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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - October 6, 2004 I-02 PHAGENDA ITEM levz hCk CITY OF LODI NV COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TM AGENDA TITLE: Discuss and Set Public Hearing for October 20, 2004, to Consider Adopting Resolution Approving Fare Increases for Grapel-ine Fixed Route and Dial -A -Ride Services MEETING DATE: October 6, 2004 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council discuss and set a public hearing for the regularly scheduled Council meeting of October 20, 2004, to consider a resolution approving fare increases for GrapeLine fixed route and Dial -A -Ride services. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Lodi's transit operations provide fixed route and Dial -A -Ride services throughout the City of Lodi and some adjoining areas in San Joaquin County, such as Woodbridge. Operating costs for transit have steadily increased (Exhibit A). As noted on the exhibit, operating costs have more than doubled over the last six years. While we have reduced operating costs in the past year, fare revenue still covers only about 9% of operating costs. With the proposed increases, they would still only cover about 13% of operating costs. Fixed route and Dial -A -Ride have not seen a fare increase since the creation of the fixed route system in 1994. Staff is recommending the following fare increases, effective January 1, 2005, to help meet the operational and capital needs of the Transit system. The current and proposed fares are as follows: FIXED ROUTE General Public Senior (60+)/Disabled/Medicare Transfers Children under 5 31 Day Pass (General Public) 31 Day Pass (Senior/Disabled/Medicare) Monthly Pass (Good only in month issued) (General Public) (Senior/Disabled/Medicare) Existing $0.50 $0.25 Free 4 free per paying passenger $20.00 $10.00 NIA NIA Proposed $1.00 $0.50 Free 2 free per paying passenger Eliminate Pass Eliminate Pass $35.00 $17.50 Interim City Manager Discuss and Set Public Hearing for October 20, 2004, to Consider Adopting Resolution Approving Fare Increases for GrapeLine Fixed Route and Dial -A -Ride Services October fi, 2004 Page 2 DIAL -A -RIDE General Public Senior/Disabled/Medicare Surcharge for area outside City limits but within the San Joaquin County portion of the Lodi Urbanized Area (in addition to applicable fare) Existing Proposed $2.00 $5.00 $1.00 $1.50 $0.50 $1.00 The proposed fare increases still leave Lodi's transit fares less than most transit systems (with the exception of the proposed general public Dial -A -Ride fare). See Exhibit B. Transfers on fixed route will remain free, however, a stricter transfer policy has been established. Passengers previously were able to receive transfers to any route, including the route they are currently on, which is not the intent of a transfer. Passengers will still be able to receive a free transfer when they board a bus, however, that transfer will only be able to be used to transfer to a different route (i.e., for a cross-town trip via Lodi Station). Another change to be implemented with the proposed fare increases is in the policy regarding children's fares. Currently, up to four free children under the age of 5 can ride with every paying passenger. The standard for most systems is two free children under the age of 5 per paying passenger. Staff is recommending amending the policy to conform with industry standards. Also, changes in the cost and type of multi -ride pass are being recommended. Presently, 31 -day passes are provided at essentially full fare for regular weekday passengers. These must be dated and punched as used. In order to simplify administration and encourage regular ridership, these passes would be eliminated in favor of a monthly pass at a true discounted rate. Additionally, as a convenience, a 10 -ride ticket will be offered (at regular fare) on both Dial -A -Ride and fixed route. These 10 -ride tickets will be good at any time and will not have an expiration date. For Dial -A -Ride, staff is proposing to increase the surcharge from $0.50 to $1.00 for service outside the City limits. In addition, the City is proposing to expand our Dial -A -Ride service area to include the San Joaquin County portion of the Lodi Urbanized Area which is currently outside our fixed route service area. This area includes the community of Woodbridge, as well as the Highway 99 corridor from the north County line to Bear Creek Road. Two public meetings are currently scheduled prior to the public hearing on October 20, 2004. The first meeting is Tuesday, October 5, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., at the Hutchins Street Square Senior Center. The second public meeting is scheduled for October 12, 2004, at 9:30 a.m., at the Loel Senior Center and Gardens. Free transportation is being offered to both meetings. Comments received at these two meetings will be presented at the public hearing on October 20, 2004. FUNDING: None required. Richard C. Prima, Jr. Public Works Director Prepared by Tiffani M. Fink, Transportation Manager RCPITMF/pmf Attachments cc: Transportation Manager San Joaquin Council of Governments Liz Diaz, General Manager, MV Public Transportation San Joaquin Regional Transit District J 1TRANSIT1CSetPHFarelncreases.doc 9/28/2004 Transit Operating Costs Category 1997/1998 1998/1999 EXHIBIT A 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001 /2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 Dial -A -Ride $546,218.00 $619,667.00 $858,518.66 $774,825.99 $1,147,768.22 $1,130,162.54 $1,091,068.06 Fixed Route $493,321.00 $536,996.00 $750,897.14 $665,914.90 $947,454.21 $1,039,788.96 $1,063,384.65 Transit Administration/Misc $216,611.36 $229,213.68 $266,162.06 $297,111.52 $511,884.96 $668,896.87 $583,219.35 Total $1,256,150.36 $1,385,876.68 $1,875,577.86 $1,737,852.41 $2,607,107.39 $2,838,848.37 $2,737,672.06 Average Cost Increase Per Year $247,000.00 Percent Increase Over Time Period 118.00% Operating Cost Measures Category 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001 /2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 Total Number of Fixed Route Passengers 428,358 438,932 518,805 520,562 493,552 Total Number of Dial -A -Ride Passengers 73,243 80,602 88,268 87,474 78,931 Operating Cost per Passenger for Fixed $2.24 $2.27 $2.80 $3.17 $3.22 Operating Cost per Passenger for Dial -A -Ride $13.54 $11.46 $15.90 $16.74 $17.14 Operating Cost per Hour for Fixed Route $39.00 $36.33 $51.19 $58.45 $56.07 Operating Cost per Hour for Dial -A -Ride $42.05 $37.60 $51.82 $55.89 $47.58 Operating Cost per Mile for Fixed Route $3.11 $2.89 $4.28 $4.79 $4.00 Operating Cost per Mile for Dial -A -Ride $4.42 $3.52 $5.24 $5.65 $4.83 FARE COMPARISON Fixed Route Fares Agency General Public Senior/Disabled/Medicare Calaveras Transit $1.00 $0.75 Fairfield Transit $1.35 $0.65 Benicia Transit $1.00 $0.50 Livermore-Amador Transit $1.25 $0.40 Merced Transit $1.00 $0.50 Modesto Transit $0.85 $0.40 Monterey -Salinas Transit $1.75 $0.85 Riverbank -Oakdale Transit $0.75 $0.50 Roseville Transit $1.30 $0.65 San Joaquin Regional Transit $1.25 $0.60 Sacramento Regional Transit $1.50 $0.75 Yolo County Transit $1.50 $0.60 Amador County Regional Transit $1.00 $0.50 City of Folsom Transit $1.50 $1.50 City of Lincoln Transit $0.75 $0.50 Napa County Transit $1.00 $0.50 City of Tracy Transit $1.00 $0.50 Dial -A -Ride Fares EXHIBIT B Agency General Public Senior/Disabled/ Medicare Additional Charges/ Restrictions Fairfield Transit Not Offered $2.50 Benicia Transit $2.50 $1.25 Livermore-Amador Transit Not Offered $1.25 Merced Transit Not Offered $2.00 General Public Only offered outside of City Modesto Transit $1.70 $1.70 General Public Only during off peak Monterey -Salinas Transit Not Offered $2.50 Riverbank -Oakdale Transit $1.50 $1.25 Roseville Transit $3.75 $1.75 General Public limited availability: first come/first San Joaquin Regional Transit District $2.00 $2.00 serve Paratransit Inc (Sac RT Dial -A -Ride) Not Offered $3.00 City of Folsom Transit $2.50 $2.50 City of Lincoln Transit $2.00 $2.00 City of Galt Dial -A -Ride $1.00 $0.75 Senior is 65+ General Public Only offered outside of City/ $0.50 City of Tracy Transit $1.25 $1.25 surcharge for same day service CITY OF LODI Carnegie Forum 305 West Pine Street, Lodi NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Date: October 20, 2004 Time: 7:00 p.m. For information regarding this notice please contact: Susan J. Blackston City Clerk Telephone: (209) 333-6702 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 at the hour of 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the City Council will conduct a Public Hearing at the Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street, Lodi, to consider the following matter: a) adopting resolution approving fare increases for Grapel-ine Fixed Route and Dial -A -Ride Services. Information regarding this item may be obtained in the office of the Public Works Department, 221 West Pine Street, Lodi, Califomia. All interested persons are invited to present their views and comments on this matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior to the hearing scheduled herein, and oral statements may be made at said hearing. If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, 221 West Pine Street, at or prior to the Public Hearing. By Order of the Lodi City Council: Susan J. Blackston City Clerk Dated: October 7, 2004 D. Stephen Schwabauer City Attorney N:1AdminWation%CLERKWVBHEARW0TICES\NotPw.doe 1014104 DECLARATION OF POSTING SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER 20, 2004 TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION APPROVING FARE INCREASES FOR GRAPELINE FIXED ROUTE AND DIAL -A -RIDE SERVICES On Friday, October 8, 2004, in the City of Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, a copy of a Notice of Public Hearing to consider adopting resolution approving fare increases for Grapes-ine Fixed Route and Dial -A -Ride Services, (attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A"), was posted at the following four locations: Lodi Public Library Lodi City Clerk's Office Lodi City Hall Lobby Lodi Camegie Forum declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 8, 2004, at Lodi, California. Kari J. adwick Admini trative Clerk N:\Administration\CLERK\FORMS\DECPOSTI.DOC ORDERED BY: SUSAN J. BLACKSTON CITY CLERK Jacqueline L. Taylor, CMC Deputy City Clerk Jennifer M. Perrin, CMC Deputy City Clerk 4j_L._1 'Vf (0 '09 Grapeline Fixed -Route and Dial - A -Ride Proposed Fare Increases and Service Changes Public Works Department Transit Division October 2004 Operating Costs FY 97198 to FY 03104 $1,400,000.00 500,000 450,000 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 Fixed Route Ridership FY 95-96 thru FY 03%04 o°'�O o o oo° �N�N \N\N��• ��. \�. ti �ti °°� °oo °°1 °�,o °°0 000 00�. ooh 000 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% Fixed Route Fare Recovery 1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 $2.00 $1.80 $1.60 $1.40 $1.20 $1.00 $0.80 $0.60 $0.40 $0.20 $0.00 General Public Fixed Route Fares oar �4- �� y �4- �4- �� X41- 4- A 0\11 sp G° °q �a� ��° Cp $1.60 $1.40 $1.20 $1.00 $0.80 $0.60 $0.40 $0.20 $0.00 Senior/Disabled/Medicare Fixed Route Fares Al \,Atai �a �� a°� e� �'�° �� ago :° c�� 0 c'� �� o� CP 10 1\0 00 CP Ile P� 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Dial -A -Ride Ridership FY 95196 thru 03104 �000►.o�'� �°�05 ►�°�o0 000 0& 0& 0°� 00� < Coy 1� w� o�� o�`� ►.�`� �ti 0��. goo ^00 Nco N00 moo 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% Dial -A -Ride Fare Recovery 1996197 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 $4.00 $3.50 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 $0.00 General Public Dial -A -Ride Fares °a` °tea �� aLA c�� o� oar COG o ° GSA G� GSA C IP Q $3.50 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 $0.00 Senior/Disabled/ Medicare Dial -A Ride Fares oaoy -Op\N�� ,� '` �5 '`qua a�o� \,SCP 6 ��. oho e- � Go d Boa 5a� Q�ca FIXED ROUTE General Public Senior (60+)/Disabled/Medicare Transfers Children under 5 31 Day Pass (General Public) 31 Day Pass (Senior/Disabled/Medicare) Monthly Pass (Good only in month issued) (General Public) (Senior/Disabled/Medicare) DIAL -A -RIDE General Public Sen iorlDisabledlMedicare Surcharge for area outside City limits but within the San Joaquin County portion of the Lodi Urbanized Area (in addition to applicable fare) Existing Proposed $0.50 $1.00 $0.25 $0.50 Free Free 4 free per paying 2 free per paying passenger passenger $20.00 Eliminate Pass $10.00 Eliminate Pass NIA NIA Existing $2.00 $1.00 $0.50 $35.00 $17.50 Proposed $5.00 $1.50 $1.00 CITY COUNCIL LARRY D. HANSEN, Mayor JOHN BECKMAN Mayor Pro Tempore SUSAN HITCHCOCK EMILY HOWARD KEITH LAND CITY OF LODI PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209)333-6706 FAX (209) 333-6710 EMAIL pwdept@lodi.gov http:\\www.lodi.gov September 29, 2004 San Joaquin Council of Governments 555 E. Weber Avenue Stockton, CA 95202 Liz Diaz, General Manager MV Public Transportation 24 S. Sacramento Street Lodi, CA 95240 JANET S. KEETER Interim City Manager SUSAN J. BLACKSTON City Clerk D. STEVEN SCHWABAUER City Attorney RICHARD C. PRIMA, JR. Public Works Director San Joaquin Regional Transit District 1533 E. Lindsay Stockton, CA 95203 SUBJECT: Discuss and Set Public Hearing for October 20, 2004, to Consider Adopting Resolution Approving Fare Increases for Grapeline Fixed Route and Dial -A -Ride Services Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday, October 6, 2004. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street. This item is on the regular calendar for Council discussion. You are welcome to attend. If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council, City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street. If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact Susan Blackston, City Clerk, at 333-6702. If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Tiffani Fink, Transportation Manager, at 333-6800, extension 2678. 7• Richard C. Prima, Jr. Y ' Public Works Director RCPlpmf Enclosure cc: City Clerk NCSETPHFAREINCREASESMOC