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WEST SAN LEANDRO SHUTTLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT FY 2015-16 4 | P a g e Outreach - Outreach to employers and employees to educate and promote LINKS ridership. Kaiser Contract - Refine and enhance the Transit Demand Management (TDM) and shuttle services provided to Kaiser Permanente. Grants - Aggressively seek grant and other funding opportunities. Rider Survey - Conduct a new rider survey to better understand rider needs, meet grant requirements and guide program planning. Shuttle Improvements – As funding becomes available, the SLTMO is committed to aggressively pursuing technology upgrades such as onboard Wi-Fi and GPS and a related smart- phone application to help riders track the shuttles. LINKS Budget Funding for LINKS comes from the BID, grants, the City of San Leandro, partnerships and advertising. The BID funds approximately one-half of the LINKS service. Over 30% of the budget is funded by grants. In 2015, the SLTMO was awarded a two-year Lifeline Cycle 3 grant totaling $370,000. Two major grant applications are pending. The SLTMO applied for a two- year TFCA grant totaling $74,000 and an Alameda County Transportation Commission Measure BB application with could provide one million dollars over the next five years. The agreement with Kaiser Permanente to run the Kaiser Shuttle and TDM program for the new Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center continues to provide additional funding to the SLTMO. In an effort to further diversify funding, in 2015 the SLTMO entered into an agreement with Marina Square to advertise on the LINKS buses. The SLTMO continues to pursue a variety of grant funding, however, grant funding is unpredictable. For example, the current Lifeline Cycle 3 grant will expire in two years. LINKS is not eligible to apply for Cycle 4 funds because the funding priority has been diverted to large fixed route providers. In addition, grant reimbursements can only be drawn as a percentage of the total expense for the reporting period. The reimbursement process creates a cash flow problem making it necessary to have a strong reserve balance at all times. The LINKS budget can be found in Exhibit C. Business Improvement District Overview In December 2015, the BID was re-established for a fifteen year period, as previously explained in this report. The BID is a levied benefit assessment on businesses within the BID Area, the proceeds of which shall be used for the public purposes benefits the businesses in the BID, pursuant to the Parking and Business Improvement Area Law of 1989 Section 36500 et seq. of Division 18 of the California Streets and Highways Code. All of the assessments imposed by the BID Ordinance shall be reviewed by the City Council annually based upon the annual reports prepared by the advisory board appointed pursuant to Sections 36530 and 36533 of the California Streets and Highways Code. Pursuant to Section 36533(c), the City Council may