Drafter
Clerk 07/18/2017
Title
A MOTION related to the transfer of retired vanpool vans to nonprofit organizations and local governments to meet the needs of low-income, elderly, disabled and young county citizens.
Body
WHEREAS, King County provides transit services to its citizens to increase mobility options and reduce traffic congestion and related environmental degradation, and
WHEREAS, the provision of passenger vans to nonprofit agencies and local governments serving individuals with limited resources and mobility options will support those goals and provide significant public benefits, and
WHEREAS, high-quality passenger vans retaining value and utility are periodically retired from the county's vanpool program, and
WHEREAS, the metropolitan King County council has previously transferred retired vans to agencies serving low-income, elderly, disabled and young people, and
WHEREAS, K.C.C. 4.56.100 states that "each year the transit division shall make available 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";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The transfer of a retired vanpool passenger van to each of the following agencies is hereby approved:
ANEW;
Black Diamond Community Center;
Boys & Girls Clubs of King County - Federal Way Branch;
Communities In Schools of Federal Way;
CryOut!;
Dignity For Divas;
Eastridge Church;
El Centro de la Raza;
Enumclaw Senior Center;
Environmental Science Center;
Ethiopian Community in Seattle;
Global to Local;
Iraqi Community Center of Washington;
Journeymen Institute;
KentHOPE - Seattle's Union Gospel Mission;
Mary's Place;
Multi-Service Center;
Na'ah Illahee Fund;
New Bethlehem Day Center;
Nexus Youth and Families;
Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children;
Nsanga Corporation;
Parkview Services;
Rainier Athletes;
Rite of Passage Journeys;
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission;
Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services;
Sno-Valley Senior Center;
Somali Youth & Family Club;
Tahoma School District, Student Transition Program;
The Arc of King County;
The Sophia Way;
Town of Skykomish;
Urban Native Education Alliance;
Vashon Wilderness Program; and
Young Women Empowered (Y-WE).