DATE: April 9, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Receive presentation by the County Administrative Office
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Receive presentation by the County Administrative Office regarding the Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) Highway 41 route, including possible membership options for the County, and direct staff to take action as deemed necessary.
REPORT
The Recommended Action will allow the Board to receive a presentation regarding the YARTS Highway 41 route and possible membership options for the County, and direct staff as deemed necessary. The options being presented in the presentation will include: the County being the sole member within the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and being the Fresno area representative on the JPA board, or the County and the City of Fresno (City) both being members in the JPA and sharing membership on the JPA board.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board chooses not to pursue JPA membership, YARTS has indicated that it will seek alternative options to support the Highway 41 route.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There may be an increase in NCC depending on direction provided by the Board, up to an annual amount of $50,600 for full JPA membership. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Interest and Miscellaneous Expenditures Org. 2540 FY 2023-2024 Adopted Budget and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
On January 9, 2024, your Board requested an overview and update on YARTS to include how the services work, how they are funded, and how they are governed.
YARTS is a public transit bus line based in Merced County and is operated by a JPA. The JPA governing board includes two elected representatives from member counties of Merced, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Mono and Madera Counties. From what can be gathered from their governing board agenda items and reports, the main sources of funding for these se...
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