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4. Special Events and Tailored Services Fare. <br /> a. Prepaid tickets, designated passes, or cash shall be the only fare media accepted <br /> for special services. <br /> b. Special services shall be priced to assure that, over the course of the service, <br /> operating costs will be recovered by the fares. <br /> c. Special services shall not take priority over scheduled fixed route operations. <br /> d. Special services, once scheduled and advertised,will not be cancelled without due <br /> process and notification. <br /> e. Access to special services shall not be limited to customers for which the service is <br /> intended and shall be available to anyone paying the designated fare for the service. <br /> 5. The qualifying age to be designated a senior citizen is shall be increased to sixty-five <br /> effective January 1, 2007. Persons ages sixty two through sixty four as of December 31, <br /> 2006, arc eligible for the Everett Transit Senior Card if application is made by December 30, <br /> 2006. <br /> 6. The following shall be acceptable forms of fare on all Everett Transit services including <br /> demand response services: cash, prepaid tickets issued by Everett Transit, Puget Pass, <br /> freedom fare and specific service and/or institutional passes. ORCA regional electronic fare <br /> media are accepted on fixed route and will be accepted on demand response services when <br /> available. <br /> 7. Subject to Everett Transit's approved budget, Everett Transit is authorized to implement <br /> periodic"fare free" service.This authorization is intended as a tool to encourage ridership <br /> on struggling services,to introduce new routes or modifications to existing routes and to <br /> assist with traffic mitigation during times when it is desirable to shift travel modes from <br /> single occupancy vehicles to public transit. <br /> 8. Everett Transit is authorized to provide temporary fare free service in the event of a <br /> medical, environmental or other emergency situation as determined by the Mayor. <br /> 9. Everett Transit is authorized to establish and modify operational policies and procedures <br /> as necessary to implement this section. <br /> Section 3. Corrections. The City Clerk and codifiers of the ordinance are authorized to make <br /> necessary corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to,the correction of scrivener/clerical <br /> errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. <br />