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. 21.12, 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 2023.
DATE: August 11, 2025
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. 21.12, 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 $59,169 not later than June 30, 2028, per the Memorandum of Understanding File No. 21.12 for Report Year 2023.
DISCUSSION
Rather than have each participating 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.
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Staff Report – National Transit Database MOU for Report Year 2023 August 11, 2025
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 2025 for an MOU that covers reporting year 2023.
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. 21.12 for Report Year 2023 ……………………3 2 3
MOUPAIBELF25000
PROPOSITION A DISCRETIONARY INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
FOR COLLECTING AND REPORTING DATA FOR THE
NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE
FOR REPORT YEAR 2023
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into as of June 1, 2025 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 firnds 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 27, 2024 meeting, LACMTA approved the Fiscal Year FY 2024-25 transit fund allocations, which included firnds to make payments to all cities that voluntarily reported NTD data for FY 2022-23; and
WHEREAS, the City has voluntarily submitted their FY2022-23 data to the National Transit Database (N TD) 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 2022-23 Report Year (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2025, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published in the Federal Register the FY 2024-25 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:
4 ARTICLE 1. TERM
1.0 This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) will be in effect from June 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028 at which time all unused funds shall lapse.
ARTICLE 2. STANDARDS
2.0 To receive payment for the submittal of the FY 2022-23 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 2022-23 ANNUAL NTD REPORT of the City’s fixed-route and/ or demand response transit service to the NTD on or before October 31, 2023;
C. Prepared and submitted the FY 2022—23 ANNUAL NTD REPORT of the City’s fixed-route and/ or demand response transit service to the LACMTA on or before February 15, 2024;
ARTICLE 3. PAYMENT OF FUNDS TO CITY
3.0 LACMTA shall pay the City for collecting and reporting FY 2022-23 NTD statistics.
LACMTA shall pay the City for submitting the FY 2022-23 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 71,986 revenue vehicle miles reported by the City multiplied by the FTA unit value of
0.686483228324693 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 142,05 revenue vehicle miles reported by the City multiplied by the FTA unit value of
0.686483228324693 per revenue vehicle mile. See Attachment A for detail.
3.1 The City shall submit one invoice to LACMTA prior to June 30, 2028, in the amount of $59,169 to receive its payment described above.
5 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# MOUPAIBELF25000 M.S. Chelsea Meister (99-21-3) ARTICLE 4. CONDITIONS
4.0 4.1
4.2 4.3
4.4 The City agrees to comply with all requirements specified by the FTA guidelines for reporting NTD statistics.
The City understands and agrees that LACMTA shall have no liability in connection with the City’s use of the filnds. 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.
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.
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.
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.
6 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]
7 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
Mayor/City Manager
Date:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Legal Counsel
Date:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
By:
STEPHANIE WIGGINS
Chief Executive Officer
Date:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAWYN R. HARRISON
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8 ATTACHMENT A
LACMTA Voluntary NTD Reporting Program for FY '22
Using FY '24 PM Formula Programs Apportionment Data Unit Values total 0mg “minimum to Jami mm: W?
, , ' ' Revenue Miles. Miles Casts . - s from OPCOST 2 Deduction Deduction Glendale MB 870,564 1,065,127 10,532,283 597,627.59 6,185 $ 603,812 603,812 (88,858) 515,454 Pasadena MB 656,127 1,849,723 7,691,950 450,420.18 25,540 $ 475,960 475,960 (69,649) 406,311 [LADOT COMMUNITY DASH [MB 4,105,129| 13,087,675| 41,375,202| 2,818,102 | 237,696 | $ 3,055,798 | 3,055,798 | (447,165)] 2,608,633] DR 237,760 292,252 4,242,341 163,218 1,156 $ 164,374 164,374 164,374 LADOT DEPARTMENT OF AGING [Total NTD 5307 Funds 5,869,580 | 16,294,777 | 63,841,776 | 4,029,368 | 270,577 | 4,299,945 | 4,299,945 | (605,1 72) | 7,994,717
9 ATTACHMENT A
LACMTA Voluntary NTD Reporting Program for FY22
Using FY24 FTA Formula Programs Apportionment Data Values 109,142 Alhambra MB 158,987109,141.91 I
Alhambra DR 98,869 67,871.91 67,872
Artesia DR (DT) 4,712 3,234.71 3,235
Azusa DR 56,416 38,728.64 38,729
Baldwin Park MB 183,638 126,064.41 126,064
Baldwin Park DR 26,715 18,339.40 18,339
Bell TD DID NOT REPORT FOR 2023
Bell MB 33,271 22,839.98 22,840
Bell DR 16,347 11,221.94 11,222
Bellflower MB 71,986 49,417.18 49,417
Bellflower DR 14,205 9,751.49 9,751
Bell Gardens MB 98,902 67,894.56 67,895
Bell Gardens DR 25,856 17,749.71 17,750
Burbank MB 216,013 148,289.30 (21,700) 126,590
Calabasas MB 86,082 59,093.85 59,094
Calabasas DR 3,852 2,644.33 2,644
Carson MB 28,100 19,290.18 19,290
Carson TN DID NOT REPORT FOR 2023
Carson DR 71,628 49,171.42 49,171
Cerritos MB 99,328 68,187.01 68,187
Cerritos DR 40,026 27,477.18 27,477
Compton MB 179,908 123,503.82 123,504
Compton DR 110 75.51 76
Covina DR 47,348 32,503.61 32,504
Cudahy MB 33,109 22,728.77 22,729
Cudahy DR 10,947 7,514.93 7,515
Downey MB 101,069 69,382.17 69,382
Downey DR 40,31 1 27,672.83 27,673
Duarte MB DID NOT REPORT FOR 2023
El Monte MB 221,914 152,340.24 152,340
El Monte DR 60,076 41,241.17 41,241
Glendora MB 40,735 27,963.89 27,964
Glendora DR 39,545 27,146.98 27,147
Huntington Park MB 130,598 89,653.34 89,653
Huntington Park DT 42,309 29,044.42 29,044
LACDPWAvocado MB 39,286 26,969.18 26,969
LACDPWELA MB 211,455 145,160.31 145,160
LACDPWELA DR 39,971 27,439.42 27,439
LACDPWEast Valinda MB 44,182 30,330.20 30,330
LACDPWKing Medical MB 33,586 23,056.23 23,056
LACDPWWiIIowbrook Shuttle MB 70,091 48,116.30 48,116
LACDPWS.Whittier MB 183,982 126,300.56 126,301
LACDPWAthens MB 36,912 25,339.47 25,339
LACDPWLennox MB 27,669 18,994.30 18,994
LACDPWFIoranceFirestone MB 58,082 39,872.32 39,872
Lakewood DR 54.228 37,226.61 37,227
Lawndale MB DID NOT REPORT FOR 2023
Lynwood MB 140,961 96,767.36 96,767
Malibu DT 2,764 1,897.44 1,897
ManhattanBeach DR 23,747 16,301.92 16,302
Maywood MB 32,291 22,167.23 22,167
Maywood DR 15,175 10,417.38 10,417
MontereyPark MB 1 16,534 79,998.64 79,999
MontereyPark DR 24,919 17,106.48 17,106
Pico Rivera DR 17,166 11,784.17 11,784
Rosemead MB 100,780 69,183.78 69,184
Rosemead DR 38,61 1 26,505.80 26,506
Santa Fe Springs DR 14,694 10,087.18 10,087
South Gate MB 114,106 78,331.86 78,332
South Gate DT 116,358 79,877.59 79,878
SouthPasadena DR 27,187 18,663.42 18,663
WestCovina MB 141,973 97,462.08 97,462
WestCovina DR 44,452 30,515.55 30,516
West Hollywood MB 114,998 78,944 78,944