Drafter
Clerk 04/16/2020
Title
A MOTION relating to public transportation; approving the Reduced Fare ORCA Card Procurement Locations Implementation Plan submitted in response to the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 109, as amended by Ordinance 18930, Section 75, Proviso P7.
Body
WHEREAS, the 2019-2020 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 18835, Section 109, as amended by Ordinance 18930, Section 75, Proviso P7, states that $1,000,000 of that appropriation shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits an implementation plan for expanding the number of locations where individuals who qualify for regional reduced fare permit ORCA cards and youth ORCA cards ("reduced fare ORCA cards") can apply for and receive those cards and a motion approving the implementation plan, and a motion approving the implementation plan is passed by the council, and
WHEREAS, the implementation plan was to be informed by engagement with: (1) populations that would be eligible for a reduced fare ORCA card, such as youths ages six to eighteen, seniors ages sixty-five and over, and individuals with disabilities; (2) parents of youth, schools, other stakeholders, and members of the public; and (3) King County's Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan, and
WHEREAS, the reduced fare ORCA card procurement location implementation plan shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a description of the types of reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations considered including, but not limited to, libraries, schools, retail locations and buildings where government services are provided such as city halls, evaluation criteria used to assess them, and how flexible delivery through ORCA to Go integrates with this plan; (2) estimated new and existing costs, FTE and contracting needs, and proposed funding sources, including fare revenue impacts, to implement the plan; (3) potential policy changes that would be needed to implement an expansion of Regio...

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