Orange County Transportation Authority

Transit Committee Agenda

Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

Board Room, 550 South Main Street, Orange, California

Committee Members

Steve Jones, Chairman

Tam Nguyen, Vice Chairman

Andrew Do

Patrick Harper

Fred Jung

Vicente Sarmiento

Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate

in this meeting should contact the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Clerk of the

Board's office at (714) 560-5676, no less than two business days prior to this meeting to enable

OCTA to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to this meeting.

Agenda Descriptions

Agenda descriptions are intended to give members of the public a general summary of items of

business to be transacted or discussed. The posting of the recommended actions does not

indicate what action will be taken. The Committee may take any action which it deems to be

appropriate on the agenda item and is not limited in any way by the notice of the recommended

action.

Public Availability of Agenda Materials

All documents relative to the items referenced in this agenda are available for public inspection at

www.octa.net or through the Clerk of the Board’s office at the OCTA Headquarters, 600 South

Main Street, Orange, California.

Meeting Access and Public Comments on Agenda Items

Members of the public can either attend in-person or listen to audio live streaming of the Board

and Committee meetings by clicking the link below:

https://octa.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

Members of the public may address the Committee regarding any item two ways:

In-Person Comment

Members of the public may attend in-person and address the Board regarding any item. Please

complete a speaker’s card and submit it to the Clerk of the Board or notify the Clerk of the Board

the item number on which you wish to speak. Speakers will be recognized by the Chairman at the

time the agenda item is to be considered. A speaker’s comments shall be limited to three

minutes.

Written Comment

Written public comments may also be submitted by emailing them to ClerkOffice@octa.net, and

must be sent by 5:00 p.m. the day prior to the meeting. If you wish to comment on a specific

agenda Item, please identify the Item number in your email. All public comments that are timely

received will be part of the public record and distributed to the Board. Public comments will be

made available to the public upon request.

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Director Do

Special Calendar

There are no Special Calendar matters.

Consent Calendar (Items 1 through 4)

All items on the Consent Calendar are to be approved in one motion unless a Committee

Member or a member of the public requests separate action or discussion on a specific item.

Approval of Minutes

Recommendation

Approve the minutes of the December 8, 2022 Transit Committee meeting.

Amendment to Agreement for Schedule Checking Services

Jeffrey N. Tatro/Johnny Dunning, Jr.

Overview

On January 14, 2019, the Board of Directors approved an agreement with National Data

and Surveying Services, Inc., doing business as Southland Car Counters, to perform

manual observation and collection of bus ridership and performance information for

fixed-route services, referred to in the transit industry as schedule checking. This

agreement has an initial term of three years and includes two, one-year option terms. The

first option term expires January 31, 2023.

Recommendation

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Amendment No. 2 to

Agreement No. C-8-1850 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and

National Data and Surveying Services, Inc., doing business as Southland Car Counters, to

exercise the second option term of the agreement, in the amount of $164,212, to continue

providing manual observation and collection of bus ridership and performance information

for fixed-route services, referred to as schedule checking activities. This will increase the

maximum obligation of the agreement to a total contract value of $929,353.

Bus Operations Performance Measurements Report for the First Quarter of Fiscal

Year 2022-23

Kim Tucker/Johnny Dunning, Jr.

Overview

The

Orange

County

Transportation

Authority

operates

fixed-route

bus

and

demand-response paratransit service throughout Orange County and into neighboring

counties. The established measures of performance for these services assess the safety,

courtesy, reliability, and overall quality of the services. This report summarizes the

performance of these services through the first quarter of fiscal year 2022-23.

Recommendation

Receive and file as an information item.

Measure M2 Community-Based Transit Circulators Program Project

Ridership

Report

Adrian Salazar/Kia Mortazavi

Overview

Measure M2 includes a program to fund community-based transit circulators known as

Project V. The goal of the program is to provide local transit services in areas not

well-served by regional transit services. Funding is awarded to local jurisdictions through a

competitive call for projects. Local jurisdictions then implement the awarded services and

commit to meeting minimum performance standards including ridership metrics. The

ridership information for these awarded services is presented to the Board of Directors

twice annually. The ridership report from April 2022 through September 2022 is presented

herein.

Recommendation

Receive and file as an information item.

Regular Calendar

OC Streetcar Project Quarterly Update

Ross Lew/James G. Beil

Overview

The Orange County Transportation Authority is implementing the OC Streetcar project, and

updates are provided to the Board of Directors on a quarterly

basis. This report covers OC Streetcar project activities from October 2022 through

December 2022.

Recommendation

Receive and file as an information item.

Discussion Items

OC Bus and OC ACCESS Services Update

Kim Tucker/Johnny Dunning, Jr.

Overview

Staff will provide an update on the OC Bus and OC ACCESS Services.

Public Comments

Chief Executive Officer's Report

Committee Members' Reports

10.

Closed Session

There are no Closed Session items scheduled.

11.

Adjournment

The next regularly scheduled meeting of this Committee will be held:

9:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2023

OCTA Headquarters

Board Room

550 South Main Street

Orange, California