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Clerk 02/19/2009
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an amended and restated interlocal cooperation agreement for design, implementation, operation and maintenance of the regional fare coordination system.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. King County and other governmental entities in the central Puget Sound region provide public transportation services within their service areas and, as part of the services, collect fares from riders.
2. The county has determined that regional fare coordination promotes the use of public transportation throughout the region due to increased ease and convenience for customers.
3. Under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW, the county and other providers of public transportation in the region may jointly exercise their powers to better coordinate their respective services and fare payment systems to improve the availability, reliability and convenience of public transportation services within their service areas and throughout the region.
4. In accordance with the Interlocal Cooperation Act, the county and other providers of public transportation in the region entered into an interlocal agreement among themselves and entered into a contract with a vendor to design, implement, operate and maintain a regional fare coordination system that uses smart card technology to establish a common, noncash fare system throughout their service areas.
5. The system's design and development is nearing completion and commencement of operations is expected in 2009.
6. The purpose of the amended and restated interlocal cooperation agreement attached to this ordinance is to add more specificity regarding the respective roles and responsibilities of the agencies in the operating phase of the regional fare coordination system.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County executive is hereby authorized to execute, substantially in the form of Attachment A to this ...
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