Okaloosa County BOCC — July 23, 2013 (meeting #1143) — reading text

Against Women Safe Haven Grant PROGRAM GOAL: The goal of the Transit and Grants Section is to maximize the procurement and use of state, Federal and other grants in order to: 1.. Provide the most affordable possible public transportation to citizens of Okaloosa County through the most cost-effective mix of fixed route and paratransit services; 2. Transfer as many paratransit users as possible to fixed route 3. Supplement County funds used for infrastructure; 4. Enable the provision of affordable housing to economically challenged households; 5. Provide grant administration assistance to other County departments and agencies. KEY OBJECTIVES: 1. Serve as the Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) for Okaloosa County. This entails grant compliance monitoring and administration of grant funding for Federal Transit Administration, Florida Department of Transportation, Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, Medicaid, Department of Community Affairs (CDBG), Enterprise Florida, Inc. (Defense Infrastructure Grants) and FEMA. 2. Continue administration of 15+ grant programs totaling over $9 million including review of financial and accounting systems relative to program revenues and expenditures and daily oversight and monitoring of primary public transit provider and management of three secondary providers. 3. Increase grant revenues by developing in-house expertise in grant administration and working with contract grant administrator. 4. Monitor implementation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal regulations. 5. Manage overall planning and intergovernmental relations of the County’s public transit system, including transit service design, route planning, performance monitoring, comprehensive planning, and land use coordination for transit. 6. Continue to provide public transportation in the form of fixed-route and paratransit service. 7. Assist in the establishment of Safe Haven facility in Okaloosa County Packet Pg. 48 PERFORMANCE MEASURES: Actual Estimated Adopted Performance Measures FY11/12 FY12/13 FY13/14 Farebox Collection –Fixed Route 120,242 125,000 100,000 Farebox Collection - Paratransit 109,607 110,000 110,000 Full Time Employees 2 2 2 Input BCC Fixed-Route Operation Contribution 188,307 290,775 290,775 BCC Paratransit Operation Contribution 25,000 25,000 25,000 TDC Route Operation Contribution 0 0 0 Transportation Disadvantaged Trips 53,879 55,000 57,000 Medical (Ridership) Transportation Disadvantaged Trips 51,074 52,000 53,560 Employment (Ridership) Transportation Disadvantaged Trips 25,537 26,000 27,000 Other (Ridership) Medicaid (Ridership) 19,727 20,000 22,000 Output Fixed Route (Ridership) 175,240 178,000 135,000 NSP New Unit Construction (Units) 0 0 0 Disaster Recovery Grant Funding 0 $374,376 As available CDBG Grant (Neighborhood Revitalization & Economic $750,000 $750,000 0 Development $750,000 $750,000 Defense Infrastructure Grant $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 Maintain Maintain Eliminate Public Transit, Reduced Funding, Reduced Service. Service Service (3) Routes Two FTE’s Provide Management/Oversight/Compliance $8,000,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 Efficiency Review of Grant Programs Two FTE’s Provide Management/Oversight/Compliance $5,000,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 Review of Capital Investments Awarded ARRA Grant Funding w/Limited Resources & Time $1,480,000 $0 As available $3,500 Effectiveness (assumes ridership and Average Fuel Savings for Express Rider $2,800 $3,500 fuel costs remain same) Packet Pg. 49 COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION Budget Review Workshop July 23, 2013 Packet Pg. 50 2013 RIDERSHIP UPDATE 5% 16% 1% 3% 7.5% 2012 2013 FWB Crestview Express Shuttle Sytem Total Packet Pg. 51 RIDERSHIP FORT WALTON BEACH ROUTES FWB MALL TO FWB NWFSC to FWB HOLLYWOOD FWB WAL-MART TO FWB MALL TO NWFSC COURTHOUSE ANNEX UPTOWN BLVD UPTOWN EXTENSION Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 Route 5 *Route 3 turns into Route 5, Three runs per day, from Route three runs per day as of 3 as of 10/1/2012 10/1/2012 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 January 2580 2700 1494 1385 1081 702 1682 1613 n/a 215 February 2702 2494 1545 1352 1091 665 1673 1650 n/a 197 March 2584 2814 1566 1469 1101 741 1840 1996 n/a 229 April 2525 2859 1362 1476 1118 724 1653 2127 n/a 254 May 2587 3159 1489 1645 1123 846 1872 2095 n/a 289 June 2633 3103 1198 1465 1056 753 1692 1861 n/a 227 July 2622 1330 1142 1977 n/a August 2706 1479 1267 2159 n/a September 2405 1320 1064 1476 n/a October 2564 1418 1005* 1770 227* November 2291 1285 745 1685 192 December 2210 1248 569 1608 176 Jan-June Comparison 15611 17129 8654 8792 6570 4431 10412 11342 0 1411 Jan-June Increase 10% 2% N/A 9% N/A TOTAL Jan-Dec 30409 16734 11357 21087 368 Packet Pg. 52 RIDERSHIP CRESTVIEW ROUTES CRESTVIEW CITY HALL TO WAL-MART CRESTVIEW CITY CALL TO PJ ADAMS CRESTVIEW TO FORT WALTON BEACH NORTH SOUTH Route 11 Route 12 Route 14 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 January 800 604 798 716 1041 1265 February 848 492 729 705 1072 1169 March 714 572 827 826 1003 1154 April 624 559 699 961 1036 1314 May 555 481 839 989 1088 1285 June 608 578 762 721 1125 1182 July 734 720 1165 August 798 861 1365 September 604 797 1083 October 597 833 1264 November