. FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON TENTATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2020 MILLAGE RATE AND ANNUAL BUDGET Monday, September 9, 2019, 5:30 PM Florida Conference Room HART Administrative Office 1201 East 7th Avenue, Tampa FL 33605 Information not viewable is available upon request - phone: 813-384-6552 or e-mail: [email protected] AGENDA TAB 1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING .........................................................................................................2-1 STAFF PRESENTATION FY2020 Tentative HART Budget Cyndy Stiglich, Interim Chief Financial Officer Overview: Staff will present an overview of the Fiscal Year 2020 Tentative millage Operating and Capital budgets. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT ON PUBLIC HEARING (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER) 4. BOARD DISCUSSION 5. CLOSE OF PUBLIC COMMENT 6. BOARD ACTIONS a. Resolution #R2019-09-39 ~ Resolution of the Hillsborough Transit Authority of Hillsborough County, Florida, Adopting the Tentative Levying of Ad Valorem Taxes; Adopting the Tentative Fiscal Year 2020 Millage Rate of .5000; and Providing for an Effective Date ...........................6-1 b. Resolution #R2019-09-40~ Resolution of the Hillsborough Transit Authority of Hillsborough County, Florida, Adopting the Tentative Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Budget of $121,452,784; and providing for an Effective Date ......................................................................................................6-5 7. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING THE HART BOARD PACKET IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.GOHART.ORG REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Monday, September 9, 2019 Immediately after the First Budget Hearing Florida Conference Room HART Administrative Office 1201 East 7th Avenue, Tampa FL 33605 Information not viewable is available upon request - phone: 813-384-6552 or e-mail: [email protected] AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ~ August 5, 2019 ...................................................... 2-1 3. PUBLIC INPUT ON AGENDA ITEMS (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER) 4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 5. CHAIR’S REPORT 6. GENERAL COUNSEL’S REPORT a. Adopting HART Board Policy No. 210.06 for Telephonic Board Participation – First Reading .... 6-1 7. PRESENTATIONS a. Overview of Challenges to Developing a Passenger Rail Service on Freight Railroad-Owned Trackage ...........................................................................................................................................7-1 Christopher Cochran, Director of Service Development Charles Banks, President R.L. Banks and Associates Overview: Staff will present a comprehensive overview of existing challenges associated with the acquisition of and implementation of passenger rail projects on existing CSX rail. The presentation will include an overview of acquisition processes, funding mechanisms and technology considerations. b. Tampa Bay Passenger Ferry Service Lynda Crescentini, Director of Project Management Office Overview: Staff will provide an historic timeline and overview of the passenger ferry project, will outline recommendations to the Board of Directors on potential next steps. Hillsborough Transit Authority First Public Hearing on the Tentative FY2020 Millage Rate and Annual Budget and Board of Directors Meeting Agenda September 9, 2019 Page 3 TAB REGULAR MEETING continued 8. CONSENT AGENDA Litigation and Claims Committee met on July 23, 2019 and advanced the following item to the full HART Board of Directors for their review and approval. a. Resolution #R2019-09-41 ~ Approval of Settlement Authority Recommended by HART Litigation and Claims Committee for Settlement of all Claims Related to HART Claim Number 808655 in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $300,000 ............................................................................ 8-1 Carolyn House Stewart, Director of Risk and Legal Services Overview: HART claim number 808655 arises out of a bus accident occurring on October 4, 2017 at Avenida Republica de Cuba in Hillsborough County b. Resolution #R2019-09-42 ~ Approval of Settlement Authority Recommended by HART Litigation and Claims Committee for Settlement of all Claims Related to HART Claim Number 812089 in a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $294,716.97 ....................................................................... 8-3 Carolyn House Stewart, Director of Risk and Legal Services Overview: HART claim number 812089 arises out of a bus accident occurring on May 30, 2017 on 1-75 South at Gibsonton Drive Exit in Hillsborough County, Florida. 9. APPROVAL OF ACTION ITEMS The following action items have not been previously reviewed by a HART Committee. a. Resolution #R2019-09-43 ~ Authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to Submit the CY2020 Program of Projects to the All for Transportation Surtax Independent Oversight Committee for Review by September 30, 2019 ............................................................................................. 9-1 Chris Cochran, Director of Service Development This Action Item is supported by the presentation: 2020 Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) Proposed Service Planning Projects Chris Cochran, Director of Service Development Overview: Staff will present the updated program of proposed projects that are aligned with the requirements of the 2018 AFT Transit Surtax. This will include operational and capital projects and estimated costs of these new projects. Hillsborough Transit Authority First Public Hearing on the Tentative FY2020 Millage Rate and Annual Budget and Board of Directors Meeting Agenda September 9, 2019 Page 4 b. Resolution #R2019-09-44 ~ Approval of the fourth One Year Extension to the Operator’s Agreement for the TECO Line Streetcar System ........................................................................9-4 Ruthie Reyes Burckard, Chief Operating Officer Overview: Tampa Historic Streetcar, Inc. (THS) contracts with Hillsborough Transit Authority (HART) to operate the TECO Line Streetcar system. The current extension of the Operator’s Agreement expires September 30, 2019. The purpose of this item is to approve the renewal of the fourth one-year extension to the agreement, effective October 1, 2019. 10. HART BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Legislative and Strategic Planning Committee Meeting ~ August 12, 2019 ............................10-1 b. Finance and Audit Committee Meeting ~ August 19, 2019 .....................................................10-7 c. TOD Committee Meeting ~ August 19, 2019 ..........................................................................10-16 11. REPORTS FROM HART BOARD REPRESENTATIVES a. Tampa Historic Streetcar Board of Directors .......................................................................... 11-1 b. Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors ............................................ 11-2 c. Metropolitan Planning Organization Board of Directors.......................................................... 11-4 12. STATUS REPORTS a. Financial Highlights .................................................................................................................. 12-1 b. Ridership and Productivity ....................................................................................................... 12-4 13. PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING GENERAL CONCERNS (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER) 14. OLD BUSINESS a. Overview of the Board members’ travel to 2019 APTA Transit Board Members Seminar ~ report by Commissioner Overman 15. NEW BUSINESS Hillsborough Transit Authority First Public Hearing on the Tentative FY2020 Millage Rate and Annual Budget and Board of Directors Meeting Agenda September 9, 2019 Page 5 TAB REGULAR MEETING continued 16. MONTHLY INFORMATION REPORTS a. Maintenance Activities ............................................................................................................. 16-1 b. Operations Activities ................................................................................................................ 16-3 c. Project Development ................................................................................................................ 16-6 d. Communications and Marketing ............................................................................................... 16-7 e. Procurement & Contracts Administration ................................................................................ 16-9 17. ADJOURNMENT THE HART BOARD PACKET IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.GOHART.ORG HILLSBOROUGH TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON TENTATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2020 MILLAGE RATE AND ANNUAL BUDGET SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 SCRIPT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING HART BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 5:30 PM ADOPTION OF THE TENTATIVE FISCAL YEAR 2020 MILLAGE RATE AND ANNUAL BUDGET CHAIR: Welcome. I will now call this public hearing to order. I hereby open the public hearing this evening on the Tentative Fiscal Year 2020 Millage Rate and Annual Budget for Hillsborough Transit Authority. Anyone who may wish to speak this evening will need to sign in and identify themselves. On the table at the back of the room, we have made available to you documents summarizing the Tentative Fiscal Year 2020 Millage Rate and Annual Budget. These documents include the agenda for tonight’s public hearing, which I will now outline. We will consider the adoption of the following resolutions: • A resolution to adopt the levying of Tentative Ad Valorem Taxes and the Tentative Fiscal Year 2020 Millage Rate. After hearing citizen comments, the Board may make any changes