ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Corporation Counsel with a Request to ENTER into an AGREEMENT with NEUTRON HOLDINGS, INC, a Delaware Corporation, d/b/a LIME and the CITY OF PEORIA for provision of scooters for rent.
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BACKGROUND: Neutron Holdings, Inc, a Delaware Corporation, d/b/a LIME provides for rental micro mobility devices or "scooters" which are electrically powered and have a maximum speed of fifteen miles an hour. The scooters are required to be ridden in a bicycle lane and may not be ridden on any sidewalk. The City Council is desirous of allowing a pilot program in which citizens may utilize the scooters for transportation for the payment of a rental fee to LIME. The pilot program shall be from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises of LIME and the City, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, LIME and the City of Peoria hereby covenant and agree as follows:
1. Terms of Pilot: The business operations window of the pilot program shall be from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020. The City, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to add an additional business operations window for the pilot program. The City also has the right in coordination with the vendor to dictate removal of scooters for any weather-related event. City agrees to designate and permit Lime to use, on an exclusive basis, the City Property.
2. Use of City Property. City authorizes Lime to use the public right-of-way for the purposes set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement. This authorization is not a lease or an easement and is not intended and shall not be construed to transfer any real property interest in City property or other rights the City holds in trust for the public.
3. Permitted Use. Subject to City ordinances and State statutes, Lime users may use the public right-of-way for the operation of mobility devices...
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