[0:06] Welcome everybody. I

[0:06] m calling

[0:08] this meeting of the King County

[0:09] Council to order. Welcome to

[0:11] the Tuesday, MARCH 4th, 2025

[0:12] meeting of the King County

[0:13] Council. Welcome to the

[0:14] courthouse, everyone. Thank you

[0:16] so much for joining us today on

[0:16] today

[0:18] s agenda, we have items

[0:19] on consent, including approval

[0:21] of a couple of general sewer

[0:22] plans and authorizing an

[0:23] interlocal agreement with the

[0:25] City of Kent for inspection and

[0:27] maintenance of the Rock Creek

[0:29] Bridge. We have a couple of

[0:30] memorandum of labor agreements

[0:32] concerning the juvenile

[0:33] detention guild and supervisors

[0:34] and ordinance approving the

[0:37] East Lane. And Downtown Redmond

[0:38] Link extension service changes

[0:40] and also we have motions

[0:41] regarding confirmation of

[0:43] several executive appointments

[0:44] to various committees, a motion

[0:45] requesting the executive to

[0:48] engage on a task force on

[0:49] transit safety and security. I

[0:49] believe that

[0:50] s why we

[0:50] re joined

[0:53] by our, our brothers from atu

[0:55] in the audience today, a motion

[0:57] requesting the Metro report on

[0:59] unplanned trip cancellation and

[1:01] describe how information about

[1:02] unplanned trip cancellations

[1:03] for fixed route bus service

[1:04] could be more quickly provided

[1:06] to. For passengers in real time.

[1:08] So it

[1:09] s a good agenda, uh,

[1:10] clerk, please call the roll.

[1:14] Thank you, Chairahale

[1:16] Councilber Baucci here

[1:17] Counciluncilmember Baron

[1:20] councilmember Dimowski,

[1:21] councilmember Dunn

[1:22] Counciluncilmember Mosquera

[1:22] Councilcilmember Perry,

[1:24] councilmember Quinn. Here.

[1:26] Council member von Reichbauer.

[1:28] Chasahala, you have a quorum.

[1:29] Great, uh, council member of

[1:31] Baron, would you be willing to

[1:33] lead us in a flag salute today.

[1:34] Yes, please stand if you

[1:39] re.

[1:47] Like in America. One nation

[1:54] under GOD in his soul. Next, we

[1:57] will turn to approval of the

[1:58] minutes councilmember Dunn

[2:00] right on time. MAY you please

[2:02] give me a motion to approve the

[2:03] meeting minutes of the special

[2:05] meeting of FEBRUARY 21st, 2025

[2:07] and the regular meeting of

[2:09] FEBRUARY 25, move both sets of

[2:11] minutes, the minutes approval

[2:12] is before us. All those in

[2:14] favor please say aye aye aye.

[2:16] All those opposed, the meeting

[2:18] minutes are approved. Next we

[2:20] will ask the clerk if there are

[2:21] any additions to the council

[2:22] agenda. There are none. All

[2:26] right, then we will turn to the

[2:27] public hearing portion of the

[2:28] agenda during the public

[2:29] hearing portion of the meeting,

[2:31] the council will take public

[2:32] comment on ordinances and

[2:33] motions on today

[2:33] s agenda for

[2:36] action. Listening to the public

[2:37] and taking into consideration

[2:38] the public

[2:38] s thoughts is an

[2:41] important part of our process.

[2:43] Uh, in order to allow everyone

[2:45] to testify, I would like to set

[2:46] the following ground rules.

[2:47] Please remain seated until time

[2:49] for your testimony. Do not make

[2:50] audible noise during the

[2:52] meeting. Your comments must be

[2:53] germane and relevant to the

[2:54] subject matters of the public

[2:56] hearing. This is also a

[2:57] reminder that public testimony

[2:59] MAY not be used for the

[3:01] purposes of campaigning if you

[3:02] do not abide by these ground

[3:03] rules or are otherwise

[3:04] disruptive, you MAY be ruled

[3:06] out of order and MAY be asked

[3:07] to leave the meeting before we

[3:09] hear from the public, I want to

[3:10] be sure that everyone who has

[3:12] called in understands how the

[3:13] process will be managed. We

[3:14] will begin with members of the

[3:16] public who have joined us in

[3:17] the chambers today. If you

[3:17] re

[3:18] providing comment remotely,

[3:20] please listen to the meeting on

[3:21] the Zoom call until your name

[3:22] is called. If you

[3:22] re in the

[3:24] room and would like to give

[3:26] public testimony. We will be

[3:28] using the raise hand uh feature

[3:29] to proceed through public

[3:30] comment today once I call for a

[3:33] comment, either press 9 on your

[3:35] phone or click the raise hand

[3:37] icon on the Zoom toolbar

[3:38] located at the bottom of your

[3:40] screen to raise your hand,

[3:41] which notifies the clerk you.

[3:43] Wish to speak. Our clerk will

[3:44] call the names and numbers of

[3:45] those who have raised their

[3:46] hand when you, when your name

[3:48] or last three digits of your

[3:50] phone number is called, Staff

[3:50] will unmute your line. You

[3:51] ll

[3:52] have 2 minutes to speak and

[3:52] we

[3:53] ll hear a timer go off when

[3:55] you have reached 2 minutes. You

[3:56] can finish your thought, but

[3:57] please do wrap up your comments

[3:59] to allow the next person to

[4:00] speak if you go much past 2

[4:02] minutes, you will be muted.

[4:03] Clerk, MAY you please read the

[4:04] items into the record. Thank

[4:07] you. Item 6 is proposed

[4:08] ordinance number 2024-0252

[4:10] approving the Valley View Sewer

[4:12] District 2023 general sewer

[4:15] Plan. Item 7 is proposed

[4:16] substitute ordinance number

[4:17] 2024-0263, an ordinance

[4:18] authorized in the King County

[4:19] Executive to execute an

[4:20] interlocal agreement with the

[4:21] City of Kent for the inspection

[4:22] and maintenance of the Rock

[4:26] Creek Bridge. Item 8 is

[4:26] proposed ordnance number

[4:28] 2024-0410 proving the Southwest

[4:29] suburban Sewer District general

[4:31] sewer Plan update dated JULY

[4:34] 2024. Item 9 is proposed

[4:35] ordinance number 2025-0082,

[4:37] approving and adopting the

[4:38] memoranda of agreement

[4:38] negotiated by between King

[4:40] County and the King County

[4:41] Juvenile Detention Guild

[4:42] representing employees in the

[4:42] juvenile division of the

[4:44] Department of Adult and

[4:45] juvenile detention and

[4:46] establishing the effective date

[4:49] of the agreement. Item 10 is

[4:50] proposed ordinance number

[4:51] 2025-0083 approving and

[4:52] adopting two memoranda of

[4:53] agreement negotiated by and

[4:55] between King County and the

[4:56] juvenile Division supervisors

[4:57] Bargaining unit representing

[4:58] supervisors in the juvenile

[4:59] division of the Department of

[5:00] Adult and juvenile detention

[5:01] and establishing the effective

[5:05] date of the agreement. I 11 is

[5:06] proposed ordinance number

[5:07] 2025-0056 approving East Link

[5:09] in downtown Redmond Link

[5:10] Extension Transportation

[5:11] service changes for King County.

[5:14] Item 12 is proposed motion

[5:14] number 2024-0362, confirming

[5:15] the executive

[5:15] s appointment of

[5:17] Richard Bard, who resides in

[5:18] Council District 8 to the King

[5:20] County Bashon Mare Island

[5:20] Groundwater Protection

[5:22] Committee representing Bash on

[5:23] Maury Island residents. Item 13

[5:26] is proposed motion number

[5:27] 2024-0363, confirming the

[5:28] executive

[5:28] s appointment Donna

[5:29] Klimka. Resides in council

[5:31] District 8 to the King County

[5:32] Basel and Maury Island.

[5:33] Groundwater Protection

[5:34] Committee representing

[5:35] residential exempt well owners.

[5:38] Item 14 is proposed motion

[5:39] number 2025-0002, confirming

[5:39] the executive

[5:40] s appointment of

[5:41] David Ellison, who resides in

[5:43] council District 7 to the King

[5:44] County Lake Management District

[5:45] number 2 Advisory Committee as

[5:47] the Lake Geneva Property Owners

[5:48] Association representative.

[5:51] Item 15 as proposed motion

[5:52] number 2025-0003. Confirm the

[5:52] executive

[5:53] s appointment of

[5:54] Colleen Short, who resides in

[5:55] council District 7 to the King

[5:56] County Lake Management District,

[5:58] number 2 Advisory committee as

[5:59] a representative of Lake. Of

[6:01] property owners. Item 16 as

[6:04] proposed, motion number

[6:05] 2025-0007. A motion

[6:06] acknowledging a receipt of the

[6:07] accountability report required

[6:09] by the 2023, 2024 biennial

[6:11] budget ordinance. Item 17 is

[6:14] proposed substitute motion

[6:15] number 2025-0020 relating to

[6:16] public transportation

[6:17] requesting the executive to

[6:18] engage in a task force on

[6:20] transit safety and security to

[6:21] address public safety on

[6:23] transit and in the community in

[6:24] which the Metro Transit

[6:27] Department operates. Item 18 is

[6:28] proposed motion number

[6:30] 2025-0043, accepting the King.

[6:32] Cities, climate collaboration,

[6:33] 2025 work plan and budget

[6:34] prepared as the annual work

[6:36] plan and budget requested under

[6:38] motion 1449. Uh, item 19 is

[6:41] proposed. Motion number

[6:42] 2025-0058 relating to public

[6:43] transportation and requesting

[6:44] that the Metro Transit

[6:46] Department report on unplanned

[6:48] trip cancellations describe how

[6:49] information about unplanned

[6:51] trip cancellations for fixed

[6:52] route bus service could more

[6:53] quickly and efficiently be

[6:54] provided to inform transit

[6:56] riders in real time and

[6:58] describe how metrics about

[6:59] unplanned trip cancellations

[7:00] could be incorporated into the

[7:02] next update of the King County

[7:04] Metro service guidelines to

[7:05] inform operational and

[7:06] investment decisions and item

[7:09] 20 is proposed. Number

[7:12] 2025-0081, confirming the one

[7:13] corrected reappointment for the

[7:14] King County Library System

[7:17] Board of Trustees. Thank you so

[7:19] much, Melanie. That was a lot.

[7:21] We appreciate you. Um, all

[7:23] right, let

[7:24] s begin with the

[7:25] individuals who are signed up

[7:26] to testify in the chambers

[7:30] today. First name on the list

[7:36] is Matthew. Welcome, Matthew.

[7:39] Thank you for being here today.

[7:40] Hello, my name is Matthew

[7:42] Renner. I live in Des Moines,

[7:44] Washington in District 5. I

[7:44] m

[7:46] here today because this, uh,

[7:47] esteemed council is going to be

[7:51] considering and voting on the

[7:52] new Metro safety Committee, uh,

[7:55] but I have to ask, what is this

[7:56] community actually going to do

[7:57] other than just make a lot of

[8:00] noise. You guys had a safe

[8:01] reform committee for 3 years,

[8:03] and all you came up with was

[8:04] plans that actually encouraged

[8:06] people to commit crimes. Your,

[8:07] your policies for fair

[8:08] enforcement is to find them $20

[8:10] after 3. On the 3rd time

[8:10] they

[8:11] re caught. I

[8:12] ve had my

[8:14] first check on sound transit

[8:17] twice in over a year. If you

[8:20] charge someone only $20. For 3

[8:21] times of waiting fares, that

[8:21] s

[8:23] cheaper than buying than paying

[8:25] with an orca. And let

[8:25] s be

[8:27] honest. All this committee is

[8:29] going to do is have a couple of

[8:30] meetings, order some, order

[8:32] some takeout and just talk. Not

[8:33] actually implementing anything

[8:33] that

[8:34] s gonna matter. If you did,

[8:34] you

[8:39] d be looking at adding a

[8:40] full-time dedicated police

[8:41] force to handle transit, who

[8:43] rides the buses, who rides the

[8:44] trains, who has jurisdiction

[8:46] over the entire transit in the

[8:48] county and can actually make

[8:51] arrests on the spot when crimes

[8:52] happen and can actually kick

[8:53] people off the bus when they

[8:53] re

[8:55] acting up. If you

[8:55] re doing

[8:56] anything less, it

[8:56] s just

[8:57] proving. Point. You don

[8:58] t

[8:59] really care about the safety of

[9:00] the people, especially those

[9:00] who don

[9:01] t live in Seattle.

[9:01] That

[9:03] s my time. Thank you.

[9:06] Thank you so much, Matthew.

[9:07] Next on the list is Steve

[9:12] Wilhelm. Welcome, Steve. Howie

[9:14] folks, um, so my, my name is

[9:15] Steve Wilhelm. I

[9:16] m here as lead

[9:17] facilitator for Busees for

[9:19] Cottage Lake. It

[9:19] s a community

[9:20] organization that is for 2

[9:22] years has been pushing for

[9:23] restoration of bus service to

[9:25] the Cottage Lake area and we

[9:25] re

[9:26] completely supportive of the

[9:28] EastLink project, which will

[9:30] bring the Metro 222 bus

[9:31] connecting Cottage Lake to

[9:34] Light rail and Redmond and the

[9:36] 931 dart bus connecting Duval

[9:37] Cottage Lake and Woodenville.

[9:39] Uh, briefly, Cottage Lake has

[9:41] had zero bus service since

[9:43] SEPTEMBER 2023 when the 232 bus

[9:44] was shut down, and for those of

[9:45] you who don

[9:46] t know, the cottage

[9:49] Lake area is a very vibrant and

[9:50] peopled area and unincorporated

[9:52] Northern King County close to

[9:53] the Snomish border in the

[9:55] effort to restore service buses

[9:56] for Cottage Lake has been

[9:57] working closely with Sarah

[9:58] Perry with the King County

[10:00] Metro with the North Shore

[10:03] School Board and the other two

[10:04] facilitators are Brooke McBride,

[10:06] pastor of the Bear Creek United

[10:07] Methodist Church and Dan Lilly,

[10:08] minister of the Woodenville

[10:10] Church and both of them are

[10:11] right near Cottage Lake and

[10:12] they lost bus service. So the

[10:13] cottage lake, it

[10:14] s within a

[10:16] 2-mile radius, this kind of

[10:16] area we

[10:17] re talking about of the

[10:18] intersection of Woodenville

[10:20] Duval Road and Avondale Road,

[10:22] which is exactly where the 222

[10:23] will start and the area

[10:25] includes 12 churches, 2

[10:26] Buddhist centers, a large

[10:28] shopping center with a Safeway,

[10:30] the Woodenville Library,

[10:32] Cottage Lake Park, and the

[10:32] North Shore Learning Options

[10:34] School, the North Shore School

[10:36] District, and right now nobody

[10:38] can get to any of those places

[10:40] without a car, um, that means

[10:41] that elders are stranded

[10:41] because they can

[10:42] t. You know,

[10:43] there

[10:43] s no bus. Young people

[10:44] are stranded, which is really

[10:45] amazing if they can

[10:46] t drive,

[10:46] they

[10:48] re stuck in Cottage Lake

[10:48] and also people who can

[10:49] t drive

[10:51] due to medical reasons or can

[10:51] t

[10:54] afford a car, so some Safeway,

[10:56] the managers told me employees

[10:57] must walk to work, which is

[11:00] dangerous in those dark roads

[11:01] and bicycling along Avondale

[11:02] Road, which I

[11:02] ve tried several

[11:03] times but it

[11:04] s pretty perilous

[11:07] because the cars go 50 miles an

[11:09] hour. So just want to thank you

[11:11] and invite you to please

[11:12] approve East Link, which will

[11:14] benefit many beings, including

[11:15] the people at Cottage Lake.

[11:18] Thank you. Thank you, Steve.

[11:19] Next on the list is Alex Zimmer.

[11:33] Welcome back Alex. Me. Surprise

[11:38] me a little bit dirty dam, um,

[11:42] sorry, change the rules. You

[11:43] absolutely right, Chief Banjita

[11:45] in killer. My name is Alex

[11:49] Zimmerman, PRESIDENT Of Sendapa

[11:51] America support for 10 every

[11:54] day, and I mabaerna. I want to

[11:58] speak about agenda number 9

[12:00] about contract but consul

[12:07] consul consul Jail, union, sir,

[12:08] my question to you is very

[12:11] simple. Uh, are you coming time

[12:14] you spent in jail, yeah, last

[12:15] year I spent 22, 2 days. It

[12:19] makes me a shock. Shuck It

[12:19] s

[12:20] not about fabrication in my

[12:22] case and everything, let us

[12:24] prosecute me 5 times. Inside a

[12:26] nightmare. I want to go to the

[12:28] restroom. All the restroom with

[12:31] . You cannot ever open that

[12:34] door, number 12, how many

[12:35] bargain site. I never see so

[12:38] many bug in my life. It

[12:38] s a

[12:39] dozen different bucks. It

[12:40] s go,

[12:43] go, go, go, go around. When

[12:45] last time you in jail, when you

[12:47] expected, you won

[12:48] t be same

[12:50] like Don Constantine for 15

[12:53] years who cannot clean floor

[12:56] fromra from It

[12:57] s a nightmare,

[13:00] you know what it means you need

[13:03] inspector. You need a. Dogs

[13:05] dodgy, you know what this means?

[13:08] You need something doing, guys,

[13:09] because Don Constantine 15

[13:10] years, don

[13:11] t change nothing.

[13:12] Don

[13:13] t make contract. Make

[13:15] contract only when you inspect

[13:18] these people and starts making

[13:18] inspection every couple of

[13:21] months. Stand up, America, for

[13:24] Donald Trump. For new American

[13:26] revolution. We need to clean

[13:28] this dirty chamber from this

[13:29] banditta include you, my

[13:34] favorite. Aristocrat. Thank you

[13:35] for staying mostly on topic,

[13:41] Alex. I Next on the list is

[13:48] Greg Woodville. Welcome Greg.

[13:51] Uh, thank you, chair. Um, My

[13:52] name is Greg Woodfield,

[13:55] PRESIDENT Of the atu 587. Um,

[13:57] we, our members our officers

[13:58] came here today to speak in

[14:01] favor of this, uh, um,

[14:03] legislation that, uh,

[14:05] councilmember Dunn introduced.

[14:06] We appreciate that and the help

[14:08] of a councilmember Baucci to

[14:10] get it up before you, um, I

[14:11] think most of all of you I

[14:11] ve

[14:13] talked to, I appreciate your,

[14:15] your support on this. I think

[14:16] we all realize, um, we

[14:17] re at a

[14:19] critical junction here. Um, we

[14:19] can

[14:20] t afford not to, to act, um.

[14:24] A lot of my members would want

[14:26] to hold you and Metro more

[14:28] accountable, but um, we

[14:29] realized this isn

[14:29] t just all

[14:32] about you and, and Metro. We

[14:32] have to get everybody involved.

[14:34] We need to get all the cities

[14:37] involved, all the police chiefs,

[14:38] um, prosecutors, um, and the

[14:41] state involved, um. W we

[14:41] re

[14:41] we

[14:42] re spending, we invested

[14:43] billions of dollars in our

[14:45] transit. We all recognize that

[14:46] we need public transit. We

[14:47] re

[14:49] going to spend billions more

[14:52] and uh we cannot afford to go

[14:53] down this slope of people not

[14:56] feeling safe to use transit or

[14:58] not being able to hire transit

[15:01] workers, uh, to do it. So, um,

[15:03] I just want to recognize and uh

[15:06] from our union, um, this is a

[15:07] great first step, and we

[15:07] re

[15:07] looking forward to, we

[15:08] ve been

[15:09] calling for this task force and

[15:12] we are. Glad that um you

[15:12] re

[15:13] going to support it and and

[15:15] join us and, uh, help us all

[15:17] work together to, uh, come up

[15:18] with solutions, a time for

[15:20] finger pointing, I think is

[15:20] over, um, it

[15:22] s the time we all

[15:24] get together, all of the

[15:26] stakeholders in this region,

[15:28] and the state and, uh,

[15:29] recognize, uh, that we need to

[15:31] restore public safety and

[15:32] safety on transit. Thank you.

[15:35] Thanks so much, Greg. Next on

[15:39] the list is Ken Price. Welcome,

[15:45] Ken. Good afternoon, uh,

[15:49] council, and, uh, uh, Ken Price,

[15:50] atu 587, vice PRESIDENT, former

[15:55] PRESIDENT. Um, and we are

[15:58] definitely in support of in

[15:59] Brother Matthew

[16:00] s views of

[16:01] making sure that others are, um,

[16:05] Butt into taking care of, of

[16:07] the transit needs of the public

[16:11] out there that go to, uh, the

[16:13] different cities, we, we

[16:16] already have a buy-in from

[16:17] other leaders of saying we need

[16:19] to take care of our citizens,

[16:22] right? That is this task force,

[16:26] uh, um, Major goal is to bring

[16:28] us together and, and support

[16:31] the public, uh, riding transit,

[16:34] the money that we put in. Is,

[16:35] is staggering, but we need to

[16:36] get people back on the buses

[16:39] and, and, and us making sure

[16:39] that we

[16:39] re safe. We

[16:40] re the,

[16:41] we

[16:41] re the transit operators

[16:43] that have been out there, um,

[16:46] but, but our, our, is this task

[16:47] force really focused on, on the

[16:49] public, making sure that they

[16:52] have a lighted, uh, bus stop.

[16:54] Out of the elements, but that

[16:54] s

[16:57] the city police could The Say

[16:59] Federal way, go by and take

[17:01] care of that zone and make sure

[17:01] that it

[17:03] s not an encampment for,

[17:05] for someone and then relying on

[17:07] our resources from the King

[17:09] County Metro Police to, to go

[17:11] out there and, and police that

[17:13] thing, uh, it will lessen the

[17:14] resources if we work it

[17:15] together. And thank you for

[17:18] your, for your help on all of

[17:20] that. Thank you. Thanks a lot,

[17:26] Ken. Last on the in chambers

[17:34] list is Jack Wisner. Welcome,

[17:37] Jack. Good afternoon. Thank you,

[17:39] uh, chair and council members.

[17:42] I live in council District 4.

[17:45] Um, I follow transit issues

[17:48] very closely, um, when

[17:49] councilmember Balducci during

[17:50] the committee discussed East

[17:52] Link ordinance. She used the

[17:53] analogy of spaghetti and it

[17:54] s

[17:56] true that, uh, transit networks

[18:01] are very complex. Um, I suggest

[18:04] that the council be very

[18:05] careful and not approve this

[18:08] ordinance the way it is today.

[18:10] I think there are, there are

[18:12] many things wrong with it. I

[18:12] ve

[18:13] written you about them over the

[18:15] last couple of years. But let

[18:15] s

[18:16] just talk about 3 noodles right

[18:22] now. Ok, um, Cottagela Citizen

[18:22] just mentioned that he

[18:23] s going

[18:25] to be help, uh, glad to have

[18:27] Route 222 and get service. The

[18:29] service to Cottage Lake was

[18:31] suspended when the 9:31, was

[18:33] suspended with covid. Um, and

[18:35] the 222 is a pretty good route,

[18:38] but the 222 would be better if

[18:40] it extended to Woodenville and

[18:41] made other transit connections.

[18:43] If you look at the density in

[18:45] the area, the area between

[18:46] downtown Woodenville and

[18:47] Cottage Lakes is actually

[18:49] denser than the areas that the

[18:51] 222 will serve to the south. Um,

[18:55] There are two routes that I

[18:57] think are just so much in

[18:59] violation of the, of the

[18:59] service guidelines that we

[18:59] shouldn

[19:01] t implement them. One

[19:04] is the 256, a one-way peak only

[19:06] route between Woodenville and

[19:10] downtown Seattle via. Uh, 5:20,

[19:12] um, I can go into great detail

[19:15] if you want. Uh, another is

[19:18] Route 240, which, um, is far

[19:21] too indirect. It goes between

[19:25] Renton and Bellevue. Of Via

[19:27] East Eastlake, Eastgate rather,

[19:30] and so it really won

[19:30] t help

[19:32] mitigate the Route 114 that

[19:32] s

[19:34] being deleted and takes a very

[19:36] too too many minutes to go

[19:37] between factoria and South

[19:40] Bellevue. Thank you. Thank you,

[19:45] Jack. All right, we will now

[19:47] turn to online public comment.

[19:49] Please use the raise hand

[19:49] function if you

[19:49] re online and

[19:50] would like to give public

[20:00] comment. Seeing none, we will

[20:01] close the public hearing. Thank

[20:06] you so much. We now turn to

[20:08] consent items 6 through 8 Vice

[20:10] Chair Dunn, MAY you please move

[20:12] consent agenda item 6 through 8.

[20:14] Move the consent agenda items 6

[20:15] through 8. Clerk, please call

[20:17] the roll on these items. Thank

[20:22] you, councilmember Balucci. I

[20:24] Council Member Baron Council

[20:26] Member Dimowwski. Council

[20:28] Member Dunn Counciluncil member

[20:32] Mosquera council member Perry.

[20:36] Councilmember Quinn Councilmemb

[20:37] von Reichbauer. Chazahalae is 8

[20:39] ayes and councilmember Perry

[20:42] excused by our vote, we have

[20:45] adopted proposed ordinances

[20:48] 2024 0252 0263 and 0410. Moving

[20:53] on to item 9 on the agenda

[20:54] proposed ordinance number

[20:55] 20250082 councilmember Dunn,

[20:57] MAY you please move this item.

[20:59] Move proposed ordinance number

[21:01] 2025-00 82, you are the prime

[21:02] sponsor. If you want to speak

[21:03] to or would you like me to

[21:04] start? Uh, let

[21:05] s go to, would

[21:08] you like to have um Jeff, Mum

[21:09] brief it or do you want to

[21:10] speak to it, I think Jeff has

[21:11] got it. He can orient the group

[21:14] to it. Thank you. Jeff, please

[21:16] go ahead. Thank you, MR. Chair.

[21:18] Uh, for the record, Jeff Mum

[21:19] chief policy officer, King

[21:20] County Council. And if it

[21:20] s ok

[21:21] with the chair, I

[21:22] d like to

[21:23] brief items number 9 and 10

[21:26] together. They are closely

[21:26] related collective bargaining

[21:28] agreements that kind of depend

[21:30] upon item 10 before us then. Uh,

[21:31] however you want to do it, uh,

[21:32] vice chair Dunn, MAY you please

[21:37] move item 10. Yeah, sure, i

[21:39] will. We proposed number

[21:41] 20250083. All right. Is 9 and

[21:43] 10 are before us, uh, Jeff Mumm

[21:44] to speak to them or to brief

[21:49] them. Thank you, MR. Chair. So

[21:51] proposed ordinances 2025, 0082

[21:54] and 0083, um, taken together

[21:56] would approve 4 different

[21:57] memorandums of agreement

[21:58] regarding juvenile detention

[22:00] officers and, uh, the

[22:01] correction supervisors, so

[22:01] they

[22:02] re supervisors and these

[22:05] uh employees work. Uh, together

[22:07] and jointly to provide safety

[22:09] and security services at the

[22:11] Patricia e. Clark Children and

[22:13] Family Justice Center, um,

[22:16] taken together, uh, the, the

[22:20] MLAs cover two subject areas,

[22:21] um, instances of declined

[22:22] mandatory overtime protocols,

[22:25] um, for the workgroups and then

[22:25] overtime incentives for each

[22:28] workgroup, and these MOAs are

[22:30] designed to um Temporarily

[22:31] address some staffing issues at

[22:36] the facility. Um So the And

[22:37] then the, the terms and the

[22:40] MOAs, there

[22:41] s some subs

[22:42] substantively identical, um,

[22:43] for the subject areas that they

[22:44] cover for each of the

[22:46] bargaining groups. So the first

[22:48] area is the declined mandatory

[22:52] overtime protocols. And um So

[22:54] these protocol, this agreement

[22:57] for both the um detention

[22:58] officers and their supervisors

[22:59] provides that if an employee

[23:01] who is assigned to work

[23:03] mandatory overtime. Declines

[23:05] that over time assignment due

[23:08] to an author, a pre-authorized

[23:09] purpose, um, or I

[23:10] m sorry, to

[23:11] an authorized purpose under

[23:13] paid sick leave and does not

[23:15] have a pre-approved family and

[23:17] medical leave, um, mandatory

[23:21] overtime. Restriction assigned

[23:23] from, from the department. That

[23:24] employee would generally be

[23:26] required to use their paid sick

[23:28] leave hours to cover the missed

[23:29] mandatory overtime assignment.

[23:30] So if they

[23:31] re assigned

[23:32] mandatory overtime, um, and

[23:32] they don

[23:33] t have pre-approval,

[23:35] they would have to use sick

[23:37] leave, um, to cover, uh, To

[23:41] cover that time. If an employee

[23:42] declines mandatory overtime and

[23:44] does not use the sick leave

[23:45] available, or, or and doesn

[23:46] t

[23:47] have the sick leave available

[23:47] or doesn

[23:48] t use it, um, they MAY

[23:51] be. Uh, subject to disciplinary

[23:55] action. Um, additionally, the

[23:57] agreement provides for an

[23:57] additional mandatory overtime

[23:59] pass per year, so the employee

[24:00] has a pass so that they don

[24:00] t

[24:01] have to, if they

[24:02] re assigned

[24:03] mandatory overtime. So rather

[24:05] than having one a year, they

[24:07] received 2 a year. Um, and then

[24:09] this, uh, would also provide

[24:12] that employees. Not be required

[24:14] mandatory overtime on 3 or more

[24:15] consecutive calendar days

[24:15] unless there

[24:16] s some sort of

[24:18] emergency. Um, and these

[24:20] protocols MAY be, MAY be

[24:21] terminated any anytime by the

[24:23] county, um, before JUNE 30th of

[24:25] this year. So that

[24:25] s that,

[24:27] those are the protocols that

[24:29] apply to both the, um,

[24:30] detention officers and the

[24:32] supervisors on the mandatory

[24:34] overtime um decline protocols.

[24:37] And then in addition, and these

[24:40] are separate MOAs, um,

[24:41] Temporary and voluntary

[24:44] overtime, they would receive it

[24:46] 2 times um pay incentive for

[24:47] working these voluntary and

[24:48] mandatory over overtime shifts.

[24:50] So right now employees would

[24:52] receive time and a half, and

[24:54] under this agreement, um, they

[24:56] would receive 2 times their um

[24:58] their pay for working on these

[25:00] mandatory or mandatory

[25:03] involuntary overtime shifts. Um,

[25:06] and this provision could be uh

[25:07] terminated by the county

[25:08] anytime after JUNE 30th of 2025.

[25:13] And will not go any longer than

[25:15] JANUARY 1st of 2026. So these

[25:16] are both, um, temporary

[25:20] memorandums of agreement. Um,

[25:22] the fiscal impact, and this is

[25:24] all associated with the With

[25:26] the 2 times over time

[25:26] incentives would be for the

[25:30] entire. At its most if, if they,

[25:32] um, agreements were to stay in

[25:34] effect through the end of the

[25:36] year would be $879,000 to the

[25:38] general fund. Um, I

[25:39] m sorry,,

[25:42] $939,000 to the general fund,

[25:44] 879 of that is associated with,

[25:46] uh, the overtime for the for

[25:49] the um JDOs and then 60,000 is

[25:50] associated with, um, over time

[25:53] for the supervisors. Um, so

[25:53] that

[25:53] s, that

[25:54] s the high-level

[25:55] briefing. We also have

[25:56] representatives from the

[25:59] bargaining units as well as olr

[26:01] to provide additional

[26:02] background and answer a

[26:04] detailed questions. Thank you

[26:09] so much, Jeff. Would any of our

[26:11] guests from the executive

[26:14] branch, olr, um, Or the

[26:15] Washington State council of

[26:17] County and City employees like

[26:18] to make any comments before we

[26:25] ask for questions. Are they

[26:30] with us? He I see Andre from

[26:32] olr, but I don

[26:32] t see the

[26:33] representatives from the

[26:36] bargaining units. Hey, Andre.

[26:38] Hello. Uh, just wondering if

[26:38] you have any remarks that you

[26:39] d

[26:40] like to make, or if you

[26:41] d like

[26:41] to just answer specific

[26:44] questions. Um, happy to answer

[26:46] any specific questions. Ok,

[26:50] councilmember Baucci. Thank you,

[26:52] chair. And just I apologize for

[26:54] the The noise and the

[26:55] inconvenience here. I

[26:56] m

[26:57] actually on a bus, but I

[26:58] ll be

[26:59] there shortly. Uh, I just

[27:01] wanted to say, uh, a word of

[27:03] appreciation to the party for

[27:05] negotiating this agreement.

[27:07] These issues are really

[27:08] operationally challenging. We

[27:10] are required on the one hand to

[27:13] have full staffing. And these

[27:15] facilities when we have for

[27:16] safety or even to be treated

[27:17] well for them to be protected

[27:20] for the staff to be protected.

[27:22] And, uh, we sometimes have uh

[27:26] vacancies. And vacation and

[27:28] sick leave and all the things

[27:30] that happen and then it is very

[27:30] disruptive to a person

[27:31] s life

[27:33] to be. You have to stay when

[27:34] you weren

[27:35] t planning to stay

[27:36] for mandatory overtime for an

[27:38] additional shift. Uh, but at

[27:40] the same time, so, so these are

[27:42] very conflicting interest in

[27:44] their real and I know that it

[27:45] is hard to strike a balance,

[27:47] and I appreciate that y

[27:47] all are

[27:50] here today with a balance

[27:51] having been struck again, uh,

[27:52] and I know that you

[27:52] ll continue

[27:53] to work it, but I, I really

[27:54] just didn

[27:54] t want to let this go

[27:56] by without noting. I know how

[27:57] hard this is, and I appreciate

[27:58] the efforts on both sides to

[28:00] come to a place where we can

[28:02] balance all the very real

[28:03] interests here. Thank you, Jim.

[28:07] Thank you, councilmember.

[28:09] Councilmember Mosqueda. Uh,

[28:11] thank you. Uh, just a few

[28:12] questions. The incentives in

[28:14] here are they general fund

[28:15] funded and are they one time or

[28:22] ongoing? So the Uh, Jeff, do

[28:24] you want to answer that messing

[28:24] with my microphone. Yes, they

[28:27] are general fund. And they are

[28:31] uh the term of the overtime. It

[28:32] can be, it goes, it can

[28:33] t go

[28:34] any longer than through the end

[28:36] of the year. So the JANUARY 1st,

[28:40] 2026, and the county can um can

[28:42] suspend the provision any time

[28:45] after JUNE 30th, 2025. It

[28:45] s

[28:47] temporary. Ok. Uh, just a

[28:49] followup, chair. I mean, um, I

[28:52] appreciate that. Overtime is

[28:52] not something that anybody

[28:54] necessarily wants to sign up

[28:56] for, especially given the

[28:57] compounding community and

[28:58] family needs that we have. So

[28:59] over time is usually an

[29:00] incentive for an employer to

[29:01] try to hire more people. Is

[29:04] that part of the goal here that,

[29:06] um, we will be actively working

[29:08] to try to scale up hiring and

[29:11] have we seen an impact on

[29:12] hiring since implementation of

[29:16] these incentives. I

[29:16] m happy to

[29:20] take that question. Um, so we

[29:24] have received, uh, I think

[29:25] positive impacts on juvenile

[29:27] detention officers staffing

[29:28] over the last um several years

[29:30] including into this year with

[29:33] these incentives, um, we in

[29:34] 2022 we

[29:36] re at about 68 juvenile

[29:38] detention officers, and now

[29:38] we

[29:40] re upwards of 95, um, so

[29:40] we

[29:42] ve made substantial

[29:44] improvements and um the

[29:45] staffing numbers and mandatory

[29:48] overtime has actually gone down

[29:48] dramatically since these

[29:51] incentives have been in place,

[29:54] which um is a major benefit

[29:55] both for the employees and for

[29:58] the operation because of the

[29:59] comments that councilmember

[30:03] Balducci made. Thank you.

[30:05] Colleagues, any more questions

[30:06] or comments? COUNCILMAN Baucci,

[30:08] is your hand still up or is

[30:13] that from before? I think that

[30:15] that is. I apologize. I

[30:16] ll take

[30:19] it. No worries. Uh, did you

[30:20] want to make any comments,

[30:24] councilor. Thank you.

[30:25] Cheersahalai. So just real

[30:27] quick, uh, so these are both,

[30:31] uh, Adopting memorandum of

[30:34] agreements, um, with one, the

[30:35] King County juvenile detention

[30:37] Guild, and then 2, the second

[30:40] ordinance, the juvenile

[30:41] division supervisors bargaining

[30:44] unit, and I just want to make a

[30:47] point that, um, for both of

[30:49] those very important uh

[30:50] bargaining units. It

[30:50] s been

[30:53] tough, um, for you, uh, over

[30:57] the last number of years with

[30:59] this uncertainty of whether you

[31:01] uh, was going to close or not.

[31:04] And um this is a a moment for

[31:06] us to, to take a second to just

[31:08] say thank you for the work that

[31:12] you are doing, uh, There and as

[31:14] you know, this council voted 80

[31:17] and a motion to keep the youth

[31:20] jail open to create some

[31:21] predictability and certainty

[31:22] for a lot of different things,

[31:23] our criminal justice system,

[31:25] but also for the employees that

[31:28] work, uh, at that very

[31:30] important facility, uh. We

[31:32] thank you and I thank you for

[31:34] hanging through those tough

[31:36] times and being there to

[31:38] renegotiate and and as part of

[31:39] this, uh, you

[31:40] re, you

[31:40] re

[31:41] incredibly valued in what you

[31:42] do. I

[31:44] m excited to sponsor to

[31:45] speak to these and move these

[31:46] and I

[31:47] d urge my colleagues

[31:48] support in that context. Thank

[31:51] you, MR. Chair. Thank you,

[31:53] councilmember. All right, any

[31:55] final comments or questions,

[31:56] seeing none, I will ask the

[32:01] clerk to call the roll on item

[32:02] 9 proposed ordinance 20250082.

[32:03] Thank you, councilmember

[32:07] Baalucci. I, councilmember

[32:11] Baron, councilmember Demowski.

[32:12] Councilmember Dunn

[32:12] Councilcilmember Mosquedae

[32:15] councilmember Perry. COUNCILMAN

[32:16] B Quinn Council Member von

[32:21] Reichbauer. I Chazahalaye the

[32:22] vote is 8 ayes and

[32:24] councilmember Perry excused. By

[32:28] your vote, we have adopted

[32:29] proposed ordinance 20250082.

[32:31] Moving on to item 10, which is

[32:32] already before us and was

[32:33] already briefed by Jeff. Thank

[32:36] you again, Jeff. Um, clerk,

[32:40] please call the roll on item 10

[32:41] proposed ordinance number

[32:42] 20250083. Thank you,

[32:45] councilmember Balducci. Aye,

[32:47] Council member Baron that

[32:48] s

[32:50] remember Dimowwski

[32:51] councilmember Dunn

[32:51] Counciluncilmember Mosqueda

[32:54] council member Perry,

[32:57] councilmember Quinn

[32:57] Counciluncilmember von

[32:58] Reichbauer, chairs aye. The

[32:59] vote is 8 ayes and

[33:01] councilmember Perry excused. By

[33:05] our vote, we have adopted

[33:06] proposed ordinance 20250083.

[33:10] Moving on to item 11, proposed

[33:12] ordinance number 20250056.2 and

[33:13] ordinance approving EastLink

[33:15] and Downtown Redmond Link

[33:15] Extension Transportation

[33:18] service changes for King County

[33:19] council member Quinn, MAY you

[33:22] please move this item before us.

[33:25] And we propose ordinance

[33:27] 2025-0056. Item is before us,

[33:31] um. Mary, would you like to?

[33:32] Come forward. Thank you so much.

[33:42] Colleagues, would you like a

[33:42] briefing from uh Mary, for

[33:47] those of you who are not in the

[33:47] transportation environment

[33:48] committee, would you like to

[33:50] have this general discussion

[33:51] questions. I think I

[33:53] m seeing a

[33:55] nod for a high-level overview.

[33:58] Thank you. Thank you, Chair

[33:59] Zahalaya I

[34:00] m Mary Burganon from

[34:03] the council staff. So the

[34:04] EastLink service restructure

[34:07] would create 8 new bus routes,

[34:09] revised 14 routes and replaced

[34:11] 20 routes to coordinate with

[34:12] the full opening of Sound

[34:12] Transit

[34:14] s 2 line or the East

[34:16] Link Light rail, which is

[34:19] expected later this year. This,

[34:22] uh, process of developing this

[34:25] service restructure was done in

[34:26] coordination with the council

[34:26] s

[34:28] adopted service guidelines and

[34:30] In particular with the

[34:32] requirements that the council

[34:33] added by amendment when the

[34:35] service guidelines were last

[34:38] adopted to go through a

[34:39] community engagement process

[34:40] that involves setting goals for

[34:42] the restructure and then

[34:43] following specific steps with

[34:45] the community, which occurred

[34:47] over the course of a number of

[34:49] years before it was brought

[34:51] before you. The restructure in

[34:54] front of you also, um, would

[34:55] comply with federal

[34:56] requirements under Title 6 of

[34:59] the 196. For Civil Rights Act

[35:01] and is in conformance with the

[35:03] adopted budget for 2025. Over

[35:07] time, it would add about

[35:11] 160,000 bus service hours in

[35:12] the East King County area. And

[35:14] I will note that the ordinance

[35:17] was amended in committee to add

[35:18] a requirement that Metro report

[35:21] back by the time of the fall

[35:23] 2027 service change on

[35:23] essentially how the restructure

[35:25] is doing. Is it meeting

[35:26] ridership needs and to

[35:27] coordinate with local ju ri s

[35:30] di ction s so that any changes

[35:31] or adjustments can be made as

[35:32] needed. I

[35:33] ll ao note that, uh,

[35:36] in the. Green folder that is in

[35:39] front of you today, there is an

[35:40] amendment proposed by

[35:41] councilmember Baucci that would

[35:43] make a couple of technical

[35:45] corrections to the attachment

[35:46] that describes the routes that

[35:47] are affected with this

[35:49] ordinance. One would just make

[35:51] a, a correction to a map for

[35:53] one of the routes and the other

[35:55] would make a slight correction

[35:56] to nighttime service

[35:57] frequencies for a different

[35:58] route. So with that, I

[35:58] ll stop,

[36:00] see if there are any questions.

[36:02] Thank you so much, Mary. Uh,

[36:04] councilmember Baucci, would you

[36:07] mind moving the Amendment to

[36:08] proposed ordinance number

[36:10] 20250056 and by the way, this

[36:12] is the uh ordinance approving

[36:13] EastLink and Downtown Redmond

[36:14] Link extension. Thank you very

[36:16] much, chair. I move Amendment 1.

[36:17] All right, Amendment 1 is

[36:18] before us. Councilmember

[36:19] Balducci, would you like to

[36:20] speak to both the underlying

[36:22] ordinance and the amendment. Uh,

[36:23] can I just ask if the

[36:23] amendment

[36:26] s been briefed. I

[36:26] m,

[36:29] I was shifting here. So I noted

[36:30] that the amendment would

[36:31] replace the attachment that

[36:33] describes the routes, it would

[36:35] provide an updated route map

[36:36] for Route 221, a route that

[36:37] s

[36:39] proposed to be deleted to

[36:40] reflect the current deviation

[36:41] to Overlake Village station

[36:43] that was implemented last

[36:44] spring when the EastLink

[36:45] starter line opened, and it

[36:47] would correct the frequency

[36:49] table for current service on

[36:50] Route 240 to reflect nighttime

[36:52] frequency. So again, a sort of

[36:52] crossing the t

[36:53] s and dotting

[36:54] the i

[36:54] s, technical corrections

[36:57] to that. Attachment. Great.

[36:59] Thank you. Um, I thank you for,

[37:01] uh, for calling on me, MR.

[37:03] Chair. Um, and I will take this

[37:04] moment even though we

[37:04] re on the

[37:05] amendment to just say a little

[37:08] bit, um, uh, lately I

[37:08] ve been

[37:09] telling people that I feel like

[37:12] my role is to, uh, to tell, uh,

[37:14] what my gamer kid calls the

[37:16] lore, uh, and the lore of this,

[37:17] uh, restructures that it

[37:18] s been

[37:20] going on for quite some time.

[37:22] Uh, councilmember Quinn knows

[37:22] very well how long we

[37:23] ve been

[37:24] working on this restructure. It

[37:26] is possibly the biggest. One

[37:26] that we

[37:27] ve ever done, it

[37:27] s

[37:32] definitely one of the biggest,

[37:33] um, and because East Link

[37:35] itself, the light rail

[37:37] extension has been delayed, uh,

[37:39] we asked, this council asked

[37:41] and Metro agreed to go back and

[37:45] take another look at, uh, the

[37:46] proposal to coordinate buses

[37:47] around the new light rail

[37:49] system and you know, and, and

[37:51] take into account current

[37:52] conditions, ridership, demand

[37:54] patterns, etc. Like we do when

[37:57] we do restructure. And they

[37:58] adjusted some things. Um, I, I

[38:00] want to say, uh, I want to say

[38:02] a word to, uh, MR. W Wisner

[38:02] s

[38:02] comments, which I was listening

[38:04] to. I was listening to all the

[38:07] comments online, um, and I, I

[38:08] mean this will surprise no one.

[38:10] This restructure is not perfect.

[38:12] No restructure is perfect, no

[38:13] best network is perfect. And

[38:15] the nice thing about buses is

[38:17] we can adapt, we can adapt them

[38:18] over time. We can see what

[38:18] s

[38:20] working. We can see where

[38:21] demand is being served. In fact,

[38:22] so much of what we do is we

[38:24] look at crowding and

[38:25] reliability when there

[38:25] s

[38:26] crowding. That means we haven

[38:26] t

[38:27] put enough service to meet the

[38:29] demand in a location. And when

[38:30] buses are unreliable, they

[38:30] re,

[38:32] it tells us something that we

[38:34] have the ability to act upon.

[38:37] Um, one of the things, uh, that

[38:39] I was very, uh, appreciative of

[38:40] was that Metro took a look at

[38:42] some of these long tails that

[38:45] go way out into East King

[38:46] County, providing service, uh,

[38:47] we heard from the gentleman

[38:49] from Cottage Lake in places

[38:50] where there has been scant

[38:51] service, and that

[38:52] s an

[38:54] important thing to do. And we

[38:55] balance that against making

[38:55] sure we

[38:56] re putting enough

[38:56] resource in the places where

[38:58] there is a lot of demand and

[38:59] they attempted to do that and

[39:00] we

[39:02] re going to find out how

[39:03] well that balance was struck

[39:05] and we will find. Out through

[39:06] experiencing it and we, this is

[39:08] not the last time we will touch

[39:10] this bus service. There will be,

[39:12] uh, more openings in the coming

[39:14] years of sound transit stride

[39:16] bus rapid transit on I-405 and

[39:19] I-5 and uh sr 522, we will have

[39:20] opportunities to look back and

[39:23] see, did we hit things right? I

[39:23] guarantee you there will be

[39:25] places where we want to make

[39:25] adjustments and we should. And

[39:26] I think that that

[39:27] s basically

[39:27] what we

[39:28] re hearing, uh, when we

[39:29] hear, uh, input from, from

[39:31] people like MR. W Wisner who is

[39:32] very, very expert in the ways

[39:35] of our bus system. So I am

[39:37] happy to, uh, recommend that we

[39:38] adopt both the amendment, which

[39:40] is in my view, kind of

[39:41] technical. It sort of just

[39:42] conforms what we

[39:42] re adopting to

[39:46] what we said we were doing, um,

[39:47] and the underlying motion

[39:48] because the alternative is to

[39:50] go back to the drawing board

[39:50] and we

[39:51] re running out of time,

[39:52] believe it or not, because the

[39:54] light rail is going to open

[39:56] soon, so, uh, thank you for the

[39:57] opportunity to say a few words,

[39:59] and I, I do recommend support.

[40:00] Thank you so much,

[40:02] councilmember. Uh, let

[40:02] s first

[40:03] begin with the amendment,

[40:06] Amendment. One to proposed

[40:07] ordinance number 20250056.2.

[40:09] Any more questions or comments

[40:10] on the amendment on the

[40:12] amendment. Ok. Uh, the

[40:13] amendment is before us. All

[40:14] those in favor please say aye

[40:17] aye aye. All those opposed

[40:19] amendment one carries now back

[40:22] to the proposed ordinance as

[40:23] amended councilmember Demowski,

[40:25] thank you, Chair Zahala with a

[40:26] question for Mary, um, Mary,

[40:29] this is, uh, kind of the next

[40:31] installment of our grand, I

[40:31] ll

[40:32] call it restructuring of

[40:33] services the light rail spines

[40:37] open. To get away from

[40:39] traditional one seat rides into

[40:40] core employment center, big

[40:42] picture talk and shift the

[40:43] system to feeding the light

[40:45] rail spine and hopefully in the

[40:48] process expand to have more

[40:50] frequent all service extend our

[40:52] range and into the mornings and

[40:53] late nights and weekends.

[40:53] That

[40:54] s a big picture of kind of

[40:55] what we

[40:57] re doing. We did this

[40:59] with Lynnwood Link. Does this

[41:00] restructure add additional

[41:02] service hours into the service

[41:05] area. So council member, what

[41:07] this restructure will do is

[41:08] over the course of about a year

[41:11] or so at about 160,000 service

[41:12] hours now, as you

[41:13] ll recall

[41:16] from 2023 and the council

[41:18] service recovery Plan that is

[41:19] largely the amount of hours

[41:21] that had been reduced during

[41:22] the pandemic. So it

[41:22] s, it

[41:23] s

[41:24] sort of, you know, saying we

[41:25] re

[41:25] going to restructure the

[41:27] service in a way that meets the

[41:29] needs of tomorrow with that, uh,

[41:32] new, uh, light rail line

[41:33] opening and bring that service.

[41:36] Back in through this

[41:37] restructure and uh the last big

[41:38] one that we did, which

[41:39] Councilor Bellucci, I don

[41:39] t

[41:40] know which one is bigger than

[41:43] this one or the Lynnwood Lake,

[41:43] but they

[41:45] re competing for very,

[41:47] very serious researchers in

[41:48] that I, I confessed or maybe it

[41:50] was prior iteration to some

[41:51] frustration and that there was

[41:53] a reduction of service hours,

[41:54] largely from the Route 41, we

[41:56] did not bring, keep those in

[41:57] the area. You

[41:57] re nodding yes,

[42:01] Mary. Well, so with the Route

[42:03] 41 and the Northgate

[42:04] restructure of years ago and

[42:06] that was something that the

[42:07] council did debate at some

[42:08] length when the service

[42:10] guidelines were last adopted in

[42:13] 2021, the decision was made to

[42:15] disperse those hours because in

[42:18] that case, that route

[42:19] specifically followed the route

[42:20] that the light rail was taking.

[42:22] So, you know, a little bit

[42:24] different situation and was

[42:25] then adopted in policy by the

[42:27] council of how that kind of

[42:29] service hour would be treated.

[42:29] And there

[42:32] s not a similar case,

[42:33] um, with this restructure

[42:35] because there aren

[42:36] t routes

[42:37] that parallel well we have the

[42:40] I-90. Route that used to come

[42:41] from South Bellevue Park and

[42:41] Ride into downtown. Yeah,

[42:42] there

[42:43] s some, there are some

[42:44] sound transit routes that will

[42:45] be affected, but those aren

[42:46] t

[42:47] subject to this particular

[42:48] ordinance. I just wanted to

[42:50] take a moment to say I think

[42:51] there was, I know that was a

[42:53] distinction there, but there

[42:56] was a reduction of hours in a

[42:58] very transit heavy and high

[42:59] transit use community North

[43:01] Seattle, to be specific, where

[43:02] we reduced service hours and

[43:04] they were sent out into the

[43:04] system. I

[43:06] m not sure they ever

[43:07] really got deployed. If they

[43:07] did, I don

[43:07] t know where, where

[43:10] they went. But on behalf of the

[43:11] constituents I represent who

[43:13] are thirsty for more transit.

[43:14] There was, there

[43:14] s some

[43:16] frustration, uh, there and we

[43:17] all want more more transit, but

[43:18] I didn

[43:19] t want this to go by,

[43:20] and this is not picking at all

[43:23] on this restructure, you know,

[43:24] I think we are working very

[43:26] hard to make our system work

[43:28] and work in partnership with

[43:29] Sound Transit, um, but I wanted

[43:31] to raise the flag for folks in

[43:33] my community who still are, you

[43:35] know, buses that used to come

[43:36] in certain places don

[43:37] t and no

[43:38] restructure is perfect, I think.

[43:41] Or do Uh, and just plant the

[43:42] flag a little bit, mayor, I

[43:42] m

[43:43] not asking you to comment on

[43:44] that. That

[43:46] s more of a kind of

[43:47] a I can councilmember, if you

[43:49] want to just make one comment,

[43:50] which is in, again, in the

[43:51] areas that you

[43:52] re referring to

[43:53] for the Northgate and then to

[43:55] some extent for the Lynnwood

[43:57] restructure. One of the issues

[43:59] that I know that transit riders

[44:01] in that area experienced during

[44:03] the pandemic years is that the

[44:06] Seattle Transit measure, which

[44:09] had funded until 2020, about

[44:10] 350,000 additional service

[44:12] hours within the city of

[44:13] Seattle that the city of

[44:16] Seattle was paying Metro to

[44:18] provide when that measure was

[44:21] reauthorized by the voters in

[44:23] late 2020, had a smaller

[44:25] funding source and more

[44:27] priorities. So it funds

[44:28] currently about half of the

[44:30] service hours it used to fund.

[44:33] So I know that 4 people in

[44:34] Seattle, there has been a

[44:36] change in the amount of transit

[44:37] service that is available

[44:38] simply because of how much the

[44:39] city of Seattle is or is not

[44:42] funded. Through its transit

[44:43] funding measure that is a good

[44:44] reminder and then I

[44:44] ll I

[44:45] ll

[44:46] finally add my additional

[44:47] appreciation to, uh, MR. W

[44:50] Wisner, who is a frequent

[44:52] correspondent with great detail

[44:55] and uh I, I do read them, uh,

[44:56] it

[44:57] s educational and I think

[44:59] that on occasion we have been

[45:00] able to make suggested

[45:01] adjustments to routes, but it

[45:04] is hard to um manage a

[45:05] restructure at the council

[45:08] level after a long process and

[45:10] so I agree with my colleague.

[45:11] League counselor Balucci in

[45:13] whose district is primarily is

[45:14] that we should give this a go

[45:16] and see how it works and fine

[45:18] tune as needed. Thank you very

[45:19] much for the opportunity to

[45:21] engage a little bit here, chair.

[45:22] Thank you, councilmember.

[45:23] Colleagues, any more questions

[45:27] or comments? Council member

[45:29] Balucci just would be, uh,

[45:30] neglectful to not call out the

[45:32] team here. I, I don

[45:32] t think you

[45:34] could count how many hours they

[45:35] put into this restructure. How

[45:37] many meetings they held with

[45:39] various council members, uh,

[45:41] certainly with my office, uh,

[45:42] they

[45:44] ve been very responsive,

[45:46] very analytical, very, um,

[45:47] really trying to balance all

[45:49] the needs of this very complex

[45:52] system and make it work well

[45:53] for everyone, and I just want

[45:54] to remind those following along,

[45:56] this is fundamentally a good

[45:57] news item. What we

[45:58] re doing

[45:59] here is we are trying to make

[46:01] our bus system work the best it

[46:03] can around a major new

[46:04] investment in high capacity

[46:05] transit, which is the light

[46:06] rail system that will be

[46:07] opening up to East King County

[46:10] in a few months. So, um, Thank

[46:11] you for that. Thank you, Metro

[46:12] folks. Thank you to everybody

[46:13] who worked on this, and I look

[46:14] forward to writing it and

[46:16] figuring out how my world will

[46:18] change, which, uh, which will

[46:20] happen soon. Thank you. Thank

[46:21] you so much. Yes, thank you so

[46:22] much to the Metro team. Thank

[46:24] you so much, Mary. Great work,

[46:26] uh, clerk, MAY you please call

[46:30] the roll on proposed ordinance

[46:31] 20250056.2 as amended. Thank

[46:32] you, councilmember I

[46:33] ll excuse

[46:36] me, Counciluncilmember Baucci.

[46:37] Councilcilmember Baron

[46:38] councilmember Dimowwski,

[46:41] councilmember Dunn. Aye. That

[46:41] s

[46:42] Moscara Iye Councilcilmember

[46:45] Perry, councilmember Quinn. Ie

[46:48] council member von Reichbauer,

[46:50] Chasahaye the vote is 8 ayes

[46:51] and councilmember Perry excused.

[46:54] By our vote, we have adopted

[46:56] proposed ordinance 20250056 as

[46:58] amended. Moving on to the

[46:59] another consent agenda. We have

[47:01] councilmember Dunn to make a

[47:03] request, uh, would request the

[47:05] chair if possible to remove

[47:07] item 17 from the consent agenda

[47:09] just so we can focus on it.

[47:11] Item 17 has been removed from

[47:12] the consent agenda. Vice Chair

[47:14] Dunn, MAY you please move

[47:15] consent agenda items 12 through

[47:22] 16 and 18. Move consent agenda

[47:25] items 12 through 1616 and also

[47:27] item 18. Those consent agenda

[47:28] items are before us. Clerk,

[47:31] please call the roll. Thank you,

[47:33] councilmember Bal Ducie

[47:36] councilmember Baron Council

[47:38] Member Dimowski councilmember

[47:41] Dunn council member Moscara

[47:43] councilmember Perry

[47:44] councilmember Quinn

[47:44] councilmember von Reichbauer

[47:46] Charaahalay. The vote is 8, aye

[47:46] and councilmember Perry excused.

[47:50] By our vote, we have adopted

[47:53] proposed motions 2024 0362 and

[48:08] 0363 as to public

[48:09] transportation requesting the

[48:11] executive to engage in a task

[48:13] force on transit safety and

[48:14] security to address public

[48:15] safety on transit in the

[48:17] communities in which Metro

[48:18] transit Department operates

[48:19] councilmember Dunn, MAY you

[48:21] please put the item before us.

[48:23] Move item 17 proposed

[48:26] substitute number 2025 0020. 17

[48:27] is before us, councilmember

[48:29] Dunn to speak to it. Thanks

[48:30] very much and just a reminder

[48:31] to my colleagues this past

[48:32] unanimously out of Allen was on

[48:33] today

[48:33] s consent agenda. I

[48:34] pulled it off just because I

[48:35] think it

[48:35] s important enough for

[48:36] us to flag it and talk about it.

[48:40] This really is is really in

[48:42] spirit, intent, and function

[48:45] led by atu and they deserve our

[48:47] thanks for their work on this

[48:47] and they

[48:49] re continuing, uh,

[48:50] coordination and fight to

[48:51] represent transit operators and

[48:54] to keep them in the entire

[48:55] system running safely. This

[48:58] safety task force is joint

[49:00] effort of local government, law

[49:02] enforcement agencies, uh,

[49:04] transit partners, uh, and of

[49:07] course being led by atu 587

[49:07] involves the King County

[49:10] council, the ex. Metro, uh, to

[49:12] address public safety and

[49:14] transit in the communities in

[49:16] which Metro transit, uh,

[49:18] operates. Um, it is, uh, was

[49:21] requested initially, uh, by atu

[49:23] to establish a task force on

[49:25] transit safety and security,

[49:27] and it would bring together the

[49:29] following groups to really, I

[49:30] think, seriously, take a good

[49:34] hard look at how we will work

[49:37] to make safety a top priority

[49:37] and continuing to improve

[49:40] safety. And that, and that

[49:41] includes atu 587 frontline

[49:43] transit operators, the King

[49:45] County Sheriff, the general, uh,

[49:48] gm of Metro Transit, director

[49:49] of dchs, some local elected

[49:51] leaders, local law enforcement,

[49:54] the ceo of Sound Transit,

[49:56] Transit Riders organizations,

[49:59] and others as necessary. The

[50:00] task force will work to develop

[50:03] a plan that will address the

[50:04] following things, improvements

[50:07] to operating a safety on Metro

[50:09] transit buses and the barriers

[50:10] and barriers for operators. I

[50:13] think, I think both probably

[50:14] literally and figuratively, um,

[50:16] strategies that hold transit

[50:17] passengers and others at bus

[50:19] stops and transit centers

[50:21] accountable for require for

[50:23] required conduct on the buses

[50:25] and around those areas

[50:26] interagency coordination and

[50:28] shared responsibilities with

[50:30] the jurisdictions with the

[50:32] Metro Transit Department

[50:32] operates coordination with

[50:34] communities and with transit

[50:35] riders and their safety and

[50:37] other issues is the task force

[50:37] kind of comes along and

[50:39] identifies. Which I think we

[50:40] should be open to moving

[50:42] forward. And then I asked the

[50:43] executive to come back and give

[50:44] us a briefing no later than

[50:46] SEPTEMBER 30th of this year. I

[50:48] want to thank Councilor Mayor

[50:49] Balducci for her leadership on

[50:53] this, um, and also atu

[50:54] PRESIDENT Greg Woodfield and

[50:55] his team for their leadership

[50:57] as well on this. I know we

[50:58] re

[50:59] just getting started, community

[51:00] safety, whether it

[51:00] s on our

[51:02] buses or some other part of the

[51:02] community. It

[51:04] s not like you,

[51:05] you have a meeting or a task

[51:07] force, it gets done and

[51:07] everybody

[51:09] s safe forevermore.

[51:10] These things evolve and modify

[51:12] over time and so you have to

[51:13] keep coming back and looking at

[51:15] it and making it better and

[51:16] making improvements and

[51:18] adapting to local and changed

[51:19] conditions including things

[51:21] like crime rates, um, and so we

[51:22] got to do this. I

[51:23] ve never seen.

[51:28] A more serious intense focus on

[51:29] transit operators

[51:29] safety and

[51:31] rider safety that I

[51:32] m seeing

[51:35] right now. Sadly, in part

[51:38] because of the recent tragedies,

[51:40] uh, but sometimes that forces a

[51:43] policy body to to to work to

[51:45] Make change and, and that is a

[51:47] good thing in my opinion to be

[51:48] able to make change, so i

[51:49] d

[51:50] urge my colleagues

[51:50] support.

[51:50] I

[51:51] ve had a couple of requests

[51:53] from some other council members

[51:54] to add on or sign on as

[51:55] co-sponsor. I

[51:55] d ask the clerk

[51:57] perhaps to pass on a

[51:59] co-sponsors sheet so that

[52:00] members can join. I

[52:01] d urge your

[52:02] support and any reflections you

[52:03] have on the legislation. Thank

[52:09] you. Councilmember anyone? Any

[52:10] comments or questions?

[52:11] Councilor Baucci. Thank you. No,

[52:13] I, I, I think councilmember

[52:15] Dunn put it quite well, and I

[52:16] really appreciate him, uh,

[52:18] stepping up to take the

[52:20] laboring or to introduce this

[52:22] piece of legislation and to do

[52:24] the work, um, it does start

[52:26] with a statement of commitment

[52:27] any change starts with a

[52:28] statement of commitment and

[52:28] it

[52:30] s very important that this

[52:31] body lean in and state our

[52:33] commitment, uh, we are the

[52:34] policymaking body for this

[52:36] county. We are the, we have the

[52:37] power of the purse for this

[52:39] county and so, uh, it is super

[52:41] important that we make it known

[52:42] when we make something.

[52:44] Priority, uh, I want to

[52:46] acknowledge MR. Renner

[52:47] s very

[52:49] consistent advocacy, uh, for

[52:52] change and for change that will

[52:53] improve uh fair collection,

[52:55] improved safety on our systems.

[52:58] Uh, I expect you will continue

[52:59] to advocate with us for those

[53:00] things, and I think it

[53:00] s

[53:02] important that we do have an

[53:02] impact and that

[53:03] s what the goal

[53:06] of this work is ultimately it

[53:07] is about getting together with

[53:10] uh in you know in support of

[53:11] atu 587

[53:12] s leadership. With all

[53:14] of our colleagues and partners

[53:16] in the cities, uh, and various

[53:18] police agencies and all the

[53:20] organizations that have a role

[53:23] here to figure out how we make

[53:25] things safer and better, uh, as

[53:25] I

[53:26] ve said many times, we have a

[53:27] lot of goals, a lot of policy

[53:30] goals with our transit system,

[53:31] including connecting people to

[53:33] opportunity and education and

[53:35] housing, uh, a climate and

[53:37] sustainability goals for having

[53:39] a clean and green, uh,

[53:40] transportation system and we

[53:41] can

[53:41] t achieve any of these goal.

[53:43] Our mobility goals, our

[53:46] economic goals are our equity

[53:47] goals, our environmental goals,

[53:49] unless people ride the system

[53:50] and they will not write it if

[53:50] they don

[53:51] t feel safe, and we

[53:53] have to make a safe system for

[53:54] our employees who are out there

[53:56] every single day all day making

[53:57] the system work, including the

[53:59] bus I just came in on, so I

[53:59] m

[54:00] very happy to be a co-sponsor

[54:02] and to uh to partner in this

[54:03] work and make sure it means

[54:04] something, make sure it has

[54:08] results in the end. Thank you,

[54:09] council member councilmember

[54:10] Baron. Thank you, chair. Well,

[54:11] I just want to um extend my

[54:12] appreci. I can

[54:13] t remember

[54:14] council members Dunn and Baduci

[54:15] for bringing this measure

[54:18] forward, uh, but particularly,

[54:20] um, my appreciation to uh the

[54:21] atu leadership who actually

[54:22] started this conversation, this

[54:24] call for us to have this

[54:26] regional uh conversation on

[54:28] safety on our metro system. Um,

[54:30] I also just wanted to point out,

[54:32] I, I think folks know this, but

[54:33] uh there MAY be some

[54:35] limitations on how many of us

[54:37] want to partic uh are able to

[54:38] participate in the actual

[54:39] conversation just because of

[54:40] our, our requirements with the

[54:42] Open Meetings Act. Uh, but I

[54:43] wanted to convey to make sure

[54:44] that all of you that even those

[54:46] of us who MAY not get to

[54:47] actually physically be in the

[54:48] conversation at the same time,

[54:48] we

[54:49] re going to be monitoring

[54:51] this very closely, uh, and so

[54:51] there

[54:52] s, I think there

[54:52] s a

[54:53] shared commitment that you see

[54:54] through this legislation that

[54:56] all of us are here going to be

[54:57] monitoring this and even if

[54:57] we

[54:58] re not physically being able

[55:00] to be part of that conversation

[55:01] with all of you. We

[55:02] re gonna be

[55:04] monitoring very closely the

[55:05] results and, and have uh you

[55:06] have our commitment to make

[55:08] sure that we act on, on, on

[55:09] recommendations that come out

[55:11] of that that uh regional

[55:12] conversation so. Thank you for

[55:13] your work on that and uh I look

[55:15] forward to supporting this

[55:16] legislation. Thank you, council

[55:18] member von Reichbauer. Uh,

[55:20] first of all, I think the

[55:21] previous speakers for their

[55:24] comments. As I said at the

[55:26] incident at the when this issue

[55:28] first happened, if our drivers

[55:28] don

[55:29] t feel safe, how can our

[55:32] passengers? Very simple. That

[55:32] s

[55:34] all I want to say. Thank you so

[55:36] much, councilmember.

[55:39] Councilmember Moscada. Uh,

[55:41] thank you very much, MR. Chair.

[55:42] Uh, first, I want to thank

[55:44] members of the atu family

[55:45] who

[55:46] ve come here today and

[55:46] who

[55:47] ve come here almost every

[55:49] single meeting since this

[55:50] tragic incident happened. Uh,

[55:51] thank you for voicing your

[55:53] support and more importantly,

[55:54] demanding this, um, as my

[55:57] colleague just noted, this was

[55:59] your idea. You created it and

[56:00] we are here to support and

[56:02] follow your lead, but we have

[56:03] to do so with urgency. I think

[56:04] we

[56:05] ve heard that from you,

[56:05] we

[56:07] ve heard that from members

[56:08] of the public, and I think what

[56:08] you

[56:09] re hearing from this

[56:09] council. And what we

[56:10] ve heard

[56:12] from Metro in the previous

[56:14] testimony is there has to be a

[56:15] change. There cannot be the

[56:16] status quo. This can

[56:16] t be

[56:20] business as usual. We cannot

[56:23] have another tragic murder and

[56:25] I want you to know that we see

[56:28] your power here today, and we

[56:30] see that Shan Yim is resting in

[56:32] power with this bill coming

[56:34] into action. We stand here

[56:37] together with you to demand uh

[56:38] a change in process investments,

[56:43] and protections. And we stand

[56:45] with you in the call for making

[56:47] sure that both writers and

[56:48] operators are safe, as my

[56:50] colleagues have said. MR.

[56:53] PRESIDENT and members of atu

[56:54] members of the community, we

[56:55] hear you and we stand with you

[56:57] and this call to action. Thank

[56:59] you very much to the sponsors

[57:01] for your quick work as well to

[57:03] Metro for your quick work to

[57:04] implement some items already

[57:05] and we look forward to

[57:06] furthering that with urgency.

[57:08] Thank you again to the sponsors,

[57:09] and I will absolutely take you

[57:10] up on the offer to add my name

[57:11] to this today. I

[57:12] d love to be a

[57:14] sponsor. Thank you. Thank you

[57:17] so much, councilmember.

[57:17] Councilmember Demowski, thank

[57:20] you very much and uh I want to

[57:22] co-sign the statements of the

[57:24] previous speakers as the young

[57:26] and sage chair chairsay, um,

[57:26] I

[57:28] ve joined as a co-sponsor as

[57:29] well and I appreciate

[57:30] councilmember Dunn

[57:30] s

[57:31] willingness to an invitation to

[57:32] invite colleagues to sign on as

[57:34] co-sponsor and thank him for

[57:35] his work and picking up the

[57:37] suggestion from the leadership

[57:40] of atu, uh, when I chaired the

[57:41] transportation economy

[57:42] Environment Committee, we had a

[57:43] number of hearings on this

[57:45] growing issue to try. Highlight

[57:46] and surface the concerns that

[57:49] were being raised, uh, some of

[57:50] the very tragic public, uh,

[57:52] violence that has occurred on

[57:54] our system has prompted a lot

[57:56] of my regular constituent

[57:57] transit system riders to reach

[58:00] out and say they too are seeing

[58:02] these incidents on their

[58:03] experience and frankly it

[58:04] s led

[58:05] them to having changes in

[58:07] behavior, whether they stop

[58:08] writing the system or they stop

[58:10] writing parts of the system or

[58:11] stop writing it during certain

[58:13] times of day or don

[58:13] t let their

[58:14] children ride it to get. And

[58:17] from school. This is real for

[58:20] our constituents and and riders

[58:21] and uh councilmemb Baucci

[58:21] s

[58:22] remarks about if you want folks

[58:24] to write at the beginning and

[58:26] the end is safety. That

[58:26] s just

[58:30] a predicate, a foundational uh

[58:31] value and, and principle in

[58:33] terms of how we ought to

[58:34] operate the system. I really

[58:36] like this approach in that uh

[58:38] one of the things I believe in

[58:39] is uh don

[58:39] t judge someone or

[58:40] tell someone what to do until

[58:40] you

[58:42] ve walked a mile in their

[58:43] shoes, and in this case our

[58:45] driver. Are driving mile after

[58:46] mile after mile, and they know

[58:49] best. I really do believe that

[58:51] our operators of our system who

[58:54] are in the field every day

[58:54] running it ought to have the

[58:57] worst. The loudest voice, the

[58:59] voice that we listened to, uh,

[59:00] the most, and I if we

[59:01] re being

[59:03] candid, I do believe that

[59:04] perhaps that voice wasn

[59:04] t heard

[59:06] in some reforms that have

[59:08] occurred in recent years, some

[59:10] changes that we made, uh, I

[59:10] m

[59:11] just being very candid here,

[59:12] and I think that this task

[59:14] force, this group ought to take

[59:16] a look at the state of our

[59:18] rules of our ride right rules,

[59:18] and don

[59:20] t be shy. Don

[59:21] t hold

[59:22] back about what changes ought

[59:26] to be made. Come forward, tell

[59:29] us in plain English. What needs

[59:32] to be done. You will be

[59:34] listened to. The report

[59:35] s gonna

[59:36] come back by SEPTEMBER 30th.

[59:37] That timing is important. I

[59:37] ve

[59:39] now got a different hat on

[59:41] budget share. We will not put a

[59:44] price on safety. Ok, let me say

[59:46] it again, we will not put a

[59:49] price on safety. We will fund

[59:50] the necessary improvements to

[59:53] our system to ensure that it is

[59:54] safe as possible. That

[59:54] s my

[59:55] commitment as budget chair here

[59:57] at the council. We have the

[59:58] resources and we

[59:58] ll bring more.

[59:59] We

[1:00:00] re working with PRESIDENT

[1:00:03] Woodville on proposal to bring

[1:00:05] more capacity for dollars and

[1:00:06] uh and an answer that we can

[1:00:06] t

[1:00:08] afford it will not be the

[1:00:09] answer. So I look forward to

[1:00:11] this work. I like the

[1:00:12] flexibility in the language to

[1:00:13] bring forward and bring on

[1:00:15] board. The people here, um,

[1:00:17] that, that have knowledge and I

[1:00:19] just want to say from this

[1:00:19] council member

[1:00:20] s perspective,

[1:00:21] the recommendations will be

[1:00:25] acted upon. Promptly, and they

[1:00:26] will be funded fully. Thank you,

[1:00:28] MR. Chair. Thank you so much,

[1:00:31] councilmember. Councilmember

[1:00:34] Dunn to close. Woo Well, I

[1:00:37] pulled that off consent. I

[1:00:37] m

[1:00:38] telling you. I, I think

[1:00:41] everyone said it right and just

[1:00:43] come up with good sound

[1:00:44] recommendations and their

[1:00:45] chances of implication are very,

[1:00:46] very high, and we

[1:00:48] ll keep our

[1:00:49] buses safer moving forward. I

[1:00:50] just want to say something real

[1:00:52] quick. I, I really appreciate

[1:00:54] the metro transit. Handle this

[1:00:56] a lot of times and we try and

[1:00:57] do a task force involving an

[1:00:59] agency, we get a lot of

[1:01:02] pushback and screaming. And

[1:01:03] they welcomed it right away,

[1:01:05] which is the wise thing to do

[1:01:07] and also the right way to

[1:01:08] effect change. Let

[1:01:09] s not forget

[1:01:11] that it was just a few short

[1:01:15] years ago where Metro was the

[1:01:16] outstanding transit agency of

[1:01:17] the United States or North

[1:01:19] America it might have been is

[1:01:20] the best. We got to keep it, I

[1:01:22] got to keep it that way and,

[1:01:23] and one of the key things we

[1:01:26] can do is, is keep it safe. So

[1:01:27] thanks for my colleague

[1:01:27] s

[1:01:28] support. Thank you, MR. Chair.

[1:01:30] Thank you so much,

[1:01:31] councilmember. Uh, clerk.

[1:01:32] Please call the roll on

[1:01:36] proposed substitute motion

[1:01:38] number 20250020.2. Thank you,

[1:01:40] councilmember Bellucci.

[1:01:42] Counciluncilmember Baron

[1:01:44] Council memberber Demowwski

[1:01:45] councilmember Dunn.Ye

[1:01:46] councilmember Mosquerae

[1:01:48] Councilcilmember Perry,

[1:01:49] councilmember Quinn council

[1:01:52] member von Reichbauer.

[1:01:54] Theresahaye the final vote is 8

[1:01:55] ayes and councilmember Perry

[1:01:58] excused. Fantastic by our vote

[1:02:02] we have adopted proposed

[1:02:03] substitute motion 20,250,020.

[1:02:05] Thank you so much again to our

[1:02:07] atu family to Metro Transit, we

[1:02:09] know that you have been up late

[1:02:12] night, burning the midnight

[1:02:13] candle every single day since

[1:02:15] the tragic murder of Shan Yim

[1:02:18] working on this, organizing

[1:02:21] funerals and rallies and

[1:02:22] legislative action and you have

[1:02:25] a council full of allies here

[1:02:25] and congratulations on passing

[1:02:26] this task force. Successfully.

[1:02:31] Thank you. All right, moving on

[1:02:35] to item 19, uh, proposed motion

[1:02:37] number 20250058. Uh,

[1:02:38] councilmember Quinn, MAY you

[1:02:42] please move this item before us.

[1:02:46] I proposed 2025-0058. Item 19

[1:02:50] is before us, um. We have Mary,

[1:02:54] do you want to come back, Mary

[1:02:56] Burganon can speak to it as

[1:02:58] well um, councilmember Quinn to

[1:03:00] open it, open discussion, yeah,

[1:03:03] so the proposed motion

[1:03:05] 2025-0058 would ask Metro to

[1:03:06] report on unplanned trip

[1:03:09] cancellations. Um, Metro

[1:03:11] already already reports on, uh,

[1:03:12] schedule reliability, um, when

[1:03:16] a bus is running late, um, but

[1:03:18] Metro does not provide public

[1:03:20] reporting on unplanned trip

[1:03:22] cancellations which occur when

[1:03:23] a bus trip does not happen at

[1:03:28] all. So the motion before us

[1:03:30] today would ask Metro, uh, to,

[1:03:33] to add information on the

[1:03:34] unplanned shrimp constellation,

[1:03:37] um, to its annual system

[1:03:39] evaluation report, uh, to

[1:03:40] provide a real-time information

[1:03:42] to transit riders. Um, and to

[1:03:45] brief the council on how Trump

[1:03:48] calculation information will be

[1:03:50] incorporated into Metro service

[1:03:51] guidelines, um, when they are

[1:03:53] next updated, um, and the

[1:03:56] motion was drafted by my

[1:03:57] colleague COUNCILMAN Baduci, um,

[1:03:58] and I would just ask Mary, did

[1:04:02] I get any of that wrong? Thank

[1:04:03] you. This again is Mary Burgen.

[1:04:03] I

[1:04:05] m from the council staff and,

[1:04:06] uh, councilmember Quinn, you

[1:04:10] described it well. This is, uh,

[1:04:11] really about Metro reporting to

[1:04:13] the public and providing more

[1:04:14] real-time information to the

[1:04:15] public about when unplanned

[1:04:17] trip cancellations happen. I

[1:04:19] will note that in your packets

[1:04:21] today in the green folder,

[1:04:23] there is an amendment that

[1:04:24] councilmember Perry had

[1:04:25] discussed the intention of

[1:04:25] providing during the tree

[1:04:27] committee. I know she

[1:04:27] s not

[1:04:28] here today, so I don

[1:04:30] t know if,

[1:04:31] um, anyone else would be moving

[1:04:32] that, uh, amendment on her

[1:04:33] behalf. And if you

[1:04:34] d like that

[1:04:38] briefed or not. Uh, I think

[1:04:39] there

[1:04:39] s a request for a

[1:04:44] briefing. Thank you. Ok, so

[1:04:45] Amendment one would add on to

[1:04:46] the reporting requests made in

[1:04:48] this motion to do two things.

[1:04:51] First, in the 2025 system

[1:04:52] evaluation in which Metro is

[1:04:54] asked to report an unplanned

[1:04:56] trip cancellations. It would

[1:04:58] ask Metro to include data about

[1:05:00] the the impact of trip

[1:05:02] cancellations on transit riders,

[1:05:03] and then second, in the

[1:05:04] upcoming briefings that the

[1:05:06] general manager would be

[1:05:07] providing to the tree committee,

[1:05:10] it would ask the gm to provide

[1:05:11] information about how Metro

[1:05:11] s

[1:05:14] performance relate to trip

[1:05:15] cancellations compares with

[1:05:19] peer transit agencies. Great,

[1:05:20] thank you. Is that Amendment

[1:05:24] one? Ok. Uh, any questions or

[1:05:28] comments on Amendment one? Uh,

[1:05:29] MAY uh COUNCILMAN Baucci, could

[1:05:30] you put Amendment one before us.

[1:05:32] I move approval of Amendment 1.

[1:05:34] Amendment 1 is before us. All

[1:05:35] those in favor please say aye

[1:05:37] aye aye. All those opposed.

[1:05:39] Amendment one carries. Are

[1:05:41] there any more amendments? No?

[1:05:44] Ok. All right, uh, underlying

[1:05:46] motion as amended. Do we have

[1:05:48] any questions or comments?

[1:05:50] Councilmember Balducci, thanks

[1:05:52] just to uh just to for the

[1:05:55] record, um, uh, this item, this

[1:05:56] idea came up, uh, when we were

[1:05:59] having a review of Metro

[1:05:59] s 2024

[1:05:59] service report it

[1:06:00] s a regular

[1:06:01] report, lots of great data

[1:06:02] about what

[1:06:02] s going on with the

[1:06:07] bus system, uh, each year, and,

[1:06:08] um, this question of unplanned

[1:06:11] trips, colloquial and

[1:06:12] colloquially known as a ghost

[1:06:15] Busses, uh, on unplanned trip

[1:06:17] cancellations, uh, came up and

[1:06:20] I just. Wanted to underscore as

[1:06:21] a writer, anybody who rides,

[1:06:24] and I know many of us do, um,

[1:06:24] there

[1:06:26] s I, I think possibly the

[1:06:28] most frustrating thing that can

[1:06:28] happen is you

[1:06:29] re waiting for a

[1:06:31] bus you see on your app that

[1:06:31] it

[1:06:32] s coming, it

[1:06:32] s

[1:06:34] coming, and then you see that

[1:06:34] it left and you

[1:06:35] re like, no, it

[1:06:35] didn

[1:06:36] t. I was standing right

[1:06:40] here and it did not go by, um,

[1:06:41] possibly exceeded only by buses

[1:06:42] that go by early and, uh, by

[1:06:44] the way, Metro handles those

[1:06:45] really, really well. I think

[1:06:46] they, they managed, they,

[1:06:46] they

[1:06:47] ve trained people not to

[1:06:49] be early. Um, and, and it

[1:06:49] s the

[1:06:50] same frustration. It

[1:06:50] s I

[1:06:51] ve

[1:06:53] relied on the system. I have

[1:06:54] somewhere to be. I thought I

[1:06:56] knew when I was gonna get there

[1:06:56] and now I don

[1:06:57] t know when I

[1:06:57] m

[1:06:59] going to get there, uh, and it

[1:07:00] can be dark, it can be rainy,

[1:07:01] it can be for, you know, for a

[1:07:03] lot of reasons it can be very

[1:07:05] inconvenient and it can cause

[1:07:06] people to choose to take a

[1:07:08] different mode the next time

[1:07:11] they take a trip and so I think

[1:07:12] that the idea of shining a

[1:07:14] light on this, making sure we

[1:07:16] have good data about what

[1:07:16] s

[1:07:17] going on and following up and

[1:07:18] making sure that. We are

[1:07:20] communicating with our third

[1:07:22] party app providers so that the

[1:07:24] buses that are out there are

[1:07:25] accurately reflected on One Bus

[1:07:26] Away and Google Maps and all

[1:07:28] the things that people use in

[1:07:30] order to uh really improve

[1:07:30] their uh knowledge of what

[1:07:31] s

[1:07:32] going on in the system and

[1:07:34] their ability to plan their

[1:07:36] trips and so I think this is

[1:07:37] very important we

[1:07:38] re

[1:07:38] daylighting information and it

[1:07:40] will help us to make better, uh,

[1:07:42] policy decisions in the future

[1:07:43] and to make sure that our

[1:07:44] system is all it can be. It

[1:07:44] s

[1:07:46] been a theme, actually of this

[1:07:47] meeting here today is making

[1:07:48] our bus system everything that

[1:07:49] it. Can be, uh, I wanted to say

[1:07:51] a word of thanks to

[1:07:52] councilmember Perry and her

[1:07:54] staff. Uh, they, uh, Councilor

[1:07:56] Perry came up with the concept

[1:07:58] of what became Amendment one in

[1:07:59] the committee meeting, uh, and

[1:08:01] then took the time between then

[1:08:03] and now to really make sure it

[1:08:04] was, uh, solidified and written

[1:08:07] down in a way that, um, that,

[1:08:08] that dovetails very well with

[1:08:09] the intent of this motion. I

[1:08:10] was happy to support it, so I

[1:08:14] urge your support of the

[1:08:15] underlying uh proposed motion.

[1:08:17] Thank you, council member. Any

[1:08:18] more questions or comments?

[1:08:19] Counciluncil member brought on.

[1:08:22] Thank you, Chair. Um, well, I

[1:08:22] m

[1:08:23] pleased to co-sponsor this

[1:08:24] motion with Councilor Ba Duchin.

[1:08:26] I appreciate her leadership for

[1:08:28] bringing forward and I think

[1:08:28] it

[1:08:29] s important to recognize

[1:08:30] that, you know, there

[1:08:30] s a lot

[1:08:32] of good work and Metro

[1:08:32] s doing

[1:08:33] a very good work and has done

[1:08:35] work with this council to make

[1:08:36] sure that we increase our

[1:08:37] reliability, so this is an

[1:08:41] effort to just improve, uh,

[1:08:42] information and transparency,

[1:08:43] uh, and I think to your point,

[1:08:44] Castleber Balducci actually had

[1:08:46] a constituent meeting this past

[1:08:48] week and one of my constituents

[1:08:48] specifically raised this issue

[1:08:49] and I was kind of. To be able

[1:08:50] to say like we

[1:08:50] re actually

[1:08:52] working on that on Tuesday, uh,

[1:08:53] because she expressed that

[1:08:54] frustration of, of, of, of not

[1:08:57] having the bus here and and I

[1:08:57] think it

[1:08:58] s important for us to

[1:09:01] do everything we can to make

[1:09:02] our system as reliable because

[1:09:03] of the impact that it does have,

[1:09:06] as you mentioned, I think the,

[1:09:08] the for the Rider experience,

[1:09:08] uh, whether it

[1:09:10] s the bus being

[1:09:11] delayed or the bus not showing

[1:09:12] up when, when it

[1:09:13] s supposed to,

[1:09:16] it, it, it, it creates this uh

[1:09:18] uh tension that I think

[1:09:18] undermines our ability to

[1:09:19] provide the. And so I think

[1:09:19] it

[1:09:20] s important that we have

[1:09:23] that information so that we can

[1:09:24] uh use it to, to improve the

[1:09:26] system and, and make it even

[1:09:28] better than it is today, uh, so

[1:09:30] I appreciate this, uh, and

[1:09:32] encourage a yes vote of this.

[1:09:34] Thank you, councilmember. Any

[1:09:36] more questions? Councilor

[1:09:37] Mosqueda a question, just a

[1:09:38] comment I want to congratulate

[1:09:39] our good chair of the tree

[1:09:42] committee. I think this item

[1:09:43] and item number 11 are the

[1:09:44] first, uh, bills out of your

[1:09:46] committee, MR. Chair. So thank

[1:09:48] you, uh, for your stewardship

[1:09:49] there and exciting to see those

[1:09:50] bills come. To full council.

[1:09:51] Thank you. That

[1:09:51] s why I was

[1:09:52] quiet through the process

[1:09:55] because I wanted to get there.

[1:09:56] One meeting and, and

[1:09:57] everything

[1:10:00] s on, yeah, good.

[1:10:02] All right, uh, we have before

[1:10:05] us proposed motion number

[1:10:06] 20250058 as amended clerk,

[1:10:09] please call the roll. Thank you,

[1:10:11] councilmember Balduccie Council

[1:10:12] Member Baron Counciluncilmember

[1:10:16] Dimowwski. Councilmember Dunn.

[1:10:16] Can

[1:10:18] t remember Moscara. Aye

[1:10:21] council member Perry,

[1:10:22] councilmember Quinn. Council

[1:10:26] member von Reichbauer.

[1:10:31] Chazahalay. Councilmember von

[1:10:34] Rigbauer, thank you. The final

[1:10:36] vote is 7 ayes and council

[1:10:38] members Dunn and Perry excused.

[1:10:42] Thank you. By our vote, we have

[1:10:44] adopted proposed motion

[1:10:45] 2025-0058 as amended, moving on

[1:10:48] to the reappointment consent

[1:10:50] agenda item 20 call on

[1:10:51] councilmember Dimowwski. MAY

[1:10:53] you please move consent agenda

[1:10:55] item 20. Uh, Consent agenda

[1:10:56] item 20 is before us. Clerk,

[1:10:59] please call the roll. Thank you,

[1:11:01] councilmember Baucci.

[1:11:02] Councilmember Baron

[1:11:03] Councilcilmember Demowwski.

[1:11:05] COUNCILMAN Dunn. Can

[1:11:06] t remember

[1:11:07] Moscara. I can

[1:11:09] t remember Perry.

[1:11:13] Council member Quinn Council

[1:11:13] member von Reichbauer,

[1:11:14] Chesahala. The vote is 7 ayes

[1:11:16] and council members done and

[1:11:18] Perry excused. By our vote we

[1:11:22] have adopted proposed motion

[1:11:24] 20250081, uh, councilmember

[1:11:26] Dunn would like to record his

[1:11:31] votes on a couple of items. All

[1:11:33] right. Good. Thank you on those

[1:11:35] clerk, thank you. If there is

[1:11:36] no objection, the published

[1:11:38] marked agenda together with any

[1:11:39] changes made in today

[1:11:40] s meeting

[1:11:41] will stand approved as the

[1:11:43] first reading and referral of

[1:11:45] ordinances and motions, items

[1:11:47] 21 and 22 as listed with no

[1:11:49] other items to come before this

[1:11:50] meeting. The meeting is

[1:11:51] adjourned and a friendly

[1:11:54] reminder to my colleagues who

[1:11:55] are unemployment administration

[1:11:56] Committee eac will be meeting

[1:11:57] upstairs in 5 minutes. Thank

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