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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Hayward to provide dispatch and concierge services to FLEX RIDES On Demand members from July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 at a cost of $81,429.02 utilizing Measure B and Measure BB funds.
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Hayward to coordinate and dispatch Transportation Network Company (TNC) transportation services for the FLEX RIDES On Demand program.
BACKGROUND
The City of Hayward (COH) acted as the lead agency in a subsidized Taxi Voucher Program that provided door to door services for paratransit riders that was also utilized by City of San Leandro (COSL) Paratransit Program members from FY 2014 through October 2018. The service model was a same day, wheelchair accessible transportation service that provided a limited number of subsidized same-day taxi rides to enrolled participants of the Hayward and San Leandro Paratransit Programs.
Taxi Voucher Eligibility: Rider must be an enrolled participant of the Hayward or San Leandro Paratransit Program in order to use this subsidized taxi service.
Taxi Voucher Operations:
* Enrolled participants of the Hayward or San Leandro Paratransit Program and who are 70+ years old and/or certified with East Bay Paratransit can purchase taxi vouchers at a cost of $3.50 per voucher.
* Each voucher subsidizes up to $14 of taxi meter fare.
* Riders may use more than one voucher per ride.
* Each enrolled participant can purchase a maximum of 150 taxi vouchers in a year.
Taxi vouchers can only be used with the designated taxi companies that are contracted to provide the service.
The shift in the door to door transportation industry away from taxis to TNCs (such as Uber and Lyft) made it increasingly difficu...
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