SUBJECT: DIAL-A-RIDE COST SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF HERMOSA BEACH AND REDONDO BEACH

Recommendation:

That the City Council approve the Dial-A-Ride Cost Sharing Agreement.

Background:

The Cities of Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach have operated the WAVE Dial-A-Ride shuttle since 1987. The shuttle serves the general public including students, seniors and the disabled. The fares range from $.50 - $1.25 and transportation is provided within Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach and to major medical centers and medical offices in the South Bay. WAVE shuttle users can make reservations as needed or maintain a subscription service for regular medical appointments. Each city provides a proportionate share of the total shuttle annual operating costs utilizing grant funds from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The total annual operating cost for the WAVE service is $735,881. The City's share is $129,664 inclusive of incentive funds and fair box recovery.1 The City of Redondo Beach provides a Program Manager to administer and monitor the service. Each City tracks its allocation of Proposition A funds and both cities are entitled to $114,087 of additional funding under the Subregional Incentive Program through Proposition A2. Total ridership for FY 96/97 was 104,242 from Hermosa and Redondo Beach3

Analysis:

The City of Redondo Beach has requested that the City enter into a multi-year agreement commencing July 1, 1998 and ending June 30, 2003. The Agreement can be canceled without cause upon 12 month's written notice and maintains the current level of service offered to Hermosa and Redondo Beach users.

In addition to providing the current level of service, the City is proposing to utilize the WAVE to shuttle employees and downtown patrons to satellite parking locations at City Hall, along the Greenbelt, in public parking beneath the Vons Center and to the Community Center at peak seasonal periods during construction of the downtown parking structure. Operation of a shuttle was a development condition under the City's parking structure Coastal Permit and mitigation measure of the project EIR. The City will fund 80% of the cost of the shuttle and the remaining 20% would be funded by the hotel developer as a condition of the hotel project development for their complement of parking. The City's contribution toward this additional WAVE shuttle service would be funded utilizing unappropriated Prop A funds.

Notes

1. Return on fair box - $12,129 - Hermosa Beach proportionate share based upon population. The Hermosa Beach population is established at 18,615 by the MTA for the purpose of determining proportionate share.

2. $26,239 to Hermosa Beach based upon proportion of population of each of City -- 23% of the combined population of Hermosa and Redondo Beach. (Total Hermosa Beach Prop A funds - $265,910).

3. Hermosa ridership - 28,529 includes special event ridership.

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