Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR WITH THE SIGNING AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE PROPOSITION A DISCRETIONARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The Transportation Services Division (TSD) annually participates in the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) Proposition A Discretionary Incentive Program. This endeavor provides funding to agencies that voluntarily collect and report annual transit data to the National Transit Database (NTD). This information is used by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to support local, state, regional planning efforts, and to help governments and other decision-makers make multi-year comparisons and perform trend analyses. Through the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), an invoice is sent to Metro that formally requests that the funds be sent to the City. Tonight, the City Council is asked to authorize the Mayor to execute this year’s and all proceeding MOUs to initiate the current process to obtain the moneys, and to set a precedent for all future agreements.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute this year’s and all proceeding Proposition A Discretionary Incentive Program Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, following approval as to form by the City Attorney.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson is part of a group of transit agencies that annually report its operational data to Metro under its Proposition A Discretionary Incentive Program (Exhibit No. 1). This endeavor provides funding to cities that voluntarily collect and report annual transit data to the National Transit Database (NTD). In the case of the City, the amount of revenue miles reported by the Carson Circuit and its Dial-A-Ride program is transmitted to Metro. As this data varies annually, the amount of money received changes each year. For the most recent reporting period, FY 2015/16, staff anticipates that the City will receive $191,892.00 (Exhibit No. 2). The funds are used to support Transportation’s programs and its overall Division operations. It should be noted that this endeavor is separate from Proposition A and Proposition C local returns.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
Should the City Council approve staff’s recommendation, receivable funds from Metro will be deposited into the Transportation revenue account no. 218-99-999-999-4513.
VI. EXHIBITS
1. Exhibit No. 1 - FY 16 NTD Reporting Agencies (page 3).
2. Exhibit No. 2 - Report Year 2016 NTD MOU (pages 4 - 10).
Prepared by: Jason J. Jo, Transportation Supervisor