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CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM |
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Department: |
Parks & Recreation |
Commission Meeting Date: July 10, 2018 |
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Staff Contact: |
Derek Rogers, Parks & Recreation Director |
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Recommendations/Options/Action Requested: |
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Approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Lawrence and VeoRide, Inc., to expand its pilot Bike-Share program from the KU campus to the City at-large using public rights-of-way.
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Executive Summary: |
In 2016 the Lawrence Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization completed a Bike Share Feasibility Study, which recommended a bike-share program for Lawrence. Surveys conducted as part of the study showed overwhelming community support for such a program. Bike-share is consistent with many of the City’s goals, such as improving bicycle friendliness and reducing single-occupant vehicle trips as outlined in various plans and policies, including the Countywide Bikeway System Plan, Transportation 2040, Climate Protection Plan, and Horizon 2020.
VeoRide, Inc., currently has an agreement with the University of Kansas to operate a pilot bike-share program on the KU campus. VeoRide wishes to expand this program and, in so doing, use the City’s public rights-of-way. This MOU identifies the number of VeoRide bicycles that may be located within the City’s public rights-of-way and the location of bicycle stations where a user may rent or return a bicycle.
VeoRide understands and acknowledges its Bike-Share program shall be operated at its sole cost and expense and that the City shall not be responsible, other than its responsibility for the care and maintenance of its Public Rights-of-Way, for any costs or expenses related to the Bike-Share program.
If approved, this MOU shall be effective until 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2019. The City and VeoRide shall have the mutual option to extend the term for four additional and successive one-year terms.
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Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor: |
Collaborative Solutions |
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Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source): |
None |
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Reviewed By: (for CMO use only) |
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