RESOLUTION NO. 240402

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Sponsor:  Councilmember Melissa Patterson-Hazley

RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to work in collaboration with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (“KCATA”) and the Mid-America Regional Council (“MARC”) to determine best practices for regional transit; and directing the City Manager to determine the costs of implementing an updated regional transit plan that meets the current needs and to report back to Council within 30 days.

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WHEREAS, community members have expressed the need for expanded and more frequent bus service; and

WHEREAS, the City Council did not include budget increases in its annual budget as requested by Kansas City community members.

WHEREAS, it is the desire of this City Council to improve transit service and address budget shortfalls.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to collaborate with the KCATA and MARC to determine best practices for regional transit.

Section 2. That the City Manager is directed to determine the costs of implementing an updated regional transit plan that meets the needs of today to include an investigation of how other Cities fund regional transit and address budget shortfalls, investigate how the City’s Public Mass Transit Tax may be reallocated to support regional transit, and investigate how other Cities supplement and fund regional transit service with municipal transit programming and to report back to Council within 30 days.

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