FIN 2020-02-10 Item 1B - Contract - ORCA Business Passports with King County Metro

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 2AD3F796-7214-47FA-941B-50EF046CB431 Business Account's payment for HFG services is accounted for in the base price of the ORCA Business Passport Agreement, as indicated in Attachment 1. 2.2 Program Coordinator Business Account shall designate as many Program Coordinators as necessary to administer and perform the necessary HFG program tasks as set forth in this Attachment. 2.3 Number Of HFG Rides Per Eligible Employee Business Account shall ensure that each Eligible Employee does not exceed eight (8) HFG rides per twelve (12) month period. 2.4 Access to Service Business Account shall make information about how to access HFG rides available to all Eligible Employees. 3.0 HFG PROGRAM TASKS 3.1 Process To access HFG rides, Eligible Employees shall contact the Program Coordinator. The Program Coordinator shall call directly an answering service provider, contracted for by King County. The phone number is 425-4504555. Program Coordinator shall screen and obtain the following information from the Eligible Employee, and provide the information to the answering service provider as part of arranging the taxi ride for the Eligible Employee. a. Verify the Eligible Employee has commuted to the worksite by an eligible mode. b. Verify the Eligible Employee has an eligible reason and eligible destination for an HFG ride. 3.2 Reporting a. Once an Eligible Employee takes the emergency taxi ride, obtain from the Eligible Employee a completed receipt of the taxi trip. b. Business Account's Program Coordinator shall forward copies of such receipts to King County at the end of each month for record keeping and accounting purposes. 4.0 KING COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES 4.1 Participating Taxi Business Account(s) Business Account agrees that neither King County nor answering service provider is responsible for providing transportation services under the HFG program. Business Account further agrees that King County makes no guarantee or warranty as to the availability, quality or reliability of taxi service, and that King County's sole obligation under the program is to make payment of the taxi provider for trips actually taken in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Business Account agrees it shall make no claims of any kind or bring any suits of any kind against King County for damages or injuries of any kind arising out of or in any way related to the HFG program. Without limiting the foregoing and by way of example only, the Business Account agrees that King County shall not be liable for any injuries or damages caused by negligence or intentional acts occurring before, during or after a taxi ride or for any injuries or damages caused by failure of a taxi to provide a ride due to negligence, intentional acts or causes beyond the taxi's control, including but not limited to incidence of fire, flood, snow, earthquake or other acts of nature, riots, insurrection, accident, order of any court or civil authority, and strikes or other labor actions. 4.2 Payment Of Authorized HFG Taxi Fares King County shall pay the metered fare amount of a Business Account's Program Coordinator -authorized HFG ride, as defined in the DEFINITIONS section above, for a one-way distance of up to sixty (60) miles. Business Account or Eligible Employee taking the ORCA Passport Agreement City of Tukwila - BAID: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 Page 22 of 23 24