ORD 2000-08 CITY EMPLOYEE SOV REDUCTIONCITY OF BAINBRIDGE :ISLAND
ORDINANCE NO. 2000-08
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO
FACILITATE THE REDUCTION OF SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRIPS
TO CITY WORK SITES.
WHEREAS, reducing automobile-generated air and water pollution, traffic
congestion, and energy consumption will benefit the residents of the City of Bainbridge
Island; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature has enacted the CommUte Trip Reduction Law
(RCW 70.94.521.551) with the goal of reducing peak hour single occupancy vehicle
commute trips and the number of vehicle miles traveled associated with commute trips;
and
WHEREAS, the Commute' Trip Reduction (CTR) program encourages the City
to reduce the number of single occupancy vehicles (SOV) that arrive at its work sites; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to implement an incentive program
for the employees of the City and encourages such employees to make use of this el-ement
of the City's CTR program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to enhance the availability of parking, for
the widest variety of users of the City's facilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new Chapter 2.70 Commute Trip Reduction Incentive Program is
hereby created.
Chapter 2.70 Commute Trip Reduction Incentive Program
Sections: ,
2.70.010 IncentiVes
2.70.020 , Program Participation
2.70.010 Incentives
The City will provide the following monetary incentives to encourage commute trip
reduction:
$40.00 monthly to all full time City employees who rideshare through utilization of one
of the alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in section
2.70.020 below for 60 per cent or more of their shifts worked per month. For the purpose
of this program, full-time employees are those employees who work more than 20 hours
per week.
$20.00 monthly to part time workers who rideshare through utilization of one of the
alternatives to the use of a single occupancy vehicle as described in section 2.70.020
below for 60 per cent or more of their shifts worked per month. Part time employees are
those who work 20 or fewer hours per week.
Rideshare incentives will be paid on a quarterly basis by the City following the end of the
quarter.
2.70.020 Program participation
All City employees except temporary and seasonal are eligible to participate in this
program.
The program options are as follows:
Ao
Car Pool -.
1. Two or more City employees who commute together 60 percent or more of
their shifts worked per month. "
2. A City employee who commutes with a non-City employee 60 percent or
more of their shifts worked per month.
Bo
Transit
Any city employee who rides the bus 60 percent or more of their shifts worked
per month.
Do
Van Pool
Any city employee who participates in a KITSAP TRANSIT van pool for 60
percent or more of their shifts worked pe~,month. .
, l
Other
Walking, nmning, mot'o/Cycle commute, drop-offs, and bicycles qualify under 60
percent or more participation options.
E. Program Restrictions:
1. Unless you presently (or will in the future) walk from your home to your
worksite, or unless you are part of a car pool, van pool, or other City approved
commuter method which requires that you dfi'~ve to work, program participants
may park no closer than one mile (except in a parking area approved for this
purpose) to their worksites. In other words, program participants will not be
allowed to drive alone in their cars part way to work, park within a few blocks of
their worksite, and then walk the short distance to work in order to qualify for the
incentive payment. This would not be consistent with the purposes of the
program.
Program participants will not be allowed to ride share exclusively with City
employees who normally walk from their home to their worksite. In other
words, a participant cannot make arrangements to pick up or drop off a City
employee who normally walks to work in order to qualify for the incentive
payment.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days from .and after its
passage, approval and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 22 th day of l~larch ,2000.
APPROVED by the Mayor this27 th day of March
,2000.
ATTEST/AUTHEI~TICATE
ff~u~an P. K~tsper~ City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rod P. Kaseguma, City Attomey
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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