<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Yes, that's a helpful clarification. Thanks! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Sarah </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 10:58 PM James McIntosh <<a href="mailto:mcintoshjamesswc01@centurylink.net">mcintoshjamesswc01@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div></div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">One Quick change I noticed:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">“this year’s heat dome”<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The big “heat dome” we All remember was in 2021 where the
temperature reached 108 degrees in Seattle.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, you might just say “the Summer 2021 heat dome”.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Certainly, summers have been much drier and drought conditions
continue throughout the West.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px">
</p><p class="MsoNormal">James McIntosh - TRU<u></u><u></u></p><br>
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<div></div>On Sun, 16 Apr, 2023 at 3:37 PM, Sarah Reyneveld <<a href="mailto:sarahreyneveld@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarahreyneveld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div> </div><div style="border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:8px"><div style="background-color:rgb(249,249,249);color:rgb(69,69,69);padding:5px;margin-bottom:15px;line-height:23px">To: wes mills<br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:transit@transitriders.org" target="_blank">transit@transitriders.org</a>; <a href="mailto:grants@seattlesubway.org" target="_blank">grants@seattlesubway.org</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Thanks, Wes! I don't think it is too late and think that is an excellent addition. I added that and made a few other revisions based on feedback from one of the 36th PCOs who works for Metro. Final revised version below. Thanks all! </span></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><br>
</span></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Resolution in support of a measure to restore and expand transit service in King County </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the effects of global climate change are already being </span><a href="https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2020/02/new-report-describes-anticipated-climate-change-effects-in-washington-state/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">felt here in Washington</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with natural catastrophes like this year’s heat dome, rising sea levels, unprecedented droughts, and rampant wildfires,</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions of any sector in Washington, and transitioning to low emissions public transportation will be a crucial part of our survival as a species,</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> King County Metro Transit service has languished since the pandemic, ridership has decreased by half, and transit riders have experienced canceled routes, delays in service, and a growing frustration that they are not a priority, </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> challenges recruiting and retaining </span><a href="https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/03/08/king-county-metro-service-struggles-amid-bus-driver-shortage" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">King County Metro bus operators</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and mechanics, and a general shortage of transit personnel has led to canceled routes and delays in service, </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> lack of access to reliable, frequent, fast, and convenient transit adversely impacts every resident of our region, but disproportionately impacts those who depend on transit including youth, seniors, low-income workers and families, Black, Indigenous and communities of color, and people with disabilities; </span></font></p><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">we are missing opportunities getting people out of cars and into environmentally sustainable and space-friendly transit. </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br>
</font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WHEREAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the most recent </span><a href="https://www.commuteseattle.com/2022survey/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Commute Seattle Survey</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> shows that to restore and increase ridership King County should invest in transit service to ensure it is frequent, fast, reliable, safe, and convenient. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>WHEREAS</b> investments in transit service have historically paid substantial dividends, such as<span> </span></span><a href="https://mynorthwest.com/1283506/sound-transit-touts-2018-ridership-growth/" target="_blank">Puget Sound leading the nation</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span>with increases in bus and train ridership in 2018 after our substantial additions to service, and added resiliency and efficiency to our region’s transportation system during times of major construction projects.</span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
</span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br>
</font></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 36h District Democrats urges members of the King County Council to bring a revenue package to the people of King County to fund a Transportation Benefit District to restore and expand transit service in King County. The proposed revenue package should rely on a combination of sources and minimize to the extent possible regressive revenue. The revenue will be dedicated to:</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br>
</font><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Restoring and expand Metro Transit service to increase frequency, speed, reliability, accessibility, and safety; </font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Providing bonuses, increased pay, flexibility and appropriate incentives to help to recruit and retain bus operations and mechanics; </font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Capital improvements to make buses more efficient, reliable, and faster such as permanent, full time bus lanes, transit priority upgrades, and business access and transit lanes; </font></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Expanding free and subsidized transit to those who are cost burdened. </font></span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font color="#000000"><br>
</font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the King County Council and Executive. </span></font></p></span></div></div></div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 1:41 PM Wes Mills <<a href="mailto:wesmills@wesmills.com" target="_blank">wesmills@wesmills.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><u></u><div><div>I like this quite a lot, thank you for doing it. :) The 46th’s meeting is on Tuesday so I will work to get it on our next meeting calendar.<br>
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</div><div>If it’s not too late for suggestions, would a mention of how we’ve expanded transit before—like when we had the STBD at full effectiveness—that people have ridden because people want choices and to support transit be useful? Something in between the Commute Seattle reference and losing major gains reference. Like:<br>
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</div><div>Whereas, investments in transit service have historically paid substantial dividends, such as <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/1283506/sound-transit-touts-2018-ridership-growth/" target="_blank">Puget Sound leading the nation</a> with increases in bus and train ridership in 2018 after our substantial additions to service, and added resiliency and efficiency to our region’s transportation system during times of major construction projects.<br>
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</div><div>Possible other links, if we don’t want to use MyNorthwest (I tried to find a news article instead of a press release or an analysis that focused on transit downward trends elsewhere):<br>
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</div><ul><li>Source graph: <a href="https://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2018/05/18/u-s-transit-systems-are-shedding-riders-are-they-under-threat/" target="_blank">https://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2018/05/18/u-s-transit-systems-are-shedding-riders-are-they-under-threat/</a><br>
</li><li>Transit growth flattening, but still high: <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2019/12/19/transit-ridership-is-flattening-but-we-can-fix-that/" target="_blank">https://www.theurbanist.org/2019/12/19/transit-ridership-is-flattening-but-we-can-fix-that/</a><br>
</li><li>Ridership growth: <a href="https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/press-release/21069558/sound-transit-sound-transit-light-rail-ridership-grew-61-percent-and-sounder-45-percent-in-2018" target="_blank">https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/press-release/21069558/sound-transit-sound-transit-light-rail-ridership-grew-61-percent-and-sounder-45-percent-in-2018</a></li></ul><div><br>
</div><div>If this is too big of an addition to make at this point—I apologize for missing the email earlier this week—or if it doesn’t fit a resolution—I’ve never written one, lol—then I’m grand with what you’ve already done. My thinking is to add a specific “positive”, “we’ve done this before, we know how to do it, we can do it again” kind of point.<br>
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</div><div>Wes</div><div><br>
</div><div>On Sun, Apr 16, 2023, at 09:20, Sarah Reyneveld wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote type="cite" id="m_-4648956714664245421m_-2589664809311538335qt"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Ok, I made a few updates to this. Let me know if any of you have any final edits or would like to sign on. It is on the agenda for Wednesday's 36th District Democrats meeting. Dave, I believe you are a PCO so happy to add your name. Thanks!</span></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Resolution in support of a measure to restore and expand transit service in King County</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS </span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial">the effects of global climate change are already being </span></span><a href="https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2020/02/new-report-describes-anticipated-climate-change-effects-in-washington-state/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>felt here in Washington</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> with natural catastrophes like this year’s heat dome, rising sea levels, unprecedented droughts, and rampant wildfires,</span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions of any sector in Washington, and transitioning to low emissions public transportation will be a crucial part of our survival as a species,</span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> King County Metro Transit service has languished since the pandemic, ridership as been cut in half, and transit riders have experienced canceled routes, delays in service, and a growing frustration that they are not a priority, </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> challenges recruiting and retaining </span></span><a href="https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/03/08/king-county-metro-service-struggles-amid-bus-driver-shortage" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>King County Metro bus operators</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> and a general shortage of bus operators has led to canceled routes and delays in service, </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> lack of access to reliable, frequent, fast, and convenient transit adversely impacts every resident of our region, but disproportionately impacts those who depend on transit including youth, elderly, those with fixed incomes, Black, Indigenous and communities of color, and people with disabilities; </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS </span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial">we are losing major gains getting people out of cars and into environmentally sustainable and space-friendly transit. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> the most recent </span></span><a href="https://www.commuteseattle.com/2022survey/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>Commute Seattle Survey</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> shows that to restore and increase ridership King County should invest in transit service to ensure it is frequent, fast, reliable, safe, and convenient. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 36h District Democrats urges members of the King County Council to bring a revenue package to the people of King County to fund a Transportation Benefit District to restore and expand transit service in King County. The proposed revenue package should rely on a combination of sources and minimize to the extent possible regressive revenue. The revenue will be dedicated to:</span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Restoring and expand Metro Transit service to increase frequency, speed, reliability, accessibility, and safety; </span></span></span><br>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Providing bonuses, increased pay, flexibility and appropriate incentives to help to recruit and retain bus operations; </span></span></span><br>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Capital improvements to make buses more efficient, reliable, and faster such as permanent, full time bus lanes, transit priority upgrades, and business access and transit lanes;</span></span></span><br>
</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Expanding free and subsidized transit to those who are cost burdened.</span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the King County Council and Executive. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Submitted by Sarah Reyneveld, 36th District Democrats PCO and Transit Riders Union member (Additional names)</span></span></span><br>
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</div><div><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 12:48 PM Sarah Reyneveld <<a href="mailto:sarahreyneveld@gmail.com" target="_blank">sarahreyneveld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello, I am following-up on the great idea to introduce a resolution in support of a measure to expand Metro Transit service in King County to build momentum and support. I am hoping to introduce a version of this resolution at the April meeting of the 36th District Democrats. Can you please provide me with any feedback? Dave, Wes, or others connected with the LDs, are you interested in signing on and/or helping to present? Thanks in advance for your thoughts!</span></span></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sarah</span></span></span><br>
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</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________</span></span></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Resolution in support of a measure to restore and expand transit service in King County</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span></b></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS </span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial">the effects of global climate change are already being </span></span><a href="https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2020/02/new-report-describes-anticipated-climate-change-effects-in-washington-state/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>felt here in Washington</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> with natural catastrophes like this year’s heat dome, rising sea levels, unprecedented droughts, and rampant wildfires,</span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions of any sector in Washington, and transitioning to low emissions public transportation will be a crucial part of our survival as a species,</span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> King County Metro Transit service has languished since the pandemic, ridership as been cut in half, and transit riders have experienced canceled routes, delays in service, and a growing frustration that they are not a priority, </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> challenges recruiting and retaining </span></span><a href="https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/03/08/king-county-metro-service-struggles-amid-bus-driver-shortage" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>King County Metro bus operators</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> and a general shortage of bus drivers has led to canceled routes and delays in service, </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></span></span><br>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> lack of access to reliable, frequent, fast, and convenient transit adversely impacts every resident of our region, but disproportionately impacts those who depend on transit including youth, elderly, those with fixed incomes, communities of color, and people with disabilities; </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS </span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial">we are losing major gains getting people out of cars and into environmentally sustainable and space-friendly transit. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">WHEREAS</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> the most recent </span></span><a href="https://www.commuteseattle.com/2022survey/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><u>Commute Seattle Survey</u></span></span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> shows that to restore and increase ridership King County should invest in transit service to ensure it is frequent, fast, reliable, safe, and convenient. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 36h District Democrats urges members of the King County Council to bring a revenue package to the people of King County to fund a Transportation Benefit District to restore and expand transit service in King County. Specifically, the funding package should do the following:</span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><ul><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Restore and expand Metro Transit service to increase frequency, speed, reliability, accessibility, convenience, and safety; </span></span></span><br>
</li><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Provide bonuses, increased pay, flexibility and appropriate incentives to help to recruit and retain bus operations; </span></span></span><br>
</li><li><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Expand free and subsidized transit to those who are cost burdened.</span></span></span><br>
</li></ul></div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</span></b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"> that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the King County Council and Executive. </span></span></span><br>
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</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Submitted by Sarah Reyneveld, 36th District Democrats PCO and Transit Riders Union member (PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME…..) </span></span></span><br>
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