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50 APPENDIX BâSURVEY TCRP J-5, STUDY TOPIC 14-2 TRANSIT AGENCY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS: COMMON ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS Agency Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ Name of Employee: ___________________________ Job Title: ___________________________ Contact telephone/cell phone number: ______________________________ E-mail address: ______________________________ How many years have you been with the agency? ______________________________ What was your agencyâs ridership for 2010? (a) Number of passenger trips by rail ______________________________ (b) Number of passenger trips by bus ______________________________ Is your agency government-owned? (Please circle) YES NO *************************************************************** 1. Has your agency cooperated or is it now cooperating with another governmental unit, agency, or other entity pursuant to an intergovernmental or interagency agreement (IGA) and/or a memoran- dum of understanding (MOU) or pursuant to some other joint arrangement? If your answer is yes, please answer questions 2 through 10. Please attach extra sheets as needed for your responses. (Please circle) YES NO 2. Does your state have a constitutional and/or statutory provision(s) authorizing the use of IGAs or MOUs? (Please circle) YES NO If your answer is yes, please provide a citation or citations. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Do cities in your state have home rule power authorizing the use of an IGA, MOU or other joint arrangement? (Please circle) YES NO If your answer is yes, please provide a citation or citations. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Please state whether your agency has used IGAs or MOUs with respect to: (a) Bus and rail operations (Please circle) YES NO (b) Construction projects (Please circle) YES NO (c) Land acquisition (Please circle) YES NO
51 (d) Management of facilities or otherwise (Please circle) YES NO (e) Ownership of facilities (Please circle) YES NO (f) Partnerships (Please circle) YES NO (g) Procurement (Please circle) YES NO (h) Third-party responsibilities (e.g., local match) (Please circle) YES NO If your answer is yes to any one or more of the above, please identify any IGAs and MOUs and pro- vide an Internet-link or copy, as well as any comments regarding your agencyâs use of and experi- ence with IGAs or MOUs for such purpose or purposes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Please identify any other purposes for which your agency has used or is now using IGAs and/or MOUs or other joint arrangements? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Please identify the governmental units, agencies, or other entities with which your agency has had or now has an IGA or MOU. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. When your agency uses an IGA or an MOU please explain the reason(s) for favoring one form of agreement over another. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Please identify and explain the benefits that your agency has derived from the use of IGAs or MOUs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Please identify and explain the legal issues or problems that have arisen with the use of IGAs and MOUs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 10. Are there particular transit-related issues that your agency has identified that it seeks to avoid or resolve when negotiating or drafting an IGA or MOU? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Please describe any solutions developed or lessons learned by your agency in the use of IGAs or MOUs. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12. In your experience, have there been issues or problems that an IGA or MOU should have or could have addressed but did not? (Please circle) YES NO If your answer is yes, please explain why the issue(s) was (were) not addressed. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
52 13. Have there been any claims, disputes and/or administrative or legal actions arising out of or in connection with an IGA, MOU, or other joint arrangement signed or used by your agency? (Please circle) YES NO If your answer is yes, please explain the nature of any claim, dispute, or action; whether and how it was resolved; and provide a copy of and/or citation to any administrative or judicial decision. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 14. Please provide a copy of (and if possible an Internet-link to) IGAs and/or MOUs used or in use by your agency. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************************************** Please return your completed survey and any attachments, preferably by e-mail, to: The Thomas Law Firm ATTN: Larry W. Thomas 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel. (202) 280-7769 lwthomas@cox.net
