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SOUTH COUNTY AREA TRANSPORTATION BOARD (SCATBD) <br />May Meeting Summary - May 21, 2019 <br />1. Introductions & Approval of April Meeting Summary — April meeting summary approved. <br />2. Reports & Communications: <br />• City of Burien did take a stand against the (Initiative 976) car tabs initiative. <br />• The bill to create a task force to locate a second regional airport passed out of the <br />legislature. <br />• Puget Sound Gateway Project: Bill passed that accelerates the priority of the project <br />and construction of SR 509 to 1-5. Bellevue added 405 tolling into this bill. <br />• SR518 study being conducted on traffic impacts, deadline extended to provide more in- <br />depth analysis. <br />3. Rob Gannon: Metro General Manager, Mobility Framework. Mr. Gannon showed a video that <br />defined what mobility means to Metro and how it is becoming a mobility agency. The effort is <br />transforming Metro from being a bus transit agency to becoming concerned with a broader <br />mobility goal to include walking, rideshare, biking, and other alternative approaches toward <br />getting on transit. The Seattle area has the largest growth in transit usage in the nation. Metro <br />is responding to that change in the industry much like 90-100 years ago when transportation <br />shifted from horses to cars. Trying to be as adaptive as private industry, geared to keep pace <br />with regional growth and expectations of demand. Income inequality is growing. Nearly 500k <br />people have incomes less than twice the federal poverty level. That is one quarter of the <br />county's total population. Climate change is a threat multiplier. Vulnerability plus exposure <br />equals risk. We are transferring from a diesel to a diesel hybrid agency and now to a zero <br />emission agency in the future. By 2034 transitioning to zero emissions agency. Transportation <br />emissions are 36% of regional greenhouse gas emissions and regional vehicle mileage traveled is <br />increasing. Metro's emission reduction goals: 25% by 2020; 50% by 2030; 80% by 2050. Equity <br />is a focus of Metro and a keystone initiative from the King County Executive and, Council. The <br />role of government is to provide service and resources to all members of the community. Mr. <br />Gannon described how Metro will use all of its policy documents toward transitioning to <br />become a broader mobility agency. He described how Metro has established an equity cabinet <br />of citizens to prepare a report to be issued this fall that will consider which of Metro's policies <br />should be revised to become more equitable. <br />Metro Connects (Metro's strategic plan) calls for a great expanse of service that is underfunded. <br />Only 6-7 years of Metro's ten year plan is funded. Seattle's Transportation Improvement District <br />needs to be renewed in 2020 and it currently isn't supporting enough of Seattle's demand. The <br />Seattle City Council is considering Seattle renewal vs. a countywide approach. Metro has <br />prepared a preliminary report that will assess the options and funding gap to be delivered to the <br />Council in May. Outreach will occur in June, July and August. <br />Q: Excellent presentation and how the agency is looking toward at more seamless transit <br />connections. Particularly the look at upstream investments in communities that haven't had the <br />resources to invest. Likely that there may be more investments in S King County. We know that <br />there are many communities not as well served in the S King County. We want to bring more <br />43 <br />