R2012-11 APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OF MACON

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Mass Transit Memorandum No. 012512-1 January 25, 2012 TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council Members FROM: Ryan McCrady, City Manager Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator SUBJECT: An Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Decatur and the County of Macon Covering Public Transportation SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council approve an intergovernmental RECOMMENDATION: agreement with Macon County to assist the County in providing public transportation in urbanized areas of the County that are outside of the service area of the Decatur Public Transit System. BACKGROUND: Macon County is in the process of establishing public transportation throughout the County, outside of the service area of the Decatur Public Transit System (DPTS). The County's transportation system will be eligible for Federal assistance for non-urbanized areas, while Decatur receives Federal and State transit assistance for urbanized areas, as defined by the most recent US Census. The DPTS service area does not include all of the urbanized area, resulting in"Gray Areas"that are not served by DPTS and that cannot be served by the County under their Federal assistance for non-urbanized areas. Parts of the villages of Forsyth, Harristown, Long Creek, Mt. Zion and Oreana, along with some densely populated, unincorporated areas of the County, are in the "Gray Areas". This intergovernmental agreement would make provisions for public transportation services in the"Gray Areas" and for the allocation of State funds between the City and the County to finance those services. The funds to be used by the County are State operating assistance funds that are appropriated to Decatur each year, for transit service in the urbanized area,but not spent by DPTS. Funding for DPTS would not be impacted and no City funds would be required. City staff,vehicles, and facilities would not be used in any way in providing public transportation in the"Gray Areas." A minimal amount of City staff time would be required to submit the County's records and documentation to the State concerning public transportation services provided by the County within the "Gray Areas,"and to pass the resulting reimburse- ment from the State to the County. POTENTIAL No known objection to this intergovernmental agreement. OBJECTION: