Approval of an Amendment to Board Policy III.07 DART Services Outside the Service Area Boundary - Planning and Capital Programs Committee February ...
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Approval of an Amendment to Board Policy III.07 DART Services Outside the Service Area Boundary Planning and Capital Programs Committee February 8, 2022 Kay Shelton, AICP Interim Vice President, Capital Planning
Today’s Consideration
• Approval of a resolution amending DART Board Policy III.07, DART
Services Outside the Service Area Boundary, as shown in Exhibit 1 to
the resolution
2Background and Purpose
• Several amendments to Policy III.07 since 1995 to respond to
changing conditions and needs
• Planning & Capital Programs Committee briefed on January 11, 2022
• Committee-of-the-Whole discussion on January 25, 2022 deferred
– Opportunity to discuss at February 11, 2022 Board Workshop
prior to final consideration on February 25, 2022
• An amendment to the policy would allow for current agreements
with Allen, Wylie and Fairview to be extended and would provide
more flexibility for DART to be a partner in the provision of service
while monitoring service needs in cooperation with a city, county or
other organization
3Original Policy and Amendments
Year Amendment
1995 Original Policy: “Transit Service, except for Charter and Special Events
services as approved by separate policy, will not extend beyond the
boundaries of the DART Service Area. D/FW Airport is considered to be
part of the DART Service Area.”
1997 Extension of fixed routes to serve publicly-funded, post-secondary
educational institutions that are contiguous and the institution enters
into agreement to pay fully allocated costs.
2004 DART will consider contracting with other entities to provide commuter
rail services outside DART Service Area; agreement will consider value of
access to system, funding source stability, full reimbursement of costs.
2011 Adds express bus service based on city interest and introduces concept
of connection fee into agreement.Amendments
Year Amendment
2013 • Expands to bus, rail, paratransit service
• More fully describes equitable reimbursement of costs of services
consumed by non-residents – access fee (value of connecting
services) and impact fee (if additional costs to DART)
• 48-month agreement and must prepare system plan/financial plan
within 36 months (50% funded by entity)
• Service will not continue beyond 48 months unless entity calls and
holds election to add territory to Service Area, with ultimate goal of
1% sales tax to DART
2015 In response to Texoma Area Paratransit System (TAPS) and Collin County
need for emergency service without an election, removed election
requirement sections from the Policy but added requirement for a plan
for DART membership within three yearsService Agreements related to
Policy III.07
• Allen, Fairview, Wylie – Expires September 30, 2022
– Continuation subject to Policy III.07
– Exception to Policy III.07 approved in 2019 to allow NCTCOG Collin
County Transit Plan to fulfill requirement of service and financial
plan and to allow additional time to complete the plan
– Following completion of NCTCOG Plan, cities shall develop plan for
membership in DART
• Inland Port TMA – Agreement with STAR Transit began November 2020
• McKinney Urban Transit District (started January 1, 2022)
• Prior agreements that were terminated:
– City of Mesquite
– City of ArlingtonFeedback from Recent Committee
Meetings
• Include microtransit since that is now what many cities want to start with
• Someone else such as NCTCOG can prepare the transit and financial plans
• Can we have a boilerplate agreement so cities know what to expect?
• Can it apply to other organizations (transit district, LGC, TMA, etc.)?
• Under current policy and agreements if cities don’t create a plan to join,
then agreement must end - is there a strong chance of cities joining DART?
Probably not in near term
• Can Mesquite come back to DART for service in future?
• Maybe we should “get our nose under the tent” and build relationships to
sell service and stay in the game
• There may be other funding sources in future that may not require election
• There is possibility of local option tax again at state legislature in future
7Feedback from January 11
Planning Committee Meeting
• GoLink is a key opportunity – we should put our product out there, including
basic costs
• Three-year minimum agreement is reasonable
• Strive for city-wide microtransit service
• Minimum quality of service since DART brand
• Need to lay out pros and cons, outline risks
• We are the regional transit authority and need to be regional player
• All for flexibility but don’t want to over-exert agency staff
• Should rail be an option at all – very cost intensive
• Makes sense to be a player so we can identify synergies and key opportunities
• Broader topic related to the problem we are trying to solve and our role in
regional mobility
8Pros and Cons
PROS CONS
• Regional leader – consistent with agency vision • Agreements under III.07 will terminate after 3
and strategic priorities years and cities/groups will seek other service
• Can help to position DART for broader role in providers or form own agency or district which
region in future can lead to more agencies in region
• Consistent with NCTCOG regional policy • Risk of current DART city transitioning to a
• Will allow current agreements to continue contract city? (can mitigate with continued
• Will provide clear direction to staff to market service enhancements, demonstrated value of
DART as a partner for service system, benefit to service area residents &
• Fully burdened operating/capital costs covered businesses for broader access in region)
including indirect/direct costs to DART; includes • Increased staff time on agreements,
DART fee so DART benefits financially operations, monitoring, customer service (can
• Will allow DART to coordinate beyond 3 years mitigate by adding DART/LGC staff over time
with a community/organization to monitor and and include in direct costs, expenses to cover
identify synergies and future changes that can through agreements)
be mutually beneficial
• DART as partner to meet identified regional
mobility needs
9Proposed Changes
10Proposed Changes
11Proposed Changes
12Proposed Exhibit 1 to Policy
Standard Service Agreement
13Proposed Exhibit 1 to Policy
Standard Service Agreement
14Today’s Recommendation
• Approval of a resolution amending DART Board Policy III.07, DART
Services Outside the Service Area Boundary, as shown in Exhibit 1 to
the resolution
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Related Policies
• Policy IV.13 – New Member City Admission (2002)
– Process for responding to formal resolution of interest
– DART conducts preliminary transit assessment outlining Immediate
Action Plan and long-range opportunities
– DART has right to deny if financial imposition
• Policy IV.14 – Access by Non-DART Shuttle Services from
Outside of the Service Area (2003)
– High ridership (30/hour+) shuttle connections require agreement
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