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Clerk 04/01/2016
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A MOTION relating to public transportation, accepting a report relating to the ORCA Replacement Project, as directed by the 2015/2016 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Section 129, Proviso P1.
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WHEREAS, in November 2014, Ordinance 17941 adopted the 2015/2016 King County Biennial Budget subject to the provisions set forth in the ordinance, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941 approved an appropriation for capital project 1124456, ORCA replacement, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17941, Section 129, Proviso P1, requires the executive to transmit by March 31, 2016, a report on ORCA replacement implementation issues and a motion that accepts the report before expending $250,000 of the funds appropriated for capital project 1124456, and
WHEREAS, the report is to include, but not be limited to:
A. A work plan identifying when and how the council will be engaged in the decision process for selecting a replacement for the existing ORCA system;
B. Identification of any changes to King County Code, the regional fare coordination agreement and other interlocal agreements that may be proposed as part of the project and the anticipated schedule for transmitting the changes;
C. A description of policy issues for council consideration that could affect a replacement system, including but not limited to policies identified in the August 6, 2014, ORCA Needs Analysis and Technology Survey, such as fare simplification, universal elimination of cash transfers and movement to a cashless system;
D. An update of the benefit achievement plan for the project;
E. Identification of impacts to and dependencies on existing transit technology infrastructure and proposed projects, including, but not limited to, the 4.9 MHz network project and mobile ticketing pilot project;
F. Equity and social justice impacts to be considered in the replacement of ORCA; and
G. Network and electronic payment security issues to be considered in the...

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