Metro - File #: 2023-0362

• File #: 2023-0362
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/15/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 7/20/2023
• Final action: 7/27/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, to negotiate and execute: A. the Transit Service Operation Agreement between Metro and the City of Pasadena for Contracted Service Lines 177 & 256, for a period of five years from July 1, 2024 (when new buses are expected to begin service) through June 30, 2029 (FY25 through FY29), with a two-year extension option for FY30 and FY31, for an amount up to $25,590,137.82; and B. the allocation of a 70 percent funding contribution towards the purchase of the nine (9) new buses by the City of Pasadena to operate Lines 177 & 256, for an amount up to $4,123,823.
• Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, Contracted Bus Service, Contractors, Contracts, Federal Transit Administration, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, NextGen Bus Study, Pasadena, Plan, Purchasing, Rolling stock, Safety, Strategic planning, Transfers, Transit buses, Transit System, Zero Emissions
• Related files: 2023-0608

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: PASADENA TRANSIT SERVICE OPERATION AGREEMENT AND BUS CAPITAL FUNDING FOR PASADENA TRANSIT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE AGREEMENTS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, to negotiate and execute:

A. the Transit Service Operation Agreement between Metro and the City of Pasadena for Contracted Service Lines 177 & 256, for a period of five years from July 1, 2024 (when new buses are expected to begin service) through June 30, 2029 (FY25 through FY29), with a two-year extension option for FY30 and FY31, for an amount up to $25,590,137.82; and

B. the allocation of a 70 percent funding contribution towards the purchase of the nine (9) new buses by the City of Pasadena to operate Lines 177 & 256, for an amount up to $4,123,823.

Issue
ISSUE
As part of the NextGen Bus Plan adopted by the Metro Board in October 2020, the opportunity was noted for the City of Pasadena to operate currently Contracted Service Metro bus Lines 177 and 256 as part of their Pasadena Transit system. The City of Pasadena is not an "Included Operator" so there is no mechanism through the Formula Allocation Procedure for the City to receive funding to support continued operation of these services by the City instead of Metro. Staff is therefore presenting this item to seek approval to establish an operating agreement between the City of Pasadena and Metro to allow the City of Pasadena to be funded by Metro for the operation of Metro Lines 177 & 256 (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Service") at a lower cost than what Metro's current expenditures for the service through contracted services. Therefore, in addition to the operating agreement, a second agreement would provide for the purchase of nine (9) buses by the City of Pasadena to operate the Service including a one-time funding contribution from Metro, avoiding Metro the need to rep...