Title
Transit-Related Agreements with UNC Charlotte
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute an agreement with UNC Charlotte for an initial term of five years for eligible students, faculty, and staff to use all-access passes for CATS services,
B. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to renew the all-access pass agreement for up to one, five-year term,
C. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute an agreement with UNC Charlotte for addressing safety and security issues within the CATS light rail easement and adjacent areas for an indefinite term, unless terminated by either party,
D. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute an agreement with UNC Charlotte for landscaping and maintenance services within the CATS light rail easement and including the UNC Charlotte Main Station for an indefinite term, unless terminated by either party, and
E. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to amend the agreements consistent with the purpose for which the agreements were approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Elizabeth Presutti, CATS
Explanation
Action A and B
§ UNC Charlotte leaders seek to secure access for eligible students, faculty, and staff to use city light rail, streetcar, paratransit, and local and express bus services.
§ The All-Access Pass will provide UNC Charlotte students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to utilize the above-listed modes of transportation within CATS’ system.
§ On May 24, 2023, the Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC) approved an annual pass rate of $50/year for students, faculty, and staff; the MTC has updated its fare policy to reflect that rate.
§ The anticipated annual revenue for the All-Access Pass Agreement with UNC Charlotte is approximately $1.3 million.
Action C
§ The LYNX Blue Line Extension (BLE) reaches its terminus at the UNC Charlotte Main Station near Cameron Boulevard on the UNC Charlotte campus.
§ As authorized by law, UNC Charlotte has established its own law enforcement agency (University Police Department) with territorial jurisdiction on campus and adjoining property.
§ The Security Agreement will outline mutual responsibilities such as first response obligations, emergency calls, crimes in progress, felony calls, arrest and detention and the sharing of information such as camera feeds and radio communications.
§ The service agreement for security is to establish the distribution of responsibilities between UNC Charlotte and the city along the BLE on the campus.
§ There is no monetary exchange for this security services agreement.
Action D
§ The UNC Charlotte Main Station is an important landmark for the University. An agreement is needed to designate various landscaping and maintenance responsibilities.
§ All landscaping and maintenance on the platform will be managed by CATS. The landscaping and maintenance around the station will be managed by UNC Charlotte.
§ The service agreement for landscaping/maintenance is to establish the distribution of responsibilities between UNC Charlotte and the City along the Blue Line Extension on the Campus at UNC Charlotte.
§ There is no monetary exchange for this landscaping and maintenance agreement.
Fiscal Note
Funding: CATS Operating Budget