HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1986/06/24 Item 14 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 14
Meeting Date 6/24/86
ITEM TITLE: Resolution 14 _ Approving agreement between the City of
Chula Vista and the Metropolitan Transit Development Board
(MTDB) for San Diego Transit Route 32 service for FY 1986-87
SUBMITTED BY: Director of Public Works/City Engineer
REVIEWED BY: City Manager .i)s,, (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
The contract for Route 32 service next fiscal year will be between the City of
Chula Vista and MTDB instead of between the City and San Diego Transit as in
the previous years. The contract is in the amount of $177,840 which includes
the Montgomery area. The Transit Coordinator is recommending two changes to
the Route 32 service next fiscal year: deletion of the two last trips
(11 :20 p.m. and 12:35 a.m. ) and extension of Route 32 to the Bayfront Trolley
Station when the station opens in October 1986. These two modifications will
be brought back to Council by MTDB in a First Amendment to the agreement
before the trolley station opens in October. The total estimated revised
annual cost for Route 32 service, including the extension to the Bayfront
Station and the deletion of the two late evening trips is $193,000. San Diego
Transit requires approval of these two service modifications by July 1 in
order to implement these changes in fall 1986.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council approve:
1 . The agreement between MTDB and City of Chula Vista for Route 32 service in
the amount of $177,840;
2. Deletion of the two last trips on Route 32 which will be effective
September 7, 1986;
3. Extension of Route 32 to the Bayfront Trolley Station, with the
understanding that MTDB will submit a First Amendment to the City for
approval to incorporate revised costs due to the deletion of the two trips
and extension to the Bayfront station.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable.
DISCUSSION:
The Route 32 contract in the amount of $177,840 assumes the same level of
service as is currently provided within the City of Chula Vista, with the
Route terminating at the "H" Street Station. For Council 's information, the
portion of Route 32 operating through the Montgomery area accounts for
$109,169, or 61% of the total contract cost. It is also interesting to note
that the operation in the Montgomery area has 53% of the 87,412 total miles
through Chula Vista, but only carries 44% of the 169,131 total revenue
passengers. Although the cost for Route 32 service through the Montgomery
area is $109,169, the City of Chula Vista's Transportation Development Act
(TDA) Article 4.0 apportionment for next fiscal year increased approximately
$400,000 due to the Montgomery annexation.
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It is somewhat difficult to compare next year' s agreement with the current
year since this year' s agreement was amended in February 1986 to reflect the
annexation of Montgomery to the City of Chula Vista for the six-month period,
January-June. However, when comparing the Chula Vista portion only in next
year' s agreement to the agreement for Route 32 service approved in June 1985
prior to annexation, the total cost has increased from $39,265 to $68,671 or
75%. This cost increase is due to a number of factors including: an increase
in the SDT gross cost per mile from $3.6188 to $3.9851 ; reduced Federal
Operating Assistance and State Transit Assistance Funds; and a reduction in
passengers from 132,300 to 94,556, or 40%. The declining passengers may be
attributed to two primary factors: a lower estimate of passengers carried next
fiscal year by SDT staff due to an anticipated fare increase on SDT in January
1987; and competition from the Amarillo y Rosa service on Broadway. The
contract for next fiscal year in the amount of $177,840 which includes the
Montgomery area, reflects a net cost per passenger of $1 .05 and a net cost per
mile of $2.03.
The Transit Coordinator is recommending two changes to the agreement for Route
32 service which would be implemented in fall 1986. The first change is a
deletion of the two last trips on Route 32 at approximately 11 :20 p.m. and
12:35 a.m. On-board passenger counts conducted by SANDAG indicate eight
persons utilizing this service on the last trip and 15 on the next to the last
trip in both north and southbound directions. This ridership is low compared
to average ridership, and deleting these two trips would reduce the contract
amount by approximately $7,000. Because of San Diego Transit' s scheduling
requirements, the deletion of these two trips would be effective September 7,
1986. A second change is the extension of Route 32 to the Bayfront Trolley
Station. When the trolley station opens, Council has approved the termination
of CVT Route 705 at the Bayfront Station instead of at the "H" Street
Station. Therefore, the only public transit service on Broadway between "H"
Street and "E" Street will be provided by CVT 702A and service frequency will
be reduced from the current 30 minutes to over one hour. The estimated total
contract cost including the extension to the Bayfront Station, and the cost
savings from the deletion of the late evening trips, will be approximately
$192,000, or an increase of about $14,000 above the contract amount of
$177,840 for service to the "H" Street Station. The cost per passenger
estimate for this service expansion to the Bayfront Station will still be
approximately $1 .05 per passenger, since SDT estimates an additional 11 ,000
passengers between October 1986 and July 1987 will be carried on Route 32 due
to the extension to the Bayfront Station.
MTDB is currently examining transit service in the Broadway corridor, which
now is provided by SDT Route 32 and by the Amarillo y Rosa. MTDB anticipates
that its study will be completed in July and any conclusions for service
changes decided upon by September. However, any significant service changes
in this corridor would not be implemented before January 1987. Therefore,
until MTDB resolves this issue, the Transit Coordinator recommends contracting
with MTDB for Route 32 service.
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FISCAL IMPACT: The SDT claim against the City of Chula Vista' s FY 1986-87
TDA apportionment of $1 ,854,047 for Route 32 service in the amount of $177,840
will leave a total estimated balance through next fiscal year in the amount of
$1 ,916,257, computed as follows:
$1 ,000,000 Prior Years' Reserve
+ 1 ,854,047 FY 1986-87 Apportionment
- 759,950 FY 1986-87 SCOOT Claim
- 177,840 SDT Claim for Route 32
$1 ,916,257 Estimated Balance through FY 1986-87
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