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File Number: 13-589 <br />Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Mike Adelson, Mr. Plastics and Steve Magidson, Docustream. <br />On November 14, 2013 the Advisory Board met to complete the annual review of the LINKS <br />Shuttle. The FY 2013-14 Annual Report is attached to the Resolution for your information. <br />Analysis <br />The Annual Report includes a review of the LINKS performance, planned operations, budget <br />and a recommendation for the FY 2013-14 BID assessment. <br />LINKS continues to provide an important service to West San Leandro employers and <br />employees with ridership again reaching pre-recession levels. LINKS provided 191,646 rides <br />in FY 2012-13, an average of 737 rides per day. In 2013, LINKS added bike racks to the <br />buses allowing riders not within walking distance to use LINKS, and conducted a new Rider <br />Survey. The San Leandro Transportation Management Organization (SLTMO), the non-profit <br />entity that manages the LINKS operations, is working on a number of LINKS improvements <br />using information gathered from the Rider Survey and Next Generation Workplace District <br />Study, including possible route modifications to better meet rider needs, new benches and <br />signs and technologies such as Wi-Fi and bus tracking applications. <br />LINKS expenditures for FY 2012-13 were $267,693, within the budgeted amount projected for <br />the year (see Annual Report, Exhibit C, LINKS Budget.) Income for the fiscal year was <br />$238,371 with the Lifeline and Transportation Fund and Clear Air (TFCA) Grant <br />reimbursements, and BID fees received. Income was less than projected because some grant <br />reimbursements were received after the close of the fiscal year. <br />For FY 2013-14, it is anticipated that the BID will generate $132,000, or approximately 43% of <br />the $304,800 operating budget. The remaining operating funds will come from grant funding. <br />The SLTMO successfully applied for a FY 2013-14 Transportation Fund for Clean Air grant for <br />LINKS. The grant is for $30,000 per year for two years. <br />LINKS currently has a Lifeline Cycle 2 Grant in the amount of $370,000 which has a <br />remaining balance of $49,387. This grant was due to expire, whether all of the grant funds <br />were expended or not. Staff worked with MTC and received approval to extend the Lifeline <br />grant term to December 2014 to allow full recovery of the awarded funds. <br />In March 2012, the SLTMO applied for a Lifeline Cycle 3 Grant in the amount of $336,000. <br />The three year grant which would start in FY 2013-14 has been approved. Unfortunately, this <br />grant along with other federal grants has been put on hold at the federal level. The Alameda <br />County Transportation Commission (ACTC) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission <br />(MTC) have vigorously protested the failure to release the funds. Both agencies believe that <br />the funds will eventually be released. However, if the elapsed portion of the funds is not <br />reinstated, the grant could be reduced to approximately $200,000. <br />Fiscal Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 are projected to have a year-end balance of $50,349 and <br />$349 respectively. Based on current commitments, the 2015-16 Budget projects a deficit. The <br />SLTMO is currently working on several projects which will potentially address the budget <br />deficit including a contract with Kaiser Permanente to provide shuttle services to the new <br />Kaiser Medical Center and a proposed partnership with AC Transit, in addition to possible <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/26/2013