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Clerk 03/13/2003
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an interlocal agreement for the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the regional fare coordination system.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and other governmental entities in the central Puget Sound region provide public transportation services within their service areas and, as part of the services, collect fares from riders.
2. 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.
3. Under 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 to improve the availability, reliability and convenience of public transportation services within their service areas and throughout the region.
4. 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 that uses smart card technology to establish a common, noncash fare system throughout their service areas.
5. The procurement process has identified a vendor with whom contract negotiations are currently underway.
6. The purpose of the interlocal agreement attached to this ordinance is to establish the respective roles and responsibilities of the agencies in the regional fare coordination system should a vendor contract be developed that is acceptable to the county and other public transportation providers in the region.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ordinance, an interlocal agreement for the design, implementation, ope...
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