City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Update on the Implementation of the DASH Efficiency Study Recommendations.
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ISSUE: Update on the implementation of the DASH Efficiency recommendations outlined by City Council during the February 26, 2013 annual stockholder meeting for the Alexandria Transit Company (ATC).
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council endorse the recommendations detailed in this report and authorize the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and the ATC Board along the lines of the terms and conditions outlined in this report.
DISCUSSION: At the February 26 stockholder meeting, Council agreed upon several principles and directed staff to work with ATC to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that includes a detailed implementation plan. The agreed upon principles were intended to improve the accountability and transparency of the structure, but insure that the operational strengths of the system remained intact. The principles included:
* Expand the ATC Board to include additional transit and finance expertise, combined with more City government representation;
* Increase the Board's role to include broader transit policy, including the high capacity transit corridors and DOT Paratransit;
* Review the management services agreement with First Transit, which employs the General Manager and Assistant General Manager, and explore how the structure could be modified to provide a direct line of reporting between the General Manager and the ATC Board:
* Consider a professional services contract with outside vendors to provide staff augmentation or other services as needed; and
* Maintain the subsidiary corporation, Transit Management of Alexandria, Inc., (...
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