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REPORT 6.18 Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From Diane Howard, Chair of Alliance and Peter Ingram, City Manager November 10, 2008 SUBJECT Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement dated June 14, 2007. between City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County ("C/CAG") and the City of Redwood City for award of funding for implementation of shuttle programs under the "local Services Shuttle Program" component of the Congestion Relief Plan RECOMMENDATION Authorize the City Manager, by motion. to sign Amendment No. 1 and similar amendments to the Funding and Management Agreement for the Community Shuttle Service Pilot Program. BACKGROUND On behalf of the City of Redwood City, Vice Mayor Diane Howard serves as the Chair of the Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance (the "Alliance"), which is San Mateo County's Transportation Demand Management Agency. The Alliance programs reduces the number of single occupancy vehicles traveling into and through San Mateo County, reduces vehicle emissions, and improves air quality. In January of 2007. City Council approved the Shultle Service Pilot Program, and directed the Alliance to operate and manage the Shuttle Program. The total annual operational cost of the program was to be $180,000. Funding sources for this program include: 1) a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District ("BAAQMD") in the amount of $30.000.00,2) a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission ("MTC"), administered through C/CAG, in the amount of $67,400.00, 3) employer contributions, and 4) Redwood City Traffic Mitigation Fees Funds making up the balance. Over the past two years, Redwood City has paid approximately $36,000.00 annually. In May of 2008, The Alliance and the City were notified that the BAAQMD grants of $30,000.00 annually would no longer be available. Immediately, the Alliance on the City's behalf, requested additional grant funding from MTC to account for this anticipated shortfall. Amendment No. 1 represents additional grant funding being awarded to the City from MTC through C/CAG in the amount of $90,000.00 which is significantly more than the grant from BAAQMD that was lost. This increases the MTC grant from $67,400.00 to $157.400.00 for Fiscal Year 2008/09, and extends the time of the Shuttle Program agreement until June 30, 2009. AL TERNA TIVES Council may choose not to authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 and direct staff to investigate other means of funding the Shuttle Program. FISCAL IMPACT There are no fiscal impacts by allowing the City Manager to sign Amendment No. 1 of the Funding and Management Agreement with C/CAG.