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BACKGROUND The City provides the Pleasanton Paratransit Services (PPS) transportation services to adults age 70 and above and disabled adults 18 years or older The services include door-to-door transportation and a fixed route shuttle that provides access to the Pleasanton Senior Center, senior living facilities, shopping locations, and designated medical facilities offered Monday through Friday 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA) is responsible for the provision of Paratransit services to Pleasanton residents during the hours that PPS is not operating and also during PPS operating hours if PPS is unable to meet demand because maximum capacity has been reached In 1998-1999, the City re-engineered PPS which resulted in the City Council voting to continue the transportation services and increase the general fund allocation Program enhancements were added which included extending hours and development of a group trip program Program policies and procedures were updated which included automating dispatching, developing new policies and procedures which were outlined in the Rider's Handbook, and creating and advisory body called the PPS Task Force In November 2014, Alameda County voters approved Measure BB which allocated additional funding for the City's PPS transportation services and provided an opportunity to consider how to best invest this funding into existing services as well as plan for the future Shortly thereafter, the Paratransit Study became a project on the City Council Work Plan The City of Pleasanton and LAVATA staff began discussions and determined 1 that a joint Assessment with the City and LAVTA of Tn-Valley Paratransit Services would provide valuable information required for both agency's governing bodies to make future programmatic and funding decisions DISCUSSION In collaboration, the City of Pleasanton and LAVTA developed a scope of work and Request for Proposals for consulting services for a Tn-Valley Paratransit Services Assessment which was issued on August 24, 2016 Proposals were due on September 23, 2016 One addendum was issued on September 9, 2016 The City and LAVTA received four (4) proposals for the project A selection advisory committee was formed comprised of City and LAVTA staff, and members from the Wheels Accessible Advisory Committee (WAAC) and the Pleasanton Human Services Commission The evaluation committee reviewed the technical proposals to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each firm and ranked each firm in order of preference After all the rankings were tallied, the top two firms were IBI and Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc who were invited for an in-person interview in early October After the interview, the reviewers determined that the project would best be managed and executed by Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates has significant experience with both LAVTA and the City and has conducted several similar paratransit studies throughout the country They have an in- Page 2 of 3