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Resolution Approving Addendum to Contract with Transdev, Inc for Transit Services for Additional Passenger Trips
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Department: Transportation
Council District: Citywide
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer 373-2861
Contact 2 and Phone: Bruce Adams 412-6237
PURPOSE:
On June 3, 2014, the City awarded a three-year contract to Veolia Transportation, Inc., which is now Transdev, Inc., to provide on-going management and operation of the GTA fixed route, demand response, and ADA complementary paratransit services for the Greensboro community. In order to reimburse Transdev, Inc for eligible contracted transportation services, a contract addendum is necessary.
BACKGROUND:
At the March 22, 2016 meeting, the GTA Board approved additional funds to support the increased growth and demand for ADA Complementary Paratransit service for Fiscal Years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. Charges for ADA Complementary Paratransit Service are paid based on a set fee for each completed passenger trip. The budgets for the ADA Complementary Paratransit service for FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017 were based on 219,000 completed passenger trips each fiscal year. GTA has experienced a 29% increase in completed passenger trips for medical purposes. Some of these trips are attributable to the closure of Gate City Transportation. GTA also experienced a 12% increase in general purpose trips and an 8% increase in employment trips over last year.
Based on the eight month actual average of completed passenger trips, it is projected GTA’s ADA Complementary Paratransit service will provide over 231,000 passenger trips during FY 2015-2016. This represents an approximately 6% increase in passenger trips over the amount budgeted. GTA also expects that this service will continue to increase in future years of this contract. The current contract with Transdev, Inc. must be amended to include the additional funds to support the additional eligible operating expenses for FY 2015-2016 and FY 2016-2017.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The Contract Addendum includes the following increases:
Year 2 (FY 15-16) is amended from $15,228,026 to $15,798,506
Year 3 (FY16-17) is amended from $15,601,177 to $16,195,302
The increased contract expenses will be budgeted in 564-4531-03.5423. A budget adjustment is required to move funding into this account. The additional increases will be factored into the FY 2016-2017 budget.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff recommends and requests approval of the contract addendum with Transdev, Inc., to increase funding for additional passenger trips in FY 15-16 and FY 16-17 and accommodate unanticipated growth in demand for GTA’s ADA Complementary Paratransit Service and approve the associated budget adjustment.
COMMITTEE ACTION: This item was referred to Council by the Infrastructure Committee.