Metro - File #: 2021-0324

• File #: 2021-0324
• Type: Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/4/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/24/2021
• Final action: 6/24/2021
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING local funding request for Access Services (Access) in an amount not to exceed $122,582,419 for FY22. This amount includes: * Local funds for operating and capital expenses in the amount of $120,217,213; * Local funds paid directly to Metrolink for its participation in Access' Free Fare Program in the amount of $2,365,206; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements to implement the above funding programs.
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Access Board, Access Service For Ada Compliance (Project), Access Services Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act, Audit, Budget, Budgeting, Call For Projects, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Consolidated Audit, Contractors, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, Grant Aid, Key Performance Indicator, Measure M, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metrolink, Paratransit services, Program, Proposition C, Ridership, Ridesharing, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Shared mobility, Supplemental Appropriation, Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, Vaccination, Volume

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
6/16/2021	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: ACCESS SERVICES PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING local funding request for Access Services (Access) in an amount not to exceed $122,582,419 for FY22. This amount includes:

* Local funds for operating and capital expenses in the amount of $120,217,213;

* Local funds paid directly to Metrolink for its participation in Access' Free Fare Program in the amount of $2,365,206; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements to implement the above funding programs.

Issue
ISSUE

Access provides mandated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit service on behalf of Metro and Los Angeles County fixed route operators. In coordination with Metro staff and in consultation with the Access Board of Directors, Access has determined that a total of $219,662,843 million is required for its FY22 operating and capital needs, and an additional $2,365,206 million is required for Metrolink's participation in Access' Free Fare Program for a total of $222,028,049 million. Of this total, $96,283,734 million will be funded from federal grants, including Federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program funds, passenger fares, and other income generated by Access. The remaining amount of $125,744,315 million will be funded with Measure M ADA Paratransit Service (MM 2%) funds, Proposition C 40% Discretionary (PC 40%) funds, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) equivalent funds, and FY20 carryover funds. See Attachment A for funding details.




Background
BACKGROUND

Metro, in its role as the Regional Transportation Planning Authority, provides funding to Access to administer the delivery of regional ADA paratransit service for Metro and the 44 other public fixed route operators in Los Angeles Cou...