File #: 2003-0167    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/7/2003 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 4/21/2003
Enactment date: 5/2/2003 Enactment #: 14614
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county to enter into an agreement with Fremont Public Association, allowing the county to participate in the Working Wheels program and to provide up to fifty surplus vehicles to the Working Wheels program each year.
Sponsors: Cynthia Sullivan, Larry Phillips, Jane Hague, Larry Gossett, Carolyn Edmonds, Dow Constantine, Dwight Pelz, Rob McKenna, David W. Irons, Pete von Reichbauer, Julia Patterson, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Agreement, Surplus Property, Vehicles
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 14614.pdf, 2. 2003-0167 REVISED Staff Report for 04-21-03.doc, 3. 2003-0167 Staff Report for 04-14-03 COW.doc
Drafter
Clerk 04/21/2003
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the county to enter into an agreement with Fremont Public Association, allowing the county to participate in the Working Wheels program and to provide up to fifty surplus vehicles to the Working Wheels program each year.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County auctions off approximately two hundred fifty surplus county vehicles each year.
B. Many low-income individuals are barred from getting or keeping good jobs because these individuals lack reliable personal transportation.
C. The Working Wheels program provides low-cost vehicles to low-income workers and job-seekers residing within King County who need personal vehicles in order get or maintain employment.
D. Working Wheels clients are referred by a network of community organizations and government programs whose purpose it is to help low-income job seekers get and keep employment.
E. King County, through K.C.C. 4.56.100, Motion 10186 and other programs, has a demonstrated commitment to helping low-income citizens get out of poverty by providing them with training, support services and job placement assistance.
F. The Office of Port JOBS, a nonprofit corporation, has worked with the Washington state Department of Employment Security to create the Working Wheels program.
G. Working Wheels is operated by the Fremont Public Association, a nonprofit community-based organization.
H. The Fremont Public Association was selected to operate Working Wheels through an open, competitive request for qualifications (RFQ) process conducted by the Office of Port JOBS.
I. Working Wheels has already sold over seventy-five vehicles to qualified low-income applicants.
J. The council determines, pursuant to K.C.C. 4.56.100A.2 and 9, that the unique circumstances delineated above make a negotiated direct sale of surplus vehicles to the Fremont Public Association for the Working Wheels pro...

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