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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK
Honorable City Council
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Mary R. Lindley, Assistant to the City Ma"gerj}'
March 29, 1994
Consider Appropriation of Funds for Security Guard
Services at the City's Metrolink Station
On March 21, 1994, staff received a call from Caltrans informing
the City that its funds for the security guard service at the Park
and Ride lot (south Metrolink parking lot) had been depleted and
that service would be discontinued as of that date.
Since July, 1993, security guard service has been provided at the
City's Metrolink Park and Ride lot twelve hours per day (8:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m.), Monday through Friday. The service is jointly
provided by both the City and Caltrans. The City provides a
security guard between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 12 p.m., and
Caltrans provides a guard between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00
p.m. The City Council appropriated $12,480 from the City's TDA
fund in the 1993/94 budget to cover its share of the service.
Caltrans agreed to provide a security guard for the City's Park and
Ride lot located off Moorpark Avenue, south of the railroad tracks.
This particular Park and Ride lot also serves as the south
Metrolink parking lot. The City's verbal agreement with Caltrans
was that Caltrans would provide and pay for a security guard eight
hours a day, Monday through Friday. There was no formal agreement,
and Caltrans did not provide a specific calendar period for which
security guard service would be provided.
In FY 1992/93, prior to Caltrans' involvement, the City shared the
cost of a security guard with SCRRA ($3,744 from March through
June). In addition to FY 1993/94 security costs, Council has
appropriated a total of $47,720 towards the Metrolink Station. To
date, all funds appropriated towards the City's Metrolink Station
have been from the City TDA fund. FY 1993/94 Metrolink budget
appropriations are broken down as follows:
• $15,220 for Station maintenance and operations including
parking lot sweeping, routine landscape maintenance,
utilities;
• $15,500 for Station improvements including the
construction the block wall at Bard Street, concrete
steps, and installation of additional landscaping and
irrigation; and
Metrolink Security Guard
March 28, 1994
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• As of March 16, 1993, Council appropriated $10,200 to
construct a right -hand exit turn lane at the south
parking lot driveway and an additional $6,800 for
demolition of the block wall damaged in the earthquake
and landscaping repairs ($4,320 to be reimbursed by
FEMA).
The City Council is currently considering the reconstruction 460
feet of the block wall which boarders the south Metrolink parking
lot. The estimated cost of the work $19,300.
There is a possibility that Caltrans will appropriate additional
funds to continue security guard services in the near future, but
staff has no idea when, if ever, this would actually take place or
how likely this is to happen.
Two alternatives identified by staff are as follows:
1) Appropriate additional TDA funds to extend the security
guard hours the City is currently providing through the
end of the fiscal year. Four additional hours would
provide for a total of eight hours per day (12:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m.) at an additional cost of $2,808. Eight
additional hours would provide for a total of twelve
hours per day (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.) at an additional
cost of $5,616.
2) Take no action to increase the hours currently provided
by the City. The existing four hours per day could be
moved from the morning (8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.) to hours
in the afternoon when vandalism activity may be more
likely to occur. No additional appropriation would be
necessary.
Recommendation (Roll Call Vote)
Staff recommends that Council appropriate an additional $2,808 from
the City's TDA budget (Fund 11) to the transportation budget
( #12.151.642) to fund a security guard eight hours per day (12 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m.), Monday through Friday, through the end of the fiscal
year.
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