HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1978/05/23 Item 13CITY OF CHULA VISTA
COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 13
For meeting of 5-23-78
ITEM TITLE Resolution ~ 1 ~ 6 Approving Agreement between this City
of Chula Vista and San Diego Transit Corporation for Provi-
sion of Inter-City Bus Service during Fiscal Year 1978-79
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SUBMITTED BY Director of Public Works/City Engineer j~~
ITEM EXPLANATION (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES NO x )
The San Diego Transit Corporation has forwarded a proposed
agreement to continue providing inter-City bus service in Chula
Vista. The proposal reflects current projected financing since
SDTC's budget and fare structure have not been fanalized. This
agreement is forwarded at, this time to satisfy funding source
deadlines; SDTC wil_1.submit an amended_._agreement__for approval.
when fianncial data are complete. Although subject to change,
financial data are compared below for the current and proposed
agreements:
FY 1977-78 FY 1978-79
Mileage 248,987 248,719
Gross Cost,lMile (in- $2.029 $2.346
eluding capital costs)
Gross Cost $505,193 $583,544
Revenue Credits $186,760 $234,656
Net Cost $318,433 $348,888
Federal Funds (credit to $126,085 $158,137
Chula Vista)
Chula Vista LTF $196,257 $189,970
Chula Vista General Fund $ 781 $ 781
TOTALS $323,123 $348,888
Even though the interim net contract cost (i.e., City LTF payment)
is three percent lower for Fiscal Year 1979, SDTC's gross contract
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Agreement x Resolution X Ordinance Plat Notification List
Other ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT: Attached Submitted on
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The total annual City subsidy of SDTC service remains at $781.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute the agreement
and to pass staff's recommended service changes onto SDTC.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
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May 23, 1978
cost per mile ($2.34 vs $2.03) increases by more than fifteen percent
from the current year to the proposed SDTC inter-City service for next
fiscal year.
The Transit Coordinator has reviewed the FY-79 SDTC interim service
agreement and basically approves of all costs involved, service
levels, routing and scheduling. In an effort to have SDTC provide
cost effective, as well as efficient inter-City transit service, it is
recommended that the level of Route 100 service be reduced.
Staff believes that the existing half-hour base SDTC service on Route
100 is not warranted due to:
1. Current overfill low ridership statistics;
2. Extremely high cost of service provision (i.e. 60% of total SDTC
contract costs), and ~
3. Anticipated usage of articulated buses, which have 40°s greater
capacity, on Route 32 beginning in September of this year.
Thus, we recommend that Route 100 base service (i.e. approximately
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and after 6:00 p.m.) be reduced from half-hour
to hourly headways. Finally, it is recommended that SDTC put on an
additional bus to closely coincide with its 7:00 a.m. northbound
Route 100 trip due to extremely overcrowded conditions on this parti-
cular run.
The above service recommendations may prove to be fruitless, as it has
recently come to staff's attention that SDTC staff may recommend to their
Board in the near future that Route 100 service be entirely cancelled.
Staff believes that while specific service reductions are necessary on
Route 100 to achieve overall cost effectiveness, it would be quite in-
appropriate to cancel this entire route which many Chula Vistans depend
upon to travel to and from San Diego.
Claude Page, SDTC Transit Coordinator, will be in attendance to answer
any Council inquiries on this matter.