HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 08 08 Regular Item 508- Seminole Cty Request for Funding ADA Paratransit Services
City of Winter Springs
Regular Commission Meeting
August 8, 2005
Regular Agenda Item 508 ADA Paratransit
COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 508
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August 8, 2005
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REQUEST: The City Manager requests direction from the City Commission on Seminole County's
request for funding ADA Paratransit services.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to request that the City Commission determine whether or
not it will fund ADA paratransit services for fiscal year 2005/2006 in the amount of
$47,003.
CONSIDERATIONS:
. ADA paratransit is a demand- or subscription-responsive program, which provides door-
to-door service to transportation disadvantaged (economically, mentally and physically)
general riders and does not conform to the scheduled or fixed routes of traditional mass
transit.
. The American Disabilities Act requires that paratransit service areas be provided within 3/4
miles of existing bus routes.
. On 4/25/2005, the City Commission adopted resolution 2005-18 in support of an additional
I-cent Local Option Gas Tax to fund ADA paratransit and fixed route bus services in
Seminole County cities. The BOCC did not approve this additional I-cent local option gas
tax levy.
. The Commission's current policy is to oppose participation in the ADA paratransit for
several reasons.
1. The appropriate source of funding ADA paratransit is gas taxes.
2. The County Commission failed to follow through on its commitment to raise gas taxes
to pay for ADA paratransit if the City would help fund ADA in FY02. The City
followed through on its part of the commitment in FY02. The County has failed to
follow through on its part of the commitment.
City of Winter Springs
Regular Commission Meeting
August 8, 2005
Regular Agenda Item 508 ADA Paratransit
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Commission deny Seminole County's ADA funding request for FY
2005/2006, as set forth in the attached invoice.
A TT ACHMENTS:
A. Funding request (dated 6/30/05) from Seminole County for ADA Paratransit Services
for FY 2005/2006.
B. Letter from City Manager to Mayor and Commission, dated September 7, 2004.
COMMISSION ACTION:
COUNTY MANAGER'S QFFICE
June 30, 2005
Mr. Ron McLemore, City Manager
City of Winter Springs
1126 E. SR 434
Winter Springs, FL 32708
RECEIVED
JUL 0 5 2005
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
City Manager
RE: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT
FUNDING FISCAL YEAR 2006 LYNX BUDGET REQUEST
Dear Mr. McLemore:
On June 28, 2005, the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners asked that
our office contact each City to again request its participation in sharing the funding of
LYNX fixed and ADA paratransit services while the Mayors and Managers Committee
continues to discuss potential long-term solutions.
The attached table details the Fiscal Year 2006 dollar request of each jurisdiction and
compares this cost with the Fiscal Year 2005 requested payment. The preliminary
figures include anticipated government grants and are net of estimated farebox
recovery. The table also presents other LYNX costs that the County will fund directly in
addition to its funding of fixed-route and ADA services. The projected deficit amount to
be covered by the County after application of anticipated 9th cent fuel tax revenues and
net of City contributions is estimated at $1.2 million dollars for Fiscal Year 2006.
Should you have any questions, please contact Tony Walter of the County's Planning
Division at 407-665-7375 or me directly at 407-665-7212.
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Donald S. Fisher
Acting County Manager
c: Board of County Commissioners
J. Kevin Grace, County Manager
Sally Sherman, Deputy County Manager
Tony Walter, Principal Planner
Enclosure
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Q:\Don\Planning and Development\L YNX 2006 budget request.doc - 6/3012005
1101 EAST FIRST STREET SANFORD Fl32771-1468 TELEPHONE (407) 665-7219 FAX (407) 665-7958
LYNX TRANSIT FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET REQUEST
Preliminary
Proposed Seminole County Payment Plan
Jurisdiction Fixed ADA Regional Diesel Medicaid FY 2006
Breakdown Route Para- Transit Fuel Total
Operating transit Authority Billings
'". (1 ) Fee (2)
Seminole County . 2,356,282 427,690 182,598 205,059 194,530 3,366,159
Altamonte Springs 130,000 132,618 - - - 262,618
Casselberry - 57,521 - - - 57,521
Lake M~ - 12,961 - - - 12,961
Longwood - 45,420 - - - 45,420
Ovid eo (5) 67,500 8,731 - - - 76,231
Sanford 100,000 109,501 - - , - 209,501
Winter Springs - 47,003 - - - 47,003
Total 2,653,782 841,446 182,598 205,059 194,530 4,077 ,415
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NOTES:
(1) The ADA service cost is based on trips taken over the past year by each jurisdiction's residents.
(2) Additional LYNX requested charges of $33,343 for Health Insurance and $168,038for $2 Captial costs associated
. with'fixed-route service are not included in the above table.
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JurFdgTable - 6/28/2005