HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2411-3766CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, November 18, 2024
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
8.SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal
Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Amend Existing Fees for City’s Palo Alto Link
OnDemand Transit Service (FIRST READING: November 4, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: November 18, 2024
Report #:2411-3766
TITLE
SECOND READING: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal Year
2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Amend Existing Fees for City’s Palo Alto Link OnDemand Transit
Service (FIRST READING: November 4, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
BACKGROUND
The City Council heard this item on November 4, 2024 for a first reading and approved it on a 7-
0 vote. No changes were made to the ordinance, and it is now before the City Council for a
second reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule to Amend
Existing Fees for City's Palo Alto Link On-Demand Transit Service
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
*NOT YET APPROVED*
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Ordinance No.
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Fiscal Year 2025
Municipal Fee Schedule to Amend Existing Fees for City’s Palo Alto Link On-
Demand Transit Service
The Council of the City of Palo Alto ORDAINS as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Declarations. The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A.Through this ordinance, the City desires to increase on-demand transit service
fees for its Palo Alto Link service in October 2024. The City will remove discounted fares,
increase Monthly Passes to $130 per month, charge a fee from free up to $4.00 per passenger
trip, and increase Weekly Passes to $40.00 per week.
B.The increase of fees will assist the City in continuing sustainable operations of
the Palo Alto Link after the successful majority grant-funded pilot in which the VTA provided $2
million has concluded.
SECTION 2. The Council of the City of Palo Alto amends the Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal
Fee Schedule by adopting the amended fees for on-demand transit as set forth in Exhibit “A” and
incorporated here by reference.
SECTION 3. The fees in this Ordinance are for a specific government service provided
directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged and which does not exceed the
reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or product. Pursuant to Art.
XIII C, Section 1(e)(2) of the California Constitution, this fee is not a tax.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that this ordinance is not a “project” under CEQA because
it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect change in the
environment.
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*NOT YET APPROVED*
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SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective upon adoption as an amendment to the
City’s FY25 budget and shall be implemented within 60 days of adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Chief Transportation Official
Director of Administrative
Services
*NOT YET APPROVED*
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Attachment A
Fiscal Year 2025 Municipal Fee Schedule
Office of Transportation Fees