2015/07/15 Council Agenda Packet

INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT AREA CORPORATION (COMMUNITY TRANSIT) AND THE CITY OF EVERETT (EVERETT TRANSIT) REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF PARATRANSIT ADA ELIGIBILITY APPLICATIONS This Interlocal agreement ("Agreement") is entered into by and between the Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation ("Community Transit"), having its principal place of business at 7100 Hardeson Road, and the City of Everett ("Everett Transit") having its principal place of business at 2930 Wetmore Avenue, both in Everett Washington on this _day of 2015. Whereas, the citizens of Everett voted on September 14, 2004 to expand transit service, improve paratransit service for people with disabilities, improve service coordination with Community Transit and provide for future transit needs; and Whereas, Everett Transit and Community Transit wish to create a legal framework to promote the coordination and use of their respective resources in the provision of transit services to improve customer service, reduce duplication of effort, achieve economies of scale; and Whereas, both Everett Transit and Community Transit have identified the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) eligibility application for service certification process as a process conducted by both agencies; and Whereas, both Everett Transit and Community Transit must comply with the same Federal regulations governing the ADA paratransit service eligibility certification process, and Whereas, both Everett Transit and Community Transit use the carne process for certifying and re -certifying ADA applicants for paratransit service; and Whereas, both Everett Transit and Community Transit agree that their respective ADA eligibility certification process is a duplication of the other agency's ADA eligibility certification process within Snohomish County; and Whereas, both Everett Transit and Community Transit also agree that a single countywide processing center for ADA eligibility would benefit customers of both agencies; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, and of the mutual benefits to result in such promises, the parties agree as follows: 1. Purposes. The purposes of this Agreement are: (a) to create a legal framework to promote the coordination and use of Everett Transit's and Community Transit's respective resources in the provision of transit services to improve customer service, reduce duplication of effort, achieve economies of scale; and (b) to provide a mutually agreed upon single Snohomish County -wide processing center for those customers who desire to apply for paratransit service that is provided by Everett Transit and Community Transit; and 1 ET/CT Paratransit Application Processing LOU 6