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Approve City of Alameda Paratransit Program Plan for FY 2016/2017
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
Re: Approve City of Alameda Paratransit Program Plan for FY 2016/2017
BACKGROUND
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires transit agencies to offer transportation services (paratransit) for persons certified as unable to use regular fixed route transit. Paratransit services must be made available to eligible users within three quarters of a mile of the existing fixed transit routes during normal operating hours. The mandated paratransit service in Alameda is provided by East Bay Paratransit (EBP).
Measures B and BB, Alameda County's combined one-cent sales tax for transportation, provides a dedicated funding source to local jurisdictions for non-mandated, locally-based paratransit services for individuals with disabilities and seniors, which is not required under ADA.
Information about the various City of Alameda Paratransit Program services is available at: http://alamedaca.gov/public-works/city-alameda-paratransit-services. Detailed program information can be found in the recently updated Rider Guide: http://alamedaca.gov/sites/default/files/department-files/2015-12-03/riderguide_december_2015_final.pdf. The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC), which administers Measure B/BB funds, requires each jurisdiction to annually submit a program plan application to them to receive the local funds.
DISCUSSION
The City's proposed Fiscal Year 2016-17 Alameda CTC paratransit funding application for $532,000, is approximately equal in size to last year's application. The program proposed for the current fiscal year (2015-16), however, had a budget that was over double that of the previous year, due in large part to the new Measure BB funding source, and it included significant expansion of the program. Several of the newly proposed and expanded programs are starting to be...
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