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WEST SAN LEANDRO SHUTTLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT FY 20D9-10 Last year, the Advisory Board recommended development of a poster providing information and promoting the LINKS Shuttle Services. The design and printing of the poster was not completed and thus was deferred to this fiscal year's list of goals. The posters will be designed for display in employee lunchrooms, employers' bulletin boards, etc. The Advisory Board recommended that the information developed for the new poster also be provided in a bilingual format. This year, the Advisory Board added a recommendation that an electronic informational page about LINKS be developed. The electronic page would be distributed to employers where they can then forward it to their employees. In September 2009, the SLTMO sponsored a LINKS Ridership Appreciation Event-Having Served over 1,000,000 Riders. The event took place at The North Face, a business location along the LINKS route. 2008-09 Actual Budget Expenditures for FY 2008-09 were $354,343, approximately $30,000 less than the adopted budget. The decrease in program costs can be attributed to decreasing operation costs of MV Transportation services as a result of the use of unleaded gasoline shuttles which are more cost effective than diesel or CNG shuttles. Adherence to the operating schedule also reduced costs by preventing overage in personnel wages. In addition, there was a reduction in expenses with service to the Boys and Girls Club being halted in April 2009 since the Club's funding source ended. The annual survey was deferred and the savings allowed for consulting services related to the updating of outreach materials, including the website. 2009-10 Proposed Budget The LINKS budget for FY 2009-10 can be found on page 5. The proposed expenditures total $355,000, slightly less than $360,000 the actual expenditures in FY 2008-09. This nearly equal cost is a result of the anticipated decrease in the costs associated with the shuttle operations related to servicing the Boys and Girls Club, and no anticipated fuel, labor and insurance cost increases. The following is a narrative of other items of interest. • The Redevelopment Agency will not be providing funding for FY 2009-10. • BID revenue is projected at $135,000, compared to the FY 2008-09 Actuals amounting to $143,000. The $75,000 award by ACCMA for FY 2008-09 operations should be received in FY 2009-10, along with the $120,000 award for FY 2009-10 operations. This will result in higher revenue in FY 2009-10. As BID revenue and grants are not available to cover expenditures incurred during the first part of the fiscal year, it is necessary for LINKS revenue to exceed expenditures in order to establish a balance to pay the next year's first quarter costs. _ _ ___. 4~Page