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Transportation Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign:
1.) First Amendment to Transfer Agreement with South Tahoe Area Transit Authority (STATA) regarding the Operation and Funding of Bluego Oncall Demand Responsive Transit Services;
2.) Resolution authorizing the department to file Claims for 2008/2009 Transportation Development Act (TDA), Local Transportation Funds (LTF) and State Transit Assistance (STA)funds for operation of the South Lake Tahoe Transit Program;
3.) Claims to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) for LTF in the amount of $270,638.00 and STA in the amount of $142,630.00; and
4.) Budget Transfer amending appropriations and revenue.
FUNDING: TDA, FTA, and Prop 1B
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $744,661.00
Funding
Budgeted $849,812.00
New Funding $ 96,380.00
Savings $201,531.00
Other $
Total Funding Available $744,661.00
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
The 2008/2009 allocated TDA funds, residual TDA funds from the 2007/2008 allocation, Proposition 1B funds and a Federal Transit Assistance (FTA) grant in addition to passenger fares will provide the total funding required to operate the South Lake Tahoe Transit program (Bluego Oncall Demand Responsive Transit Services). There is no net County cost for this program.
Reason for Recommendation:
The County is a member agency in the Participation Agreement to Implement a Coordinated Transit System at South Lake Tahoe that was executed in May of 1998. South Tahoe Area Transit Authority (STATA) was created by various public and private entities pursuant to the Participation Agreement for the purposes of managing, operating and maintaining a public transit service that is coordinated on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. To assist in the implementation of the long-term goal of consolidation, the County entered into an agreement with STATA transferring t...
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