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FINANCIAL STATEMENT Approval of this action provides ongoing City transportation-specific funding to LAVTA, draws down the Measure BB reserve fund, and allows the City to operate Pleasanton Rides without a General Fund subsidy. The Measure BB reserve fund (45250356) is estimated to be at approximately $277,000 by the end of Fiscal Year 2024/25. Once the City Council has approved the Memorandum of Understanding, staff will come back for budget adjustments to reflect the reappropriation of funds to LAVTA. BACKGROUND In 2017, LAVTA and the Pleasanton Paratransit Program (Pleasanton Rides) engaged Nelson Nygaard, an industry leader in transportation planning, to explore the effectiveness of the current organization, management, and delivery of paratransit services in the Tri-Valley and prepare recommendations for service improvements. Paratransit services are provided for seniors and people with disabilities. Both LAVTA and Pleasanton Rides provide paratransit services to Pleasanton residents. The first recommendation from the study was to transfer ADA ridership from Pleasanton Rides to LAVTA, with a sub-recommendation to operate Pleasanton Rides as a senior transportation service for older adults, utilizing a contractor instead of City staff. At the December 1, 2020, City Council meeting a contract was awarded to Black Tie Transportation to operate Pleasanton Rides; Black Tie began operations February 1, 2021. As experts in transportation services, this contract has significantly improved the Pleasanton Rides program. The contract was awarded with the understanding that it would solely provide senior citizen transportation services; however, Pleasanton Rides still has some ADA riders being accommodated by Black Tie. LAVTA currently provides the majority of ADA transportation for Pleasanton, and it does not receive funding from the City for this service. City staff contacted Nelson Nygaard to assist in developing a funding formula for LAVTA to take the ADA ridership from Pleasanton. Currently, the City of Pleasanton receives transportation funding from MBB and MTC TDA 4.5 funds for both paratransit (senior riders) and ADA services. Pleasanton MTC TDA 4.5 funds have been allocated for ADA ridership purposes, so those should be relinquished by the City back to the MTC so LAVTA can directly receive the funds. However, the City desires to also develop a funding formula for Measure BB revenue sharing as providing just City MTC TDA 4.5 funds to LAVTA is a limited funding source. LAVTA already receives Measure BB funds on behalf of both Livermore and Dublin, which do not operate their own transit programs. Pleasanton will still need to retain a portion of Measure BB funds for the Pleasanton Rides program. LAVTA provides ADA transportation services to approximately 316 Pleasanton residents, resulting in 4,802 annual trips. This number is expected to increase over the next several years, rising to 8,239 annual trips in 2024. LAVTA estimates the cost to Page 2 of 5