SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118618

• Record No: CB 118618
• Version: 3
• Council Bill No: CB 118618
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/14/2016
• Ordinance No: Ord 125011
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle bike share program; authorizing a partial removal of the proviso included in 2016 budget Green Sheet 93-1-A-1; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. CM Herbold Amendment #1, 3. CM Burgess Amendment #2, 4. CM O'Brien Amendment #3, 5. CM Burgess-Herbold Amendment #4, 6. CM OBrien Amendment #5, 7. CM OBrien Amendment #6, 8. CM Gonzalez Amendment #7, 9. CM Gonzalez Amendment #8, 10. CM OBrien Amendment #9, 11. Acquisition Contract, 12. Execution Agreement, 13. Central Staff Memo, 14. SDOT Responses to Council Questions, 15. Bike Share Expansion vs. Relaunch One Pager, 16. Presentation (3/1/16), 17. Presentation (2/19/16), 18. Presentation (2/2/16), 19. Signed Ord 125011

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/25/2016	3	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/25/2016	3	Mayor	Signed
3/25/2016	3	Mayor	returned
3/16/2016	3	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/14/2016	2	City Council	passed as amended	Pass
3/1/2016	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	pass as amended	Pass
2/19/2016	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	discussed
2/2/2016	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	discussed
2/1/2016	1	City Council	referred
1/27/2016	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
1/26/2016	1	City Clerk	sent for review
1/26/2016	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle bike share program; authorizing a partial removal of the proviso included in 2016 budget Green Sheet 93-1-A-1; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, bike share has been transformative in more than 500 cities on five continents and in 90 municipalities in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the non-profit company, Puget Sound Bike Share, doing business as Pronto, launched bike share in Seattle in October 2014; and
WHEREAS 34,000 individuals have taken more than 160,000 trips on the 54-station, 500-bicycle system; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle's 2016 budget included a $5,000,000 appropriation from Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) street use fee revenue to be used to expand bike share; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in Green Sheet 93-1-A-1, imposed a proviso on the use of those funds for the expansion of bike share; and
WHEREAS, the City Council requested a business plan including a financial analysis and information on long-term operations, implementation, and spending before granting such authority; and
WHEREAS, SDOT continues to develop the business plan for expansion and will bring that before the City Council later this year; and
WHEREAS, to keep bike share operational in 2016, SDOT proposes that the City take ownership of the system and contract directly with an operator; and
WHEREAS, SDOT will then conduct a competitive bid process for long-term operations and equipment for the bike share system; and
WHEREAS, the existing bike share system is currently insolvent and may cease operations, which would create a gap between Pronto's and the City's operation of the bike share system; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Seattle Department of Transportation is granted a partial lift of the proviso in Green Sheet 93-1-A-1, part of The City of Seattle's 2016 bud...