City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: ACTION ITEMS
Lead Department: Transportation
Meeting Date: November 4, 2024
Report #:2410-3699
TITLE
Approval of Amendment No. 2 to Contract Number C23184827 with Nomad Transit, LLC (Via) in the Amount of $1,200,000 for a total not to exceed $3,801,500 to Continue the City of Palo Alto On-Demand Transit Service through June 2025; Approve a Cost Sharing Agreement with Stanford Research Park to Partially Fund the Service up to $600,000; and Adopt an Ordinance Amending the FY 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Increase Fares; CEQA status – not a project.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council approve and authorize the City Manager or their designee to:
1. Execute Contract Amendment No. 2 with Nomad Transit, LLC (Via), to provide Palo Alto Link Services, extending the contract term to June 30, 2025, with additional funding of $1.2 million for a revised not to exceed total of $3,801,550 (Attachment A); and
2. Execute the attached Cost Sharing Agreement to Receive Funding from Stanford University to Fund Palo Alto Link Services to Stanford Research Park up to $600,000 annually (Attachment B); and
3. Adoption of an Ordinance to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule (Attachment C) by eliminating discounted fares, increasing fares for Palo Alto Link for single rides for all user types to $0-4, increasing monthly passes to $130, and increasing weekly passes to $40.
BACKGROUND
This item was agendized for approval on the Consent Calendar of the October 28, 2024 City Council Meeting. It was pulled from consent by Council Members Tanaka, Veenker, and Lythcott- Haims. The full original staff report #2408-3387 and its attachments are available here:
https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=99531&repo=r-704298fc The HTML version of the October 28, 2024 agenda, Item 10 staff report and attachments are available here:
https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=14449.
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk