Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Agreement with WageWorks Inc. to Provide Commute Alternative Benefit Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with WageWorks, Inc. for the provision of commute alternative benefit services, for the term December 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $1,035,000.
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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 an 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. The CAP program currently receives $1.2 million annually from Measure A to fund the program.
The CAP program currently provides a comprehensive set of services including a subsidy to County employees of up to $75 per month to use public transit, carpool, or vanpool services, or a lesser subsidy to encourage employees to walk or bike to work. Additionally, the CAP program offers an Emergency Ride Home program, carpool-only parking facilities, and bike lockers. An average of 1,100 County employees annually participate in the CAP program.
In 2009, the County entered into an agreement with WageWorks to administer the above-referenced County subsidies and to purchase monthly transit passes for those County employ...
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