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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2012 - Omnitrans

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (CONTINUED)<br />

• Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) - established to support surface transportation<br />

projects and other related ef<strong>for</strong>ts that contribute air-quality improvements and provide congestion relief.<br />

• Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) - established to improve access to transportation services to employment<br />

and employment-related activities <strong>for</strong> welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals and to transport residents<br />

of urbanized areas and non-urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities.<br />

• New Freedom - a <strong>for</strong>mula grant program aims to provide additional tools to overcome existing barriers facing<br />

Americans with disabilities seeking integration into the work<strong>for</strong>ce available to people with disabilities beyond the<br />

requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).<br />

FINANCIAL SECTION<br />

• State Transit Assistance Fund (STAF) - derived from sales tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, this funding is an<br />

allocation to local transit agencies to fund a portion of the operations and capital costs associated with local<br />

mass transportation programs.<br />

• Public Transportation Modernization, Improvement and Service Enhancement Account Program (PTMISEA) - created<br />

by Proposition 1B, is funding available to transit operators over a ten-year period. PTMISEA funds may be used <strong>for</strong><br />

transit rehabilitation, safety or modernization improvements, capital service enhancements or expansions, new<br />

capital projects, bus rapid-transit improvements, or rolling stock (buses and rail cars) procurement, rehabilitation<br />

or replacement.<br />

Interest income <strong>for</strong> the Agency consists of quarterly return on investment with the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF). The<br />

LAIF program offers local agencies the opportunity to participate in a major portfolio, which invests hundreds of millions of<br />

dollars, using the investment expertise of the State Treasurer's Office at no additional cost. Total interest income <strong>for</strong> fiscal<br />

year ended June 30, <strong>2012</strong> was $52.7 thousand, down $21.6 thousand or 29.0 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.<br />

Other non-operating revenues consist mainly of quarterly reimbursement to the Agency from the Amalgamated Transit<br />

Union (ATU) Local 1704 <strong>for</strong> wages and benefits paid by the Agency to ATU Officers/Stewards during normal work hours to<br />

process grievances. Total other non-operating revenues increased $4.9 thousand or 24.7 percent over last fiscal year.<br />

OMNITRANS’ REVENUES<br />

Percent<br />

Increase Increase<br />

<strong>2012</strong> 2011 (Decrease) (Decrease)<br />

Passenger fares $14,536,931 14,538,747 (1,816) (0.0)<br />

Advertising revenue 805,904 909,176 (103,272) (11.4)<br />

Other transportation revenue 39,819 41,802 (1,983) (4.7)<br />

Federal and local operating grants 47,875,811 52,675,797 (4,799,986) (9.1)<br />

Capital assistance 34,412,696 21,016,685 13,396,011 63.7<br />

Interest income 52,727 74,302 (21,575) (29.0)<br />

Other non-operating revenues 24,951 20,002 4,949 24.7<br />

Total Revenue $97,748,839 89,276,511 8,472,328 9.5<br />

<strong>2012</strong> <strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

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