TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Jeff Costello, CRA Executive Director
DATE: October 9, 2018
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CRA FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FY 2018-19
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve the Interlocal Agreement with the City and CRA for funding of Transportation Services in the amount of $975,000 for FY 2018-19, in substantially the attached form.
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Background:
At the October 9, 2018 CRA Board meeting, the CRA Board approved the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between the City and CRA for funding of Transportation Services in the amount of $975,000 for FY 2018-19, excluding the Downtown Roundabout (Trolley) in its current form.
At the October 16, 2018 City Commission meeting, an item was added to the City Commission Agenda regarding Transportation Services, and reinstitution of the Trolley for the upcoming season. After discussing the matter, the City Commission took the following actions:
1. Declared that a rapid reinstitution of the prior Downtown Trolley service contract provided by First Transit, using the same vehicles and at the same rates as the recently cancelled contract, is in the City’s best interest due to a critical public need to maintain free trolley services in our downtown corridor and to and from the Tri-rail station and the beach area to support transit and redevelopment goals in the downtown area, including the needs of employees, employers, residents and visitors; and,
2. Authorized the City Manager to execute a contract for trolley services in substantially the same form, terms, and conditions as the prior agreement, with services to be reinstituted on November 1st and bring back a separate discussion item on the timeline and process recommendations for the permanent replacement of the trolley at the next regular City Commission meeting.
The actions were contingent on the inclusion of data collection, monthly reporting, and monthly adjustments to the operations and the ...
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