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Supervisor Santiago and Transportation Department recommending Resolution 265-2008 authorizing the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority to implement BlueGO Service and Fare Modifications effective Sunday, November 23, 2008.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
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Supervisor Santiago serves as a board member on the South Tahoe Area Transit Authority (STATA). STATA, as the primary transit provider in the El Dorado County portion of the Lake Tahoe Basin, is operating under a participation agreement which pools funding from 11 member agencies to operate transit services on the south and west shores of Lake Tahoe. As a result of pooling funds, STATA has determined that additional services can be provided within the unincorporated El Dorado County areas utilizing existing private, State and Federal transit funds. As a result, the County’s contribution to this transit system will consist of Transportation Development Act (TDA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) revenues only. No additional revenues are required to implement the proposed service modifications.
There is no Fiscal Impact associated with this agenda item. There is no cost to the County General Fund.
After the STATA Board workshop on March 14, 2008, the Board directed staff to develop routing and service options to reinvent BlueGO. Staff has spent the last three months reviewing ridership data, riding bus routes, talking with bus riders, bus operators and reviewing unmet transit needs comments and other relevant documentation to develop the draft transit service concepts. Staff also took into consideration issues and concerns brought up by each BlueGO stakeholder related to the provision of their transit service. At the July and August Board meetings, the Board directed staff to conduct community outreach to gauge response from the public on route and fare modifications. As a result, staff conducted seven public workshops, ten listening sessions and made twenty five presentations to community grou...
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