Agmt 2002 Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority ACTIA (2)

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Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority Special Transportation for Seniors and People with Disabilities Application for Funding, Fiscal Year 2002 -2003 Focus group with social service and health care providers for input into the community's needs. The East Bay Paratransit Consortium has agreed to continue providing non -ADA mandated trips and emergency rides for FY 2002 -03, but has indicated that the City of San Leandro should transition to other arrangements for future years. Therefore, discussions will also be held with nearby cities, the East Bay Paratransit Consortium, and non -profit agencies on organizational alternatives for implementation of the plan. Services proposed for implementation in the paratransit plan will be based upon this public planning process. A presentation to the City Council will be made, summarizing the planning process and the resulting recommendations for adoption in the plan. • 8. Needs Identification • What needs or priorities have been identified that will be met by proposed service changes? • What needs or priorities will still not be met even after implementing proposed service changes? - Response: Service priorities will be established with stakeholder and user input through the planning process described on page 2 of this application. Once service priorities are established, transportation services will be designed that most effectively meet prioritized service needs within the available Measure B funding ceilings. The services described in Question 6 are provided in response to identified paratransit and transit service gaps in San Leandro. In recent years demand for these services has not exceeded the Measure B funding available to the City of San Leandro. This has resulted in a carry over of funding from one year to another. One of the key objectives of the San Leandro Measure B Paratransit Study is to determine if there are mobility needs of seniors and persons with disabilities in San Leandro currently not being met by regular AC Transit and BART services, the East Bay Paratransit Consortium ADA complementary paratransit services, and the three non -ADA Measure B transportation services currently sponsored by the City of San Leandro. Preliminary outreach with the Senior Commission suggests that expanded non -ADA Measure B transportation services are required to satisfy a wider range of individual shopping, social and medical trip purposes. Preliminary demand estimates suggest a potential unsatisfied demand for supplemental Measure B transportation services of approximately 118,000 passenger trips per year. Page 3