[0:07] Good afternoon. Welcome to the

[0:09] JULY 15th, 2026 meeting of the

[0:10] Regional Transit Committee. I

[0:11] m

[0:12] the chair, King County Council

[0:14] member Steffanie Fain. We

[0:14] re

[0:15] going to start the meeting

[0:17] today by calling roll. And

[0:18] would you please call the roll?

[0:20] Thank you. Chair. Deputy Mayor

[0:23] Black here. Council member

[0:27] Harris. Council PRESIDENT.

[0:29] Honda here. All the way from

[0:31] Washington, dc.

[0:33] Thank you. PRESIDENT Pro Tem

[0:35] McIrvin here. Council member

[0:38] Stewart here. Deputy mayor

[0:40] Taylor here. Council member

[0:45] Troutner here. Mayor. Rubio.

[0:49] Council member. Bhargava. Here.

[0:50] Council member.

[0:52] Shea here.

[0:55] Council member. Goldman here.

[0:58] Mayor. Mayhew here. Council

[1:01] member. Rinke. Council member.

[1:04] Rob Saka. Council member.

[1:11] Foster. Council member. Perry.

[1:12] Councilmember von Reichbauer.

[1:15] Here. Chair. Fain.

[1:15] Here.

[1:16] Can you have a quorum?

[1:19] Thank you. Um. I am very

[1:21] excited to have Vice Chair

[1:22] McIrvin here in chambers with

[1:24] me this afternoon. Thank you

[1:25] for being here. Would you

[1:27] please, uh, move to approve the

[1:29] minutes from our JUNE 17th

[1:30] meeting?

[1:31] Thank you, MADAM Chair. I move

[1:32] approval of the minutes.

[1:33] Thank you. All those in favor,

[1:34] please say aye.

[1:35] Aye. Aye.

[1:39] Any opposed? All right. Thank

[1:41] you. The minutes are approved.

[1:43] All right. Well, it has been a

[1:45] very busy few weeks. So before

[1:45] we begin, I

[1:46] d like to

[1:48] congratulate Metro and all of

[1:48] our region

[1:50] s transit agencies

[1:52] on an outstanding World Cup

[1:55] performance. Yourselves. I know

[1:57] the work is still ongoing until

[1:59] the last game is over. With a

[2:01] lot of watch parties around the

[2:03] region. But, um, for the games

[2:06] that were held here in Seattle,

[2:07] you delivered exceptional

[2:09] service and carried record

[2:12] number of riders. And really

[2:15] demonstrated and showed off our

[2:18] regional transit system. And

[2:20] you did that all with very

[2:22] thoughtful, careful planning,

[2:24] years long planning and

[2:26] collaboration and regional

[2:28] coordination. So it was a ton

[2:29] of work, and we very much

[2:31] appreciate it. Um, we did

[2:34] spend, um, we had an

[2:35] opportunity to have a joint

[2:37] meeting with our transit

[2:38] committee at the council

[2:40] earlier this year. And so, um,

[2:41] I

[2:42] d like to think about an

[2:44] opportunity to collaborate

[2:46] again on a joint meeting.

[2:50] Maybe, um, this fall to talk

[2:52] about and reflect on, um,

[2:54] lessons learned and things that

[2:56] we can do going forward and

[2:58] implement without World Cup

[3:00] here. But for today, please

[3:01] share this committee

[3:03] s

[3:05] appreciation to all of your

[3:07] teams and operators and

[3:09] maintenance crew workers and

[3:10] everyone who participated in

[3:12] the planning and the execution

[3:15] of a very smooth transit

[3:17] experience during World Cup. So

[3:20] thank you. All right. Members,

[3:21] today during our meeting we

[3:21] re

[3:23] going to focus on two very

[3:25] important issues. First, we are

[3:27] going to receive the briefing

[3:30] that we postponed from our last

[3:30] meeting on Metro

[3:32] s next stop,

[3:34] which is the planning effort,

[3:36] um, for investments through the

[3:38] late 2030s. And then we

[3:38] re

[3:40] going to receive an update on

[3:43] the work Metro and, um, uh,

[3:46] some of our regional partners

[3:48] are doing to enhance safety and

[3:50] security for our riders and

[3:52] employees. First, however, we

[3:54] are going to turn to public

[3:56] comment. Uh, clerk do we have

[3:57] anyone signed up for public

[3:59] comment today?

[4:01] Uh, chair we we do have one

[4:04] person. Um, in in zoom. Sorry.

[4:07] So any is there anyone in

[4:09] chambers? All right, let

[4:10] s call

[4:12] on the person on zoom. And

[4:15] before we get started, um, I

[4:15] m

[4:17] not sure if this person has

[4:18] spoken here before, but we do

[4:21] have the same rules, uh, in

[4:22] this committee that we do at

[4:24] the King County Council. And

[4:28] that is to, um, you are allowed

[4:30] to speak for two minutes and

[4:33] everything must be related, or

[4:34] your comments must be related

[4:35] to the items on today

[4:36] s meeting

[4:37] agenda and not used for the

[4:39] purpose of assisting a campaign

[4:40] for election of any purpose to

[4:42] any office, or for the

[4:45] promotion of or opposition to

[4:47] any ballot proposition. Um, and

[4:52] if there are any, uh, if any

[4:53] speech does violate those

[4:56] restrictions, we will, uh, mute

[5:00] you. So I will have you go

[5:02] ahead and call on the person.

[5:07] Uh, Joe, counselor.

[5:08] Hi. Thanks, everybody. Joe.

[5:11] Counselor. Here. Um, I want to

[5:12] thank King County. Start by

[5:13] thanking King County Metro for

[5:14] your awesome service during the

[5:16] airplane expo. Uh, last week, I

[5:18] was able to buy a, uh, $18

[5:20] transit pass and had a very

[5:22] effective and safe, uh, transit

[5:24] on King County Metro bus routes

[5:26] and also the sexy light rail.

[5:30] Um, I will also add here that I

[5:32] fully support your efforts to

[5:35] make transit more safe. Um, and

[5:36] feel these are important

[5:37] investments, uh, transit

[5:40] operators are our limbs for

[5:42] many of us in a disability

[5:43] community. And I want to note

[5:45] that on Disability Pride month,

[5:45] um, I think it

[5:46] s important to

[5:47] do everything we can to keep

[5:49] our wonderful transit operator

[5:51] safe and appreciated for all

[5:53] the hard work you do. And with

[5:53] that, I don

[5:54] t think I need to

[5:55] take up my whole two minutes

[5:56] and look forward to the

[5:57] briefing on transit safety.

[5:59] Thank you.

[6:03] Thank you. Any other folks you

[6:04] wish to speak?

[6:05] Uh, no one else has our hand

[6:06] raised chair.

[6:07] Thank you very much. With that,

[6:08] we will close public comment.

[6:10] It does look like someone just

[6:11] raised their hand. Apologies.

[6:14] Um. Pink Park. Um.

[6:15] Please go.

[6:18] Ahead.

[6:20] Hello. Thank you. For council

[6:22] members. My name is Pankaj

[6:23] Parag, and I

[6:24] m a South Seattle

[6:27] resident. And, uh, daily Metro

[6:28] Choice writer. I

[6:30] m here to, um,

[6:32] shed some light on the problems

[6:33] or, you know, all of the things

[6:36] I have. And hoping that I can

[6:38] do that in the next two

[6:40] minutes. So I live at a 15

[6:42] minute walk from the light

[6:43] rail, but only two minutes away

[6:46] from the route 106 bus stop. On

[6:47] paper, I

[6:48] m a transit target

[6:50] audience in. In practice, when

[6:52] the 106 is anywhere from 2 to

[6:53] 20 minutes away, the system

[6:55] fails me. And like many others,

[6:58] I end up driving. Unreliability

[7:00] is actively driving commuters

[7:02] back into cars. Right now, the

[7:05] region is planning to spend up

[7:07] to $214 million on the Graham

[7:10] Street infill station. While

[7:11] well-intentioned, this capital

[7:13] heavy mega project creates

[7:15] permanent pedestrian hazards

[7:16] and years of traffic

[7:18] disruption. If we instead

[7:19] directed those millions towards

[7:21] bus service hours, we could

[7:22] instantly create a high

[7:24] frequency grid on neighborhoods

[7:26] like mine, moving people safely

[7:28] and reliably without a decade

[7:30] of construction. I know Metro

[7:35] faces a $755 million reserve

[7:37] shortfall by 2033, but trying

[7:38] to solve this one on the backs

[7:39] of riders through fare

[7:41] collection is a losing game. In

[7:43] 2025, the Metro collected $78

[7:45] million in fares, but the

[7:47] nonpayment still sat at 35%. To

[7:49] show is that we spent million

[7:51] on Arkansas infrastructure,

[7:52] administrative overhead and

[7:54] enforcement. We are paying a

[7:55] massive premium to enforce the

[7:56] system that is already

[7:58] functionally an honor system. I

[8:00] urge this council to lead a

[8:01] transition to a frequent, free

[8:03] and fair model, eliminate fares

[8:05] to speed up boarding, and

[8:06] redirect those collection

[8:08] savings into an onboard safe

[8:10] ambassador and mandatory end of

[8:12] run sweeps to address safety

[8:14] and loop riding to replace the

[8:16] revenue. I propose that we

[8:18] establish a regional transit

[8:19] payroll tax on our wealthiest

[8:21] corporate employers. Treat

[8:23] transit as a public utility? It

[8:25] is, and we will decongest our

[8:26] roads and meet our climate

[8:27] goals.

[8:29] Thank you. I appreciate your

[8:31] public comment and I apologize

[8:33] for having to cut you off, but

[8:36] I, did receive your written

[8:37] public comments and we will

[8:39] share those with the committee

[8:39] if we haven

[8:40] t already. And as

[8:44] well as Metro. Thank you. Any

[8:44] other.

[8:45] Um, I

[8:46] m not seeing any other

[8:47] hands raised at this time.

[8:47] Chair.

[8:49] Great. Thank you. All right. We

[8:53] will close public comment.

[8:55] Next, uh, we will have the

[8:57] opportunity to hear from our

[8:59] general manager. Um, Michelle

[9:01] Allison, on the latest and

[9:04] greatest for Metro. Thank you.

[9:05] Thank you so much for having us

[9:06] here today. Thank you, chair,

[9:07] and members of the committee.

[9:07] It

[9:09] s really good to be back.

[9:11] After a busy couple of weeks,

[9:13] Metro, as you noted, Metro and

[9:14] our transit partners really

[9:15] rose to the occasion for the

[9:18] World Cup. Anything that moved,

[9:20] whether it was a boat or a lime

[9:21] scooter, but especially the

[9:22] buses and the light rails and

[9:24] the shuttles, really did the

[9:25] heavy lifting for our region.

[9:27] And it was incredible to watch

[9:28] and see the creativity, the

[9:30] customer service and the

[9:32] dedication to the system and to

[9:33] the region. So hopefully you

[9:34] all got to experience it as

[9:36] well. It was quite an energetic

[9:37] event for us. We

[9:38] ve also

[9:41] celebrated Juneteenth and Pride

[9:43] and the 4th of JULY and the

[9:44] beginning of baseball season,

[9:46] and the return of cruise ships.

[9:47] So no rest for the weary at

[9:50] Metro. What we are hearing is

[9:51] that the World Cup fans really

[9:52] enjoyed the ease of getting to

[9:53] Seattle Stadium for their

[9:55] matches, and also really

[9:57] important to our system that

[9:58] regular riders were still able

[10:00] to get to work and to use our

[10:01] system as well. So really

[10:03] managing both of those

[10:05] ridership populations was

[10:07] really important to us across

[10:08] six match days, the region

[10:11] tallied an estimated 3.4

[10:13] million boardings on King

[10:15] County Metro and Sound Transit.

[10:17] Overall, Metro estimates 1.9

[10:19] million boardings across its

[10:21] buses, boats, shuttles and

[10:23] streetcars, and Sound Transit

[10:25] estimates 1.5 million boardings

[10:26] on Link light rail. Both the

[10:28] one and the two line. There are

[10:30] still watch parties going for

[10:31] the games this week, and we are

[10:32] going to encourage people to

[10:33] use transit to get there and

[10:35] back. It is still a very, very

[10:37] energetic Pioneer Square for us

[10:40] down here in downtown. And as

[10:41] you noted, chair, later this

[10:42] fall, we will come back with

[10:44] more information, both on data,

[10:45] but also really importantly,

[10:46] lessons learned. And we

[10:47] re

[10:48] considering these lessons not

[10:49] just for large scale

[10:51] international events, but also

[10:52] items that can help our system

[10:53] every day. How can we help

[10:55] interagency planning? We did an

[10:57] incredible amount of work

[10:59] across jurisdictions, also with

[11:01] different transit partners. One

[11:03] of those lessons will live on

[11:04] so we can continue to improve

[11:05] the customer experience

[11:07] regardless of your mode or

[11:08] transit agency that you depend

[11:09] on. So we

[11:10] re looking forward to

[11:12] reporting back on those lessons

[11:14] learned. And while the World

[11:15] Cup has wrapped up, there

[11:15] s

[11:16] still a whole lot to be excited

[11:18] about. As was noted, this is

[11:20] Disability Pride Month, and i

[11:21] m

[11:23] really proud that Metro worked

[11:24] with our partners to run an

[11:27] access a match day shuttle for

[11:28] fans with disabilities so they

[11:30] could get between light rail

[11:31] and the Seattle Stadium drop

[11:33] off more easily. That was used

[11:35] by several, uh, fans of the

[11:37] game. So we also experienced

[11:39] some lessons learned in that

[11:40] service as well, and will

[11:43] report out on those. But I also

[11:44] want to return to the fact that

[11:45] King County Metro has a long

[11:46] commitment to this

[11:48] conversation. We were the first

[11:50] transit agency in the country

[11:52] to successfully test and deploy

[11:53] reliable wheelchair lifts.

[11:57] Beginning as early as 1978. Our

[11:58] commitment to getting everyone

[12:00] to where they need to go,

[12:01] regardless of the ability,

[12:03] remains today, and I look

[12:04] forward to continuing that

[12:05] conversation about investments

[12:06] our system needs in planning

[12:08] and infrastructure to meet this

[12:11] objective. Starting AUGUST 29th

[12:12] for our full service change.

[12:14] There is a lot coming online.

[12:17] Metro is adding over 140,000

[12:20] annual service hours for scale.

[12:22] This is the largest growth in

[12:23] one of our service chains in

[12:25] recent years. So this is a very

[12:26] large investment for our

[12:28] system. The service change will

[12:29] mark the full delivery of

[12:31] service for the Fleet

[12:32] Connections project in South

[12:34] King County and Lynnwood Link

[12:35] Connections project in North

[12:36] King County, and it will also

[12:38] deliver nearly all of the

[12:39] remaining service change for

[12:41] Eastlink connections. So really

[12:42] leveraging the infrastructure

[12:44] of Sound Transit and then

[12:45] adding new connections in

[12:46] neighborhoods so people can

[12:48] really experience that trip

[12:50] downtown on light rail and also

[12:52] more neighborhood and node

[12:53] connections to serve their

[12:55] mobility needs. A couple of

[12:57] examples of the scale of this

[12:59] investment include 13 routes

[13:00] that are more frequent. We know

[13:02] frequency really is the name of

[13:03] the game, so we

[13:03] re excited to

[13:05] bring that online. Ten routes

[13:07] that will run more times of day

[13:09] and night, three routes with

[13:10] new weekend service. As we know

[13:11] from our ridership trends, this

[13:13] is an incredibly important part

[13:13] of people

[13:14] s choice to use

[13:16] transit more than ever before.

[13:17] Weekends are becoming an

[13:18] element of need for us, and so

[13:19] we

[13:20] re able to address that to

[13:21] some extent here. With this

[13:23] service change, we will also be

[13:25] bringing on line two new Metro

[13:27] Flex pilot programs in Auburn

[13:28] and Federal Way. And we know

[13:29] that they have been long

[13:30] awaited. So thanks for your

[13:32] patience and many others as we

[13:34] planned. Those now pivoting a

[13:37] little to our ridership data,

[13:39] excluding our groundbreaking

[13:40] numbers for the World Cup in

[13:45] JUNE, we had 289,000 average

[13:47] weekday boardings for just

[13:49] metro buses. In comparison, and

[13:51] to hold ourselves accountable

[13:52] to the year over year ridership

[13:54] growth. This means that we are

[13:57] 2.9% higher than JUNE of 2025,

[13:59] so that is good news for us.

[14:00] Thank you for noting the items

[14:02] on the agenda today. There

[14:03] could be nothing more important

[14:04] for us to talk about than how

[14:06] we are focusing on the safety

[14:07] of our system. So that is a

[14:09] very timely and will always be

[14:11] an important topic for us. And

[14:14] also the importance of the

[14:14] Regional Transit Committee

[14:15] s

[14:16] conversation on our policy

[14:18] documents that was introduced

[14:19] last month. I really

[14:21] appreciated the feedback that

[14:22] we heard and really engaged

[14:23] conversation. Metro

[14:24] s exploring

[14:26] opportunities to carry out

[14:27] earlier and informal engagement

[14:30] with rtc members in late 2026.

[14:32] Based on the feedback that we

[14:33] received at that last meeting,

[14:36] this engagement will be before

[14:39] our formal launch of our

[14:41] engagement with rtc in 2027,

[14:43] and it will include smaller

[14:45] meetings, workshops or

[14:46] invitations to enjoy. To join

[14:48] us at community engagement

[14:49] meetings. So stay tuned for

[14:51] various ways to start the

[14:52] conversation with us sooner

[14:53] rather than later. We heard

[14:54] that as a priority from this

[14:56] body, so thank you so much for

[14:57] the opportunity to share both

[14:59] our successes, but also some of

[15:00] the challenges that are still

[15:02] facing us as an organization

[15:02] and how we

[15:03] re working to tackle

[15:04] them together. We appreciate

[15:05] it.

[15:08] Thank you so much. Um, just to

[15:09] flag, if you didn

[15:11] t catch, um,

[15:13] what the general manager shared

[15:15] was that folks who serve on

[15:18] this board, um, now and this

[15:20] committee now will have an

[15:22] opportunity to provide some

[15:26] feedback and guidance before we

[15:28] formally launch the work on the

[15:30] policy documents next year,

[15:32] because all of you have spent

[15:34] so much time on these and

[15:35] received updates. And I think

[15:35] it

[15:37] s really, um, it would be

[15:39] unfortunate to lose that. So

[15:39] I

[15:41] m really appreciative that

[15:42] you are making that

[15:43] accommodation and really

[15:45] weaving in our regional

[15:48] partners. Now, um, before in

[15:48] case there

[15:51] s turnover, um, any

[15:52] questions for our general

[15:58] manager? And I have, yeah. Yes.

[15:59] Council member.

[16:01] Can you hear me? All right.

[16:02] Yes.

[16:04] I just had a follow up question

[16:05] to the presentation. If it

[16:05] s

[16:06] all right.

[16:07] Of course.

[16:10] Uh, could the director not just

[16:12] include the number, the raw

[16:14] number of passengers, but also

[16:17] the increase in revenue? As

[16:18] part of that, I

[16:19] d like to know,

[16:20] uh, in terms of not just the

[16:22] physical impact of passengers,

[16:24] but the financial impact as

[16:26] well. So I would like to see a

[16:28] follow up based upon what the

[16:29] numbers she gave us today.

[16:31] Happy to thank you for that

[16:34] suggestion. Council member.

[16:37] Thank you. Councilmember von

[16:39] Reichbauer. All right. I have

[16:42] also been advised that um,

[16:44] General manager will be

[16:45] sticking around for the whole

[16:46] meeting. So if there are any

[16:47] follow up questions later, um,

[16:48] I

[16:48] m sure she

[16:49] ll come back to

[16:52] the table. So thank you so much.

[16:54] All right. Moving to our next

[16:56] item, we have a briefing on

[16:57] Metro

[17:00] s next stop. Um, I think

[17:02] we talked about this on several

[17:04] occasions, but our, uh, the

[17:05] adopted metro connects long

[17:07] range plan was not fully

[17:10] funded. And so in order to

[17:13] achieve those long term growth

[17:15] plans, Metro requires

[17:16] additional funding. So Metro

[17:17] s

[17:19] next stop is that planning

[17:24] process. And I will leave it to

[17:24] Metro

[17:26] s chief of staff, Deanna

[17:29] Martin, to finish. Um, probably

[17:30] a better explanation of what

[17:32] that is.

[17:34] Thank you. Chair. Uh, again, my

[17:35] name is Deanna Martin. I

[17:35] m

[17:37] chief of staff at King County

[17:38] Metro and really glad to be

[17:40] back this month to share our

[17:42] enthusiasm for and connect you

[17:42] with Metro

[17:45] s next stop. Uh,

[17:46] next. So we

[17:46] re getting slides

[17:48] up. Good. Okay. Next slide

[17:50] please. So I want to talk to

[17:52] you about why we did this. You

[17:53] talked a little bit about that.

[17:56] Thank you. Um, we have spent a

[17:57] number of years talking about

[17:59] recovery from the pandemic and

[18:01] questions about. So what

[18:02] s next,

[18:04] Metro. And if you say you need

[18:05] more money, you have this

[18:08] financial cliff coming. What

[18:09] can you do and what could you

[18:10] do with additional funding. And

[18:12] we have worked over the last

[18:13] year and a half to really

[18:14] answer that question. With

[18:14] Metro

[18:16] s next stop, it shows

[18:17] what transit improvements we

[18:20] can implement by 2038. With

[18:21] that additional funding, it

[18:22] s

[18:23] intended to help bridge the gap

[18:24] between our day to day

[18:26] operations and the 1 to 2 year

[18:27] budget, and our long term

[18:29] vision of Metro Connects. We

[18:31] wanted to have a product that

[18:32] we could use both internally

[18:34] and externally, to point us in

[18:35] the same direction in the near

[18:37] term, with the resources we

[18:39] think we could get, what we

[18:40] could deliver and how we could

[18:43] deliver on customer priorities.

[18:44] And we wanted it to be

[18:46] optimistic, but also realistic.

[18:47] Not like Metro Connects, which

[18:49] we continually talk about this

[18:51] under unfunded vision that we

[18:51] have, that we

[18:52] re never quite

[18:54] getting to, um, we wanted this

[18:54] to be something we could

[18:56] realistically deliver with what

[18:57] we think we could get in the

[18:59] next ten years. And we want to

[19:00] thank many of your city staff

[19:02] who helped work on this and

[19:04] develop this with us. Your

[19:06] perspectives of growth and

[19:07] transit priorities are

[19:08] reflected in what you

[19:08] re going

[19:10] to see here today. And while

[19:11] the final document, which you

[19:12] got a copy of and I

[19:13] m kind of

[19:15] showing you here in the in the

[19:16] packet of materials for the

[19:17] meeting, it

[19:18] s supported by a

[19:18] lot. It

[19:19] s a primarily

[19:20] communications piece, but it is

[19:22] supported by a lot of rigorous

[19:24] technical work, ensuring we

[19:26] have a strong and accurate

[19:27] technical foundation to answer

[19:28] questions about our funding

[19:30] future and help start a

[19:31] conversation about the funding

[19:32] we need. It

[19:34] s not a new policy

[19:35] document. It is built on the

[19:36] foundation of our adopted

[19:38] policy documents, which you

[19:39] heard about last month. The

[19:41] work we did will help provide

[19:43] inputs for the policy updates.

[19:45] It affirms our current approach

[19:47] and plans, and for the first

[19:49] time tells the story of what we

[19:51] do and what we are doing in the

[19:52] mid-term in a way that we hope

[19:53] is accessible to multiple

[19:56] audiences, not just transit

[20:00] planners. Next slide please. So

[20:02] the region is changing, and

[20:03] metro and public

[20:04] transportation, we think is

[20:06] really key to connecting

[20:07] communities. Metro

[20:08] s next stop

[20:09] is a tool to help us

[20:12] communicate our value, confirm

[20:14] community priorities, identify

[20:15] investments towards our long

[20:17] term vision. Metro connects,

[20:19] update our financial delivery

[20:21] and growth assumptions. Build

[20:23] support and trust of partners,

[20:24] and improve coordination,

[20:26] clarity and confidence across

[20:28] Metro and with our partners.

[20:33] Next slide please. By 2038,

[20:34] King County is expected to have

[20:37] almost 244,000 more residents

[20:38] than today, and that

[20:38] s

[20:40] equivalent to 56 people

[20:41] arriving every day. It

[20:43] represents an increase in the

[20:43] county

[20:44] s population of about

[20:47] 11% over the next 12 years. The

[20:49] region is also expected to add

[20:52] 231,000 new jobs, which is a

[20:54] 16% increase. That growth will

[20:56] occur all across King County,

[20:58] and while nearly one third of

[20:59] new residents and jobs are

[21:01] anticipated in Seattle, most

[21:02] growth the size of growth will

[21:04] be felt and happen in other

[21:05] cities and towns across the

[21:08] region. At the same time,

[21:09] rising housing costs have

[21:10] pushed many lower income

[21:12] households and communities of

[21:14] color farther from job centers

[21:15] and frequent transit service,

[21:17] and these changes reinforce the

[21:19] need for a transit system that

[21:20] helps people stay connected to

[21:21] opportunity, no matter where

[21:24] they live. In King County. Next

[21:26] slide might be a familiar

[21:26] chart. We

[21:27] ve gone over it

[21:30] before. Uh, funding is needed

[21:31] to meet the growth of the

[21:32] region, and Metro

[21:33] s next stop

[21:35] will require more than our

[21:37] existing resources can provide.

[21:39] So in this familiar chart, the

[21:41] blue line equals the total

[21:42] ending fund balance. According

[21:44] to our financial plan. And the

[21:46] red line is our net fund

[21:48] balance that we have left over.

[21:49] After accounting for our

[21:51] reserve requirements. And the

[21:53] graph illustrates Metro

[21:53] s

[21:55] projected ending fund balance

[21:56] over time, based on our adopted

[21:59] budget. Of the 2627 budget

[22:01] cycle, and it was updated for

[22:05] the MARCH 2026 for forecast.

[22:07] Metro maintains cash reserves

[22:08] and carefully planned spending

[22:10] to balance needs with

[22:11] resources. However, inflation

[22:13] means that over the long term,

[22:13] Metro

[22:14] s revenues will not keep

[22:16] pace with rising costs for

[22:17] staff, operations and

[22:19] construction projects. Both

[22:21] lines decrease over time as

[22:21] Metro

[22:23] s projected spending

[22:23] exceeds Metro

[22:25] s projected

[22:27] revenue, and our financial plan

[22:29] projects us not meeting our

[22:31] reserve requirements by 2031,

[22:33] and a negative fund balance by

[22:34] 2033 without additional

[22:37] changes. The investments

[22:37] contemplated in Metro

[22:38] s next

[22:40] stop represent the needs of a

[22:41] growing region. Metro

[22:42] s next

[22:43] stop is designed to continue

[22:43] the agency

[22:44] s commitment to

[22:46] financial responsibility by

[22:47] carefully prioritizing these

[22:49] investments, while seeking

[22:50] resources that have the least

[22:52] impact on our highest burden

[22:54] communities in order to deliver

[22:57] on our promises. Next slide

[22:59] please. So Metro

[23:00] s next stop

[23:02] outlines the investments needed

[23:03] to create a safer, more

[23:05] welcoming transit experience,

[23:07] improve speed and reliability

[23:10] of trips, expand service and

[23:12] access to transit. Modernize

[23:14] customer information tools, and

[23:16] continue efforts to reduce our

[23:19] ghg emissions. Next slide

[23:22] please. And before I describe

[23:23] the investments we plan to

[23:24] deliver in greater detail, I

[23:26] want to share a quote from our

[23:28] equity cabinet co-chairs,

[23:30] Sandra Evans and Hina Vara. The

[23:32] Equity Cabinet has been devoted

[23:33] to this project for about a

[23:35] year. Every step of the way.

[23:37] And they say transit plays a

[23:39] critical role in helping people

[23:40] access essential places and

[23:42] stay connected to their

[23:43] communities. Metro

[23:44] s next stop

[23:45] represents an important step in

[23:47] planning for that future,

[23:48] shaped not only by quantitative

[23:50] data, but also by the voices

[23:51] and experiences of people in

[23:53] King County who rely on transit

[23:55] every day. The Equity Cabinet

[23:56] did a great job of rolling up

[23:58] their sleeves to understand how

[23:59] much her works and what our

[24:01] constraints and goals are, and

[24:02] helping make hard choices when

[24:04] they had to. It was their

[24:05] leadership that formed the

[24:06] basis of what we

[24:06] re

[24:07] prioritizing in Metro

[24:08] s next

[24:12] stop. Next slide please. So

[24:13] they the equity cabinet were

[24:15] one of three main engagement

[24:16] groups. In addition, we had a

[24:18] partner review board and staff

[24:20] from local jurisdictions that

[24:21] were part of more than a dozen

[24:23] meetings and helped us gather

[24:25] feedback. As you know, Metro

[24:26] works closely with community

[24:28] members, community based

[24:29] organizations, city

[24:31] representatives and local

[24:32] leaders to understand the

[24:33] issues that matter most across

[24:35] the region. We have for years,

[24:36] and so that past engagement in

[24:38] the research we do also fed

[24:39] into the investments that

[24:40] you

[24:41] re seeing outlined in

[24:41] Metro

[24:44] s next stop. Next slide.

[24:47] Top priorities across all three

[24:49] engagement groups, where the

[24:50] participants consistently

[24:52] identified more service,

[24:54] improved safety and faster,

[24:56] more reliable travel times as

[24:57] top priorities for improving

[24:59] the rider experience. When

[25:01] asked about whether to

[25:02] prioritize strengthening the

[25:03] service we have versus

[25:05] providing new service and new

[25:07] places, they supported a more

[25:09] balanced approach to expanding

[25:10] service, calling for greater

[25:12] frequency on key routes and

[25:13] adding new routes where they

[25:15] are most needed throughout the

[25:16] county. We heard that same

[25:18] message loud and clear people

[25:19] care deeply about high quality

[25:21] bus service they can trust to

[25:22] bring them to their

[25:24] destinations safely, quickly

[25:26] and reliably. And that feedback

[25:28] directly shaped the investments

[25:30] and priorities included in

[25:30] Metro

[25:32] s next stop. Beyond

[25:33] service, safety and speed and

[25:34] reliability. We also heard

[25:36] participants highlight

[25:37] improving existing flexible

[25:39] services, such as reducing wait

[25:41] times and ensuring service

[25:43] matches advertised expectations

[25:45] before expanding to new service

[25:47] areas, better lighting and

[25:49] safer pathways as important

[25:50] amenities and more community

[25:52] transit oriented development at

[25:54] bus stops. Improved waste

[25:56] collection, better landscaping

[25:58] near bus stops and transit

[25:59] information in more languages

[26:01] to be easier to understand and

[26:02] use, including clearer signs,

[26:04] maps, and simpler tools for

[26:05] planning, booking and paying

[26:07] for trips. And we mentioned

[26:08] some of these details because

[26:09] those are things we do together

[26:11] with you and your cities to

[26:12] make transit more accessible

[26:15] and work for folks. Next slide

[26:17] please. So now I

[26:18] m going to run

[26:18] through a high level of what

[26:18] s

[26:19] in Metro

[26:20] s next stop. If we had

[26:22] additional funding and what are

[26:23] the key things we could

[26:24] deliver. You

[26:25] ll see on this

[26:27] slide the nine new bus routes

[26:30] for new rapid ride lines, five

[26:31] more routes running more

[26:33] frequently, a 12% overall

[26:37] service increase by 2038. More

[26:39] midday and weekend service. And

[26:41] really, what that means is by

[26:42] implementing these

[26:45] improvements, 71% of county

[26:47] residents by 2038, including

[26:49] 80% of residents in priority

[26:51] equity areas, would live within

[26:52] a quarter mile of transit

[26:55] services. In addition, 51% of

[26:57] King County residents will live

[26:58] within a quarter mile of

[26:59] transit, arriving every 15

[27:02] minutes or better. And also by

[27:04] 2038, nearly 90% of jobs in

[27:05] King County will be located

[27:07] within a quarter mile of

[27:09] transit. Many of these new

[27:10] routes, while new to riders,

[27:12] are projects you MAY already be

[27:14] aware of, new service that will

[27:15] come online in the next two

[27:17] years, but our customers will

[27:18] experience it as new. And we

[27:20] also need to emphasize we need

[27:21] those new funds to sustain

[27:26] those commitments over time.

[27:29] The reminder. Um, so just a

[27:31] reminder that when we say nine

[27:32] new bus routes or five more

[27:34] routes running every 15 minutes

[27:36] or more, um, that is determined

[27:38] using our service guidelines,

[27:39] sort of their examples,

[27:42] representative routes and how

[27:42] we you

[27:43] ve got an update on how

[27:45] we do that in your meeting last

[27:47] month. Um, and sort of we have

[27:49] an approach to how we do that.

[27:50] The methodology, as well as

[27:51] using community engagement

[27:52] feedback to determine which

[27:54] specific routes those would be

[27:57] that are getting their. And

[27:59] that analysis prioritizes

[28:01] investments based on three

[28:02] factors. Um, in the service

[28:04] guidelines, in the following

[28:05] order. So first is social

[28:08] equity priority populations or

[28:09] the proportion of them near a

[28:11] particular route land use,

[28:12] which would mean access to

[28:14] jobs, education, housing and

[28:16] park and rides and geographic

[28:18] value, which we define as

[28:19] connections between activity

[28:23] centers. So you see our

[28:25] analysis every year included in

[28:26] a summary appendix table in the

[28:28] annual system evaluation

[28:29] report. So that would give you

[28:30] some more specific examples of

[28:31] where we

[28:32] d prioritize these

[28:36] additions. Next slide please.

[28:37] Also included in Metro

[28:37] s next

[28:39] stop is faster and more

[28:41] reliable transit by improving

[28:43] busy corridors through projects

[28:44] that give buses more dedicated

[28:45] space on roadways and help

[28:48] transit move more efficiently.

[28:49] And these investments mean less

[28:51] time waiting at stoplights for

[28:53] buses, more consistent arrival

[28:54] times, and overall shorter

[28:56] travel times for riders. So

[28:57] it

[28:58] s no secret to many of our

[28:59] city partners that with

[29:01] dedicated bus lanes and transit

[29:02] signal priority on our rapid

[29:04] ride and other high ridership

[29:05] routes, they move faster and

[29:07] more reliably through traffic.

[29:09] Although congestion is expected

[29:10] to increase in the coming

[29:12] years. Transit travel time is

[29:14] expected to improve with these

[29:16] investments in bus and also

[29:18] light rail infrastructure, with

[29:18] the investments in Metro

[29:19] s next

[29:20] stop, we can estimate that our

[29:22] travel times are expected to

[29:25] improve 4 to 8%, saving riders

[29:26] an estimated 3 to 5 minutes per

[29:28] trip. And we heard very clearly

[29:29] from city staff that we need to

[29:31] be aligned on what, where and

[29:32] when we work together on a

[29:34] range of speed and reliability

[29:36] interventions. Metro can make

[29:37] everything from the big rapid

[29:39] ride projects to corridor

[29:41] improvements to spot

[29:42] treatments, the small and the

[29:45] mighty, all, all and all in

[29:47] between. So new rapid ride

[29:49] routes that we will deliver in

[29:50] the next 13 years, between now

[29:52] and 2038 will connect Auburn,

[29:54] Kent and Renton on the eye

[29:55] line, the University District

[29:57] in Belltown on the Jay Line in

[29:59] Seattle in South Seattle, and

[30:01] Rainier Avenue on the r Line,

[30:02] and Bellevue and Kirkland on

[30:07] the k line. Next slide please.

[30:10] To improve response times and

[30:11] incidents, uh incident

[30:12] Follow-Up procedures. Metro

[30:13] s

[30:14] expanding the presence of law

[30:15] enforcement and security

[30:16] officers across the system, and

[30:17] we

[30:17] ll talk more about that

[30:19] soon. So Metro

[30:20] s next stop, in

[30:22] partnership with all those

[30:23] folks that help us do those

[30:25] things, will sustain those

[30:26] services and increase them

[30:28] slightly. In partnership with

[30:29] the King County Department of

[30:31] Community and Human Services.

[30:32] Our behavioral behavioral

[30:33] health specialists will

[30:34] continue to provide

[30:36] de-escalation support, crisis

[30:38] intervention, peer support, and

[30:40] connections to social services

[30:41] for riders experiencing mental

[30:43] health or substance use

[30:45] challenges. Our ambassadors

[30:46] also often in person

[30:48] assistance. Um, and we are

[30:50] developing some easier ways for

[30:51] riders to report safety

[30:53] concerns and other issues in

[30:53] Metro

[30:55] s next step. So this

[30:57] maintains those higher levels

[30:58] of safety and security

[31:00] investments we operate now. And

[31:02] we will sustain some higher

[31:03] levels of behavioral health

[31:04] specialists in Metro

[31:04] s next

[31:08] stop. Also, Metro

[31:08] s next stop

[31:09] will continue our enhanced

[31:10] cleaning investments that we

[31:11] re

[31:14] doing now, including higher bus

[31:16] cleaning levels as well as stop

[31:20] and station cleaning. So next

[31:21] slide please. Metro

[31:21] s

[31:23] investments go beyond service

[31:25] safety, speed and reliability.

[31:27] The agency is also improving

[31:28] flexible services, rider

[31:30] amenities, cleanliness, rider

[31:32] information and integrating new

[31:33] low emissions vehicles to

[31:35] expand our environmentally

[31:38] sustainable fleet. So some

[31:40] examples of that investment in

[31:40] Metro

[31:42] s next stop include

[31:43] integrating our flexible

[31:44] services. We

[31:45] re planning for a

[31:46] new integrated app that will

[31:48] make it easier to plan, book

[31:50] across flexible services and

[31:52] alongside fixed route services.

[31:54] Um, upgraded bus stops and

[31:55] transit hubs serving new rapid

[31:57] ride lines, link light rail and

[31:59] Stride Bus rapid transit

[32:02] stations. Continued investment.

[32:03] As I mentioned in maintenance

[32:04] and cleanliness. So that

[32:05] creates a more welcoming

[32:08] transit space and also

[32:09] mentioned making transit

[32:11] information easier to find

[32:12] using new digital tools that

[32:14] will simplify trip planning and

[32:17] fare payment, and included

[32:18] investment in new lower

[32:21] emission vehicles that we have

[32:23] in electric trolley buses,

[32:24] battery electric buses and

[32:26] hybrid vehicles powered by

[32:28] renewable fuels that help

[32:30] reduce emissions and improve

[32:34] air quality. Next slide please.

[32:35] So Metro

[32:36] s next stop does

[32:38] require additional funding.

[32:40] This chart shows the funding

[32:42] gap and annual terms to deliver

[32:45] and sustain the investments

[32:46] that we are promising. In

[32:46] Metro

[32:48] s next stop, the annual

[32:51] funding gap shown here varies

[32:53] between 200 million and 600

[32:57] million. Between 2031 and 2038.

[32:59] The spike in spending in 2033

[33:01] and 34 is due to a very large

[33:03] fleet replacement, including

[33:04] replacing the entire trolley

[33:06] fleet. And this funding gap is

[33:08] based on all the investments

[33:08] outlined in Metro

[33:09] s next stop.

[33:11] So we are looking at funding

[33:12] tools like the King County

[33:14] Transportation District, making

[33:16] current resources more

[33:19] flexible, partnership funds or

[33:21] in-kind investments. Additional

[33:23] state and federal support, as

[33:24] well as Metro

[33:25] s fares, fees and

[33:27] fines, and how we can leverage

[33:29] more resource there. And in

[33:31] addition to new revenue, Metro

[33:32] continues to find ways to

[33:34] control our cost growth

[33:36] whenever possible so that we

[33:38] can invest more in community.

[33:39] And that means exploring

[33:40] innovative ways to change how

[33:42] services are delivered and

[33:43] implementing cost saving

[33:45] measures to keep improving how

[33:47] much reserves its customers and

[33:48] remain worthy of the public

[33:48] s

[33:50] trust. Growing ridership is

[33:52] also critical to support more

[33:53] productive service and boost

[33:54] our fare revenue, and we

[33:56] believe these investments in

[33:58] service will help to do that.

[34:02] Next slide, please. Metro works

[34:04] very closely, as you know, with

[34:06] all 39 cities and towns to

[34:07] provide transit service

[34:08] tailored to each city

[34:09] s unique

[34:10] needs. And additionally,

[34:11] Metro

[34:12] s support service in both

[34:15] rural and urban areas. Uh, we

[34:17] learned from your cities

[34:19] throughout this engagement that

[34:20] and what we will be doing is

[34:22] working to communicate earlier

[34:24] and more often with you about

[34:24] what we

[34:25] re planning and what

[34:27] you all are working on to make

[34:29] the case for transit with both

[34:31] qualitative and quantitative

[34:32] data, and set clear

[34:33] expectations about how we can

[34:36] work well together. We invite

[34:38] your partnership, including but

[34:39] not limited to, speed and

[34:41] reliability improvements,

[34:43] flexible services, rider

[34:45] amenities, and cleanliness, and

[34:46] many of your cities already

[34:48] partner with us. So Bellevue,

[34:49] Redmond, Kirkland partnering on

[34:52] transit demand management. Um,

[34:53] working with Snoqualmie and

[34:54] North Bend to promote Trailhead

[34:56] Direct and the community van. A

[34:58] lot of partnership with cities

[35:00] during South Link connections

[35:01] and that big service change we

[35:03] have this fall. Federal Way

[35:05] partnering with us to include

[35:07] bus stops in their critical

[35:09] capital work for 2026 that will

[35:11] help riders take advantage of

[35:12] new South Link connections.

[35:14] Auburn engaging with us on

[35:16] Metro Flex pilot zones that

[35:17] will work well for their

[35:19] residents, as well as with the

[35:20] Regional Transit Safety Task

[35:20] Force, which we

[35:21] ll talk more

[35:24] about. So these partnerships

[35:26] that we make with all of you,

[35:27] they help make our service

[35:30] dollars go much further, um, by

[35:31] maintaining the roads and

[35:32] providing the infrastructure

[35:35] needed for a service dollar to

[35:37] get people in the speed by

[35:38] which they want to get to a

[35:39] place and maintain our

[35:41] headways. So it comes when

[35:43] people expect it to come. And

[35:46] that is really needed. So we

[35:47] look forward to continuing to

[35:51] work with you on that. Okay,

[35:54] last almost to the end, this is

[35:56] it. So we end with a quote from

[35:57] our general manager, Michelle

[35:59] Allison, here in the audience.

[36:00] Delivering these outcomes will

[36:02] require partnership,

[36:03] innovation, investment and long

[36:05] term collaboration. It will

[36:06] require metro local

[36:07] governments, community

[36:09] organizations, employers and

[36:10] writers all working together

[36:13] towards shared goals. So the

[36:13] ask isn

[36:15] t a vote here because

[36:15] this isn

[36:16] t a policy document.

[36:17] But we do want your support and

[36:19] partnership to focus on

[36:20] delivering these things and

[36:22] bringing the benefits to your

[36:23] communities, in your budgets.

[36:24] In the King County Council

[36:26] budget to tell the story with

[36:28] us and affirm that Metro has a

[36:29] plan. When people ask what

[36:29] we

[36:30] re doing, we now have a

[36:32] community informed answer. We

[36:34] feel confident in delivering

[36:35] and sustaining with additional

[36:37] resources. So Metro

[36:38] s next stop

[36:40] is a realistic but optimistic

[36:41] delivery roadmap that gets us

[36:44] closer to Metro Connects. And

[36:46] the analysis. As I mentioned

[36:47] before, and engagement will be

[36:48] the foundation and starting

[36:50] point for updates to Metro

[36:51] Connects as well. And we

[36:51] ll

[36:53] continue to engage with you all

[36:55] on both. Metro connects the

[36:56] Strategic Plan and our service

[36:59] guidelines in 2027.

[37:02] Great. Thank you so much. Um,

[37:05] before we get, um, or open it

[37:06] up for questions, I wonder if

[37:07] you could share a little bit

[37:09] about the time frame that Metro

[37:11] is thinking about as it relates

[37:15] to that funding fiscal cliff

[37:15] that

[37:20] s coming up in 2031? Um,

[37:23] this will frame that I assume a

[37:24] request to the executive or

[37:29] the, um, county as a whole. The

[37:33] council on how to or what

[37:35] investments are needed. Could

[37:36] you share a little bit more

[37:39] about, um, if you can kind of

[37:41] the timing of that and how that

[37:43] might frame up some of the

[37:44] service guideline work that

[37:44] we

[37:45] re also going to be taking

[37:47] up in the next year or two?

[37:48] Yeah. To answer the first part

[37:50] of that, which is sort of when

[37:51] do we need to know how we

[37:51] re

[37:53] going to address things before

[37:55] we reach that financial cliff?

[37:58] I think we are anticipating and

[37:59] hope to work with everyone to

[38:03] figure out a plan by 2028. Um,

[38:05] that is sort of a combination

[38:06] of all those various funding

[38:09] mechanisms that I laid out. Um,

[38:11] if we have that plan by 2028, I

[38:13] think that can partner well

[38:14] with policy updates and then

[38:16] help us avoid having a planning

[38:18] conversation in the 2829

[38:20] biennium about reducing service

[38:22] or delaying growth or making

[38:24] other difficult choices about

[38:26] that financial cliff. So that

[38:27] is our goal would be to have a

[38:29] plan by 2028.

[38:31] Great. Thank you. Colleagues,

[38:32] do you have any questions

[38:34] please. If you are online,

[38:35] please go ahead and raise your

[38:37] hand. If you

[38:38] re in person, you

[38:41] can just tap me on the shoulder.

[38:45] All right. Oh, Councilmember

[38:47] Bhargava.

[38:49] Yeah. Thank you. Chair Fain I

[38:49] m

[38:51] going to stay off video just to

[38:52] make sure my audio comes

[38:53] through. Clearly. Last time

[38:55] there were some challenges, but

[38:56] I just want to start by saying

[38:57] thanks to the presentation. And

[38:59] Bellevue really appreciates

[38:59] Metro

[39:02] s inclusive approach to

[39:02] developing Metro

[39:04] s next stop.

[39:06] Bellevue staff has participated

[39:08] in the jurisdictional partner

[39:09] meetings, and those meetings

[39:11] have provided really meaningful

[39:13] opportunities for feedback and

[39:15] regional coordination. Metro is

[39:17] also really where

[39:18] jurisdictional jurisdictions,

[39:20] well informed by sharing input

[39:22] from the equity cabinet, as

[39:24] well as the Partner Review

[39:26] Board throughout the process.

[39:29] The question I have is, do we

[39:30] have clarity on what the cost

[39:33] is funding only the existing

[39:36] services? Is, and how much of

[39:39] that cost is fully funded

[39:41] already? And the second

[39:43] question, somewhat unrelated,

[39:46] is, uh, what is the framework

[39:47] that has been used to determine

[39:49] the need for growth? And how do

[39:50] we know which of those

[39:52] components that have been, um,

[39:57] outlined are really critical?

[40:00] I got two questions. So the

[40:03] first one, um, what I think is

[40:04] something like, what would it

[40:05] cost us to maintain our

[40:08] existing service versus growth?

[40:10] And so about 90% of the

[40:11] estimated costs for Metro

[40:11] s

[40:13] next stop would maintain

[40:13] today

[40:15] s service levels. And

[40:16] that includes capital

[40:17] investments like fleet

[40:18] replacement, state of good

[40:21] repair, but and excludes things

[40:23] like anticipated service

[40:25] restoration and growth, new

[40:26] rapid ride speed and

[40:27] reliability investments,

[40:29] facility and passenger

[40:30] infrastructure improvements,

[40:32] and zero emissions. That was, I

[40:34] think, one of the questions,

[40:35] um, and then the framework that

[40:37] we use to determine the need

[40:38] for growth, I think was the

[40:41] second one. Um, and you MAY

[40:42] remember some of that from last

[40:42] month

[40:44] s presentation on our

[40:46] adopted policies and service

[40:47] guidelines. Those really help

[40:49] us determine where we add

[40:51] service. So within the service

[40:51] guidelines, there

[40:52] s three

[40:54] priorities for investment. The

[40:56] first is reducing crowding. The

[40:57] second is improving

[40:59] reliability. And the third is

[41:01] service growth. And within that

[41:02] third priority of service

[41:03] growth there

[41:04] s a prioritization

[41:07] approach embedded. Step one is

[41:09] determining um sorry. Step one

[41:10] for determining that growth is

[41:12] to document the gap between

[41:13] where we are today and the

[41:15] target set in Metro connects.

[41:17] And if we see a gap, we track

[41:19] it. Once we see which routes

[41:21] need service growth to align

[41:23] with our vision, then step two

[41:25] is to prioritize them based on

[41:28] three factors. So first we sort

[41:30] them into five categories based

[41:31] on their equity score. Next, we

[41:32] rank them within these

[41:34] categories based on their land

[41:36] use score. And then we also use

[41:38] a tiebreaker of that geographic

[41:40] value. So um, for routes out of

[41:41] the same scores across those

[41:43] first two measures, which will

[41:44] evaluate their connections

[41:47] between major activity centers.

[41:48] So this provides us with the

[41:50] priorities for service growth

[41:51] that you find in our annual

[41:54] service system evaluation. And

[41:55] comes after the priorities of

[41:57] reducing crowding and improving

[41:59] reliability, because

[42:00] essentially, we want current

[42:01] services to have the resources

[42:02] to function well before adding

[42:06] new services.

[42:10] All right. Thank you very much.

[42:10] Um, I

[42:11] m sorry.

[42:13] Thank you.

[42:19] Councilmember. Okay. I think we

[42:22] have, uh, Mayor Mayhew.

[42:23] Yes.

[42:26] Thank you. Um, just my question

[42:28] is around. I know a topic that,

[42:30] um, uh, is sort of perennial

[42:32] topic that we, we grapple with,

[42:32] but I

[42:33] ll call it the topic of

[42:36] geographic equity. Um, out in

[42:38] Snoqualmie, which is the upper

[42:39] Snoqualmie Valley. But really

[42:41] across the entire Snoqualmie

[42:43] Valley, when we measure, um,

[42:46] the level of service and

[42:48] against sort of metrics and

[42:51] compare that, uh, against the

[42:53] rest of the metro service area,

[42:56] the service level is is really

[42:58] substantially below, uh, what

[43:00] say an average would be. And

[43:01] even some of the other rural

[43:04] community areas, um, that

[43:04] aren

[43:06] t Snoqualmie Valley. So my

[43:08] question is, as as we kind of

[43:11] look at the policy documents

[43:13] that will be behind this next

[43:15] round and thinking about this

[43:18] presentation, um, can you kind

[43:20] of comment on or include in

[43:22] that process, uh, perhaps a

[43:24] greater discussion of

[43:25] geographic equity and how

[43:25] that

[43:27] s being factored in? You

[43:28] know, I know that geographic

[43:30] equity is not part of how Metro

[43:33] defines the concept of equity

[43:35] right now. Um, one thing is

[43:37] that if we think about route

[43:39] 215 and the proposal for that,

[43:41] we actually saw that proposal

[43:43] cut back even further in order

[43:45] to shift service to some of the

[43:47] other equity target categories

[43:49] that were going after. But, um,

[43:52] perhaps just, um, more focus on

[43:53] geographic equity. My

[43:54] questions, could there be more

[43:56] focus on geographic equity,

[43:57] particularly for rural

[43:59] communities? Uh, up and down

[44:02] the Snoqualmie Valley?

[44:03] I think that

[44:05] s great feedback.

[44:05] You

[44:06] re right. As we enter the

[44:08] policy update conversation. And

[44:09] so I think we look forward to

[44:11] having more conversations with

[44:12] you all as current members of

[44:14] rtc through the end of this

[44:15] year. Before we start the

[44:17] formal engagement, to get more

[44:18] of your input about what that

[44:19] means to you and what that

[44:21] could look like, I mean, one of

[44:22] the changes we made in the last

[44:24] service guideline update was

[44:26] not comparing rural routes with

[44:27] urban ones, right? We broke out

[44:28] those routes because that

[44:29] s not

[44:30] a fair comparison. Right? So I

[44:32] think we are open to looking at

[44:33] how we do that analysis to best

[44:35] meet the needs of the King

[44:37] County diversity of the King

[44:39] County region. And so that

[44:39] s

[44:41] great feedback that we can dive

[44:42] more deeply with you as we get

[44:44] into the policy updates.

[44:46] Thank you very much.

[44:48] Great point. All right. We

[44:48] ll

[44:50] take this last question and

[44:52] note that Council Member Harris

[44:54] is here. For the record. Um, go

[44:56] ahead, Councilmember.

[44:57] Um.

[44:59] Thank you. I just do you have

[45:01] any kind of, like, intention on

[45:04] like a post game of, uh, World

[45:08] Cup activities? Um.

[45:12] Just. Yeah. Does it make sense

[45:12] what I

[45:13] m saying?

[45:14] Yes.

[45:16] Yeah, absolutely. And I know,

[45:18] um, we are planning to do that

[45:20] at, uh, King County Council and

[45:21] the Transportation Committee.

[45:23] Uh, in OCTOBER. And that

[45:24] s the

[45:26] meeting, um, that we are

[45:27] looking to set a special

[45:29] meeting to potentially do

[45:32] another joint meeting so that,

[45:33] um, the regional transit

[45:35] committee can join in on that.

[45:36] Um, did you have anything else

[45:37] to add, Deanna?

[45:37] I don

[45:38] t think so. Well, just.

[45:40] I attended three of the games,

[45:42] and I just. That

[45:42] s not a, like,

[45:44] a flex or anything. It

[45:44] s just

[45:47] that, um, this was sort of a

[45:51] stress test, and it felt to me

[45:53] anecdotally, like a success

[45:57] story, um, largely. And I at

[45:59] least in my neck of the woods,

[46:01] I think there is a certain

[46:04] amount of salesmanship that is

[46:07] necessary going forward, um, to

[46:10] just get people to understand

[46:13] the benefits.. And that

[46:13] s

[46:14] really all I got.

[46:15] Thanks.

[46:15] Yeah, i

[46:16] m really glad you had

[46:18] that experience. I think we do

[46:20] feel like it has been a success

[46:22] and demonstrates our ability to

[46:23] deliver the growth it is we

[46:23] re

[46:24] promising. In Metro

[46:25] s next stop

[46:27] and build that, um, positive

[46:28] recognition and continue the

[46:30] public trust to continue to do

[46:32] these things for the region.

[46:34] Yes. Thank you. Councilmember.

[46:36] That is, uh, something that I

[46:36] m

[46:38] hoping we can address in our

[46:39] follow up meeting, because not

[46:41] only was it a success for the

[46:42] region, um, as it relates to

[46:45] transit, it was, um, just an

[46:47] incredible show of safety

[46:50] across, um, in and around all

[46:54] of the games and the match

[46:57] viewing parties. And it was a

[47:00] great showcase of what a lot of

[47:02] investment can do. Um, and so

[47:04] how can we translate that into

[47:05] something that

[47:06] s more

[47:09] maintainable for us here? Um,

[47:12] going forward, but not let it

[47:14] go? So, uh, we will be doing a

[47:14] follow up and I

[47:16] ll loop you all

[47:18] in, um, on that recap. All

[47:21] right. With the time moving

[47:22] along here, I want to make sure

[47:24] we get to our next item, which

[47:25] is the Transit Safety and

[47:27] Security briefing. And I think

[47:29] we can all agree that ensuring

[47:31] that riders and operators feel

[47:33] safe is fundamental to our to a

[47:35] successful transit system. And

[47:37] I think that is what we all saw

[47:40] and felt during the World Cup.

[47:41] Um, and Metro has made a

[47:43] significant number of

[47:44] investments in safety and

[47:45] security over the past several

[47:47] years and is continuing to work

[47:49] with regional partners through

[47:51] the Regional Transit Safety

[47:54] Task Force and supported this

[47:56] incredible um coordination

[47:58] effort during World Cup. So

[47:59] today

[48:00] s briefing is a great

[48:02] opportunity to understand what

[48:03] those investments have

[48:05] accomplished and how Metro is

[48:07] measuring success, and where we

[48:09] have additional work to do. So,

[48:11] uh, Deanna Martin will remain,

[48:14] um, at the table here, and we

[48:15] are joined by Rebecca Frank

[48:17] Hauser to update us on Metro

[48:18] s

[48:19] safety and security efforts. So

[48:25] welcome and thank you.

[48:27] Thanks. Yeah. Staying here and

[48:28] joined by Rebecca. Thanks for

[48:29] joining. We

[48:30] re grateful for the

[48:31] opportunity to share what we

[48:31] re

[48:33] doing to make our system safer

[48:35] and to communicate to our

[48:36] riders what Metro has been

[48:37] doing, what our plans are to

[48:38] continue to address the

[48:41] conditions on our system. And I

[48:42] know we have some slides that

[48:43] are going to be shared, and I

[48:43] m

[48:43] going to turn it over to

[48:44] Rebecca.

[48:45] Okay.

[48:45] Uh.

[48:46] Thank you. Deanna, I

[48:47] m Rebecca

[48:48] Fankhauser, I

[48:48] m Metro

[48:49] s chief

[48:50] safety officer and director of

[48:52] safety, security and quality

[48:54] assurance. Uh, I think we

[48:54] ll

[48:56] move straight into the first

[49:01] slide. Thank you. Uh, so at

[49:01] Metro, we

[49:03] re focused on doing

[49:05] what is within our control to

[49:06] provide safe, clean and

[49:08] reliable service and noting

[49:10] that safety is first in that

[49:12] list for a reason. Um, so we do

[49:14] this by being values driven and

[49:17] data informed. Uh, so let

[49:17] s

[49:19] start with some of our data.

[49:21] Uh, the trips that we provide,

[49:23] uh, to 1 million people per

[49:24] week on Metro are

[49:26] overwhelmingly safe when

[49:27] incidents on our system do

[49:29] occur, uh, employees call into

[49:32] the transit control center, um,

[49:33] there, they talk to a

[49:35] coordinator, which creates a

[49:37] coordinator service record. So

[49:38] these MAY not reflect every

[49:40] single incident that happens on

[49:42] our system, but they do reflect

[49:43] most incidents and illuminate

[49:45] the trends that inform how we

[49:48] take action. An incident is

[49:50] defined as anything that a bus

[49:52] operator needs assistance with,

[49:54] ranging from various unlawful

[49:56] transit conduct where people

[49:57] might be using the bus for the

[49:59] purpose of sleeping up to

[50:00] criminal activities such as

[50:02] assaults, which include

[50:04] spitting or unreasonable

[50:07] disturbances. So on this graph,

[50:08] you can see the coordinator

[50:09] service record per million

[50:10] boardings. It

[50:11] s important to

[50:12] note that benchmarking these

[50:14] incidents against 1 million

[50:15] riders really shows the

[50:17] frequency of our incidents

[50:19] relative to the millions of

[50:20] customer interactions that

[50:22] occur each year. That

[50:23] perspective supports more

[50:25] informed decision making by

[50:26] helping distinguish between

[50:28] isolated events and systemic

[50:31] trends on our system. So Metro

[50:32] uses this data to identify

[50:34] incident trends along routes,

[50:36] locations, time of day, and

[50:37] deploys security and law

[50:38] enforcement resources

[50:40] accordingly. We know this

[50:41] approach works because we see

[50:43] that our incident rates have

[50:45] been declining during the peak

[50:47] of the pandemic. You can see

[50:49] when the ratio of incidents to

[50:50] boardings was uniquely

[50:51] pronounced due to low

[50:53] ridership. We experienced a

[50:57] high of 243 per 1 million

[50:59] boardings in JUNE of this year.

[51:01] I am pleased to report that we

[51:04] had a post-pandemic low of 58

[51:06] incidents per million

[51:07] boardings, so we know our

[51:09] approach is working. This

[51:11] reduced rate has been stable

[51:13] and continues to trend

[51:14] downward, so we

[51:15] re continually

[51:16] reviewing our trends. We

[51:16] re

[51:18] adjusting our deployment to

[51:20] ensure the right resources are

[51:22] put where the right needs are,

[51:24] and we continue to work with

[51:25] Metro and our partners to

[51:27] decrease our incidents. I

[51:27] ll

[51:31] move to the next slide, please.

[51:33] So how we approach safety on

[51:35] our system has changed

[51:36] significantly over time, and

[51:37] we

[51:38] re working hard to ensure

[51:39] that we show up in the right

[51:40] way and with the right

[51:43] resources for the situation.

[51:46] Next slide. Historically,

[51:47] Metro

[51:48] s used a traditional

[51:49] public safety model, which

[51:51] relied heavily on Metro transit

[51:53] police and transit security,

[51:54] which is illustrated on the

[51:56] left of this chart. We have

[51:59] moved into more of a care and

[52:00] presence model. As you

[52:01] ll see,

[52:04] um. In 2020, Metro launched the

[52:05] safety, security and Fare

[52:07] enforcement reform initiative

[52:09] that really centered the voices

[52:12] of Bipoc and those that

[52:13] intersect with other

[52:15] marginalized and historically

[52:16] underserved communities to help

[52:18] reimagine and reform the

[52:19] security functions on our

[52:21] system. One of our main goals

[52:23] is to achieve safety while

[52:24] supporting community members

[52:26] who have the greatest needs and

[52:28] without perpetuating systemic

[52:30] racism. Recognizing that not

[52:32] every situation needs a law

[52:33] enforcement response, the Care

[52:34] and Presence model focuses on

[52:36] visibility, customer

[52:37] engagement, and support for

[52:39] transit workers. So we

[52:40] ll talk

[52:42] about what each of those

[52:44] resources, um, the role that

[52:45] each of them plays. Go the next

[52:48] slide, please. All right. First

[52:49] looking at our transit control

[52:52] center or the tcc, this is

[52:53] really the nerve center of

[52:55] metro bus operations. It

[52:56] s not

[52:57] new, but I think for the

[52:59] purpose of this presentation, I

[53:00] did want to highlight that

[53:00] we

[53:01] ve changed how we

[53:01] ve

[53:03] equipped those resources to be

[53:04] even more responsive to our

[53:06] writers and our employees. The

[53:08] tcc is the main hub and hub for

[53:10] anything that employee

[53:11] experiences or needs out in the

[53:13] field. So the coordinators in

[53:15] the tcc support service

[53:16] delivery by monitoring bus

[53:18] operations, they respond to

[53:19] calls for assistance. They

[53:21] organize and direct responses,

[53:22] and they communicate with

[53:23] internal and external parties.

[53:24] The operators are trained to

[53:26] call the tcc whenever an

[53:28] incident occurs, and we have a

[53:29] dedicated continuous

[53:30] improvement project where we

[53:31] ve

[53:32] surveyed operators to ensure

[53:34] that the tcc is meeting their

[53:36] needs. Um, whenever they have

[53:38] deployed an emergency alarm,

[53:40] which this is the highest level

[53:40] of support that can be

[53:42] requested from the control

[53:44] center. Um, and so we get their

[53:46] feedback on the experience and

[53:48] what could be improved as a

[53:49] result of the findings. We

[53:50] re

[53:51] working to implement

[53:53] recommendations to continue to

[53:55] improve how we respond when our

[53:57] employees need us most. We

[53:57] re

[53:58] also making sure that the

[53:59] transit control center and our

[54:01] service quality supervisors,

[54:03] who will see in the next slide,

[54:05] um, have trauma informed

[54:06] training so that we can lead

[54:08] with care in how we respond to

[54:10] affected employees.

[54:13] Next slide please.

[54:15] All right. This is one of our

[54:17] service quality supervisors.

[54:18] This group works really closely

[54:20] with the transit control Center

[54:21] to support operators out in the

[54:23] field. They proactively monitor

[54:25] our transit operations. They

[54:27] respond to operator calls for

[54:29] assistance and to conditions

[54:30] that affect or disrupt the

[54:32] efficient delivery of our

[54:32] service.

[54:35] Next slide.

[54:37] Moving into our Metro Transit

[54:39] Police, Metro contracts with

[54:40] the King County Sheriff

[54:40] s

[54:42] Department for Metro Transit

[54:44] police officers because they

[54:44] re

[54:45] part of the sheriff

[54:46] s office,

[54:47] they operate in all parts of

[54:49] our region depending on need.

[54:51] They not only respond to and

[54:52] investigate crimes on transit

[54:54] and transit properties, but

[54:55] they also work upstream to

[54:57] prevent crimes from happening

[54:58] on law enforcement side of

[55:00] things, the bicycle emphasis

[55:02] and enforcement squad of the

[55:04] Metro Transit Police conduct

[55:06] proactive patrols where they

[55:07] address unlawful conduct,

[55:09] unlawful transit conduct, and

[55:11] respond to 911 calls. Other

[55:13] types of policing services that

[55:15] Metro Transit Police provide

[55:17] includes investigating criminal

[55:19] activity and also working with

[55:21] partners on complex operations

[55:22] for narcotics and weapons

[55:26] related criminal offenses.

[55:27] Metro Transit Police also has

[55:29] Transit Resource Officers.

[55:30] These individuals provide more

[55:33] of a direct link between the

[55:35] community service providers and

[55:36] address more complex issues

[55:36] that don

[55:38] t need typical law

[55:40] enforcement response.

[55:43] Next slide please.

[55:45] All right. Our transit security

[55:46] officers are contracted

[55:48] personnel that provide security

[55:50] presence, deter incidents and

[55:51] monitor activities. They

[55:54] address behavioral issues and

[55:55] assist customers and operators

[55:57] with questions and life safety

[55:58] concerns.

[55:59] They also provide.

[56:02] Customer service. Um, to and

[56:04] make contact with anyone using

[56:05] the bus zone for non transit

[56:08] purposes and help move them on.

[56:09] In recent years, we

[56:10] ve not only

[56:11] doubled the number of

[56:13] contracted transit safety

[56:14] security officers, but further

[56:16] increased the number to better

[56:17] meet the needs of our system.

[56:19] Last year, we relaunched fare

[56:20] enforcement, which you

[56:20] ll

[56:22] recall on our system, which is

[56:24] a subset of the contracted

[56:27] transit security officers. And

[56:28] these are known as fare

[56:30] enforcement officers. Uh, fare

[56:31] enforcement officers inspect

[56:33] fares from all riders and

[56:35] educate on fare media and

[56:36] policy, which drives

[56:38] accountability on the system.

[56:40] Our goal is to increase our

[56:41] safety presence through

[56:44] incremental and continuous

[56:45] improvement.

[56:47] Next slide please.

[56:49] All right. These are two of our

[56:50] behavioral health

[56:53] Support specialists. These

[56:54] teams provide basic needs for

[56:56] customers in crisis, which

[56:58] often includes food, hygiene

[57:00] products or cold weather

[57:02] supplies, as well as providing

[57:03] connection and referral to

[57:06] shelters, housing and case

[57:08] management. So they consist of

[57:09] a combination of a mental

[57:11] health professional and a peer

[57:13] who has lived experience with

[57:14] housing instability,

[57:18] homelessness or addiction. Uh.

[57:22] Okay. Next slide please. And

[57:25] these are our safe ambassadors.

[57:27] Metro safe ambassadors create a

[57:28] welcoming presence and provide

[57:30] in-person customer service,

[57:32] which includes wayfinding and

[57:34] fare payment and general metro

[57:35] information. Um, they

[57:36] re also

[57:37] touch points for our employees

[57:39] out in the field. Uh, the

[57:42] metro. Metro safe Ambassador

[57:44] program embodies requests from

[57:45] community for not just security

[57:47] presence, but it

[57:47] s an

[57:49] alternative. Um, presence for

[57:51] alternative presence as well.

[57:53] So I will turn it over to

[57:55] Deanna.

[57:58] Thanks. Next slide please.

[58:00] Addressing security concerns on

[58:02] transit or near it is a

[58:04] responsibility shared across 20

[58:06] metro teams. Multiple King

[58:08] County agencies, 39

[58:09] jurisdictions, each with their

[58:10] own departments and

[58:12] partnerships, and many

[58:14] communities. So the goal of our

[58:16] Safety Emphasis program is to

[58:17] strengthen partnerships with

[58:18] jurisdictional partners,

[58:20] elected leaders, community

[58:22] members, community based

[58:24] organizations, and businesses

[58:25] to develop timely and equitable

[58:27] solutions for safe, clean and

[58:29] reliable transit. Next slide

[58:32] please. Metro Safety Emphasis

[58:35] Program was established in 2024

[58:36] to bring together these

[58:37] different agencies to address

[58:39] what some refer to as hot

[58:40] spots, or what we like to call

[58:42] safety emphasis. Areas in the

[58:44] region. Safety emphasis areas

[58:46] are identified by a variety of

[58:48] data sources holistically,

[58:50] including reports from

[58:52] employees, formal complaints

[58:53] from customers, or community

[58:54] based organizations and

[58:56] institutions, and work order

[58:58] requests. Additional factors

[59:00] considered are the quantity,

[59:01] severity, and trends of those

[59:04] reports. Ridership data, equity

[59:05] scores, or who

[59:07] s impacted, and

[59:08] additional feedback from

[59:09] jurisdiction and community

[59:11] partners based on research and

[59:13] customer feedback. The program

[59:15] focuses primarily on the three

[59:17] key areas that most impact

[59:19] customers sense of safety, the

[59:21] physical environment of the

[59:23] area, how others in the area

[59:24] are behaving, and what is

[59:26] communicated as it pertains to

[59:28] that area. For what

[59:28] s within

[59:30] our control. At Metro, this

[59:31] looks like facilitating

[59:33] localized engagement to bring

[59:35] together writers, staff, agency

[59:37] and community partners, law

[59:38] enforcement and security staff

[59:40] and businesses to understand

[59:40] what

[59:42] s going on its impacts,

[59:43] and to generate ideas to

[59:45] address what is being

[59:46] experienced. Addressing

[59:48] physical conditions so that

[59:50] getting to, waiting for, and

[59:52] using transit feels clean, safe

[59:53] and welcoming. By cleaning,

[59:55] maintaining and fixing lighting

[59:55] on Metro

[59:56] s property that we can

[59:58] address independently.

[1:00:00] Optimizing presence of

[1:00:01] outreach, security and law

[1:00:03] enforcement teams to improve

[1:00:05] social conditions by increasing

[1:00:06] adherence to the Code of

[1:00:08] Conduct through equitable

[1:00:10] enforcement, as well as placing

[1:00:11] our non enforcement teams in

[1:00:12] areas where they are most

[1:00:13] needed, and strengthening

[1:00:15] communication with the public

[1:00:16] to improve trust in metro

[1:00:19] safety responses by sharing

[1:00:20] with stakeholders what Metro is

[1:00:22] doing to improve safety and

[1:00:23] safety emphasis areas and

[1:00:25] communicating with customers

[1:00:26] their options for how to

[1:00:28] request help with safety

[1:00:29] incidents, concerns and what we

[1:00:31] do with those requests. We have

[1:00:32] some cards that we hand out. I

[1:00:33] brought some if you

[1:00:34] d like to

[1:00:36] pick up some English or Spanish

[1:00:37] little wallet cards that help

[1:00:39] writers know what to do, how to

[1:00:41] report incidents. That includes

[1:00:41] both while they

[1:00:42] re writing the

[1:00:43] service, but also at a stop or

[1:00:45] station. They might be at.

[1:00:45] There

[1:00:46] s a lot that Metro can

[1:00:47] t

[1:00:48] do alone, and we

[1:00:48] ve

[1:00:49] successfully worked with some

[1:00:51] of your teams at your

[1:00:53] jurisdictions, um, to address

[1:00:55] these issues. We welcome that

[1:00:56] additional partnership and more

[1:00:58] opportunities to do that. And

[1:00:59] some of those examples you saw

[1:01:00] on Rebecca

[1:01:01] s slides at the

[1:01:02] Aurora Village Transit Center

[1:01:03] with shoreline and how we

[1:01:05] coordinate resource deployment

[1:01:06] there. The Burien Transit

[1:01:08] Center with Burien, Eastgate

[1:01:10] Park and Ride with Bellevue,

[1:01:11] the Kent James Park and ride

[1:01:13] with Kent. And we are aware

[1:01:15] that Issaquah Highlands parking

[1:01:15] garage that

[1:01:16] s also been

[1:01:17] elevated to this team, and

[1:01:17] we

[1:01:18] re currently working to

[1:01:20] assess what might be needed

[1:01:22] there. So together we can more

[1:01:23] efficiently deploy the

[1:01:25] resources we are investing in

[1:01:27] safety and security to address

[1:01:28] physical conditions and the

[1:01:30] built environment, provide

[1:01:32] appropriate forms of presence

[1:01:33] to promote safety and resolve

[1:01:35] incidents on our system, and

[1:01:36] have accessible public health

[1:01:38] and human and social service

[1:01:39] options available when that

[1:01:39] s

[1:01:41] the right thing to provide to

[1:01:43] an area around transit. Next

[1:01:46] slide please. And at the heart

[1:01:49] of our commitments is

[1:01:50] continuing to focus on how we

[1:01:51] care for our employees and how

[1:01:54] we care for our riders. As

[1:01:55] Rebecca talked about our care

[1:01:57] and presence approach. Well,

[1:01:57] we

[1:01:58] d already been making

[1:01:59] progress. Shawn Jim

[1:02:00] s murder in

[1:02:02] early 2025 was a reckoning that

[1:02:04] more needed to be done. And at

[1:02:05] the direction of King County

[1:02:06] Council, the Regional Safety

[1:02:09] Task Force was established,

[1:02:10] recognizing that while there

[1:02:11] were many things Metro could do

[1:02:12] independently, there

[1:02:13] s also a

[1:02:14] need for us to collectively

[1:02:15] work on the larger safety

[1:02:19] landscape. Next slide please.

[1:02:21] Since then, the task force has

[1:02:22] brought together partners from

[1:02:23] across the region, including

[1:02:27] atu local 587, advocacy and

[1:02:28] community groups, Behavioral

[1:02:30] Health and Alternative Response

[1:02:32] teams, city and county

[1:02:34] officials, law enforcement,

[1:02:36] public health representatives,

[1:02:38] and other transit agencies.

[1:02:39] Last year, more than 110

[1:02:41] organizations and agencies

[1:02:43] participated, including 25

[1:02:45] cities, to inform the creation

[1:02:48] of 158 solutions split into

[1:02:50] regional solutions. 60 of those

[1:02:52] and 98 transit focused

[1:02:54] solutions. So by that we mean

[1:02:56] the transit focused solutions

[1:02:57] are things Metro and Sound

[1:02:58] Transit can really focus on and

[1:03:00] control within our our, our

[1:03:02] sphere. The 60 regional

[1:03:03] solutions are things we really

[1:03:04] need partnership across the

[1:03:07] region to, to implement. And so

[1:03:07] this year we

[1:03:08] ve established

[1:03:09] clear and transparent

[1:03:10] structures to make sure that

[1:03:12] those regional recommendations

[1:03:12] don

[1:03:13] t stay in a binder

[1:03:15] collecting dust, but turn into

[1:03:17] concrete actions. And for the

[1:03:18] transit specific solutions,

[1:03:19] we

[1:03:20] ve already made some

[1:03:22] incredible progress with,

[1:03:24] including purchasing new buses

[1:03:25] with enhanced operator

[1:03:27] partitions and working to

[1:03:28] retrofit our existing fleet,

[1:03:30] which we expect and anticipate

[1:03:33] having complete by 2027.

[1:03:35] Launching a three part series

[1:03:36] of de-escalation training for

[1:03:38] our operators, with more than

[1:03:40] 80% having completed the two

[1:03:42] modules and the third on the

[1:03:45] way. Improving how we follow up

[1:03:46] with employees when they have a

[1:03:48] security incident, including

[1:03:50] some of the changes that you

[1:03:51] heard earlier about our transit

[1:03:53] control center, the regional

[1:03:54] solutions expand beyond what

[1:03:56] transit agencies can address

[1:03:58] and include solutions requiring

[1:04:00] coordination between transit

[1:04:02] agencies, law enforcement,

[1:04:03] behavioral health and housing,

[1:04:06] the judicial system, and more

[1:04:08] so, for the regional solutions,

[1:04:09] we have established an

[1:04:11] implementation partnership,

[1:04:12] which is chaired by King County

[1:04:14] Executive Zahilay and our

[1:04:16] General Manager, Michelle

[1:04:18] Allison, and the implementation

[1:04:19] partnership is central. That

[1:04:19] s

[1:04:21] the central entity responsible

[1:04:23] for guiding, prioritization,

[1:04:25] alignment and progress and

[1:04:27] monitoring action taken on

[1:04:28] those regional solutions. So

[1:04:30] last month, that partnership

[1:04:32] met to determine which of the

[1:04:33] 60 solutions we should

[1:04:35] prioritize on coordinating for

[1:04:38] more impactful results. 60s a

[1:04:39] lot. And within the next year

[1:04:40] and a half, we wanted to make

[1:04:41] sure we were focusing on the

[1:04:42] things that could have the

[1:04:44] biggest amount of impact with

[1:04:46] the partners that are willing

[1:04:48] to sit at the table with us. So

[1:04:48] we

[1:04:50] re excited that with those

[1:04:52] next steps and from that

[1:04:55] prioritization process, 20

[1:04:56] regional solutions were

[1:04:57] prioritized, we

[1:04:58] re actively

[1:05:00] establishing working groups

[1:05:01] that are going to turn those

[1:05:02] solutions into action plans

[1:05:04] with clear owners timelines and

[1:05:06] operational steps, we can hold

[1:05:07] ourselves accountable to some

[1:05:09] examples of those. Regional

[1:05:10] solutions include, but are not

[1:05:12] limited to, clarifying roles

[1:05:13] and responsibilities of

[1:05:16] enforcement personnel across

[1:05:18] both transit agency and

[1:05:19] security staff, and law

[1:05:21] enforcement personnel.

[1:05:22] Improving safety and security

[1:05:23] coordination at transit sites

[1:05:25] where we have multiple services

[1:05:27] coming into use, a similar

[1:05:29] location, improving safety and

[1:05:32] security coordination. Oh, I

[1:05:32] mentioned that one and

[1:05:34] launching a unified code of

[1:05:35] conduct campaign across

[1:05:36] agencies. So the expectations

[1:05:39] to ride and the acceptability

[1:05:41] of riding should be the same no

[1:05:41] matter what service you

[1:05:42] re

[1:05:42] writing on. So we

[1:05:43] re going to

[1:05:44] work on communicating that more

[1:05:46] clearly to riders across the

[1:05:46] region and what the

[1:05:48] consequences are. Should people

[1:05:50] not be following the code of

[1:05:54] conduct? We also plan to share

[1:05:55] updates on this work with you

[1:05:58] all throughout the process. Um,

[1:05:59] including by presenting to you

[1:06:01] all here and individually or in

[1:06:03] other spaces that you

[1:06:04] d like,

[1:06:04] and through the Regional

[1:06:06] Transit Safety Task Force

[1:06:07] newsletter, which you all

[1:06:09] should be assigned to and

[1:06:12] receive those updates. Next

[1:06:14] slide please. So a little bit

[1:06:16] of a shift. Uh, this was a

[1:06:17] question that had come up. What

[1:06:17] are Metro

[1:06:19] s efforts in

[1:06:21] combating human trafficking. So

[1:06:25] um, since 2018, uh, Metro has

[1:06:26] been very aware and through the

[1:06:28] leadership of past folks on

[1:06:30] King County Council, that there

[1:06:31] is a nexus between human

[1:06:32] trafficking and public

[1:06:34] transportation. We have been

[1:06:35] one of King County, King

[1:06:35] County

[1:06:36] s partners for the

[1:06:38] business, ending Slavery and

[1:06:39] Trafficking campaign that

[1:06:39] s

[1:06:41] designed by and for victims of

[1:06:43] trafficking. So every year

[1:06:43] we

[1:06:44] ve participated in a

[1:06:46] campaign around that. Um, and

[1:06:47] this year, with major sporting

[1:06:49] events like fifa, we know

[1:06:49] there

[1:06:51] s typically an increase

[1:06:52] in both human trafficking,

[1:06:53] including fraudulent and

[1:06:56] exploitative work. So, during

[1:06:57] fifa this year, we

[1:06:58] ve partnered

[1:06:59] with the Seattle Hotel

[1:07:01] Association and best to sponsor

[1:07:02] interior and exterior ads on

[1:07:04] our coaches to create awareness

[1:07:06] of human trafficking and

[1:07:07] connects people with a hotline

[1:07:08] where they can learn more or

[1:07:11] get help if they are a victim.

[1:07:14] Next slide please. As much as

[1:07:14] safety is Metro

[1:07:16] s priority, we

[1:07:17] know you all get a lot of

[1:07:19] feedback on safety and transit

[1:07:21] safety in particular. So we

[1:07:22] want to share a couple of

[1:07:23] resources that can be helpful

[1:07:25] for you as you respond to those

[1:07:28] concerns. Next slide please. We

[1:07:30] need people to report. And I

[1:07:32] showed up those cards earlier.

[1:07:33] Uh, that reporting is stuff

[1:07:35] that we look at. We can

[1:07:36] investigate, we can make

[1:07:38] changes and we can address a

[1:07:40] request, additional service

[1:07:41] resources with that

[1:07:43] information. If we don

[1:07:43] t know

[1:07:44] about it, we can

[1:07:44] t do anything

[1:07:48] about it. For writers in urgent

[1:07:50] or emergency situations, they

[1:07:52] should contact their driver. If

[1:07:53] you are seeing something that

[1:07:53] s

[1:07:54] uncomfortable, say something

[1:07:56] about it. If the situation

[1:07:56] s

[1:07:57] life threatening, they should

[1:08:00] call or text 911. Calling is

[1:08:02] preferred and faster, but know

[1:08:02] that that

[1:08:03] s not always feels

[1:08:04] like a safe or comfortable

[1:08:05] option. When you

[1:08:05] re in the

[1:08:07] middle of something. If the

[1:08:07] situation doesn

[1:08:08] t require an

[1:08:10] immediate response, but is

[1:08:12] still a concern, we encourage

[1:08:13] writers to report it with as

[1:08:16] much detail as possible to our

[1:08:17] our phone. We also have a web

[1:08:18] form that

[1:08:19] s noted on this card

[1:08:19] that I

[1:08:22] ll share. So that is the

[1:08:23] additional information that

[1:08:24] helps us to know what

[1:08:24] s

[1:08:26] happening and where is

[1:08:28] including the bus route, the

[1:08:29] bus number. There

[1:08:29] s a coach

[1:08:30] number on every bus. It

[1:08:31] s the

[1:08:32] four digits at the front and on

[1:08:34] the back of the bus or the bus

[1:08:36] stop location, and the bus stop

[1:08:37] number. At every bus stop,

[1:08:37] there

[1:08:38] s a number on the bus

[1:08:40] stop sign. So that tells you

[1:08:40] what bus stop you

[1:08:42] re at the

[1:08:43] time of day, and the report and

[1:08:44] then the description of the

[1:08:47] incident that occurred. And as

[1:08:48] I said, that can be reported

[1:08:49] calling our customer service

[1:08:51] line or through an online form.

[1:08:53] We also have an additional form

[1:08:55] for stop maintenance requests

[1:08:56] or cleaning requests so that we

[1:08:58] can provide that information as

[1:09:01] follow up as well. Next slide

[1:09:04] please. Safety is everybody

[1:09:04] s

[1:09:06] responsibility, and we

[1:09:06] re

[1:09:08] hoping to make it easier for

[1:09:09] you all to partner with us on

[1:09:11] addressing safety issues in

[1:09:13] your jurisdictions. And what

[1:09:13] s

[1:09:14] most helpful is if you can

[1:09:15] share ways for your

[1:09:17] constituents to report. You can

[1:09:18] do that by sharing the

[1:09:19] information in the previous

[1:09:21] slide or through these safety

[1:09:22] contact cards. We can provide

[1:09:25] those to you to distribute to

[1:09:27] writers, and we also appreciate

[1:09:27] it. If there

[1:09:28] s a central point

[1:09:30] person at your cities that we

[1:09:31] can coordinate different safety

[1:09:34] requests on your end for Metro,

[1:09:36] you can reach out to Maria

[1:09:37] Jimenez Zepeda and Amanda

[1:09:38] Pleasant Brown for safety

[1:09:40] requests, or to request the

[1:09:42] safety contacts cards. You saw

[1:09:43] that I that

[1:09:44] s there on the

[1:09:46] slide and also in person here.

[1:09:48] So that I think is the end of

[1:09:49] our presentation and we

[1:09:49] re

[1:09:52] happy to take questions.

[1:09:53] Great. Thank you so much. That

[1:09:54] was a lot of information. I

[1:09:55] have a couple questions, but I

[1:09:56] want to turn it over to my

[1:09:59] colleagues to see what

[1:10:02] questions you all have. We

[1:10:03] ll

[1:10:05] take down the slides so we can

[1:10:08] see. All right. Why don

[1:10:09] t i

[1:10:11] kick us off. And then if there

[1:10:12] are additional questions,

[1:10:14] please do feel free to raise

[1:10:16] your hands. Um, around the

[1:10:18] regional transit safety, uh,

[1:10:19] task force. It

[1:10:21] s somewhat of a

[1:10:23] question, but I was. I

[1:10:24] m very

[1:10:26] honored to be serving on that,

[1:10:29] um, task force and work

[1:10:30] directly with the general

[1:10:33] manager and, um, a number of

[1:10:37] other leaders on really nailing

[1:10:42] down that coordination. And,

[1:10:44] collaboration between

[1:10:46] jurisdictions and law

[1:10:47] enforcement and transit

[1:10:49] agencies. So if you think of a,

[1:10:51] um, transit station into the

[1:10:53] Tukwila International Boulevard

[1:10:56] with Sound Transit on an

[1:10:58] elevated platform, and then we

[1:11:01] have um, Metro Rapid ride stop

[1:11:02] at the bottom, a number of

[1:11:04] stops is a transit center and

[1:11:06] then a large parking lot, and

[1:11:07] then the street with the city

[1:11:10] of Tukwila. And we have Sound

[1:11:11] transit law enforcement really

[1:11:13] managing the top floor. We

[1:11:17] have, um, metro security and

[1:11:17] sheriff

[1:11:19] s office doing this,

[1:11:21] you know, bottom of where the

[1:11:23] buses are. And then maybe I

[1:11:23] think it

[1:11:24] s Tukwila that does

[1:11:27] the parking lot. I mean, and

[1:11:28] yet we don

[1:11:29] t have any sort of

[1:11:30] formal arrangement or

[1:11:31] discussion around what happens

[1:11:33] in between an overlap. And so

[1:11:34] what happens on the escalators

[1:11:37] or the elevators. And everyone

[1:11:39] jumps in when needed. But we

[1:11:40] should have really clear

[1:11:43] expectations of how to manage

[1:11:43] that and make sure we

[1:11:44] re all

[1:11:46] operating on the same page. So

[1:11:47] I think this is a really good

[1:11:50] opportunity for us to clear

[1:11:52] that up, make sure everyone

[1:11:54] knows what our expectations are

[1:11:55] and what their responsibilities

[1:11:57] are, which will make it safer

[1:12:00] for our riders or operators and

[1:12:02] our community in general. So it

[1:12:06] is a lot of work. And, um, I

[1:12:07] you might not know this, but we

[1:12:09] did meet last month and we

[1:12:12] narrowed down some priorities

[1:12:14] and just for context, I think

[1:12:30] one of the things we put not as

[1:12:30] a non priority, but down at the

[1:12:30] bottom is, um, building an

[1:12:30] operations center for all the

[1:12:31] agencies to have a central hub,

[1:12:31] which would be ideal. But, um,

[1:12:31] a tremendous amount of

[1:12:32] resources. So we wanted to

[1:12:34] prioritize the things we can

[1:12:36] within the resources available.

[1:12:37] Uh, but there is a lot of work

[1:12:39] happening. Do you happen to

[1:12:42] know the time frame on when we

[1:12:43] will be getting more

[1:12:46] information about next steps

[1:12:48] for the priorities we did push

[1:12:49] push forward?

[1:12:50] Yes. Over the next couple of

[1:12:51] months, the summer months,

[1:12:52] we

[1:12:53] re working on, uh, picking,

[1:12:55] uh, kind of stakeholder mapping

[1:12:56] who should be involved in each

[1:12:58] of the, uh, prioritized

[1:12:59] solution working groups and

[1:13:00] making sure we have the right

[1:13:02] representation from different

[1:13:04] agencies. So this fall would be

[1:13:06] when those like late AUGUST,

[1:13:07] SEPTEMBER would be when those

[1:13:09] groups would convene to really

[1:13:11] develop that more formal action

[1:13:13] plan, more clearly defining

[1:13:14] what success looks like to

[1:13:15] like, what would it mean to

[1:13:16] accomplish this thing? How can

[1:13:16] we say we

[1:13:18] re done? And who

[1:13:18] s

[1:13:20] going to take responsibility

[1:13:21] for what to make it happen?

[1:13:22] Thank you. And you are

[1:13:24] reminding me that we did

[1:13:25] include additional partners

[1:13:27] throughout, that we wanted to

[1:13:29] make sure that for the cities

[1:13:32] that do have those

[1:13:34] multi-jurisdictional transit

[1:13:38] agencies. So Tukwila and Kent,

[1:13:40] with Sound Transit, Metro and

[1:13:41] our local law enforcement that

[1:13:43] we are all at the table there.

[1:13:45] So thank you for that reminder.

[1:13:48] Um, any questions,

[1:13:50] Councilmember Bhargava? And if

[1:13:52] you could speak up, we had a

[1:13:54] little trouble hearing you. Um,

[1:13:56] before.

[1:13:57] Okay. Can you hear me now? I

[1:13:57] m

[1:13:59] going to try and speak loud.

[1:14:00] Much better. Thank you.

[1:14:02] Okay. Excellent. Um, thank you

[1:14:04] very much. First of all, for a

[1:14:06] really excellent presentation.

[1:14:09] Very informative. Um, the staff

[1:14:11] report in the agenda package

[1:14:16] states that for the 2627

[1:14:19] biennium, Metro has added ten

[1:14:22] Metro Transit Police deputies

[1:14:24] for a total of 89. We

[1:14:24] ve also

[1:14:26] heard from Bellevue Transit

[1:14:28] Police that King County has had

[1:14:31] some challenges in filling

[1:14:33] those positions. Uh, my

[1:14:34] question is, how many of those

[1:14:37] have been filled? And then more

[1:14:38] systematically, what are we

[1:14:40] doing to address some of the

[1:14:42] hiring challenges that we

[1:14:42] ve

[1:14:46] had?

[1:14:48] Uh, thank you for the question,

[1:14:49] Councilmember. Uh, Metro

[1:14:51] Transit police contracts

[1:14:52] through the sheriff

[1:14:52] s

[1:14:54] department. So any questions

[1:14:56] about recruiting or staffing

[1:14:58] would probably be best answered

[1:14:59] by them. I can

[1:15:00] t directly

[1:15:02] answer for them. Um, but I will

[1:15:04] commend them. We have a very

[1:15:05] long standing partnership with

[1:15:06] them, and they have been

[1:15:09] really, um, excellent in

[1:15:13] continuing support of Metro.

[1:15:13] I

[1:15:15] ll just add that that is an

[1:15:19] ongoing, um, uh, challenge that

[1:15:19] we

[1:15:20] ve been working on, uh,

[1:15:22] making sure that our sheriff

[1:15:22] s

[1:15:24] office is fully staffed, which

[1:15:26] it is not, and that our

[1:15:29] contracts, um, cities and

[1:15:30] jurisdictions receive the

[1:15:31] supports that they are

[1:15:34] contracting for. Um, Council

[1:15:36] member, I will look to see if

[1:15:37] we can

[1:15:38] t find the latest

[1:15:40] information for you and send

[1:15:43] that out so that, um, or at the

[1:15:45] very least, find the right

[1:15:46] contact person, because it

[1:15:46] s a

[1:15:47] very good question. It

[1:15:47] s an

[1:15:50] important question. Um, and we

[1:15:53] do track that in other

[1:15:55] committees at the council. So

[1:15:57] we will help facilitate that

[1:15:58] for you.

[1:15:59] Okay, I appreciate that.

[1:16:02] Thank you. All right. I think

[1:16:02] it

[1:16:06] s Council member Goldman.

[1:16:07] Um, yes. Thank you, MADAM

[1:16:09] Chair. Um, thank you for the

[1:16:11] presentation. Um, I have a

[1:16:13] question about data. So at the

[1:16:14] beginning, you kind of

[1:16:15] presented the number of

[1:16:16] incidents. And it seems over

[1:16:17] the past couple of years,

[1:16:18] they

[1:16:20] ve plateaued around the 50

[1:16:22] to 70 range. So I guess my two

[1:16:24] part question is, number one,

[1:16:26] what level is Metro aiming for?

[1:16:28] And number two, how will you

[1:16:30] evaluate some of the many

[1:16:31] suggestions that are coming

[1:16:33] from the task force as to

[1:16:34] whether they have been

[1:16:43] effective or not?

[1:16:45] Sorry, technology is hard. Uh,

[1:16:48] thank you for the question. Um,

[1:16:48] we

[1:16:50] re very happy with the

[1:16:52] continued reduction. I think

[1:16:53] you get to a certain point and

[1:16:55] ridership is increasing, and so

[1:16:57] your trends are going to show,

[1:16:58] um, that they

[1:16:59] re plateauing a

[1:17:01] bit, as you noted. Uh, but I

[1:17:03] think continued improvement is

[1:17:03] what we

[1:17:06] re aiming for. Um, I

[1:17:09] would say, and we want to honor

[1:17:10] all of our employee

[1:17:12] experiences. And so we continue

[1:17:14] to do outreach with our

[1:17:16] employees, um, to encourage

[1:17:17] them to report. And this is

[1:17:19] really anything that they

[1:17:19] re

[1:17:21] experiencing on our system. So

[1:17:22] those are not necessarily

[1:17:24] indicative of serious events.

[1:17:27] This could be, um, anything

[1:17:30] from people that are using

[1:17:33] transit to shelter to, um,

[1:17:35] unwanted disturbances or

[1:17:41] assaults on the system.

[1:17:43] And I would just add, I think

[1:17:43] everybody

[1:17:45] s goal would be zero

[1:17:46] security incidents anywhere for

[1:17:48] writers and employees. Uh,

[1:17:49] recognizing that

[1:17:50] s very hard to

[1:17:54] achieve. Um, that the decline

[1:17:56] and continuing to find ways to

[1:17:57] reduce them is really what

[1:17:57] we

[1:17:59] re focused on. So when we

[1:18:00] look at the Regional Safety

[1:18:03] Task Force recommendations, I

[1:18:03] think that

[1:18:04] s part of this

[1:18:05] action planning work that we

[1:18:07] need to do is what how will we

[1:18:09] know that that particular thing

[1:18:10] is making a difference or not?

[1:18:11] And when I talked about what

[1:18:12] success looks like, really

[1:18:13] defining what that might be, it

[1:18:15] might be particular measures.

[1:18:17] It might be tasks or activities

[1:18:18] to accomplish. But I think we

[1:18:20] want to really think carefully

[1:18:22] about that and have a adaptable

[1:18:23] mindset. As Rebecca talked

[1:18:23] about, we

[1:18:24] re trying to have it.

[1:18:25] Metro. If something

[1:18:25] s not

[1:18:26] working, we shouldn

[1:18:26] t keep

[1:18:28] doing it. And if it is, we

[1:18:29] should keep doing it. But we

[1:18:30] have to have a shared

[1:18:31] understanding of what that

[1:18:33] success looks like, and we hope

[1:18:34] to develop that through the

[1:18:36] action. Planning next steps for

[1:18:39] the regional task force.

[1:18:42] I would add. Thank you. Um, and

[1:18:45] great questions as I look at

[1:18:49] the chart. So that was page two

[1:18:51] of this presentation. It

[1:18:52] s page

[1:18:55] 66 of 84 in the packets. If

[1:18:55] you

[1:18:57] re following along. Um, it

[1:18:59] is interesting to see kind of

[1:19:01] the overall trends in the year

[1:19:03] and wonder if you, if I

[1:19:04] m on to

[1:19:07] something here with, um, seeing

[1:19:09] kind of the peaks in each year

[1:19:13] starting in 22, in the later

[1:19:16] holiday months, is that

[1:19:18] something that, um, you

[1:19:20] recognize and kind of account

[1:19:22] for? I guess going forward, if

[1:19:24] you were seeing kind of peaks

[1:19:25] in incidents or incidents that

[1:19:27] are reported, what those align

[1:19:29] with.

[1:19:29] Sure. That

[1:19:30] s an excellent

[1:19:33] observation. Uh, we are aware

[1:19:34] of that. I think anytime

[1:19:34] there

[1:19:36] s inclement weather, we

[1:19:37] definitely see incidents going

[1:19:38] up. And we account for that in

[1:19:40] our deployments. We have very

[1:19:42] agile, uh, security and Metro

[1:19:44] Transit Police deployments. So

[1:19:45] during particularly the winter

[1:19:46] months, we know that there are

[1:19:48] going to be an influx of folks

[1:19:51] that are using our system. So

[1:19:52] we want to make sure that we

[1:19:54] are providing resources to

[1:19:56] them, um, and ensuring that

[1:19:58] they have a safe place to

[1:19:59] shelter. Um, but it doesn

[1:19:59] t

[1:20:01] necessarily need to be on Metro

[1:20:05] Transit.

[1:20:10] Thank you. Any other questions?

[1:20:12] All right. Well, thank you all

[1:20:14] so much for being here and

[1:20:16] presenting. And it is a lot of

[1:20:17] information. It is a lot of

[1:20:19] work. And so appreciate your

[1:20:21] partnership. And that and also

[1:20:24] um, your, uh, coordination with

[1:20:25] the cities and reaching out to

[1:20:26] make sure that they all have

[1:20:30] that same level of input and,

[1:20:33] um, information. And I would

[1:20:35] just share with my colleagues

[1:20:37] on the committee that if you do

[1:20:38] need more information, please

[1:20:40] feel to reach out, um, and

[1:20:42] share that with your

[1:20:43] constituents and your

[1:20:44] newsletters or your social

[1:20:47] media. Um, it helps to spread

[1:20:48] the word. And that

[1:20:48] s part of

[1:20:51] what I see our role here as,

[1:20:55] um, all right. So just so you

[1:20:58] all know, as part of, um, our

[1:21:00] custom on this committee, we do

[1:21:03] not hold a meeting in AUGUST.

[1:21:03] Um, it

[1:21:04] s in deference to the

[1:21:06] recessed schedules of many of

[1:21:08] our jurisdictions. So our next

[1:21:10] meeting will be on SEPTEMBER

[1:21:12] 16th. And at that meeting,

[1:21:12] we

[1:21:13] ll hear about the ongoing

[1:21:15] transition to a zero emission

[1:21:18] fleet. Progress on rapid ride

[1:21:20] implementation. And Orca use

[1:21:24] and distribution. And with no

[1:21:25] other business to come before

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