TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Susan Goebel-Canning, Public Works Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: January 15, 2019
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APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2018/19 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND THE DELRAY BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR FUNDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2019 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2019
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve the First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between the City of Delray Beach (City) and the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for Funding of Transportation Services for operations of the Downtown Roundabout for three months with the right to extend for an additional three months in the amount of $120,000 beginning on February 1, 2019.
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Background:
In 2006, the City of Delray Beach (City) and the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) entered into an interlocal agreement in which the CRA agreed to contribute to the cost for a local shuttle bus service. The City established the Downtown Roundabout local shuttle bus service utilizing Trolleys and has operated every year since 2006. The free Trolley operates from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends. There are two Trolleys operating on one route, which has 23 stops in total between the Tri-Rail station on Congress Avenue and the Municipal Beach through the downtown business core.
In September 2018, the City was notified that the CRA would no longer fund the Downtown Roundabout. Since the City did not include funding in the City’s 2018/2019 budget, operations of the Downtown Roundabout ceased as of October 1, 2018. In the time since the Downtown Roundabout stopped operating, the City and City Commission have received concerns including, but not limited to, that employees cannot get to work and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and business community stressed that tourists would not have ac...
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