A MOTION related to public transportation, approving the King County Metro Agency Safety Plan, in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan regulations.
Again. My pleasure. Member. All right. Now we'll. Our next item is discussion and possible action on a motion that would approve the Metro's safety plan in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration regulations. Mary Bergen on council staff is here to provide the South report. The line is yours. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. For the record, I'm Mary Bergen. And from the council staff and the materials for this item begin on page 41 of your packet. As you noted, proposed motion 2020 0299 would approve Metro's public transportation agency's safety plan prior to being submitted to the Federal Transit Administration or FTA, which is required by the end of this year. This is Metro's first agency safety plan because it's in response to a new requirement by the FTA from a rule that the FTA issued in 2018. Council approval is required because the Council serves as Metro's board of directors. And by your approval, you'd essentially be certifying regulatory compliance that this plan meets the FTA requirements. So what I'd like to do is very quickly just run through what those requirements are and certify that staff has reviewed this and determined it to be in compliance and then present a technical amendment for your consideration. So moving on to page 43, I'll note that not all of Metro services are covered in this plan. First, water taxi service is not because the water taxi safety is regulated by the Coast Guard, not the FTA. And in addition, the services that Metro operates for sound transit and the City of Seattle are not covered because those agencies are responsible for the agency's safety plans for those. Although I will note that Metro has collaborated with both of those agencies and uses its safety plan and the information contained in it for all of the services and operates not just those that it's responsible to report on. The agency's safety plan required by the FTA includes seven categories. And if you'll jump to page 47, I'll just note briefly what is required in each of those categories. So category one is basic information about the agency, including its name, its address, the types of services it operates, and the types of FTA funding it receives. On page 48, Category two is information about the development of the agency's safety plan, how it is to be approved. Again, this council's approval is one part of that process, and then how it will be updated, because the FTA requires that Metro evaluate its safety plan each year and then update it whenever there are significant changes, such as new fleet, new types of services. Category three can be found on page 49, and that is Metro's reiteration of the safety performance targets it keeps for fatalities, injuries, safety events and system reliability. These targets are all set by the federal government, and then Metro has a way that it tracks how its service matches up for each of these. And then that is described in the agency safety plan. Category four towards the bottom of page 49 is Metro Safety Management Policy, which includes a reiteration of Metro's written statement, as well as the processes that Metro has put in place both to train employees on safety protocols, and then the reporting program that Metro has in place for employees to report safety problems. Category five at the bottom of page 50 is the safety risk management component, which is the processes Metro uses to identify and mitigate risks. Category six Safety Assurance can be found on page 51, and this includes how investigations of safety incidents are conducted, as well as activities to monitor the agency's operations, to identify any risks that may be ineffective, inappropriate or were not implemented. So this is sort of how Metro deals with issues and assures continued safety operations. And then finally, Category seven, which you'll see on page 52 towards the bottom of that page in safety promotion. And that is Metro's training program for its employees at all levels, as well as the processes Metro has in place to communicate safety protocols to employees with the plan, the FTA requires that Metro also develop a three phase implementation plan, and Metro describes that in its agency. Safety plan going through how it will over a three year period, implement each of the components required in this plan. And then the plan goes on to describe in somewhat more detail the council oversight. And I'll note again that your consideration of this motion is really just for the purposes of regulatory compliance with the FTA requirement. There are other opportunities currently underway for the Council to weigh in on safety policy, most notably in Metro Strategic Plan, which will be is be in the process of being updated and which is anticipated to be transmitted to the Council for Review mid-next year. I will close by noting that there is a technical amendment, Amendment One, which you can find on page one nine of your packet that would add several pieces of non substantive information that are required for the FTA, but we're just inadvertently omitted when the document was transmitted. And those include Metro Street address the names in addition to the titles of the general manager and Managing Director of Safety and Security. Since there is a signature page that they need to sign a statement on the signature page that just verifies and reiterates that by signing the document, the Metro officials verify that the agency safety plan addresses all the applicable requirements and then a listing in the introduction to the document of the FTA funding types Metro receives. That is the end of my report. I'm happy to take any questions. And we have four Beaconsfield from Metro, who is the managing director of Safety Security, also on the line with us today. Are there questions? Seeing none and seeing the council member Lambert's video as I'm council member Lambert would you would you be kind enough to move adoption of a motion 2020 299. I would be happy to. I'd like to move on year nine, 20, 22, 99 when they do pass recommendation. Thank you very much. Council Member We have motion 2020 299 before us with a amendment. Councilmember Dombrowski. Councilmember Dombrowski would move adoption of the Amendment one on page 109. Further discussion. All those in favor of Amendment One, please signify by saying I. I oppose nay. The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Discussion on motion 2020 299 as amended. Quick eye for me. Councilmember Lambert. Thank you. Do we know what the cost of doing this will be? And are the feds sending us any money to do this work? Councilmember That is a great question, and I would defer to Rebecca Feldt from Metro. Thank you. I don't really need an answer. I just want to make the point. Here's another unfunded mandate, and we have to figure out the money for it when we have other issues. So it's great work. I think we could probably be a lot less verbose than some of their requirements and we'd be happy to do it . Especially if they pay for it. Councilmember Lambert, can I address your concern? Sure. Okay. This is replacing a preexisting mandate from the FTA. This is just the latest method of managing safety on our system. So it's nothing it's nothing new. It's just. Well, it is new, but it's it's nothing new to absorb. Great news. Thank you. You're welcome. Further discussion. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Thank you, Mr. Chair. Councilmember Banducci. Councilmember DEMBOSKY. Hi. Councilmember. Done by Councilmember Coles, I. Council member lambert ireland. Council member of the GRA. I can remember running my car. I. Council members online. Why? Mr. Chair. Hi. Mr. Chair. The vote is 990 on. Thank you. By your vote, we've given a do pass recommendation to a motion 2020 299. We will expedite that to full council next Tuesday and place it on consent. It takes us to item ten. Our final agenda item for today is a motion that would revise the appointment process for the District and Committee, which redraws the County