29A - PAYMENT TO OCTA SENIOR MOBILITY

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• • CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 5, 2016 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: TITLE: APPROVED REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT TO ORANGE ❑ As Recommended COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY E] El FOR SENIOR MOBILITY PROGRAM El O Ordinance on Reading F-1 2n Ordinance on 2 "' Reading {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,4C) ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER CITY MANAG R RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to issue a reimbursement Transportation Authority for expenditures associated with the year 2011 -12 through 2015 -16, in the amount of $71,267.05, approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION payment to the Orange County Senior Mobility Program from fiscal subject to nonsubstantive changes The City of Santa Ana has an agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to provide funding for the Senior Mobility Program. Periodically, OCTA conducts an audit of the program to review the monthly reports provided by the City, which indicate the expenditures associated with the program. During the most recent audit that concluded in December 2015, OCTA made a determination that certain excursions provided to seniors are not within the scope of the agreement. OCTA calculated a total of $71,267,05 of service expenditures that are not within the scope of the agreement from fiscal years 2011 -12 through 2015 -16. The $71,267.05 amount covered the transportation cost to take Santa Ana Seniors to shop for groceries and 46 excursions, which included only seven excursions to either a winery or a casino over a five -year period. The City made OCTA aware of these excursions as part of the monthly reports that were submitted. Additionally, OCTA has taken partial responsibility for not informing the City sooner that these excursions are not allowable. As a result of the audit, OCTA has determined that the City needs to reimburse OCTA for $71,267.05 of expenditures that were paid under the agreement. 29A -1