Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Agreement with Edenred Commuter Benefit Solutions LLC, to Provide Commute Alternative Benefit Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Edenred Commuter Benefit Solutions LLC for commute alternative benefit services from May 14, 2019 to May 13, 2022 for a not-to-exceed amount of $2,900,000.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County Commute Alternatives Program (CAP) was established in December 1991 to comply with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's Regulation 13, Rule 1. Rule 1 required all companies in the Bay Area that employ 100 or more workers, to implement measures to reduce the number of employees who commute in single occupant vehicles. In 1992, the Board approved the initial transit subsidy of $20 per month to help meet that mandate and provide an incentive to employees to use public transit, or other means besides single occupant vehicles when traveling to and from work.
In November 2004, the voters of San Mateo County passed Measure A, a half-cent sales tax to fund transportation-related projects throughout the County for 25 years. Currently, the CAP receives $1.2 million annually from Measure A to fund the program.
CAP provides a comprehensive set of services and up to $75 subsidy per month to County employees to use public transit, or vanpool, and up to $20 per month to employees to carpool, walk, or bike to work. Additionally, CAP offers an Emergency Ride Home program, vanpool and carpool-only parking facilities, and bike lockers. Currently, an average of 1,100 County employees participate monthly in CAP.
Since 2009, WageWorks has been administering the above-referenced County subsidies and purchasing monthly transit passes for those County employees who are riding public transportation. Approximately 907 County employ...
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