PIERCE TRANSIT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 A public hearing will be held as part of the Board of Commissioners' meeting on June 8, 2015. The meeting begins at 4:00 PM and will be held in the Pierce Transit Rainier Conference Room, 3720 96th Street SW, Lakewood, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to allow public comment on proposed changes to Pierce Transit bus service. Pierce Transit is considering a demonstration project intended to increase service in NE Tacoma. This community-based service demonstration would improve connections with Federal Way and Downtown Tacoma. This recommendation will also go before the Board of Commissioners to take action at the June 8th meeting for authorization of a one-year demonstration project. For more information on the proposed demonstration project, please visit Pierce Transit's website: www.piercetransit.org, or contact Ryan Wheaton at 253-589-6892, or by email at rwheaton@piercetransit.org. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, please forward written comments by June 5, 2015. Please address your comments to: Pierce Transit Business Development Division ATTN: Ryan Wheaton, Business Partnership Administrator P.O. Box 99070 Lakewood, WA 98496-0070 Or email at rwheaton@piercetransit.org Registered SHUTTLE customers may obtain specialized transportation to and from the hearing by calling SHUTTLE at 253-581-8000, option 2, from one to five days in advance of the hearing. An interpreter for the hearing impaired will be provided upon request with a minimum notice of five days. Deanne Jacobson Clerk of the Board Published in the Tacoma Daily Index and Tacoma News Tribune on May 28, 2015.