Title
Resolution for a Joint Participation Agreement - Service Development Funds for Regional Transit Service (RTS) Route 62 (B)
This item is a request to adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Joint Participation Agreement between the City of Gainesville and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to receive Service Development Funds for the operation of new Route 62.
Explanation
FDOT allocates service development funds to transit agencies each year. The allocations are given at FDOT discretion on a competitive basis for agency projects that meet FDOT Service Development Grant (SDG) criteria.
This new fixed route, Route 62, will improve transit service from southwest Gainesville and Butler Plaza to the Oaks Mall. The objective of this new route is to increase north-south transit connections, provide service between two major destinations, decrease parking demand at Santa Fe College, and decrease traffic congestion throughout southwest Gainesville. Route 62 will also decrease the need for route transfers to reach the Oaks Mall and Santa Fe College Northwest Campus. Santa Fe College (SFC) Student Transportation Fee funds will provide the fifty percent (50%) local match required to receive FDOT funds to operate this route.
FDOT requires the governing board of each public transit system to adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of these funds.
Fiscal Note
This Joint Participation Agreement requires the City of Gainesville to provide a local match in the amount of $89,313 for operating costs which will be funded by SFC student transportation fees.
Recommendation
The City Commission adopt the Resolution.