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...
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