TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council ATTENTION: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
FROM: P.J. Mellana, Director of Parks and Recreation SUBJECT:Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.11, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) to receive payment of the City’s portion of transit fund allocations for collecting and reporting data for the National Transit Database for Report Year 2022.
DATE: November 12, 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Bellflower is one of many cities that operate locally funded fixed-route and Dial-A-Ride transit services in Los Angeles County. An aspect of this operation is the City participates in the National Transit Database (NTD) Voluntary Reporting Program. Each participating city is paid dollar-for-dollar for what their service generates for the Los Angeles County region, minus the cost of an audit.
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.11, in a form approved by the City Attorney; or
2) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive $58,146 no later than June 30, 2027, per the Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.11 for Report Year 2022.
DISCUSSION
Rather than have each city report data directly to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the LACMTA submits a consolidated NTD report to the FTA on behalf of 45+ cities.
The data submitted by each of the local operators generates additional Urbanized Area Formula Funding Program (49 U.S.C. § 5307) capital funds to the region. Once Congress apportions the funds, LACMTA enters into MOUs with each city to make payment to each city for their share of the revenues generated for the Los Angeles County region. The MOU amount is determined as described in Article 3.0 of the MOU. 14-G
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DISCUSSION – Continued
The overall reporting process and local and federal funding practices with this program lag behind several years which are the reasons why the City is receiving funds in 2024 for an MOU that covers reporting year 2022.
Bellflower’s contracted transportation service provider, Pro Park (formerly Empire Transportation), prepares all NTD documentation and reports for this program and also goes through the audit with City and LACMTA staff annually.
ATTACHMENT
Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.11 for Report Year 2022 …………………………3 2 MOUPAIBELF24000
PROPOSITION A DISCRETIONARY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
FOR COLLECTING AND REPORTING DATA FOR THE
NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE
FOR REPORT YEAR 2022
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into as of May 1, 2024 by and between Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) and the City of Bellflower (the “City”).
WHEREAS, on November 14, 1980, the voters of the County of Los Angeles approved by majority vote Proposition A, an ordinance establishing a one-half percent sales tax for public transit purposes; and
WHEREAS, at its September 26, 2001 meeting, the LACMTA authorized payment of Proposition A Discretionary Incentive funds to each participating agency in an amount equal to the Federal funds generated for the region by each agency’s reported data; and
WHEREAS, at its June 22, 2023 meeting, LACMTA approved the Fiscal Year FY 2023-24 transit fund allocations, which included funds to make payments to all cities that voluntarily reported NTD data for FY 2021-22; and
WHEREAS, the City has voluntarily submitted their FY2021-22 data to the National Transit Database (NTD) and have successfully met all NTD and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requirements in order to generate Federal 5307 funds for the Los Angeles County region; and
WHEREAS, the City has requested funds under the Proposition A Discretionary Incentive Program for collecting and reporting data for the NTD from the FY 2021-22 Report Year (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2024, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published in the Federal Register the FY 2023-24 Apportionments, Allocations, and Program Information including unit values for the data reported to the NTD; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to agree on the terms and conditions for payment for the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, LACMTA and the City hereby agree to the following terms and procedures:
3 ARTICLE 1. TERM
1.0 This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) will be in effect from May 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027 at which time all unused funds shall lapse.
ARTICLE 2. STANDARDS
2.0 To receive payment for the submittal of the FY 2021-22 NTD statistics, the City warrants that it:
A. Adhered to the Federal Guidelines for collecting and Reporting NTD statistics including all audit requirements;
B. Prepared and submitted the FY 2021-22 ANNUAL NTD REPORT of the City’s fixed-route and/or demand response transit service to the NTD on or before October 31, 2022;
C. Prepared and submitted the FY 2021-22 ANNUAL NTD REPORT of the City’s fixed-route and/or demand response transit service to the LACMTA on or before February 15, 2023;
ARTICLE 3. PAYMENT OF FUNDS TO CITY
3.0 LACMTA shall pay the City for collecting and reporting FY 2021-22 NTD statistics.
LACMTA shall pay the City for submitting the FY 2021-22 ANNUAL NTD REPORT for the applicable transit services as follows:
MOTOR BUS SERVICE
For City’s motor bus service, LACMTA shall pay an amount equal to the 72,617 revenue vehicle miles reported by the City multiplied by the FTA unit value of
0.70102255316358331 per revenue vehicle mile. See Attachment A for detail.
DIAL-A-RIDE SERVICE
For City’s dial-a-ride service, LACMTA shall pay an amount equal to the 10,327 revenue vehicle miles reported by the City multiplied by the FTA unit value of
0.70102255316358331 per revenue vehicle mile. See Attachment A for detail.
3.1 The City shall submit one invoice to LACMTA prior to June 30, 2027, in the amount of $58,146 to receive its payment described above.
4 3.2 INVOICE BY CITY:
Send invoice with supporting documentation to:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Accounts Payable
P. O. Box 512296
Los Angeles, CA 90051-0296
[email protected]
Re: LACMTA MOU# MOUPAIBELF24000 M.S. Chelsea Meister (99-4-3)
ARTICLE 4. CONDITIONS
4.0 The City agrees to comply with all requirements specified by the FTA guidelines for reporting NTD statistics.
4.1 The City understands and agrees that LACMTA shall have no liability in connection with the City’s use of the funds. The City shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LACMTA and its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all liability and expenses including defense costs and legal fees and claims for damages of any nature whatsoever, arising out of any act or omission of the City, its officers, agents, employees, and subcontractors in performing the services under this MOU.
4.2 The City is not a contractor, agent or employee of LACMTA. The City shall not represent itself as a contractor, agent or employee of LACMTA and shall have no power to bind LACMTA in contract or otherwise.
4.3 The City agrees that expenditure of the Proposition A Discretionary Incentive funds will be used for projects that meet the eligibility, administrative, audit and lapsing requirements of the Proposition A and Proposition C Local Return guidelines most recently adopted by the LACMTA Board.
4.4 These expenditures will be subject to AUDIT as part of LACMTA’s annual Consolidated Audit.
ARTICLE 5. REMEDIES
5.0 LACMTA reserves the right to terminate this MOU and withhold or recoup funds if it determines that the City has not met the requirements specified by the FTA for collecting and submitting NTD statistics through LACMTA.
5 ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS
6.0 This MOU constitutes the entire understanding between the parties, with respect to the subject matter herein.
6.1 The MOU shall not be amended, nor any provisions or breach hereof waived, except in writing signed by the parties who agreed to the original MOU or the same level of authority.
ARTICLE 7. CONTACT INFORMATION
7.0 LACMTA's Address:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Attention: Chelsea Meister (99-21-3)
[email protected]
7.1 City’s Address:
Bellflower
16600 Civic Center Drive
Bellflower, CA 90706
Attn: Kristen Smith
[email protected]
6 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and LACMTA have caused this MOU to be executed by their duly authorized representatives on the date noted below:
CITY:
City of Bellflower Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
_________________________ By: ___________________________ STEPHANIE N. WIGGINS
Mayor/City Manager Chief Executive Officer
Date: ____________________ Date: _______________________
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWYN R. HARRISON
County Counsel
By: _____________________ By: ____________________
Legal Counsel Deputy
Date: ____________________ Date: __________________
7 ATTACHMENT A
LACMTA Voluntary NTD Reporting Program for FY22
Using FY24 FTA Formula Programs Apportionment Data Values Jurisdiction MODE
Total Vehicle
Revenue Miles $ from VRM
Tier II
Operator
Deduction
Total ($)Due
to
Jurisdiction
Alhambra MB 168,115 117,852.41 117,852 178,639 Alhambra DR 86,711 60,786.37 60,786 Artesia DR (DT)3,956 2,773.25 2,773 Azusa DR 28,615 20,059.76 20,060 Baldwin Park MB 173,378 121,541.89 121,542 139,086 Baldwin Park DR 25,027 17,544.49 17,544 Bell MB 33,351 23,379.80 23,380 Bell DR 14,950 10,480.29 10,480 Bellflower MB 72,617 50,906.15 50,906 58,146 Bellflower DR 10,327 7,239.46 7,239 Bell Gardens MB 91,237 63,959.19 63,959 81,790 Bell Gardens DR 25,435 17,830.51 17,831 Burbank MB 212,160 148,728.94 (19,766) 128,963 Calabasas MB 65,374 45,828.65 45,829 51,463 Calabasas DR 8,037 5,634.12 5,634 Carson MB 13,788 9,665.70 9,666 56,301 Carson DT 66,524 46,634.82 46,635 Cerritos MB 100,933 70,756.31 70,756 97,359 Cerritos DR 37,948 26,602.40 26,602 Compton MB 185,493 130,034.78 130,035 130,192 Compton DR 224 157.03 157 Covina DR 43,672 30,615.06 30,615 Cudahy MB 33,395 23,410.65 23,411 30,244 Cudahy DR 9,747 6,832.87 6,833 Downey MB 103,313 72,424.74 72,425 101,291 Downey DR 41,178 28,866.71 28,867 Duarte MB DID NOT REPORT F - -
El Monte MB 221,303 155,138.39 155,138 192,668 El Monte DR 53,536 37,529.94 37,530 Glendora MB 44,811 31,413.52 31,414 61,485 Glendora DR 42,896 30,071.06 30,071 Huntington Park MB 147,119 103,133.74 103,134 132,064 Huntington Park DT 41,268 28,929.80 28,930 LACDPWAvocado MB 39,129.00 27,430.31 27,430 LACDPWELA MB 226,843.00 159,022.06 159,022 LACDPWELA DR 32,646.00 22,885.58 22,886 181,908 LACDPWEast Valinda MB 44,279.00 31,040.58 31,041 LACDPWKing Medical MB 37,428.00 26,237.87 26,238 LACDPWWillowbrook Shuttle MB 73,799.00 51,734.76 51,735 542,348 LACDPWS.Whittier MB 196,000.00 137,400.42 137,400 LACDPWAthens MB 36,721.00 25,742.25 25,742 LACDPWLennox MB 30,216.00 21,182.10 21,182 LACDPWFloranceFirestone MB 56,592.00 39,672.27 39,672 Lakewood DR 52,213 36,602.49 36,602 Lawndale MB DID NOT REPORT F --
Lynwood MB 147,420 103,344.74 103,345 Malibu DT 5,867 4,112.90 4,113 ManhattanBeach DR 22,484 15,761.79 15,762 Maywood MB 31,380 21,998.09 21,998 32,276 Maywood DR 14,662 10,278.39 10,278 MontereyPark MB - - - 11,785 MontereyPark DR 16,811 11,784.89 11,785 Pico Rivera DR 8,765 6,144.46 6,144 Rosemead MB 104,818 73,479.78 73,480 94,855 Rosemead DR 30,491 21,374.88 21,375 Santa Fe Springs DR 12,570 8,811.85 8,812 South Gate MB 118,783 83,269.56 83,270 160,309 South Gate DT 109,896 77,039.57 77,040 SouthPasadena DR 20,054 14,058.31 14,058 WestCovina MB 155,047 108,691.44 108,691 135,451 WestCovina DR 38,172 26,759.43 26,759 West Hollywood MB 114,445 80,229 80,229 Total 3,869,524 2,792,852 (19,766) 2,773,086 FY24 Revenue Mile Rate 0.701022553
8 ATTACHMENT A
LACMTA Voluntary NTD Reporting Program for FY '22
Using FY '24 FTA Formula Programs Apportionment Data Unit Values Jurisdiction MODE
Total Vehicle
Revenue Miles
Total Vehicle
Revenue Hours
Total Passenger
Miles
Total Operating
Costs $ from VRM $from OPCOST Total Generated
Total ($)Due to
Jursd Before
Tier 2
Deduction
Tier II
Operator
Deduction
Total ($)Due to
Jurisdiction
Glendale MB 871,699 100,417 1,127,888 10,012,370 611,080.66 8,770 619,851$ 619,851 (82,378) 537,473 Pasadena MB 739,633 71,223 1,905,376 6,777,893 518,499.41 36,974 555,473$ 555,473 (73,822) 481,651 LADOT COMMUNITY DASH MB 4,118,894 292,898 11,327,239 40,076,119 2,887,437 220,998 3,108,436$ 3,108,436 (413,110) 2,695,326 LADOT DEPARTMENT OF AGING DR 169,282 28,228 306,343 3,955,395 118,670 1,638 120,308$ 120,308 120,308 Total LADOT 4,288,176 321,126 11,633,582 44,031,514 3,006,108 222,636 3,228,744$ 3,228,744 2,815,634 - -
Total NTD 5307 Funds 5,899,508 492,766 14,666,846 60,821,777 4,135,688 268,380 4,404,068 4,404,068 (569,310) 3,834,758 -
FY24 Revenue Mile Rate *
FY24 Passenger Mile Rate
0.7010226
0.0690283
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