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Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to enter into an Operating Agreement with Midwest Bikeshare, Inc., to operate a bike-sharing program in the City of West Allis.
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Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number R-2013-0131, adopted June 4, 2013, approved the City of West Allis Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan prepared by the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin and found that bicycling provides health benefits to City residents and contributes to an improved environment by reducing consumption of gasoline and other pollutants; and
Whereas, The Common Council further finds that transportation options including bicycling contribute to the sustainability and the economic and social development of neighborhoods; and
Whereas, Midwest Bikeshare, Inc., has established a bike-sharing program known as Bublr Bikes, operating in the City of Milwaukee, and desires to expand this program into the City of West Allis, City of Wauwatosa and the Village of Shorewood; and
Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number R- 2015-0045, adopted April 7, 2015, authorized and directed the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to enter into a State/Municipal Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for $399,360 in funding awarded from the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) to procure a bike share system with approximately 9 stations and 90 bikes.
Whereas, Common Council Communication File Number 2016-0487 approved on August 2, 2016 recommended nine locations for the proposed Bublr Bikes stations pending the results of the environmental investigations; and
Whereas; The City of West Allis desires to allow Midwest Bikeshare, Inc., to operate the Bublr Bikes program under the terms and conditions described in the attached Operating Agreement;
Now, Therefore, be it Resolved by the Common Council of the City of West Allis, that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer is directed to execute an Operating Agreement with Midwest Bikeshare, Inc., in substantially the same form attached to this file; and,
Be it Further Resolved that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer be and is hereby authorized to make such non-substantive changes, modifications, additions and deletions to and from the various provisions of the Operating Agreement, including any and all attachments, exhibits, addendums and amendments, as may be necessary and proper to correct inconsistencies, eliminate ambiguity and otherwise clarify and supplement said provisions to preserve and maintain the general intent thereof, and to prepare and deliver such other and further documents as may be reasonably necessary to complete the transactions contemplated therein.