HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-10-09 - AGENDA REPORTS - SINGLE RIDE TICKETS TRANSIT (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
October 9, 2001
City Manager
Item to be
by: Adele Macuherson
PURCHASE OF SINGLE RIDE TICKETS FROM THE TRANSIT
DIVISION
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
I. Approve the Community Services Division's request to purchase single ride tickets from
Santa Clarita Transit.
2. Authorize the expenditure, not to exceed $1,000, from account number 7414-8001.
BACKGROUND
The Transit Division has received annual requests from various community based nonprofit
organizations to receive bus tickets for their clients' emergency needs. The Transit Division
has been unable to accommodate these requests because transit funds cannot be used to
fund the transportation expenses of specific groups at the exclusion of others. Instead, the
Transit Division has agreed to sell single ride tickets to the Community Services Division
for use on local service routes. These tickets will be sold to the Community Services
Division for 50 cents each. This amount is an average of the daily rate breakdown of the
child, adult, and senior monthly passes. It is also the current average fare per trip on local
buses. As the Transit monthly pass fees increase, this average single ride ticket fee will
rise accordingly. The Transit Division will produce the special single ride tickets for
distribution by the Community Services Division.
The Community Services Division will distribute the single ride tickets to requesting
organizations with the following criteria:
• Limit of 100 tickets per fiscal year for each organization.
• Organizations will distribute tickets on an "emergency basis" for those that have no
other means of transportation to an appointment that effects the well being of the
individual, or his/her family.
• The tickets will be distributed to individuals that fall within the National School Lunch
Program criteria for low-income families.
The nonprofit organizations will be responsible for submitting quarterly reports to
demonstrate that the tickets were used for these purposes.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTION
1. Decline purchase of tickets from the Transit Division.
2. Other direction as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Expenditure not to exceed $1,000 from the co-sponsorship account number 7414-8001
Funds have been budgeted in Fiscal Year 2001-02.
ATTACHMENTS
None.
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council\agnrepfa\2001\buspass.doc