RESOLUTION NO. 04-02

REVISED SHASTA COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY

TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ALLOCATIONS AND CLAIMS FOR

FY 2002/2003

 

 

WHEREAS, Section 99230 of the California Public Utilities Code (PUC) requires that each transportation planning agency shall annually determine the amount of LTF funds to be allocated to each claimant, from an analysis and evaluation of the total amount anticipated to be available in the Local Transportation Fund (LTF) and the relative needs of each claimant for the purposes for which the fund is intended, and consistent with the provisions of the law; and

 

WHEREAS, PUC Section 99231 and the California Code of Regulations, Section 6655 require that the transportation planning agency shall allocate to a claimant for a given area only such moneys as represent that area's apportionment; and

 

WHEREAS, the provisions of PUC Section 99401.5 require that the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) annually review and make findings concerning Aunmet transit needs@ in each claimant jurisdiction and, prior to making any LTF allocations to claimants for street and road purposes, fund such unmet transit needs in each claimant jurisdiction as have been found Areasonable to meet@; and

 

WHEREAS, the RTPA made the required transit needs findings process for each claimant agency in Shasta County for 2002/03 at its April 23, 2002 meeting, as reflected in Resolution No. 02-02; and

 

WHEREAS, the resulting proposed LTF allocations to the claimant jurisdictions will fund all identified transit needs that can be reasonably funded, and only thereafter will LTF monies be made available for eligible streets and road purposes; and

 

WHEREAS, these revisions to the 2002/03 TDA allocations to the claimants maintain the existing level of transit service previously determined by the RTPA to be reasonable to meet; However, specified true-ups are proposed to more accurately reflect actual transit expenses incurred since the original claims were adopted.  Actual expenses were agreed to audited financial statements and compared to the original filing.  RABA costs were more than estimated by $128,261.  Additionally, in the 2001/02 True Up RABA requested $300,000 from reserves to purchase El Rancho Motel property.  This amount was deducted from the claimants in the 2001/2002 True-up.  RABA recorded this amount as an expense in 2002/2003; therefore the amount is disbursed back to the claimants.   RABA’s actual funding for 5307 was less than estimated by $128,705. There were decreases in “off-the-top” administration, core planning functions, and excess sales tax revenue and State Transit Assistance revenue, resulting in an increase to claimants of $256,402.  Trial services were decreased by $17,643 due to services terminating one month earlier than estimated.  5311 revenue increased $10 from the original estimate.  Burney Express and rural transit administration costs decreased collectively by $17,565. The overall result is an decrease to RABA of $43,034, an increase of $10 in 5311 revenue, an increase in Burney Express, and decreases in rural transit administration, trial services, “off-the-top” administration costs, core planning functions, and excess cash.  These differences collectively result in a net impact to the agencies of $334,656.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency:

 

(1) Determines that the 80% service hours/20% population-based cost sharing formula represents the cost sharing alternative which reflects the most equitable distribution of RABA service area costs to the claimant agencies in light of the transit system benefits each will realize from the RABA provided services; and

 

(2) Approves the true-up to the 2002/03 claims as summarized in Schedule A and better reflect actual transit costs incurred to date.

 

(3) Approves allocations for each claimant jurisdiction that are consistent with and reflected in the 2002/03 TDA Budget attached as Schedule B; and

 

(4) Approves the claims for TDA funds as submitted by claimants for transit funds in the amounts not exceeding those shown on Schedule B for fiscal year 2002/03.

 

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of April, 2004, by the Shasta County Regional Transportation Planning Agency.

 

 

 

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Pat Kight, Chairman

Shasta County Regional

Transportation Planning Agency