Tri-County Area
APPLICATION FORM
Special Transportation Discretionary (STF)
2016 STF Fund Discretionary Program for Regional Projects and
Projects with Statewide Significance
2016 STF Fund Discretionary Program for Regional Projects
and Projects with Statewide Significance GRANT
APPLICATION
I. Organization’s Information
Name of Organization:
Ride Connection
Contact Person: Julie Wilcke, Chief Operating Officer
Address: 9955 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97220
Telephone: (503) 528-1737
E-Mail: jwilcke@rideconnection.org
FAX: (503) 528-1755
Type of Organization (mark one):
Public Entity
Private non-profit
Provider’s geographic area of service is (mark one):
Inside the TriMet Service District
Outside the TriMet Service District
Both Inside and Outside of the TriMet Service District
X
X
Geographic area to be served (please indicate the geographic
features that define y our service area such as streets, rivers or
jurisdictional boundaries):
North Boundary
Columbia River
East Boundary
NE/SE 162nd Avenue
South Boundary
Clackamas/Multnomah County
Border
West Boundary
NE/SE 82nd Avenue
Other General Geographic Area
(ex Canby School District)
Optional – please provide a map of your service area as a separate,
single page, letter sized attachment.
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Days and Hours of Operation:
Days
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Please list any planned periods of
service closure greater than 3
days. (ex. Closed the last week of
December)
Hours
7:30AM to 4:30PM*
7:30AM to 4:30PM*
7:30AM to 4:30PM*
7:30AM to 4:30PM*
7:30AM to 4:30PM*
Limited/episodic*
Limited/episodic*
II. Funding Proposal
Project Title:
Mid Multnomah County Funding Parity
Total STF funds Requested: $234,723
Start Date: July 1, 2016
Underline Proposed Funding Source: 1. Regional Project or 2.
Project with Statewide Significance
Underline Funding Request Type:
1. Continuation of existing service at same level of service
2. Expansion of existing service
3. New service
4. Capital request
5. Other
Total Transportation Program Cost by Year:
FY17
$315,057
FY18
$283,558
FY19
$296,741
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Total STF Grant fund needs by Year:
(Circle below)
Regional Project
Project of
Statewide
Significance
FY17
$101,322
FY18
$63,411
FY19
$69,990
Scalable STF Grant Request by Year:
You are strongly encouraged to request the full amount of
funding that is needed for each program, including funding for
new programs, but funding is limited. Describe the scalability of
your STF funding request below. Enter your scaled down request.
Then describe how you scaled down your request and what aspects
of the program would not be funded under this funding scenario.
FY17
FY18
FY19
Total
Scaled request
Description:
This request is not scalable.
Amount of other funds leveraged to support the total
transportation program: (list county contributions, STF
Discretionary funds, donations, other):
Contribution/Source Number of
Amount % of Program
Units/Hours
Funding
TriMet 5310
$660,633 74%
Total STF Grant
Request
$234,723 26%
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STF Discretionary Project Type Category (mark one):
Direct Service
Mobility Management/Coordination
Both Direct Service and Mobility Management/Coordination
X
Program Description (limit 900 words)
Describe services or capital investment to be provided by STF
funding. Please include a description of the following:
 Who do you serve
 What geographic area do you serve?
 Level of service provided to customers
 Operational activities; how customers request and
receive rides, including scheduling and dispatching
 Describe if volunteers are utilized to provide service
and how this occur (is the volunteer program
supported with STF or other funds? Do you provide
mileage reimbursement to volunteers using their own
vehicles?)
 How the service is marketed.
This project brings funding parity to the Mid Multnomah County
service area by adding dedicated STF funding to available program
operational funding. This allows an increase of 1 FTE in paid driver
time to address the high turn-down rate for episodic trips in the
service area. In year one of the project, one additional minivan will
also be purchased to increase the available fleet in the service area.
The Mid Multnomah County U-Ride program serves older adults and
people with disabilities residing in the area of Multnomah County
between NE/SE 82nd Avenue and NE/SE 162nd Avenue. Service
provided is door-to-door with door-through-door and escorted service
provided if requested and based on availability of a suitable volunteer
or paid driver.
On average, in all other areas of Multnomah County excluding Mid
Multnomah County are funded for Fiscal Year 2016-17 at an average
of $9.33 per capita of residents over the age of 60. In Mid County, the
per capita per resident over the age of 60 funding level for FY 2016-
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17 is $7.14. Our request will add an additional $2.19 per capita
funding of dedicated STF funding to the Mid County program to bring
funding levels to parity with other service areas in Multnomah County.
Analysis of 2010 census data and 2005-09 American Community
Survey data by the City of Portland of the area of census tracts that
correspond with the Mid Multnomah County service area shows that
the area’s population is growing faster than other areas of the City of
Portland and that older adults make up 12% of the population of the
area with large concentrations located along the east side of I-205
between E Burnside and SE Division. In addition, 18% of the
households living in the area have incomes below the Federal
Poverty Line. East Portland/Mid Multnomah County also has a larger
percentage of non-English-speaking households and is more
ethnically diverse than the city of Portland as a whole. (Source: East
Portland in Motion Five-Year Implementation Strategy for Active
Transportation: Appendix A East Portland Demographic Overview.
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/article/372607)
In fiscal year 2014-15 the total turn downs for the Mid Multnomah
County U-Ride program were 4,609. This is a turn-down rate of 32%
compared to the 7% average turn-down rate for other programs. Of
these turn-downs a very large proportion were for episodic/individual
trip requests.
The growth in population coupled with the high poverty rate, diverse
population and high turn-down rate underscores the need to provide
funding parity as soon as possible to ensure that this high-need area
of Multnomah County is not slipping further behind.
This project will allow us to add 1 FTE driver hours to help increase
capacity and reliability. We will also be able to leverage the addition
of one mini-van to help increase volunteer hours for the program. The
end goal is to achieve parity with other Multnomah County based
programs. This is a baseline need and while it is an expansion of the
program, it should be considered the minimum for base existing
service in the area.
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Do your program activities preserve existing service and/or
provide new service? (describe how the project preserves existing
service or provides new or expanded service) (limit 200 words)
This project enhances the existing Mid Multnomah County U-Ride
program by providing additional funding and vehicle capacity to
provide a level of service that is comparable to other programs in
Multnomah County. It also helps strengthen the existing program’s
ability to provide volunteer based service by providing additional
scheduling flexibility through the addition of a mini-van. Currently,
only one mini-van is available and the existing accessible bus is
primarily used by paid drivers for larger group and shuttle trips on
most days. An additional mini-van will allow volunteers who use fleet
vehicles to have overlapping shifts.
Do you coordinate between providers to avoid duplication?
(describe what level of coordination between partners is done and
how duplication is avoided) (limit 200 words)
Centralized coordination efforts among Multnomah County providers
are strong and growing. Currently all Ride Connection Multnomah
County services with open customer participation (including Mid
Multnomah County U-Ride, East County U-Ride, Impact NW, MFS Project Linkage and Neighborhood House programs) all utilize a
centralized scheduling and dispatch system. This level of
coordination allows all partners to participate in expanding each
program’s capacity and avoiding duplication by identifying and
maximizing shared ride opportunities, combining duplicative runs and
routes and effectively reducing turn-downs by utilizing available
capacity across programs.
Ride Connection is also currently coordinating directly with
Metropolitan Family Service to implement recommendations of the
Multnomah County Service redesign and adjust to changes in
programs, including the shift of the former American Red Cross
Multnomah County service to Ride Connection operation. This
adjustment in funding recognizes the disparity in funding identified in
the Multnomah County redesign process and provides additional
resources for improving the base of service in Mid Multnomah County
as coordination activities and shifts in program operations occur.
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Is your program cost- effective? (describe average cost per ride,
cost per mile and cost per hour) (limit 200 words)
[need budget data for new funding level to complete this]
Does your program address one or more of the strategy
recommendations in the Tri-County Elderly and Disabled
Transportation Plan (EDTP) or improves service coverage as
recommended in the EDTP? (describe activities) (limit 200 words)
This project helps meet the need to address a gap in transit service –
particularly a funding and capacity based gap – as identified on page
6-3 of the EDTP. It will improve the service coverage in Mid
Multnomah County so that it is comparable to other programs
operating in Multnomah County. In addition, it helps increase the
capacity of the volunteer based program in Mid Multnomah County as
identified on page 6-4 of the EDTP by providing additional vehicle
capacity for volunteer use and seeking to increase the overall number
of volunteer hours for the program.
III. Budget and Ridership Information
A. Budget Information
-- Ride Connection Organizations, complete Form A Measurables
and Form B2 Condensed Budget Information below and the detailed
electronic budget worksheet provided by Ride Connection.
Form A. Measurables
Ride Data FY17 (projected)
STF
One way 6,401
rides
Total
30,405
miles
Miles per 4.75
FY18 (projected)
Program STF
Total
17,126
6,593
Program
Total
17,640
FY19 (projected)
STF
6,791
Program
Total
18,169
81,351
31,317 83,791
32,257
86,305
4.75
4.75
4.75
4.75
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4.75
trip
Total paid
driver
hours
Total
volunteer
driver
hours
Cost per
trip
Number of
individuals
served
2,516
6,967
2,516
684
1,596
704
$9.11
$15.72
295
790
6,967
2,516
6,967
1,643
725
1,693
$9.61
$16.07
$10.30
$16.33
300
820
305
850
Staffing data: (please identify positions supported with STF
Discretionary funds and the amount of FTE per position)
Position
Driver
FY17
(projected)
1 FTE
FY 18
(projected)
1.2 FTE
FY 19
(projected)
1.2 FTE
Mobility Management: For mobility management/coordination
projects, please indicate activities support with STF Discretionary
funds and the number of individuals that benefit from project
activities.
Activity
FY17
FY 18
FY 19
(projected)
(projected)
(projected)
Purchase
295 customers
300 customers
305 customers
Mini-van*
benefit
benefit
benefit
*the addition of one minivan and additional driver capacity benefits all
customers in the area by providing more reliable service.
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Form B2. Condensed Budget Information
ESTIMATED STF
Amount
% of total
DISCRETIONARY PROJECT COST
STF
1.
Project administration expense
2. Personal services (wages and
benefits)
3. Facility (rent, janitorial, utilities, etc.)
4. Professional services*
5. Insurance, services and supplies (IT,
$7,925
3%
travel, office expense,
telecommunications, etc.)
6. Other (list):
$46,000
20%
Item - - Capital Expense – New Mini
Van
7. Item 8. Item 9. Operations expense
10. Item - Fuel
$16,585
7%
11. Item – Driver Wages, Taxes and
$159,213
68%
Benefits
12. Preventative Maintenance
expense
13. Item – Vehicle Maintenance
$5,000
2%
14. Item Grand Total:
$234,723
*For amounts over $5000, please provide an explanation of
services rendered. Limit 300 words.
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