*NOT YET APPROVED*
1 115_20240822_ts24
Ordinance No.
O
rdinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Amend Existing Fees for City’s Palo Alto Link On- Demand Transit Service
T
he Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. Thr
ough this ordinance, the City desires to increase on-demand transit service fees for its Palo Alto Link service in October 2024. The City will remove discounted fares, increase Monthly Passes to $130 per month, charge a fee from free up to $4.00 per passenger trip, and increase Weekly Passes to $40.00 per week.
B. Th
e increase of fees will assist the City in continuing sustainable operations of the Palo Alto Link after the successful majority grant-funded pilot in which the VTA provided $2 million has concluded.
SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto amends the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule by adopting the amended fees for on-demand transit as set forth in Exhibit “A” and incorporated here by reference.
SECTION 3. The fees in this Ordinance are for a specific government service provided directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or product. Pursuant to Art.
XIII C, Section 1(e)(2) of the California Constitution, this fee is not a tax.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this ordinance is not a “project” under CEQA because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect change in the environment.
//
//
//
//
//
//
//
ATTACHMENT C
*NOT YET APPROVED*
2 115_20240822_ts24
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption as an amendment to the City’s FY25 budget and shall be implemented within 60 days of adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Chief Transportation Official
Director of Administrative
Services
*NOT YET APPROVED*
3 115_20240822_ts24
Attachment A
Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule
Office of Transportation Fees