jr., de Michele, McIrvin, Troutner, Honda, Barón, Howe, Quinn,

Black and Harris

3 - Ross, Hollingsworth and Saka

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Vice Chair de Michele moved approval of the April 16, 2025, meeting minutes. There

being no objections, the minutes were approved.

Chair's Report

Chair Barón provided an overview of the meeting topics.

Regional Transit Committee

Meeting Minutes

May 21, 2025

Public Comment

The following individual provided public comment: Alex Tsimerman

General Manager's Report

DeAnna Martin, Chief of Staff, Metro Transit Department, reported on a lawsuit filed by

a national coalition of local jurisdictions against the federal Department of Housing and

Urban Development and the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit

Administration (FTA), the status of a motion for a restraining order that would block

the FTA from imposing or enforcing unauthorized grant conditions, new data related to

drug related incidents on or near Metro from 2023 – 2024, the celebration of the

opening of Sound Transit’s downtown Redmond link extension, Metro ridership and

service changes, trailhead direct service, and the beginning of fare enforcement on

May 31st.

Briefings

Briefing No. 2025-B0053

Free Youth Fare and Youth Ridership

Chris O’Claire, Director, Mobility Division, Metro Transit Department; Ina Percival,

Section Manager, Market Innovation, Metro Transit Department; and Melanie Mayock,

Program Manager, Youth Mobility, Metro Transit Department; briefed the committee

and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0054

Update on Service Recovery Plan: Ridership Recovery and Restructures

Chris O’Claire, Director, Mobility Division, Metro Transit Department; and Katie

Chalmers, Transit Service Development Manager, Metro Transit Department; briefed

the committee and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented