TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Network Redesign Timeline Update and Procurement Approval
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving an update on the District's plan for a system-wide network redesign and approving staff's request to waive the $500,000 per fiscal year maximum annual allocation limit for each on-call transportation planning contract in support of system-wide network redesign project.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Service Quality
Since the onset of the pandemic and ensuing shelter-in-place order in March 2020, a multi-disciplinary team has been working on a plan for service recovery. Providing high-quality, reliable bus service with available resources is the District's core responsibility and focus.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The FY 2022-23 Operating Budget has $1 million for this project in line with the Board's action at the May 25, 2022 Board meeting. Other internal allocations from other relevant line items in the FY 2022-23 operating budget are anticipated to be utilized as necessary, but the total cost will vary based on the proposals received and negotiated through the planning on-call contract. The quickest path to move this project forward and leverage the additional $1 million budgeted by the Board in this fiscal year would be to use the on-call transportation planning contract. To do so, staff requests board authorization to exceed the $500,000 maximum per individual contract per fiscal year originally put in place by the board at the time of on-call planning contracts award in September 2020.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
At the May 25, 2022 Board meeting, staff presented plans and the timeline associated with a system-wide network redesign that addresses changes in local and ...
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