HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-11182 authorizing execution of the amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement for the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit AuthorityRESOLUTION NO. 11182 (2020 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN LUIS OBISPO,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE AMENDED AND
RESTATED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE SAN LUIS
OBISPO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, South County Transit provides fixed-route public transportation services in
the cities of Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Pismo Beach, as well as the unincorporated area
of Oceano, as authorized under a Joint Powers Agreement originally enacted in 1978 and
subsequently amended in 2001 and 2016; and
WHEREAS, South County Transit has been provided professional administrative
services, vehicle maintenance and operations oversight under contract to the San Luis Obispo
Regional Transit Authority since 1997; and
WHEREAS, both South County Transit Board of Directors and the San Luis Obispo
Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors have extensively discussed the possibility of
consolidating South County Transit into the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority to realize
cost efficiencies and to avoid farebox recovery ratio penalties in the South County Transit service
area; and
WHEREAS, the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors will
consider an amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement that consolidates South County Transit
services into the agency at its December 2, 2020 meeting; and
WHEREAS, the amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement for the San Luis Obispo
Regional Transit Authority includes provisions that allow local control of service levels and
budgetary control for fixed-route services in the Arroyo Grande – Grover Beach Urbanized Area,
which includes the cities of Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Pismo Beach, as well as the
unincorporated communities of Avila Beach and Oceano; and
WHEREAS, the amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement for the San Luis Obispo
Regional Transit Authority becomes effective at 12:00 AM on January 1, 2021 upon ratification
by the County of San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors and by each of the seven City Councils in
the county; and
WHEREAS, the existing South County Area Transit Joint Powers Agreement states that
the Agency may sell, lease or assign all of its real and personal property and may cease operations
upon such terms and conditions as the Board determines to be reasonable and upon affirmative
vote by all member agencies; and
WHEREAS, the existing South County Area Transit Joint Powers Agreement also states
that the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until cancelled by affirmative vote of a
majority of the member agencies, and
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WHEREAS, the South County Transit Board of Directors resolved at its October 6, 2020
meeting to terminate the South County Area Transit Joint Powers agreement effective 11:59 PM
on December 31, 2020 upon ratification of the majority of the member agencies and upon full
ratification of the amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement for the San Luis Obispo Regional
Transit Authority by its member agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that all of the recitals are true and
correct.
Section 2. The City Council supports consolidation of South County Transit into the San
Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority.
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Section 3. The City Manager is directed to execute the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit
Authority amended and restated Joint Powers Agreement.
Upon motion of Council Member Christianson, seconded by Council Member Pease, and
on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Member Christianson, Pease, Stewart, and Mayor Harmon
NOES: None
ABSENT: Vice Mayor Gomez
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 17th day of November 2020.
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Mayor Heidi Harmon
ATTEST:
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Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
APPROVED AS FORM:
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J. Christine Dietrick
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, on ________________________.
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Teresa Purrington
City Clerk