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DocuSign Envelope ID: 2AD3F796-7214-47FA-941B-50EF046CB431 <br />Attachment 6 <br />HOME FREE GUARANTEE PROGRAM <br />Home Free Guarantee (hereinafter, "HFG") is a King County program that guarantees payment for taxi fares incurred by Eligible <br />Employees who meet the eligible criteria, as set forth below, and taken in accordance with the terms set forth below. HFG is the <br />emergency guaranteed ride home service mentioned in Attachment 1 of the ORCA Business Passport Agreement. <br />1.0 DEFINITIONS <br />1.1 Approved Commute Modes <br />Eligible Employees must have commuted from their principal residence, transit center, or park & ride lot to the Business Account's <br />worksite by one of the following modes: bus, train, carpool, vanpool, walk-on or bicycle -on ferry, bicycle, or walk. <br />1.2 Eligible Reasons For Using HFG <br />The following are eligible reasons for using HFG: <br />a. Eligible Employee's or family member's unexpected illness or emergency. <br />b. Unexpected schedule change such that the normal commute mode is not available for the return commute to the starting <br />place of their commute, Unexpected means the employee learns of the schedule change that day. <br />c. Missing the employee's normal return commute to the starting place of their commute for reasons, other than weather or <br />acts of nature which are beyond the employee's control, and of which they had no prior knowledge. For example, the <br />employee's carpool driver left work or worked late unexpectedly. <br />1.3 Non -Eligible Reasons For Using HFG <br />Reasons which are not eligible for HFG use include, but are not limited to, the following: <br />a. Pre -scheduled medical or other appointments. <br />b. To transport individuals who have incurred injury or illness related to their occupation. An HFG ride should NEVER be <br />used where an ambulance is appropriate, nor should an HFG ride replace Business Account's legal responsibility under <br />workers' compensation laws and regulations. <br />c. Employee termination or reductions in force. <br />d. Other situations where, in the opinion of the Business Account's Program Coordinator, alternate transportation could have <br />been arranged ahead of time. <br />1.4 Eligible Destinations For An HFG Ride <br />a. From the Business Account's worksite to the Eligible Employee's principal place of residence. <br />b. From the Business Account's worksite to the Eligible Employee's personal vehicle, e.g. vehicle located at a transit center <br />or park & ride lot. <br />c. From the Business Account's worksite to the Eligible Employee's usual commute ferry terminal on the east side of Puget <br />Sound. <br />1.5 Intermediate Stops <br />Intermediate stops are permitted only if they are of an emergency nature and are requested in advance by the Eligible Employee <br />and are authorized in advance of the HFG ride by the Business Account's Program Coordinator (i.e. pick up a necessary <br />prescription at a pharmacy; pick up a sick child at school). <br />2.0 BUSINESS ACCOUNT RESPONSIBILITIES <br />2.1 HFG Program Payment <br />ORCA Passport Agreement <br />City of Tukwila - BAID: <br />January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 <br />Page 21 of 23 <br />23 <br />