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Committee approves amended resolution urging MTA and BART to renegotiate feeder-payment methodology

Budget and Finance Committee, City and County of San Francisco · July 13, 2011
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Summary

The committee approved resolve clauses urging the SFMTA and BART to renegotiate feeder agreement methodology to tie payments to actual transfer trips and to bring FastPass and feeder agreements forward together; the committee also granted retroactive approval for the FY2010 feeder agreement under current methodology while negotiations continue.

The Budget and Finance Committee considered a retroactive FY2010 feeder agreement between the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA/MTA) and BART and adopted amendments urging renegotiation of payment methodology.

Sonali Bose (MTA) described the FY2010 feeder agreement and explained MTA and BART had intended to negotiate FastPass and feeder agreements together. Because FastPass negotiations delayed the package, Bose said the feeder agreement had not been paid by BART for 2010 and 2011 under the current sales-tax methodology; assuming the sales-tax methodology, BART owed approximately $2.6 million for FY2010. Bose said MTA intends to renegotiate the methodology and to return with a joint FastPass and feeder package.

Supervisor Carmen Chu circulated two amendments adding resolve clauses that (1) urge SFMTA to present the renegotiated FastPass reimbursement agreement with BART together with the FY2011 and FY2012 feeder agreements and (2) urge renegotiation of methodology to provide a clear nexus between actual transfer trips and BART’s feeder payments. Budget analyst Mr. Rose and MTA staff discussed missing documentation around a methodology change circa 1991 and recommended a methodology tied to transfer trips rather than sales tax. The committee adopted the amendments and forwarded the item as amended.

Public comment was not offered on this item. The committee sent the amended resolution to the Board for consideration.

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