File #: 2012-0427    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 10/15/2012
Enactment date: Enactment #: 17438
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the provision of transit tickets to human services agencies; amending Ordinance 12643, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.210 and declaring an emergency.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Larry Gossett, Jane Hague, Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Human Services, Transportation
Code sections: 4A.700.210 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17438.pdf, 2. 2012-0427 Staff Report HS Ticket increase Briefing 10-15-12 (2).docx, 3. 17438 Amendment Package 10-15-12.pdf
Staff: Resha, John
Drafter
Clerk 10/16/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the provision of transit tickets to human services agencies; amending Ordinance 12643, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.210 and declaring an emergency.
Body
PREAMBLE:
For 2012 only, this ordinance adds two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the limit on the total amount of discounts available for the sale and distribution of transit tickets to human services agencies.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Agencies serving homeless and low-income populations have identified bus ticket needs for 2012 in excess of those authorized under K.C.C. 4A.700.210.
B. Some homeless shelter operators have determined that they have insufficient bus tickets to provide transportation for their clients for the remainder of 2012 and therefore have chosen to close facilities this fall with the goal of saving their limited number of bus tickets for use later in the year when weather is worse and shelter needs are higher.
C. The council desires to help those agencies serving homeless and low income populations through an increase in the available bus ticket subsidy levels for 2012.
D. The executive has identified a one-time source of funds to meet this 2012 objective.
E. To effectuate a distribution of bus tickets in 2012, the executive must initiate a proposal process with qualified health and human services agencies by November 1, 2012.
F. It will not be possible to meet that schedule and make tickets available this year unless this ordinance is enacted as an emergency ordinance, due to the time required under the county charter for non-emergency legislation to be considered, heard, adopted, enacted and to take effect.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12643, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.700.210 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The director is authorized to establish a program for the sale and distribution of tickets to human service agencies at twenty ...

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