2008/12/17 Council Agenda Packet

manage ordering,replacement and delivery of FlexPass Cards to THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 5.3 Replacement Federal Employee Pass Cards TRANSPORTATION PARTIES shall replace,at no additional cost to THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,any Federal Employee Pass Cards deemed to be defective or otherwise unusable or inoperative. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT may be issued temporary full passes until TRANSPORTATION PARTIES can manufacture and deliver replacement'Federal Employee Pass Cards. TRANSPORTATION PARTIES shall replace a lost"transit- only"version of the Federal Employee Pass Card only once at a charge of$50 per replacement card. A stolen pass shall be replaced free of charge if the employee provides a copy of their police report. No replacements will be issued for a lost or stolen Annual Shore-to-Ship-to-Shore Pass. 5.4 Confiscation of Federal Employee Pass Cards In addition to any other rights under law,TRANSPORTATION PARTIES reserve the right to cancel and confiscate a Federal Employee Pass Card which is used out of date,altered,duplicated,counterfeited,transferred or distributed to unauthorized persons or otherwise invalid under the terms of this Agreement. 5.5 Collection of Transit Ridership Data TRANSPORTATION PARTIES shall provide to THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,at no additional cost to THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,a mutually agreed upon survey instrument or other suitable means in which to collect and measure the most current and accurate transit ridership and commute data of THE FEDERAL • GOVERNMENT's Eligible Employees. In addition,TRANSPORTATION PARTIES shall pay for all costs incurred in processing this survey instrument,but not costs incurred by THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT in distributing to and collecting from Eligible Employees,this survey instrument. TRANSPORTATION PARTIES shall make available to THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,all data collected from THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT's Eligible Employees. 5.6 Vanpool Services THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT's employees are eligible to access TRANSPORTATION PARTIES' vanpool program(s)in accordance with established program procedures. TRANSPORTATION PARTIFS shall allow each Eligible Employee holding a Federal Employee Pass Card to register as a vanpool participant subject to the availability of vanpool vehicles and minimum ridership requirements. The Federal Employee Pass Card will be honored as full or partial payment of vanpool fares,as specified in Attachments A and B. 5.7 Home Free Guarantee KING COUNTY and KITSAP TRANSIT shall fulfill all conditions and responsibilities of the Home Free Guarantee program in accordance with the terms attached hereto and made part hereof as Attachment D. Home Free Guarantee in Kitsap County is available for ship-to-shore pass holders only. 5.8 Vanshare Services KING COUNTY and PIERCE TRANSIT may allow each Eligible Employee holding a FlexPass Card to register as a Vanshare participant,subject to the availability of Vanshare vehicles and minimum ridership requirements. If applicable,the FlexPass Card may be honored as partial payment of Vanshare fares,as specified in Attachment A. 6. Regional Fare Card 6.1 Background. The Central Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination System(hereinafter,"RFCS")Project is a collaboration of seven public transportation agencies(Community Transit,Everett Transit,King County Metro Transit,Kitsap Transit,Pierce Transit,Sound Transit,and the Washington State Ferries,hereinafter referred to as the "Agencies")to implement a common fare collection system utilizing Smart Card technology. 6.2 Current Schedule Milestones. Regional Fare Coordination Project(hereinafter,"RFC")schedule milestones may be affected by various project factors. Kitsap Transit will advise USDOT of the project milestones that affect the Federal Flex Pass participation in subsequent testing or ORCA Smart Card rollout. 6.3 Fare Card Roll-Out. Kitsap Transit will work with USDOT to develop a mutually acceptable roll-out plan once a final full system roll- Federal Employee Pass Agreement Page 5 of 18 wUS Department of Transportation Oct. I.2008—Sept.30.2009