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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2022 0202 CCSA REG ITEM 10CCITY OF MOORPARK, 
CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting of February 2, 2022 ACTION Approved Staff Recommendation. BY B. Garza. C.Consider Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreements with the City of Thousand Oaks for Fixed Route Transit Operations and Local Dial-A-Ride Services, Increasing Transit Rates Due to Extenuating Circumstances. Staff Recommendation: 1) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Thousand Oaks for Fixed Route Transit Operations, recognizing exceptional rate increases, subject to final language approval of the City Manager and authorize the City Manager to sign the Amendment; and 2) Approve Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Thousand Oaks for Moorpark Dial-A-Ride Services, recognizing exceptional rate increases, subject to final language approval of the City Manager and authorize the City Manager to sign the Amendment. (Staff: Shaun Kroes, Public Works Manager) Item: 10.C. MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Shaun Kroes, Public Works Manager DATE: 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting SUBJECT: Consider Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreements with the City of Thousand Oaks for Fixed Route Transit Operations and Local Dial-A-Ride Services, Increasing Transit Rates Due to Extenuating Circumstances BACKGROUND The City of Moorpark (Moorpark) began contracting with the City of Thousand Oaks (Thousand Oaks) for fixed route transit operations, fixed route preventive maintenance, and Dial-A-Ride (DAR) paratransit services on June 30, 2012. Moorpark has participated in a Request for Proposals (RFP) with Thousand Oaks for transit services twice; once in 2015 and most recently in 2019. In 2019, Thousand Oaks selected MV Transportation, Inc. (MV Transit), which has served Thousand Oaks for several years prior to 2019. The most recent fixed route operations and local DAR paratransit services agreements (both executed June 25, 2019) included provisions for annual rate increases for MV Transit based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a maximum annual percentage increase of 3.00%. Both Agreements also include a Management Fee that can be increased each year, with no pre-determined percentage increase maximum. MV Transit’s hourly rate has increased roughly 1.25% and 3.00% respectively since 2019; however, in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced the total amount of billable hours that MV Transit was able to provide to Thousand Oaks and its respective partners (including Moorpark). Additionally, the significant decrease in driver availability has necessitated MV Transit increasing its minimum hourly rates in order to attract drivers. DISCUSSION Thousand Oaks has been negotiating revised rate increases with MV Transit for the past several months and is establishing a two-pronged rate increase. Roughly, Thousand Oaks has agreed to a 9.9% revenue hour rate increase retroactive to transit services provided October 1, 2021 forward. The revised revenue hour rate is to increase driver Item: 10.C. 330 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 2 wages. Additionally, Thousand Oaks has agreed to a temporary rate increase with a range of 7.5% to 10.5% for revenue hour services from January 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022, to help MV Transit cover costs not recovered through billing due to the reduced billing hours. The temporary increase is subject to adjustment based on MV Transit’s ability to fill two vacant management positions. MV Transit also has the ability to continue to temporarily rate increase into fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 if billing hours remain below contract minimum thresholds. The revenue hour rates for Moorpark are detailed in Table 1 below: Table 1: MV Transit Revenue Hour Rates: Service 7/1/2021 Rate 10/1/2021 Rate 1/1/2022 Rate Moorpark Bus $65.33 $72.02 $79.58 Local DAR* $68.34 $75.11 $83.00 ECTA** $81.69 $89.78 $99.21 *Rate is charged to Thousand Oaks, which in turn distributes each participating agencies’ per-trip cost based on total revenue hour rates charged to Thousand Oaks. **East County Transit Alliance (ECTA) Cooperative Agreement is based on shared costs distributed among member agencies. The Agreement does not need to be formally amended in order for the rates to become effective. As previously mentioned, Moorpark’s Agreement for Fixed Route Operations and Local DAR Services include language that limits the revenue hour rate of service increase to no more than 3.00% per year. Staff is proposing amending both Agreements (Attachments 1 and 2 respectively) that revises the Agreements to permit the proposed rate increases due to Thousand Oaks’ negotiation with MV Transit. FISCAL IMPACT The FY 2021/22 Budget included an estimate of $405,000 in expenditures for fixed route bus services (expense line 2414-430-P0011-51000). Staff estimates an increase of $110,000 in expenditures based on the proposed rate increases. There are sufficient funds in expense line 2414-430-P0011-51000 to encumber the expense increase. The FY 2021/22 Budget included an estimate of $87,500 in expenditures for local DAR services (expense line 2414-430-P0010-51000). Based on the initial FY 2021/22 revenue hour rate and ridership trends, staff anticipated a FY 2021/22 expenditure of $35,170. With the new proposed rates, staff estimates a revised expenditure of $75,000. There are sufficient funds in expense line 2414-430-P0011-51000 to encumber the expense increase. COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE This action does not support a current strategic directive. 331 Honorable City Council 02/02/2022 Regular Meeting Page 3 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Thousand Oaks for Fixed Route Transit Operations, recognizing exceptional rate increases, subject to final language approval of the City Manager and authorize the City Manager to sign the Amendment; and 2. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Thousand Oaks for Moorpark Dial-A-Ride Services, recognizing exceptional rate increases, subject to final language approval of the City Manager and authorize the City Manager to sign the Amendment. Attachment 1: Fixed Route Transit Operations Amendment No. 1 Attachment 2: Moorpark Dial-A-Ride Amendment No. 1 332 ATTACHMENT 1 Project Name: Moorpark Fixed Route Operations FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS AND CITY OF MOORPARK Contract No. 12084-2019 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the Agreement for Transit Services entered into between the CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, a municipal corporation, (hereafter “City”) and City of Moorpark (hereinafter referred to as “Moorpark”) entitled Moorpark Fixed Route Operations and dated June 25, 2019, (herein “Contract”), is made this day of February 2022. RECITALS A. On June 25, 2019, Moorpark and City entered into Contract to have the City provide fixed route operations for Moorpark through City’s public transportation program. B. City has negotiated revised service rates with the contracted transit provider, MV Transportation, Inc. (MV Transit) and City and Moorpark now desire to amend Contract to reflect the rate increases. AGREEMENT TO AMEND NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties to Contract agree to amend Contract as described below: Part 1. Exhibit “B”, SCHEDULE OF FEES, is hereby amended to add the following paragraph as follows: “Notwithstanding the previous maximum CPI increase limitation of three percent (3.00%) per year, the City shall be permitted to increase the revenue hour rate to $72.02 retroactive to October 1, 2021, based upon rate increases with MV Transit in response to increased driver revenue hour rates. The City shall also be permitted to establish a temporary revenue hour rate within the range of $77.42 to $79.58 retroactive to January 1, 2022, based upon rate increases with MV Transit in response to MV Transit’s request to recover lost revenue due to reduced billing hours due to COVID-19. The temporary revenue hour increase is intended to last through June 30, 2022; however, Thousand Oaks may extend the rate increase into fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 if billing is still below contract minimums. The billing rate will be adjusted downward to reflect any overall improvements in total billing hours.” 333 Page 2 Part 2. All terms used in Part 1 above shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Contract. Except as amended in Part 1 above, all other sections, terms, obligations, duties, clauses, and provisions of Contract as written and previously amended, shall remain the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties execute this First Amendment to Contract as of the date set forth above. CITY OF MOORPARK Troy Brown, City Manager ATTEST: Ky Spangler, City Clerk CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS Andrew P. Powers, City Manager ATTEST: Cynthia M. Rodriguez, City Clerk APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT HEAD: Clifford G. Finley, Public Works Director APPROVED AS TO FORM: Office of the City Attorney Tracy Friedl, Assistant City Attorney 334 ATTACHMENT 2 Project Name: Moorpark Dial-a-Ride FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS AND CITY OF MOORPARK Contract No. 12082-2019 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the Agreement for Transit Services entered into between the CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, a municipal corporation, (hereafter “City”) and City of Moorpark (hereinafter referred to as “Moorpark”) entitled Moorpark Dial-a-Ride and dated June 25, 2019, (herein “Contract”), is made this day of February 2022. RECITALS A.On June 25, 2019, Moorpark and City entered into Contract to have the City provide local dial-a-ride services to Moorpark through City’s public transportation program. B.The City has negotiated revised service rates with the contracted transit provider, MV Transportation, Inc. (MV Transit) and the City and Moorpark now desire to amend Contract to reflect the rate increases. AGREEMENT TO AMEND NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties to Contract agree to amend Contract as described below: Part 1. Exhibit “B”, SCHEDULE OF FEES, is hereby amended to add the following paragraph as follows: “Notwithstanding the previous maximum CPI increase limitation of three percent (3.00%) per year, the City shall be permitted to increase the revenue hour rate to $75.11 retroactive to October 1, 2021, based upon rate increases with MV Transit in response to increased driver revenue hour rates. The City shall also be permitted to establish a temporary revenue hour rate within the range of $80.74 to $83.00 retroactive to January 1, 2022, based upon rate increases with MV Transit in response to MV Transit’s request to recover lost revenue due to reduced billing hours due to COVID-19. The temporary revenue hour increase of $83.00 is intended to last through June 30, 2022; however, Thousand Oaks may extend the rate increase into fiscal year (FY) 2022/23 if billing is still below contract minimums. The billing rate will be adjusted downward to reflect any overall improvements in total billing hours.” 335 Page 2 Part 2. All terms used in Part 1 above shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Contract. Except as amended in Part 1 above, all other sections, terms, obligations, duties, clauses and provisions of Contract as written and previously amended, shall remain the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties execute this First Amendment to Contract as of the date set forth above. CITY OF MOORPARK Troy Brown, City Manager ATTEST: Ky Spangler, City Clerk CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS Andrew P. Powers, City Manager ATTEST: Cynthia M. Rodriguez, City Clerk APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT HEAD: Clifford G. Finley, Public Works Director APPROVED AS TO FORM: Office of the City Attorney Tracy Friedl, Assistant City Attorney 336