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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-26340 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2006-26340 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $574,589 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2005- 06 PEOPLE'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN (PTP) FUNDS; $457,114 FROM CONCURRENCY MITIGATION/SOUTH BEACH FUNDS; AND . $246,722 FROM THE FY 2006-07 PARKING ENTERPRISE BUDGET, TO COVER THE $1,278,425 MIAMI BEACH SHARE OF THE FY 2006- 07 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE SOUTH BEACH LOCAL (AS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2005-25934, DATED JUNE 8, 2005, WHICH EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR THE PROVISION OF A BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSIT CIRCULATOR ROUTE SERVICE IN SOUTH BEACH). WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2005-25934, dated June 8, 2005, authorized the execution of an Interlocal Agreement between the City and Miami-Dade County for the operation, by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT), of a new bi-directional transit circulator service in Miami Beach to be known as the South Beach Loca~ (the Local); and WHEREAS, the MDT share of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-07 operating cost of the Local is $1,447,460; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2005-25934 also approved the City's participation in the first five years of operating cost for the Local; and WHEREAS, $1,278,425 in City funds have been set aside for the FY 2006-07 operating costs of the Local as follows: $574,589 or twenty percent (20%) of the Miami Beach share of the County's FY 2005-06 People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds; $457,114 from Concurrency Mitigation funds; and $246,722 from the FY 2006-07 Parking Enterprise Budget; and WHEREAS, the Administration would recommend that the Mayor and City Commission approve the aforestated appropriation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby authorize the appropriation of $574,589 from Fiscal Year (FY) 2005- 06 People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds; $457,114 from Concurrency Mitigation/South Beach funds; and $246,722 from the FY 2006-07 Parking Enterprise Budget, to cover the $1,278,425 Miami Beach share of the FY 2006-07 operating budget of the South Beach Local (as previously authorized by Resolution No. 2005-25934, dated June 8, 2005, which executed an lnterlocal Agreement with Miami-Dade County for the provision of a bi-directional transit circulator route service in South Beach). PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of September 2006. ____~ /~v~ ATT~d- PM~ CITY CLERK Robert Parcher T:\AGENDA\2006\sep2106\Regular\MB Share of 06-07 SoBe Local Budget-Reso !'ROVED NJ 10 tM & LANGUAGE & E EXEcunON ~ ~D_ Vice-Mayor Jerry Libbin COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A Resolution authorizing the appropriation of $574,589 from Fiscal Year 2005/2006 People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds, and $457,114 from Concurrency Mitigation/South Beach funds, and $246,722 from FY 2006-07 Parking Enterprise Budget, to cover the $1 ,278,425 Miami Beach share of the FY 2006-07 Ooeratina Budaet of the "South Beach Local". Ke Intended Outcome Su orted: Ensure Well Maintained Infrastructure and Maintain or Improve Traffic Flow. Issue: Shall the City appropriate funds for the operation of the South Beach Local by Miami Dade Transit? Item Summary/Recommendation: Resolution No. 2005-25934, dated June 8, 2005, executed an lnterlocal Agreement with Miami-Dade County for Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) to operate a new bi-directional transit circulator route service in Miami Beach, to be known as the "South Beach Local". The Resolution also approved the City's participation in the first five years of cost for the South Beach Local. The proposed second-year cost of the South Beach Local is as follows: Miami Beach share MDT's share Total second year cost: $1,278,425 $1.447.460 $2,725,885 Funds to cover the City's FY 2005-06 operating cost for the South Beach Local are recommended as follows: $ 574,589 $ 457,114 $ 246.722 $1,278,425 or 20% of the City's share of the People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds received by Miami Beach in FY 2005-06; in Concurrency Mitigation/SoBe Funds; and in FY 2006-07 Parkina Enterorise Budaet Total Miami Beach share Advisory Board Recommendation: IN/A Financial Information: Source of Amount Account Approved Funds: 1 574,589 D 2 457,114 3 246,722 4 CSPI Total 1,278,425 Financial Impact Summary: N/A Ci Clerk's Office Le islative Trackin Robert Halfhill Si n-Offs: Department Director Assistant City Manager City Manager T:\AGENDA\2006\sep21 06\Regular\MB Share of 06-07 Soe Local Budget-Summary.doc lD ,.... MIAMIBEACH AGENDA ITEM DATE R7I 1-l! -Of;, lD MIAMI BEACH City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachA.gov COMMISSION MEMORANDUM FROM: Mayor David Dermer and Members of the City Commission Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager ~ ~ September 21,2006 U A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $574,589 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2005-06 PEOPLE'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN (PTP) FUNDS, AND $457,114 IN CONCURRENCY MITIGATION/ SOUTH BEACH FUNDS, AND $246,722 IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2006-07 PARKING ENTERPRISE BUDGET, TO COVER THE $1,278,425 MIAMI BEACH SHARE OF THE FY 2006- 07 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE SOUTH BEACH LOCAL, AS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2005-25934, DATED JUNE 8, 2005, WHICH EXECUTED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR THE PROVISION OF A BI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSIT CIRCULATOR ROUTE SERVICE IN SOUTH BEACH, TO: DATE: SUBJECT: ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION Adopt the Resolution. ANALYSIS The City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2005-25934, dated June 8, 2005, which executed an Inter-local Agreement with Miami-Dade County for Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) to operate a bi-directional transit circulator route service in Miami Beach, to be known as the "South Beach Local". Service commenced on September 25,2005, and the South Beach Local replaced both the City's Electrowave Shuttle Service and MDT's Route W, serving the entire South Beach community. In 2005, MDT became the contractor providing shuttle services on South Beach in lieu ofthe previous contractor, the Miami Beach Transportation Management Association (MBTMA). MDT has provided an expanded level of service at significantly less cost to the City as a result of the City and County combining and coordinating transit resources, rather than continuing to operate in competition for much of the same ridership. The expenditures for the Electrowave for FY 2003-04 (last full operational fiscal year) were $2,308,341. The 2006-07 Miami Beach's share for the South Beach Local for FY 2006-07 will be $1,278,425. The partnership recognizes the benefits of the required infusion of spending for route improvements by MDT to comply with the requirements of the People's Transportation Tax. The proposal captures the benefit of the increased spending by MDT and shared resources to provide the community with a better level of service. Resolution No. 2005-25934 also approved the City's participation in the first five years of cost for the South Beach Local. The base level of service is paid to the County by using the City transit share of the annual Peoples Transit Program Tax (PTP). The annual PTP transit allocation is 20% ofthe total amount provided to the City. This 20% allocation is required to be used for transit purposes. If not used for transit services, the 20% share of PTP funds must be returned to the County. The FY 2005-06 PTP allocation is $574,589. Funds to cover the City's FY 2006-07 operating cost for the South Beach Local are recommended as follows: $ 574,589 $ 457,114 $ 246.722 $1,278,425 20% of the City's share of the People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds received by Miami Beach in FY 2005-06; Concurrency Mitigation/SoBe funds; and FY 2006-07 Parking Enterprise Budget Total Miami Beach share Attached please find information up to date of Quarterly Report submitted by MDT in accordance with Article 3 of the Interlocal Agreement which includes all Reporting Requirements under Subsections 3.14 (Exhibit D -Service Quality Standards). Staff has requested that the latest quarterly reports. When this data is received this information shall be submitted to the City Commission in the form of an LTC. Up to date, City staff has received only one report and a summary of average ridership data. This information is herein attached as Exhibit A. Exhibit B illustrates comparative ridership data between the MBMTA Electrowave and the MDT Local. The available data suggests that the South Beach Local is carrying more than the double of passengers that the former Electrowave. The data is consistent with the original expectations for the expanded route during high and low seasons, showing a decrease from April to June and recovering in July. CONCLUSION The Administration recommends that the Mayor and City Commission adopt the attached resolution which requests approving the appropriation of $574,589 from Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-06 People's Transportation Plan (PTP) funds, $457,114 from Concurrency Mitigation/South Beach funds, and $246,722 from the FY 2006-07 Parking Enterprise Budget, to cover the $1,278,425 Miami Beach share of the FY 2006-07 operating budget of the South Beach Local. T:\AGENDA\2006\sep2106\RegularIMB share of 06-07 Sobe Local BudgetMemo.doc EXHIBIT A MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT Service Planning Division Project Status/Progress Report Project: SOUTH BEACH LOCAL Reporting Period: September 25,2005 - December 31,2005 The South Beach Local is a circulator route operating in the City of Miami Beach under an lnterlocal Agreement between the City and Miami-Dade County. The route operates between the Publix on 20th Street and Rebecca Towers mainly along Washington Avenue and West Avenue/Alton Road. It operates every 15 minutes from 7:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and then after 6:00 p.m. until 1 :00 a.m. during the weekdays and on Saturdays. During the weekday/Saturday midday and afternoon hours, the route operates every 10 minutes. On Sundays, the route operates every 15 minutes from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, every 10 minutes from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m., and then every 15 minutes after 6:00 pm. until 1 :00 a.m. Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) is operating the service with specially decaled minibuses. MDT employees operate the buses. The regular Metrobus shuttle fare of 25 cents is charged while Metropass and the Golden Passport are also accepted. Per the lnterlocal Agreement the fare was lifted on New Year's Eve. The South Beach Local began service on September 25, 2005. This status report covers the last quarter of 2005 which is the first complete quarter of service for the South Beach Local. Ridership data for the few days of service during the month of September is not included because riders were still adjusting to the new service and alignment. On November 5, 2002 voters in Miami-Dade County passed a sales tax referendum called the People's Transportation Plan (PTP) that proposed sweeping improvements to every mode of the County's public transit system. Service improvements were implemented immediately and have continued on a regular basis since then. The South Beach Local began operating after the passage of this initiative and is part of the efforts to enhance the complete transportation system with Miami- Dade County. Fourteen of MDT's Optare minibuses were selected for the South Beach Local. A special "wrap" decal was designed for these buses and applied to each of the Optare minibuses. These bus decals give the South Beach Local a distinctive and attractive livery easily identifiable to both passengers and the public on South Miami Beach. Numerous marketing initiatives were implemented prior to and at the beginning of the implementation of the South Beach Local. MDT's Marketing Division sent mailers (see attached) to every resident living in zip code 33139 offering 10 free rides. Public meetings were held to inform residents of the new service. Ambassador training for operators and supervisors was held to familiarize them with South Beach. Retraining included visits to points of interest along the route. New bus stop signs with cylindrical tubes displaying map and schedule information were installed. Rider notices (see attached) were also posted and distributed to passengers in South Miami Beach. Launch events were planned for the new service but had to be cancelled due to Hurricanes Rita and Wilma. Several media buys were purchased by MDT to show 90-second commercial spots on the City of Miami Beach's cable channel. In addition to these resident based initiatives, several visitor-specific measures were implemented in partnership with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau which included: purchasing of web site listing and streaming video to promote the South Beach Local, new listings placed in several travel publications and one page ads in the Vacation Planner and Visitors Guide. MDT worked with the County's Media Relations Department to explore opportunities to introduce journalists to the service and with Convention Services to promote the new route to all appropriate convention groups. Marketing staff also delivered brochures to over 200 hotels and 13 points of interest in South Beach. There were 28 calls into MDT's Customer and Information Services Division regarding the South Beach Local during this reporting period with half of the calls regarding complaints about operator behavior. These reports were all handled with the operators identified being counseled or retrained. Another 21 % of the calls received concerned issues related to bus stops, signs, or benches. Three stop signs were replaced, while requests for benches and changes in stop locations were referred to the City for their handling. Service-related complaints numbered two or 11 % of the calls received during the entire quarter. These complaints were addressed with closer monitoring of the operation of this route. There were two commendations received as well as three calls concerning the possible expansion of service and/or the scheduling of connections with other bus routes along the alignment. Finally, one call was received concerning the fares and transfers and how they are handled on the route. A serious issue that surfaced soon after the commencement of the South Beach Local concerned the recovery zone located on Bay Road and 20th Street. Residents in the area complained that too many parking spaces were removed for the buses. MDT and the City of Miami Beach met and developed an arrangement to restore some parking spaces on Bay Road south of 20th Street and place the bus recovery zone south of the restored spaces. In addition, the bus zone on West Avenue was designated to drop-off passengers only and the bus bay on 20th Street in front of Publix was designated to pick-up passengers only. Average daily operating data for each month of the reporting period are shown on the following page. The average daily weekday ridership for this reporting period was 3,162 while the average weekend (combined Saturday and Sunday) ridership for this reporting period was 8,844. During this reporting period, four holidays impacted ridership trends with boardings being higher than the monthly average for Columbus Day (2,971) and Veterans Days (3,758), but were much lower than the monthly average for Thanksgiving (2,448) and Christmas (757). Averaae Passenaers Per Dav Quarterly Oct Nov Dec Averaoe Weekday 2,573 3,051 3,861 3,162 Saturday 5,678 4,449 6,047 5,391 Sunday 2,798 3,924 3,636 3,453 Averaae Passenaers Per Revenue Hour Quarterly Oct Nov Dec Averaoe Weekday 18.0 21.3 28.3 22.5 Saturday 39.7 31.1 44.3 38.4 Sunday 22.9 32.1 31.8 28.9 Net Cost Per Passenaer Quarterly Oct Nov Dec AveraQe Weekday $ 2.90 $ 2.37 $1.85 $ 2.37 Saturday $1.17 $1.52 $ 1.19 $1.29 Sunday $ 2.24 $1.28 $1.66 $ 1.73 EXHIBIT B Comparison between South Beach Local, Electrowave and Route W ridership Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March April Mav June Julv AUQust Sept I Electrowave + Route W(1) 1,809 1,788 1,914 1,766 1,961 2,232 2,183 2,161 2,062 2,315 2,179 2,087 I South Beach Local (2) 3,683 3,808 4,515 4,455 4,863 4,348 4,061 3,602 4,663 (1)Source: MBTMA and MDT (2) Source: MDT 6,000 5,000 III 4,000 ... Q) en c 3,000 Q) III III III c.. 2,000 1,000 Comparison between South Beach Local, Electrowave and Route W Average Passengers/Day o o South Beach Local . Route W I!fl Electrowave C;- O /.e? 0:- &~ , ~~ ~ _""'~.:., ~ro ..... ':,v ':,~.:., ~o/ c~l~' "?,,,J$ o~ ~ roV Q ':,~~ Months As shown in the chart, the South Beach Local is carrying more than the double of passengers that the Electrowave carried, The data is consistent with the original expectations for the expanded route and behavior during high and low seasons, showing a decrease from April to June and recovering in July.