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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2016-095 2014-2016JSvfoc p,� COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII fjtE OFN/;► BILL NO. 229 DRAFT 2) ORDINANCE NO. 16 95 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 18-90 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO HELE-ON BUS FARES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The purpose of this amendment is to establish a fare structure for the County of Hawai`i's Hele-On Kako`o Paratransit service. SECTION 2. Chapter 18, Article 4, Division 1, Section 18-90 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 18-90. Fares. (a) Unless otherwise provided for in this section, every person using the mass transit service owned, maintained or operated by the County shall be charged a $2 cash one-way fare. (b) Discounted fares for senior citizens, person with a disability and students. The following persons shall be charged a $1 cash one-way fare: (1) Senior citizens age sixty and older after providing proof of age from a valid state ID card, County of Hawaii senior ID card, driver's license, birth certificate or passport; (2) A person with a disability with a valid, "Person With Disability Identification Card" issued by the County of Hawaii; and (3) Students (through college) with a valid school identification card. (c) Fare prepayment discounts. (1) All tickets for travel can be prepurchased at a discount of twenty-five percent off the scheduled cash fare by purchasing a sheet of ten tickets for $15 per sheet with no expiration date ("Ten Ride Discount Sheet"). (2) Senior citizens age sixty and older may prepurchase a sheet of ten tickets for $7.50 per sheet with no expiration date ("Ten Ride Discount Sheet"), after providing proof of age from a valid state ID card, County of Hawaii senior ID card, driver's license, birth certificate or passport. (3) A person with a disability may prepurchase a sheet of ten tickets for $7.50 per sheet with no expiration date ("Ten Ride Discount Sheet"), with a valid, "Person With Disability Identification Card" issued by the County of Hawaii. (4) Students (through college) may prepurchase a sheet of ten tickets for $7.50 per sheet with no expiration date ("Ten Ride Discount Sheet"), with a valid school identification card. (5) A monthly bus pass fare plan may be purchased at a cost of $60 for unlimited rides on all routes. Monthly passes shall be valid through the last calendar day of each month with no grace period. (6) Senior Citizens age sixty and older may purchase a discounted monthly bus pass offered at a cost of $45 for unlimited rides on all routes, after providing proof of age from a valid state ID card, County of Hawaii senior ID card, driver's license, birth certificate or passport. Monthly passes shall be valid through the last calendar day of each month with no grace period. (7) A person with a disability may purchase a discounted monthly bus pass offered at a cost of $45 for unlimited rides on all routes, with a valid, "Person with Disability Identification Card" issued by the County of Hawaii Monthly passes shall be valid through the last calendar day of each month with no grace period. (8) Students (through college) may purchase a discounted monthly bus pass offered at a cost of $45 for unlimited rides on all routes, after providing a valid school identification card. Monthly passes shall be valid through the last calendar day of each month with no grace period. (9) The Ten Ride Discount Sheet, the monthly pass, and any pilot program pass must be purchased directly from the mass transit agency or its designated representative. (d) Fare waived for children under the age of five. All fares for travel by children under the age of five shall be waived. (e) Paratransit Service Fares. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the fare for a trip charged to an ADA paratransit eligible user of the complementary paratransit service shall not exceed twice the fare that would be charged to an individual paying full fare (i.e., without regard to discounts) for a trip of similar length, at a similar time of day, on the entity's fixed route system: (1) A one-way paratransit rider fare shall be twice the fare of the current full fare (e.g. without any discounts) on the fixed -routes stem; (2) The fares for individuals accompanying ADA paratransit eligible individuals, who are provided service under §37.123 (f) of the ADA, shall be the same as for the ADA paratransit eligible individuals they are accompanying; and (3) A personal care attendant shall not be charged for complementary paratransit service. [(O](f) Shared -ride fares. Shared -ride program coupons may be purchased by the public through the mass transit agency and its designated coupon sales outlets in accordance with the following schedule: 2 For one-way travel limited to a maximum of nine miles under the shared -ride program the fare to be collected is set out in fare schedule A in section 18-92. [(f)] fg)Promotional fares. (1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide lower bus fares when a new route or service is provided or to boost ridership on established routes. (2) The transit administrator may establish fares on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days for bus routes and services." SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: Kona , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: September 7, 2016 Date of 1 st Reading: September 7, 2016 Date of 2nd Reading: September 212 2016 Effective Date: October 11, 2016 REFERENCE Comm. 985.5 3 Con on Price Single coupon $6 5 coupon book $15 ($3 per coupon) 10 coupon book $25 ($2.50 per coupon) 15 coupon book $30 ($2 per coupon) For one-way travel limited to a maximum of nine miles under the shared -ride program the fare to be collected is set out in fare schedule A in section 18-92. [(f)] fg)Promotional fares. (1) The purpose of this subsection is to provide lower bus fares when a new route or service is provided or to boost ridership on established routes. (2) The transit administrator may establish fares on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed one hundred and eighty calendar days for bus routes and services." SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: Kona , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: September 7, 2016 Date of 1 st Reading: September 7, 2016 Date of 2nd Reading: September 212 2016 Effective Date: October 11, 2016 REFERENCE Comm. 985.5 3 Introduced By: Date Introduced First Reading: Published: OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii Kona, Hawaii Daniel K. Paleka, Jr. September 7, 2016 September 7, 2016 September 17, 2016 Second Reading: September 21, 2016 To Mayor: SPntPmbPr 2q, 2016 Returned: October 11 , 2016 Effective: October 11, 2016 Published: October 22. 2016 REMARKS: UN t ,t 1411AINAli 2016 OCT t t PH :3. 121 ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Chung X David X Eoff X Ilagan X Kanuha X Onishi X Paleka X Poindexter X X Wille X 8 0 1 0 ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Chung X David X Eoff X Ilagan X Kanuha X Onishi X Paleka X Poindexter X Wille X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. J< rsapproved this 1 day of l/ , 20 MAYOR, COUNTY OF HAWAI `I COUNCIL Bill No.: 229 (Draft 2 ) Reference: C-985.5/PSMTC-21 Ord No.: IG 95