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Clerk 04/16/2020

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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.

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                     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 Regional Reduced Fare Permit and youth reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations, including policy changes that provide for expanded locations for immediate issuance both of ORCA cards that require photographs and those that do not; (4) a summary of engagement efforts and stakeholder input required by Ordinance 18835, Section 109, as amended by Ordinance 18930, Section 75, Proviso P7, subsection A.1.; (5) how the expansion of reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations would be marketed to eligible populations; (6) how the Metro transit department would partner or seek partners to serve as reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations; (7) a description of populations anticipated to be served at each reduced fare ORCA card procurement location; (8) a map of the potential and proposed reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations; and (9) a schedule for opening the new reduced fare ORCA card procurement locations as early as 2020, and

                     WHEREAS, the Metro transit department, in consultation with the office of equity and social justice and the office of performance, strategy and budget, compiled the required information and the executive has transmitted the reduced fare ORCA card procurement location implementation plan, which is included as Attachment A to this motion;

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

                     The council hereby approves the reduced fare ORCA card procurement location implementation plan, Attachment A to this motion, as required by

Ordinance 18835, Section 109, as amended by Ordinance 18930, Section 75, Proviso P7.