Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Interlocal Agreement with Texoma Area Paratransit Systems, Inc. (TAPS) for Transit Services in Support of the McKinney Job Access/Reverse Commute (JA/RC) Shuttle Bus Service
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 6, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
Assistant to the City Manager - Grants Administration
CONTACT: Kevin Spath, AICP, CFM, Assistant Director of Planning
Jennifer Arnold, Senior Long Range Planner
Janay Tieken, Grants Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· Under the federal Job Access/Reverse Commute Program (JA/RC Program), the City of McKinney has the opportunity to implement a three-year pilot program to provide round-trip commuter shuttle bus service between McKinney and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Parker Road Rail Station in Plano, Texas (known as the McKinney JA/RC Shuttle Bus Service).
· The attached Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with Texoma Area Paratransit Systems, Inc. (TAPS) for transit services in support of the McKinney JA/RC Shuttle Bus Service.
· JA/RC Program provisions did not require the City to open the service contract for public bid.
· City Staff has reached an agreement with TAPS on the attached draft Interlocal Agreement, which includes the administrative and operational services associated with the provision of the McKinney JA/RC Shuttle Bus Service during the three-year pilot period.
· Per the agreement, TAPS will provide a minimum of two 28-passenger buses. Each bus will make two morning and two afternoon/evening round-trips from McKinney to the DART Parker Road Rail Station. Each round-trip will include a minimum of two stop locations within the City of McKinney.
· Per the agreement, TAPS will also provide all necessary staffing and administration for the service, including dispatch operations, access t...
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