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LTC 003-2010 Transmittal of City of Boynton Beach Resolution R09-179m MIAMIBEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER No. LTC # 003-20 ~ 4 ~~:~~f 2010 JAS -6 P~ I~ 27 LETTER T4~~~~MMI~S~h~~ TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manage DATE: January 5, 2010 SUBJECT: Transmittal of City of Boynton Beach Resolution No. R09-179. The City of Boynton Beach transmitted the attached Resolution No. R09-179 for your review, supporting Tri-Rail and providing a suggested funding mechanism. 1 JMG//IS Attachments F:\CLER\$ALL\LILLY\BoyntonResoiutionNo.R09-179.doc .`,` The City of Boynton Beach City Clerk's Office ~ ~- ~ I 100 E BOYNTON BEACH BLVD ~~~~~ ~~~,~~ ;A~ S= 3S BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 _` - '---- (561) 742-6060 ~ ~ ~ ~ Y ~ ~- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ F ~ (L~C __ FAX: (561)742-6090 e-mail: prainitoj@bbfl.us www.boynton-beach.org I' December 28, 2009 City of Miami Beach Robert Parcher, City Clerk 1700 Convention Center Dr Miami, FL 33139 RE: City of Boynton Beach Resolution R0,9-179 Supporting Tri-Rail and providing a suggested funding mechanism Dear Robert Parcher ~ Attached is a copy of the City of Boynton Beach Resolution No. R09-179 passed December 1, 2009, requesting a special session of the Florida Legislature to enact funding mechanisms earmarked for support of Tri-Rail and providing for a suggested funding mechanism. I CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH _~ _ ~~o Jan M. Prainito, CMC ~ Clerk Attachment i I cc: central file ~ i S:\CC\WP\Letters\Municipality Letters Tri-Rail Resolution.~doc I i America s Gateway to the Gulfstream .~ .. ~~ 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 l6 I7 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 i, RESOLUTION N0.09- r _T~1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ' BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING TRI-RAIL; PROVIDING FOR A SUGGESTED FUNDING MECHANISM; i PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS;; i AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. j WHEREAS, Tri-Rail provides- passenger service for the residents of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, who account for 30% of the population of the State of I Florida; and . WHEREAS, the population in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm $each Counties has increased 10% in ten years, while Tri-Rail ridership has increased by 77%; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail is recognized as the spine of the Miami-Dade, Broward and i Palm Beach Counties transit system, providing passenger commuter service from the Mangonia Park Station (four miles north of West Palm Beach) to the Miami International Airport Intermodel Center - a distance of 72 miles; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail connects to transit service to all three of Southeast Florida's International Airports; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail riders have connecting service, throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties via the three counties bus systems and Metrorail to Miami; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail provides passenger stations in the cities of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Ratan, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood, Opa-Locka and Hialeah; and WHEREAS, these cities' future growths are dependent on transit oriented development around its Tri-Rail Station; 'and S:~C'A~RF;SO~Reso - Tn-Rail.doc 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 81 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 I 20 21 22 WHEREAS, two thousand businesses in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties participate in the Tri-Rail Employee Discount Program; and WHEREAS, 75% of Tri-Rail riders are choice riders - i.e. they do not -have to use Tri-Rail but choose to use Tri-Rail; and WHEREAS, almost every Tri-Rail rider takes a motor vehicle off the road, thereby reducing traffic congestion, dependency on foreign oil and pollutants in the air; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail's success! in reducing headways from 1 hour or more to 20 minutes in the busy morning and afternoon commuting hours has increased operating costs faster than passenger fares can offset; and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail implemented a 2S% across-the-board rider fare increase to offset increased operating expenses relatied to double tracking and increasing weekday service from 30 trains to 50 trains; and ~ WHEREAS, Mimi-Dade, Bro lard 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, Tri-Rail is in imminent danger of default; and W , HEREAS Tri-Rail s default will severel disru t t s - y p ran portation throughout Mimi Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties:_and WHEREAS, Tri-Rail's failure will result in the elimination of transit access to more than 60,000 jobs, within '/z mile of Tri- jail stations; and WHEREAS, Tri-RaiI's failure will result in up to $26 billion in lost federal transit funding statewide; and 5:\CA\RESO\Reso -Tri-Rail.doc -2- ,: .. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 ~2l 22 .WHEREAS, Tri-Rait's failure will result in the loss of more than $b0 billion in local business sales statewide; and ~ WHEREAS, the State of Florida will be held responsible for repaying a $256 million grant when Tri-Rail defaults. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1. The above referenced whereas clauses are incorporated herein by reference. Section 2. The City of Boynton Beach, Florida hereby calls upon the Honorable Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Senate President, Jeff Atwater, and Florida Speaker of the House, Larry Cretul to call a special 'session of the Florida Legislature to enact funding mechanisms earmarked for support of Tri-Rail, including a $2.00 per day rental car surcharge, with the exception that such surchazge 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. The City Clerk is+hereby authorized and directed to provide a true copy of this Resolution to the Honorable Governor Charlie Crist, Florida Senate President, Jeff Atwater, and Florida ,Speaker of the House, Larry Cretul, the Florida League of Cities, the Palm Beach County League of Cities and each of the several cities, towns and villages of Miami-Dade, Browazd and Palm Beach Section 4. adoption. S:~[: A~R1rSa'J\Reso -Tri-Rail.doc This resolution be effective immediately upon its passage and -3- t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of ~CCem6ef , 2009• CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA i~~~ { Commissioner - Ronald Weiland A1"1'EST: Jan M. Prainito, ' Clerk (Corporate Seal} -4- 1 S:\CA\RtSU\Resu - Tri-Rail.Joc