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CONTRACT K-1920-137: AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AUTHORITY (COTPA) D/B/A EMBARK TO PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN FROM JULY 1, 2020, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021, IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS ($3,124,074.00) FOR THE PROVISION OF TRANSIT SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS.
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BACKGROUND: On August 28, 2018, University of Oklahoma ("OU" or "University") officials advised City staff of their desire to transfer non-campus bus services in Norman to another operator by the end of fiscal year 2018-2019 (FYE 2019).
On May 22, 2019, Governor Stitt designated the City to be the direct recipient of federal transit funds effective upon the date the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) formally approves the City eligible to receive federal transit funds. On June 20, 2019, the FTA designated the City to be the direct recipient of federal transit funds.
While the City was able to become the designated recipient of federal transit funds, the complete transition of operations and maintenance of the transit services was not able to be accomplished by July 1, 2019. Thus, on June 25, 2019, the City approved Contract K-1819-150 with the University to continue operating and maintaining the transit services from July 1 through August 2, 2019, as the City's contractor.
Throughout the transition, the City and the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA) d/b/a EMBARK were collaborating on an agreement to provide the City's transit services as an independent contractor. This came to fruition with contract K-1920-30, an Interlocal Agreement between the City and EMBARK for EMBARK to provide transit services for the City, which was approved by City Council on July 20, 2019. The Interlocal Agreement included the operation of the fixed routes, operation of paratransit services, coll...
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