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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 8, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-372 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.J. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeanette Dong <br />Recreation and Human Services Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the <br />City of Hayward to provide dispatch and concierge services to FLEX RIDES On <br />Demand members from July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 at a cost of <br />$81,429.02 utilizing Measure B and Measure BB funds. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a <br />Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Hayward to coordinate and dispatch <br />Transportation Network Company (TNC) transportation services for the FLEX RIDES On <br />Demand program. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of Hayward (COH) acted as the lead agency in a subsidized Taxi Voucher Program that <br />provided door to door services for paratransit riders that was also utilized by City of San Leandro <br />(COSL) Paratransit Program members from FY 2014 through October 2018. The service model <br />was a same day, wheelchair accessible transportation service that provided a limited number of <br />subsidized same-day taxi rides to enrolled participants of the Hayward and San Leandro <br />Paratransit Programs. <br />Taxi Voucher Eligibility: Rider must be an enrolled participant of the Hayward or San Leandro <br />Paratransit Program in order to use this subsidized taxi service. <br />Taxi Voucher Operations: <br />·Enrolled participants of the Hayward or San Leandro Paratransit Program and who are <br />70+ years old and/or certified with East Bay Paratransit can purchase taxi vouchers at a <br />cost of $3.50 per voucher. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/2/2020 <br />2394