2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11-A - Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority › 1299-S - Five-Year Capital and Operating Plans.

§  1299-s.  Five-year capital and operating plans. 1. (a) On or before
October first, nineteen hundred ninety, and annually  thereafter  on  or
before April first, the authority shall adopt a capital program plan for
the  five-year period commencing April first. The plan shall contain the
capital program, separately itemized, by the following functions:  metro
transit operations, airport operations, and port operations.
(b)  The  plan  shall set goals and objectives by function for capital
spending, establish standards for service and operations, describe  each
capital project proposed to be initiated in each of the years covered by
the  plan and explain how each proposed project supports the achievement
of the service and operational standards established in  the  plan.  The
plan  shall  list  separately by function those projects contributing to
the maintenance of the  system  infrastructure  and  those  intended  to
enhance  the  system.  The plan shall also include an estimated cost for
each project and set forth an estimate of the amount of capital  funding
required  for  each  year  of  the plan and the expected sources of such
funding. It shall also include a project schedule for the initiation and
completion of each project. Each plan subsequent to the first such  plan
shall  describe  the  current status of each capital project included in
the previously adopted plan.
(c) In addition to the annual update, a quarterly capital plan  status
report  shall be provided to the committee on capital planning and shall
include, but not be limited to, a description of any material change  in
the  scope,  cost,  funding  or  time  of  initiation or completion of a
project as adopted in the plan. The first such report  shall  cover  the
three  month  period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one
and shall be submitted no later than thirty days after the  end  of  the
quarter.  Thereafter,  quarterly  reports shall be submitted on the last
day of October, January, April and July.
2. (a) On or  before  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety,  and
annually  thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
an operating plan for the five-year period commencing April  first.  The
plan shall include the annual estimated operating cost for the following
authority  functions:  metro transit operations, airport operations, and
port operations. The plans shall also include  the  proposed  method  of
financing for the level of service defined for each year of the plan and
shall  fully  allocate  the  general  authority costs to the authority's
functions. The plan shall provide a  narrative  describing  the  overall
financial condition of the authority.
(b)  In addition to the annual update, the authority shall prepare for
the committee on finance and audit quarterly reports  on  the  financial
condition  of  each  of its functions. The first such report shall cover
the  three  month  period  commencing  April  first,  nineteen   hundred
ninety-one  and  shall  be submitted no later than thirty days after the
end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be submitted  on
the  last  day  of  October,  January, April and July. The reports shall
include  a  budgetary  comparison  of  the  most  recent   quarter   and
year-to-date  actual revenues and expenditures with the same time period
in the previous year and with the projections for that time period based
on the board approved  budget.  The  reporting  for  the  metro  transit
operations shall be separate for the bus and light rail divisions.
3.  (a)  On  or  before  October  first,  nineteen hundred ninety, and
annually thereafter on or before April first, the  authority  shall  set
operational  performance  goals  and  objectives  for  the metro transit
operations, consistent with paragraph (b) of  subdivision  one  of  this
section  and shall establish performance indicators to measure standards
of service and operations. The  performance  indicators  shall  include:
revenue  passengers,  total  passengers,  revenue vehicle miles, revenue

vehicle hours, number of employees by department, vehicle mean  distance
between  failure,  on-time  performance  for total service provided, the
cost per revenue passenger, the cost per revenue vehicle  mile  and  the
revenue-to-cost ratio.
(b)  The  authority  shall prepare for the committee on operations and
personnel quarterly reports on the operating performance  of  the  metro
transit  operations.  The  first such report shall cover the three month
period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and shall  be
submitted  no  later  than  thirty  days  after  the end of the quarter.
Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be submitted  on  the  last  day  of
October,  January,  April  and July. The reporting for the metro transit
operations shall be separate for the bus and light rail  divisions.  The
report  shall  compare  the  performance  indicators  of the most recent
quarter and the year-to-date performance indicators with the  same  time
period  in  the  previous  year  and  with  the annual goals established
pursuant to this subdivision.
4. Any and all annual reports, including  interim  reports,  shall  be
submitted   to   the  director  of  the  division  of  the  budget,  the
commissioner of transportation and the chief executive officer  of  Erie
county  and  Niagara  county, the county legislatures of Erie county and
Niagara county, the temporary president of the senate,  the  speaker  of
the  assembly,  the chairpersons of the senate finance committee and the
assembly ways and means committee, and the chairpersons  of  the  senate
and assembly transportation committees.