Metro - File #: 2023-0349

• File #: 2023-0349
• Type: Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/11/2023
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 6/14/2023
• Final action: 6/22/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING local funding request for Access Services (Access) in an amount not to exceed $151,016,402 for FY24. This amount includes: * Local funds for operating and capital expenses in the amount of $148,482,499; * Local funds paid directly to Metrolink for its participation in Access' Free Fare Program in the amount of $2,533,903; 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, Fe Dalida
• Indexes: Access Board, Access Service For Ada Compliance (Project), Access Services Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act, Audit, Budget, Budgeting, Call For Projects, Consolidated Audit, Contractors, Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, Grant Aid, Key Performance Indicator, Lancaster, Maintenance facilities, Maintenance practices, Measure M, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metrolink, North Los Angeles County subregion, Operations and Maintenance, Paratransit services, Persons with disabilities, Pilot studies, Program, Proposition C, Ridership, Ridesharing, Ridesourcing, San Fernando Valley subregion, San Gabriel, Santa Clarita, Statistics, Strategic planning, Surface Transportation Block Grant Program, Surveys
• Related files: 2023-0467, 2023-0411

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/22/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JUNE 14, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: ACCESS SERVICES PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING local funding request for Access Services (Access) in an amount not to exceed $151,016,402 for FY24. This amount includes:

* Local funds for operating and capital expenses in the amount of $148,482,499;

* Local funds paid directly to Metrolink for its participation in Access' Free Fare Program in the amount of $2,533,903; 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. Access is proposing $280,190,067 for the FY24 budget, which includes $277,656,164 for their operating and capital needs, and $2,533,903 to support Metrolink's participation in Access' Free Fare Program.
The Access budget is funded by various federal and local funds sources. Of this total, $116,405,925 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 $163,784,142 is proposed to be funded with Measure M ADA Paratransit Service (MM2%) funds, Proposition C 40% Discretionary (PC40%) funds, FY22 carryover funds, and general funds generated from reimbursements received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other sources. See Attachment A for funding details.



Background
BACKGROUND
Metro, as the Regional Transportation Planning Authority, provides funding to Access to administer the delivery of regional ADA paratransit service on behalf of Metro and the forty-five other public fixed route operators in Los Angeles County consistent with the adopted Countywide P...