FY2018 PROPOSED BUDGET Effective July 1, 2017
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ENHANCING SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FY2018 PROPOSED BUDGET Effective July 1, 2017 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Fiscal Year 2018 Proposed Budget Table of Contents General Manager/CEO Message .....................................................................................................i Board of Directors .........................................................................................................................iii Chapter 1 - Introduction ..............................................................................................................1-1 Chapter 2 - Proposed Budget Summary ......................................................................................2-1 Chapter 3 - Operating Budget Detail ...........................................................................................3-1 Chapter 4 - Capital Budget ..........................................................................................................4-1 Appendix A - Sustainability .......................................................................................................A-1 Appendix B - Capital Improvement Plan.....................................................................................B-1 Appendix C - Human Capital Summary .................................................................................... C-1 Appendix D - Budget Process ....................................................................................................D-1 Appendix E - Financial Standards ..............................................................................................E-1 Appendix F - Debt Service ..........................................................................................................F-1 Appendix G - Operating Statistics ..............................................................................................G-1 Appendix H - Glossary of Terms ...............................................................................................H-1 Appendix I - Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................. I-1 General Manager/CEO Message Enhancing Safety, Service Reliability and Financial Responsibility As I mark my one year and overall customer experience, while reducing anniversary at Metro, I fully service delays. These include: appreciate the challenges we Improved train reliability and fewer offloads face to restore public confidence in Metro’s safety By December 2017, all 1000 series railcars and reliability and to meet will be retired Metro’s financial needs. We Intense maintenance campaigns on the have taken important first legacy railcar fleets to improve doors, steps, including hiring new brakes, propulsion and HVAC systems executive leadership, implementing SafeTrack Rebalancing of railcars across yards to repairs, expediting delivery of the new 7000 series avoid missed train dispatchments railcars, and completing our recent financial audit A new track maintenance program that on time with no new findings. takes full advantage of the additional hours As the next step forward, I have laid out Metro’s available from reduced late night service Back2Good plan with a focus on a new preventive Improved station experience maintenance program to avoid unnecessary delays due to track problems and a Railcar Get Well Plan Major lighting improvements and extreme to keep our trains operating safely and on time. cleaning at select stations The coming fiscal year presents another challenge – Enhanced signage and customer eliminating a nearly $300 million operating budget information shortfall that is in part a product of Metro’s Fare simplification governance and funding structure, as well as Permanent implementation of SelectPass ridership decline in the face of Metro’s need to rebuild key system infrastructure to ensure safe and New combination one-day rail/bus pass at reliable service delivery. no extra charge To meet these challenges, I have proposed a With this budget, Metro is aligning the system and “Reality Check” budget focused on enhancing its services to what the region can afford and is system safety and the reliability of rail, bus and directing available resources to best serve the riders paratransit services that our riders demand. The we have today. I look forward to working with plan scales back train and bus services to more customers, the Board of Directors, and our closely align with current ridership demand and jurisdictional partners to continue enhancing includes fare increases as well as additional support Metro’s safety, service reliability and financial from regional partners. The plan also makes drastic responsibility. cuts to management and labor costs and demands . improved productivity from our personnel and contractors. Key initiatives proposed in the FY2018 Operating Budget and the FY2018-2023 Capital Improvement Program will help bring Metro’s infrastructure and Paul J. Wiedefeld service reliability Back2Good by improving safety General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Board of Directors The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is governed by a 16-member Board of Directors composed of eight Principal and eight Alternate members. The District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and the federal government each appoint two Principal and two Alternate members. Below are the members currently serving on the Board. Jack Evans, Chair Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in January of 2015 representing the District of Columbia. Mr. Evans has served on the Council of the District of Columbia (Ward 2) since 1991. Keturah D. Harley, First Vice Chair Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in April of 2015 representing the State of Maryland. Ms. Harley has worked in the federal government as an Appellate Litigation Attorney at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and with the District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board (PERB), where she served as General Counsel and Executive Director (Acting). Jim Corcoran, Second Vice Chair Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in February of 2015 representing the Commonwealth of Virginia. Since April 2010, Mr. Corcoran has served as President and CEO of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. David L. Strickland Appointed to the Board as Principal Director in June of 2016 representing the Federal Government. Mr. Strickland served as the fourteenth Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA). Prior to his appointment at NHTSA, Mr. Strickland spent 8 years on the Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation as Democratic Senior Counsel. Corbett A. Price Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in March of 2015 representing the District of Columbia. Mr. Price currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Quantix Health Capital, LLC. Michael Goldman Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in June of 2013 representing the State of Maryland. Mr. Goldman has practiced in the areas of international, antitrust and transportation law. Catherine Hudgins Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in 2008 representing the State of Virginia. Mrs. Hudgins served as Chair in both 2011 and 2012. She joined the Board in January of 2004 as an Alternate Director. She was first elected to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in November 1999 and is currently serving her third term. Carol Carmody Appointed to the Board as a Principal Director in June of 2016 representing the Federal Government. Ms. Carmody served for five years as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, was appointed Vice Chairman by President Clinton and served twice as Acting Chairman. Her government career included the Senate Commerce Committee, and Departments of State and Transportation. Tom Bulger Appointed to the Board as an Alternate Director in July 2011 representing the District of Columbia. Mr. Bulger is President of Government Relations Inc., and has been a federal advocate and policy consultant. Malcolm Augustine Appointed to the Board as an Alternate Director in January of 2016 representing Prince George’s County, Maryland. Mr. Augustine is a multi- channel marketing, sales, analytics and customer relationship executive in the direct marketing sector with expertise in higher education, non-profit, and healthcare at Intra Mail Network. Christian Dorsey Appointed to the Board as an Alternate Director in January of 2016 representing Arlington County, Virginia. Mr. Dorsey was elected to the Arlington County Board in November of 2015. He also represents Arlington on the board of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and serves as one of three Arlington commissioners of The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC). Robert Lauby Appointed to the Board as an Alternate Director in June of 2016 representing the Federal Government. Mr. Lauby has 37 years of railroad and rail transit experience involving safety, security, accident investigation, project management, project engineering, manufacturing, and vehicle maintenance. He currently serves as Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety Officer with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Leif A. Dormsjo Appointed to the Board as an Alternate Director in March of 2015 representing the District of Columbia. Mr. Dormsjo was confirmed the Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) in 2015 after serving as an Alternate Director. He previously