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County Administrator's Report 10. 4.

BCC Regular Meeting

Technical/Public Service Consent

Meeting Date:	09/06/2018
Issue: 2018 Escambia County Transit Asset Management Plan and Performance Measures
From:	Mike Crittenden
Department:	Mass Transit
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning the 2018 Escambia County Transit Asset Management Plan, Performance Measures and Targets - Mike Crittenden, Mass Transit Director

That the Board take the following action:

A. Approve and adopt the 2018 Escambia County Transit Asset Management Plan, Performance Measures and Targets prepared by the Mass Transit Department; and

B. Direct the Mass Transit Director to provide copies to the FTA and other appropriate agencies.

Escambia County Transit Performance Measures
Asset Category	Performance Measures	Performance Targets	Comments
Rolling Stock All revenue vehicles	Age - % of revenue vehicles within a particular asset class that have met or exceed their Useful Life Benchmark.	Vans - reduce by 0% of current inventory.	Benchmarks have been set for each class of vehicle based on its current active inventory.
		Cutaway Buses - reduce by 0% of current inventory.
		Body-on-Chassis - reduce by 0% of current inventory.
		Full size buses - reduce by 3% of current inventory.
Equipment Non-revenue vehicles	Age - % of service vehicles that have met or exceed their Useful Life Benchmark.	Overall reduction of the current inventory by 10%.	Equipment is defined as nonexpendable, tangible property, having a useful life of at least one year. Escambia County will inventory All Vehicles.
Facilities	Condition - % of facilities with a condition rating below 3.0 on the FTA Transit Economic Requirement Modal (TERM) Scale.	No more than 20% of FTA-funded facilities to have a rating of below 3.0 (Good) condition.	Escambia County will only rate FTA-funded facilities.

BACKGROUND:

The FTA provides financial assistance to improve, maintain, and operate existing systems and oversees grants to state and local transit providers. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST) required the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to develop a rule to establish a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining and improving public transportation assets effectively through their life cycle.

On July 26, 2016, FTA published the Transit Asset Management (TAM) Final Rule, amending 49 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 625 and 630, which requires grantees to develop asset management plans by October 1, 2018. The final rule requires transit agencies to establish a system to monitor and manage public transportation assets that improve safety and increase reliability and performance, and to establish performance measures. One of the nine elements required by the rule is that each transit agency identify their asset management policy and goals that align with their strategic plan.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

N/A

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

N/A

PERSONNEL:

Mass Transit staff will liaise with FTA staff on the implementation of the TAM plan.

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

This recommendation is based on the Board of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan - Mass Transit Element.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

Mass Transit staff will ensure compliance with the TAM Plan and any changes are submitted to the Board prior to implementation. Mass Transit staff will ensure that TAM Plan is forwarded to the FTA upon adoption by the Board.

Attachments
FTA TAM Fact Sheet
ECAT Transit Asset Management Plan