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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL QUO-3,353.
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Dave Klotzle, City Engineer/Public Works Director
Prepared by: Shaun Kroes, Senior Management Analyst i
DATE: December 6, 2013 (CC meeting of 12/18/2013)
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Authorizing the City's Fiscal Year 2013/14
Transportation Development Act Claim
SUMMARY
The City Council is being asked to consider authorizing the submittal of the Fiscal Year
(FY) 2013/14 Transportation Development Act (TDA) claim, in the amount of
$1,396,063.00.
BACKGROUND
Each year the City Council is asked to approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to
submit a claim for the City's TDA funds. The City is required to file this claim annually in
order to receive the funds. TDA revenue is generated from a 1/4 cent of the 7.50-cent retail
sales tax, and the revenue received must first be spent on transit projects. After meeting
any "unmet transit needs that could be reasonably met using TDA funds," the remaining
local TDA funds may be used for streets and roads related purposes. If approved,the City
would claim its entire $1,396,063.00 apportionment. This is $210,157.00 more than the
currently adopted FY 2013/14 budget of$1,185,906.00. The large increase in additional
revenue is explained by the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC)
December 6, 2013 Agenda Report (Item 11) detailed in the paragraph below.
"In 2003 the City of Fillmore entered into a "sales tax revenue sharing"
agreement to raise sales tax revenues for the City[of Fillmore]. In 2006, two
cities outside Ventura County filed complaints with the State Board of
Equalization [BOE] against Fillmore followed by a lawsuit in 2009. Pending
the outcome of the actions taken against the City of Fillmore, the BOE
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withheld both the 1% city sales tax and the quarter cent LTF sales tax
revenues beginning in September 2008. The tax revenues were placed in an
escrow account until the matter was resolved.
Recently, the City of Fillmore resolved the sales tax issue and the BOE
released the city and LTF sales tax revenues held in escrow. In September,
the Commission received a one-time payment of LTF receipts in the amount
of $5,795,327.58. For the last four years these receipts were withheld and
had artificially lowered the countywide LTF apportionment. These funds are
being added to the Fiscal Year 2013/2014 apportionment."
DISCUSSION
TDA funds are apportioned to the ten Ventura County cities and the County using a
formula based on population. The City's FY 2013/14 TDA apportionment is$1,396,063.00.
This is an increase of 23.78% compared to the City's FY 2012/13 apportionment of
$1,127,817.00. This spike in revenue is a one-time increase due to the BOE's release of
previously held revenue. Prior to the release, the City's apportionment was projected to be
$1,191,426, or a 5.64% increase compared to FY 2012/13.
TDA revenue has traditionally been the primary funding source for the City's transit system,
including the Senior Dial-A-Ride and the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA) Paratransit
Dial-A-Ride, the Moorpark City Transit fixed routes, and other transit improvements such
as bus shelters. Transit planning efforts by Public Works staff are also funded with TDA
revenue. Major capital costs, such as buses, are often funded with federal grants. The
City also receives federal funding for bus preventive maintenance, security camera
preventive maintenance, and paratransit preventive maintenance/vehicle leases. In those
cases, the local matching funds (typically twenty percent) come from TDA funds.
After the City's transit(8C) related expenses are met, the remainder is available for streets
and roads (8A). Staff proposes that the City's FY 2013/14 claim include $325,000.00 for
Local Transit Programs 8C Fund (5000) and $1,071,063.00 for Local Transportation 8A
Fund (2603). The claim is $210,157.00 more than the City's FY 2013/14 budget,with Fund
5000 receiving an additional $25,000.00 and Fund 2603 receiving an additional
$185,157.00.
The FY 2013/14 budget includes $347,560.00 in Traffic Systems Management Fund
(2001) to fund the operation and fueling of the City's compressed natural gas (CNG)
buses. The use of Fund 2001 enables additional TDA funds to be spent on streets and
roads projects.
Staff has reviewed the potential impacts that the proposed revenue allocations will have on
Fund 2603 and Fund 5000. Each fund should remain with sufficient funds to continue its
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respective budgeted expenses. Adjustments to the FY 2013/14 budget are proposed to be
made during the FY 2013/14 Mid-Year Budget Adjustment.
FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2013/14 TDA Allocation will provide the City with $1,396,063.00. Streets and
roads will receive $1,071,063.00 and transit will receive $325,000.00.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2013 - (FY 2013/14 TDA Claim)
Attachment: Resolution 2013-
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A
CLAIM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013/14 TRANSPORTATION
DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Transportation Development Act (TDA), as amended (Public
Utilities Code Section 99200 et seq.), provides for the allocation of funds from the Local
Transportation Fund (LTF) and the State Transit Assistance Fund, for use by eligible
claimants for various transportation purposes; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the TDA, as amended, and pursuant to
the applicable rules and regulations there under (Cal. Code of Regulations Sections
6600 et seq.), a prospective claimant wishing to receive an allocation from the LTF or
the State Transit Assistance Fund shall file its claim with the Ventura County
Transportation Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City has a need for these funds for both transit and street
purposes in FY 2013/14; and
WHEREAS, the City is eligible for an estimated amount of $1,396,063.00 in TDA
Funds, Article 8 monies for FY 2013/14.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager and or his designee is authorized to execute
and file the City's FY 2013/14 TDA Claim in the amount of $1,396,063.00, broken down
as follows:
1. $1,071,063.00 — Local Transportation Funds
Article 8A (Streets and Roads), and
2. $325,000.00 — Local Transportation Funds
Article 8C (Transit).
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the
Ventura County Transportation Commission.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of the resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original Resolutions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 2013.
Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maureen Benson, City Clerk
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