REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 12/07/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
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Amended City of Corona Transit Service Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks that Council approve amendments to the adopted City of Corona Transit Service Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan. The current Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan was approved and adopted by the City Council on April 15, 2020 and certified on September 3, 2020. As a result of the pandemic, the Federal Transit Administration requires all safety plans be amended in compliance with 49 U.S. Code 5329(d) to include infectious disease prevention protocols and safety performance targets. Other revisions to the plan include miscellaneous housekeeping updates to clean up staffing, clarify roles, and other such provisions.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council approve and adopt the amended City of Corona Transit Service Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
On July 19, 2018, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule (49 C.F.R. Part 673), which requires certain public transportation systems that receive federal funds under FTA's Urbanized Area Formula Grants to develop safety plans, which include processes and procedures for implementing the Safety Management Systems (SMS); collectively these are referred to as the "CCTS Safety Plan".
Per 49 U.S.C. 5307, the City of Corona Transit Service (CCTS) is a qualified public transportation system; as such, CCTS receives annual entitlements of program funds to operate its fixed route (Corona Cruiser) and demand response services (dial-a-ride). In compliance with the 2018 FTA PTASP Final Rule, City staff prepared the CCTS Safety Plan. On April 15, 2020, the City Council approved the CCTS Safety Plan, and as ...
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