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Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 161336

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File Number: 161336

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-718-16

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: SCHEDULE OF TRANSIT FARES, RATES, AND CHARGES

Introduced: 6/2/2016

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 7/19/2016

Agenda Date: 7/19/2016

Agenda Item Number: 11A2

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR'S DESIGNEE TO INCLUDE AN AMENDED IMPLEMENTING ORDER NO. 4-133 RELATED TO THE SCHEDULE OF TRANSIT FARES, RATES, AND CHARGES IN THE 2016-2017 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET BY PROVIDING THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTERCOUNTY EXPRESS BUS ROUTES, NO FARE FOR BUS SERVICE SHALL EXCEED THE FARE FOR METRORAIL SERVICE

Indexes:	BUS
	TRANSIT FARES AND CHARGES
	BUS SERVICE

Sponsors:

Daniella Levine Cava, Prime Sponsor

Sunset Provision: No

Effective Date:

Expiration Date:

Registered Lobbyist:

None Listed

Legislative History
Acting Body	Date	Agenda Item	Action	Sent To	Due Date	Returned	Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners	7/19/2016	11A2	Adopted				P

Board of County Commissioners	7/6/2016	11A2	Deferred		7/19/2016		P
REPORT:	Commissioner Jordan stated that prior to her becoming Chair of the Transportation Committee; it was eighteen years since the Transit Department increased its fares. She noted she sponsored legislation at that time which tied fare increase to the Consumer Price Index, every three years. Commissioner Jordan pointed out that the proposed legislation would eliminate this methodology and force Transit to come back and request fare increases rather than it happening automatically. The foregoing proposed resolution was deferred to the next Board of County Commissioners meeting scheduled for July 19, 2016, at the request of Commissioner Levine Cava.

Transit and Mobility Services Committee	6/15/2016	2C	Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation				P
REPORT:	Assistant County Attorney Michael Valdes read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Commissioner Levine Cava noted if possible, Metrorail would have been extended throughout the County. She pointed out that the County should not be charging more for passengers to ride the bus than for Metrorail. Commissioner Jordan requested to have information regarding how much the foregoing proposed resolution would impact the operational cost of the department. Mr. Robert Villar, Department Of Transportation and Public Works, said that staff had conducted an initial fiscal impact on the foregoing proposed resolution, and in next year’s budget it would represent a reduction of $300,000 in revenues. Hearing no further questions or comments, the Committee proceeded to vote on the foregoing proposed resolution, as presented.

County Attorney	6/2/2016		Assigned	Bruce Libhaber		6/3/2016

County Attorney	6/2/2016		Referred	Transit and Mobility Services Committee	6/15/2016

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR'S DESIGNEE TO INCLUDE AN AMENDED IMPLEMENTING ORDER NO. 4-133 RELATED TO THE SCHEDULE OF TRANSIT FARES, RATES, AND CHARGES IN THE 2016-2017 PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET BY PROVIDING THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INTERCOUNTY EXPRESS BUS ROUTES, NO FARE FOR BUS SERVICE SHALL EXCEED THE FARE FOR METRORAIL SERVICE

BODY
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade�s Metrorail is a 25-mile dual track, elevated rapid transit system that provides service to Miami International Airport (MIA) and runs from Kendall through South Miami, Coral Gables, and downtown Miami to the Civic Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital area and to Brownsville, Liberty City, Hialeah, and Medley in northwest Miami-Dade; and
WHEREAS, Metrorail provides elevated platform stations with prepayment boarding, and stops approximately one mile apart; and
WHEREAS, Metrorail, unlike the County�s bus system, traverses without having to yield to other traffic or to traffic signals; and
WHEREAS, Metrorail is a premium transit service more so than express buses; and
WHEREAS, the fares for certain express bus service within Miami-Dade County is actually higher than that of Metrorail; and
WHEREAS, the County currently has several routes that act as extensions of Metrorail and provide an intracounty connection to the Metrorail system in lieu of extending Metrorail to serve these areas; and
WHEREAS, the County, as part of the MPO Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit �SMART� Plan, incorporates a number of planned intra-County express bus services to provide quick connection to the premium transit services; and
WHEREAS, the goal of providing greater transit accessibility is diluted when the fares charged to ride the bus to Metrorail or the future premium corridors cost more than Metrorail,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board hereby establishes a policy that, with the exception of intercounty express bus service, no fare for bus service shall exceed the fare for Metrorail service. This policy shall be reflected in an amdendment to Implementing Order No. 4-133, Schedule of Transit Fares, Rates, and Charges, in the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 budget.