Drafter
Clerk 02/12/2003
title
A MOTION authorizing the executive to execute an interlocal agreement for the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the Regional Fare Coordination System.
body
WHEREAS, King County and other governmental entities in the central Puget Sound region provide public transportation services within their service areas and as part of such services, collect fares from riders, and
WHEREAS, the county has determined that regional fare coordination promotes the use of public transportation throughout the region due to increased ease and convenience for customers, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW, the county and other providers of public transportation in the region may jointly exercise their powers to better coordinate their respective services and fare payment systems in order to improve the availability, reliability and convenience of public transportation services within their service areas and throughout the region, and
WHEREAS, the county and other providers of public transportation in the region have participated in a procurement process seeking a contractor to design, implement, operate and maintain a Regional Fare Coordination System ("RFCS") that uses smart card technology to establish a common, noncash fare system throughout their service areas, and
WHEREAS, said procurement process has identified a vendor with whom contract negotiations are currently underway, and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the attached interlocal agreement is to establish the respective roles and responsibilities of the agencies in the RFCS should a vendor contract be developed that is acceptable to the county and other public transportation providers in the region;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute, substantially in the form attached to this motion, an interlocal agreement for the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the Regional Fare Coordination System, which authority is subject to the conditions that: A. the interlocal agreement is entered into by at least three other providers of public transportation services in the region; and B. a vendor contract
has been developed on terms that are acceptable to the executive and consistent with the provisions of the interlocal agreement.
2