LTC 354-2009 Transmittal of City of Pompano Beach Reso 2010-54m MIAMIBEACH
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER ZQO9 QEC { $ ~tP~ IO~ Q4
NO. LTC # 354-2009 LETTER TO CO l~ 1.
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TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: December 16, 2009
SUBJECT: Transmittal of City of Pompano Beach Resolution No. 2010-54.
The City of Pompano Beach transmitted the attached Resolution No. 2010-54 foryour review,
supporting the enactment of a $2.00 per day car rental surcharge to save tri-rail from default.
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CITY OF POMPANO BEACH
Broward County, Florida
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING
THE ENACTMENT OF A $2.OU PER DAY CAR RENTAL
SURCHARGE TO SAVE TRI-RAIL FRONT DEFAi:~LT;
PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY
CLERK; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1'~'IIEREAS, Tri-Rail provides passenger seiwice for the residents of l~iiami-Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach Counties, who account for 30% of the population of the State of
Florida; and
WHEREAS, the population in Miaini-Dade, Brotivard ane{ Palm. Beach Counties has
increased 10"h in ten years, while T ri-Rail ridea-ship has increased by 77%; and
~~'HER.EAS, Tri-Rai]. is recognized as the spine of the Mianv=Dade, Broward and Palm
Beach Counties transit system, providing passenger commuter service aron~ the Magonia Palk
Station (four miles north of Wcst Palm Beach) to the Miami International Airport Intennodal
Center - a distance of 72 miles; and
WHEREAS, Tri-Rail comiects to transit service to all three of Southeast Florida's
International Airports; a~~d
WHEREAS, Tri-Rai.) riders have connecting service throughout :'~~.iarni-Dade, Broward
and Palsii Beach Counties via the three counties bus systems anti Metrorail in Miami; anal
W73EREAS, Tri-Rail provides passenger stations in the cities of West Palm Beach, bake
°~->- ~T~'orth, .Boynton Beach; .Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Fort
Lauderdale, Hollywood, Opa-Locka and Hialeah; and
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~'VIIEREAS, these cities future gn•owths are dependent on transit oriented development
around its Tri-Rai) Station; and.
WHEREAS, two thousand businesses in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties
participate in the Tri-Rail :Employee Discount Program.; and
WHEREAS, 7~;% of Tri-Rail. riders are choice riders, i..e. they do not have to use Ti-i-Rail.
but choose to use Tri-Rail; and
WH.F.~REAS, almost every
reducing traff c congestion,
WHEREAS, Tri-Rail's
in the busy morning and afternoon c
Rail rider takes a motor vehicle off t1.7e road, thereby
on foreign oil, and pollutants in the av; and
reducing headways from one hater or more to 20 minutes
ng hours has increased operating costs faster than
passenger fares can ol:fset; and
WHEREAS, Tri-Rail implemented a 25% across-the-board rider fare increase to offset
increased operating expenses related to double traclciug anal increasing weekday service from 34
trains to ~U u-ains; and.
WHEREAS, i~9iami=bade, Bmward and Palm Beach Counties have been forced to reduce
their voluntary extra subsidies to Tri-Rail on account of declining property tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, T.ri-Rail is in imminent danger of default; and
WIIEREAS, Tri-Rail's default will severely disrupt transportation throughout Ivliami-
Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties; and
~'VHE.RF,AS, the State of Florida will beheld responsible .for repaying a X256 million grant
when Tri-Rail defaults; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF POMPANO
BEACH, FLORIDA:
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SECTION I. That the foregoing "Whereas" clauses are ratified and confi.rnled as
being trite and correct.
SECTION 2. That the City Commission of the City of Pompano Beach, Bro~~ard
County, Florida, hereby calls upon the Honorable Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Senate
President, Jeff' Atwater, and Florida Speaker of the House, Larry Cretin to call a special. session
of the Florida Legislature to enact funding mechanisms earmarked i'or support of Tri-Rail,
including a $2.00 per day rental car surcharge, with the exception that such surcharge shall not
apply to a person renting a car as a substitute vehicle, while such person's motor vehicle is down
for maintenance or repair.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk is authorized and instructed to provide true copies of
this Resolution the Honorable Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Senate President, Jetf Atwater,
and Florida Speaker of the House, Larry Crctul; the 1~lorida League of Cities, the Bro~vard
County League of Cities, and each of the several cities, towrns and villages of Miami-Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
SECTION ~?. This Resolution shall become effective upon passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th_ day of,_ _ _ _ November , 2009.
FIS IvIAYOR
ATTI;,ST:
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MARY L. AMBERS, CITY CLERK
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