DATE: May 3, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Library & Community Services
SUBJECT: Approval of FY 2016-17 Measure B/BB Annual Paratransit Program Plan
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council:
1) Adopts the attached resolution authorizing the FY 2017 Measure B/BB Annual Paratransit Program Plan, including the continued provision of paratransit taxi, door-to-door group trip, meals-on-wheels, travel to Alzheimer's daycare, travel training and volunteer driver program through the Hayward Operated Paratransit (The HOP) program effective July 1, 2016;
2) Authorizes the City Manager to extend research into the feasibility of the provision of the CRIL accessible car share program, the Taxi ID/Debit Card program, and a city-wide Needs Assessment through Measure B/BB funds; and
3) Authorizes the City Manager to execute service agreements with: Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay (ASEB); Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL); LIFE Eldercare /VIP Rides; MV Transportation Inc.; St. Mini Cab, Inc. and Services Opportunities for Seniors (SOS) Meals on Wheels, for the continued provision of Paratransit services in FY 2017 through Measure B/BB funds.
BACKGROUND
Each year, the City of Hayward submits an Annual Paratransit Program Plan to ACTC detailing the proposed parameters of paratransit service. In FY 2017, the Hayward Operated Paratransit (HOP) program provides paratransit and related services to eligible enrolled riders and their attendants who live in Hayward, the unincorporated areas of Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Ashland and Cherryland.
The HOP program is administered in Hayward by the Library and Community Services Department. The program is funded in its entirety by Alameda County Measure B and Measure BB half cent tax revenues administered by the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC). Hayward paratransit service is a complement and supplement to the Alameda county-wide mandated ADA Paratransit Service,...
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