R2012-177 ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL AND AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH AOK TRAVEL NETWORK, INC.

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COMMENCEMENT AND TERM This Agreement shall become and be effective beginning on October 2, 2012 and shall continue in effect through April 30, 2014. This Agreement may be extended at the sole discretion of the City for three(3) additional one(1) year terms (option years). The first option year shall begin on May 1, 2014 and end on April 30, 2015; the second option year shall begin on May 1, 2015 and end on April 30, 2016; and the third option year shall begin on May 1, 2016 and end on April 30, 2017. This Agreement shall be automatically extended unless the City gives the Livery Company sixty(60) days written notice before expiration of the original or subsequent terms of the City's desire to terminate the contract. OPERATION UPLIFT GUIDELINES The Livery Company shall operate in accordance with the guidelines of Operation Uplift, issued by the City, which shall include,but not be limited to, the following: 1. Only persons who have been certified by the Decatur Public Transit System as unable to use the City's fixed-route bus system due to a disability shall be eligible for fare subsidies under Operation Uplift. The Livery Company shall seek fare subsidy reimburse- ments only for the fares of passengers who present an Operation Uplift photo-identification card, issued by the Decatur Public Transit System, as proof of certification. 2. The Livery Company shall also transport escorts, if space is available, and Personal Care Attendants who are traveling with Operation Uplift participants. Escorts are riders who are not Operation Uplift participants and who are picked-up at the same origin point, and dropped-off at the same destination, as the Operation Uplift rider. Personal Care Attendants are persons certified to provide care and required to travel with the Operation Uplift participant, and who are picked-up at the same origin point, and dropped-off at the same destination, as the Operation Uplift rider. 3. The Livery Company shall seek fare subsidy reimbursements only for the fares of passengers whose trip origin and destination are within the service area of the Decatur Public Transit System, as determined by the City and as amended from time to time. 4. The Livery Company shall seek fare subsidy reimbursements only for rides provided on the days and at the times that the buses of the Decatur Public Transit System are scheduled to be in operation, as determined by the City and as amended from time to time. 5. The Livery Company shall seek fare subsidy reimbursements only for the fares of passengers who have scheduled their trip(s)with the Livery Company at least the day before the requested day of service, in order to assist in scheduling and dispatching and to facilitate shared (grouped)riding. The City may approve fare subsidy reimbursements for trips not scheduled at least the day before the day of service, in cases such as emergencies, on a case by case basis. 6. Operation Uplift services shall be on a shared (grouped)ride basis and the Livery Company shall combine as many rides as is reasonable, even if this involves multiple pick-up points and multiple destinations during a single trip. - 2 -