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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONTRACT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (KCATA) IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,632.00 AND COMMITMENT OF $299,579.00 OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SECTION 5307 FORMULA FUNDS TO THE KCATA FOR THE #152 - LEE’S SUMMIT COMMUTER EXPRESS SERVICE. (PWC 12/19/16)
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONTRACT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI AND THE KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (KCATA) IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,632.00 AND COMMITMENT OF $299,579.00 OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SECTION 5307 FORMULA FUNDS TO THE KCATA FOR THE #152 - LEE’S SUMMIT COMMUTER EXPRESS SERVICE.
Key Issues:
- The City of Lee’s Summit has contracted with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) since 1999 for a commuter bus service - #152 Lee’s Summit Express - between Lee’s Summit and downtown Kansas City.
- The service provides four morning trips departing from Lee’s Summit to downtown Kansas City, and four afternoon return trips, for those that commute to Kansas City for work.
- The cost to Lee's Summit for the 2017 contract with the KCATA for the #152 Lee’s Summit Express Commuter Service and administration of OATS contract will be $100,632. The local matching funds will be paid from the Transportation Sales Tax Fund as programmed in the City’s Capital Improvements Plan and approved by Council as part of the FY2017 budget.
- There is a 2% increase from the previous year’s #152 Lee's Summit Express contract, $90,420 due to increased cost of service. There is also an additional $7,500 annual administration fee for KCATA's management of federal funds and other services related to OATS, which is contracted separately for non-emergency demand response public transportation between OATS and the City of Lee's Summit.
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