File #: 2006-0278    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/12/2006 In control: Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/10/2006
Enactment date: 7/20/2006 Enactment #: 15546
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to providing retired passenger vans for exclusive use by nonprofit organizations or local governments; and amending Ordinance 12045, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.100.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Transportation
Attachments: 1. 2006-0278 Staff Report Retired Vanpool Ordinance.doc, 2. 2006-0278 Striking Amendment 6-21-06.doc, 3. 2006-0278 Title Amendment 6-21-06.doc, 4. 2006-0278 Attachment 4 Transit Budget Proviso.doc, 5. 15546.pdf, 6. 2006-0278 REVISED Staff Report Retired Vanpool Ordinance.doc
Drafter
Clerk 06/28/2006
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to providing retired passenger vans for exclusive use by nonprofit organizations or local governments; and amending Ordinance 12045, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.100.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings: The council finds that the provision of retired passenger vans for exclusive use by nonprofit organizations or local governments that are able to address the mobility needs of low-income, elderly or young people or people with disabilities supports the county's public transportation function by:
A. Reducing single-occupancy vehicle trips, pollution and traffic congestion;
B. Supplementing the services provided by the county's paratransit system; and
C. Increasing the mobility for the transit-dependent for whom regular transit might not always be a convenient option.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12045, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.100 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. All sales of real and personal property shall be made to the highest responsible bidder at public auction or by sealed bid except when:
1. County property is sold to a governmental agency;
2. The county executive has determined an emergency to exist; or the county council, by ordinance, has determined that unique circumstances make a negotiated direct sale in the best interests of the public;
3. County real property is traded for real property of similar value, or when county personal property is traded for personal property of similar value;
4. The facilities management division has determined that the county will receive a greater return on real property when it is listed and sold through a residential or commercial real estate listing service;
5. County personal property is traded in on the purchase of another article;
6. Property has been obtained by the county through the proceeds of grants or other special purpose funding fr...

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