Title
Resolution for a Joint Participation Agreement - Service Development Funds for Regional Transit Service (RTS) Route 76 (B)
This item is a request for 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 76.
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 76, will provide transit service from southwest Gainesville to the Oaks Mall and the Santa Fe College (SFC) northwest campus. The objective of this route is to increase north-south transit connections, improve service connectivity between two (2) major destinations, decrease parking demand at SFC and decrease traffic congestion throughout southwest Gainesville. This route will operate during weekdays only from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The SFC Student Transportation Fee will provide the fifty percent (50%) local match 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 match funding in the amount of $65,000 for operating costs. Matching funds are allocated in the RTS FY12-13 operating budget.
Recommendation
The City Commission adopt the Resolution.