File #: 2024-0092    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 3/19/2024 In control: Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/23/2024
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16570
Title: A MOTION related to the transfer of retired vanpool vans to nonprofit organizations and local governments to meet the needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities.
Sponsors: Rod Dembowski
Indexes: Disabilities, Donations, Senior Citizens, Vanpool
Attachments: 1. Motion 16570, 2. 2024-0092_SR_Van-Grant, 3. 2024-0092_Att2_Amd1-Org-List bar, 4. 2024-0092_Revised_SR_Van-Grant

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Clerk 04/16/2024

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A MOTION related to the transfer of retired vanpool vans to nonprofit organizations and local governments to meet the needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities.

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                     WHEREAS, King County provides transit services to its residents to increase mobility options and reduce traffic congestion and related environmental degradation, and

                     WHEREAS, the provision of passenger vans to nonprofit organizations and local governments serving individuals with limited resources and mobility options can support those goals and provide significant public benefits, and

                     WHEREAS, high-quality passenger vans retaining value and utility are periodically retired from the county's vanpool program, and

                     WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council has previously transferred retired vans to agencies serving low-income, seniors, or young people, or people with disabilities, and

                     WHEREAS, K.C.C. 4.56.100 states that, "the Metro transit department shall make available retired passenger vans for exclusive use by nonprofit organizations or local governments that are able to address the mobility needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities," and

                     WHEREAS, K.C.C. 4.56.100 states that nonprofit organizations or local governments that are allocated a van must use the van to transport low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities or to transport goods or supplies, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, school supplies or medical equipment, to serve the needs of low-income, seniors or young people or people with disabilities;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The transfer of a retired vanpool passenger van to each of the following agencies is hereby approved:

                     Friends of Youth;

                     Institute for Community Leadership;

                     Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank;

                     North Helpline;

                     Phinney Neighborhood Association (for the Greenwood Senior Center);

                     Riverton Park United Methodist Church;

                     Tahoma School District;

                     Transitional Resources; and

                     Your Money Matters.