DATE:
May 23, 2023
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Public Works
TITLE: Mountain View Transportation
Management Association Contract
Amendment
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an amendment to the agreement with the Mountain View Transportation Management Association for Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Community Shuttle service for an amount not to exceed $3,393,350.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Mountain View Community Shuttle is a fare-free service that provides connections between residential neighborhoods and key destinations in Mountain View . The Community Shuttle operates weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. with service every 30 minutes, and on weekends from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with service every 70 minutes.
The service was initiated as a pilot program in 2015 through a City partnership with Google LLC (Google), with Google funding and operating the Community Shuttle . On August 25, 2020, the City Council approved an agreement with Google for Google to provide funding for the operations of the Community Shuttle at current service levels through June 30, 2024, as part of transitioning the Community Shuttle operations to the City effective October 1, 2020.
At the August 25, 2020 meeting, Council also approved an agreement with the Mountain View Transportation Management Association (TMA) to operate the Mountain View Community Shuttle for the period of October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, and authorized the City Manager or designee to amend the agreement to add funding to operate the Community Shuttle for Fiscal Year 2021-22 and Fiscal Ye ar 2022-23 in the amount of funding as approved in the respective fiscal year budget.
On December 14, 2021 , the City Council increased the bud get appropriation for Community Shuttle operations by $447,101 to pay for nonroutine vehicle maintenance and rising fuel costs.
The Council also authorized amending the agreement with the TMA to extend the term to June 30, 2024, to provide continuity in the management and operation of the shuttle during the transition to new electric shuttles that are scheduled to arrive in summer 2023.
Mountain View Transportation Management Association Contract Amendment May 23, 2023
The City Manager’s authority to amend the agreement with the TMA to add funding to operate the Community Shuttle expired with the Fiscal Year 2022 -23 budget and was not extended for Fiscal Year 2023 -24 as part of the December 14, 2021 Council action . Staff requests Council approval for the City Manager or designee to execute an amendment to the TMA agreement to add funding to operate the Community Shuttle in Fiscal Year 2023 -24 in the amount of funding as approved in the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget.
FISCAL IMPACT
The projected Fiscal Year 2023 -24 operating budget for the Community Shuttle is $3,393,350 .
The following table lists the funding sources recommended to fund the operations:
Funding Source Amount
General Fund Transportation Reserve $ 562,350
Google Funding 2,655,000
VTA Measure B Grant 176,000
Total $3,393,350
No appropriation is requested at this time. The budget for the Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Community Shuttle operations will be considered by Council as part of approving the recommended Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget on June 27, 2023.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Do not provide Fiscal Year 2023-24 funding for the Community Shuttle.
2. Provide other direction.
PUBLIC NOTICING
In addition to the City’s standard agenda posting requirements, notices were distributed to the people who have signed up for updates and information about the Mountain View Community Shuttle. A copy of the Council report was provided to the TMA.
Prepared by:
Damian Skinner
Assistant Public Works Director
Approved by:
Dawn S. Cameron
Public Works Director
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
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