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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM NUMB
Meeting of August 15, 1995
FROM: Michael D. McCluskey, Public Works Director
Prepared by: Bridget O. Fraser, Engineering Assistant
SUBJECT: Design Services for the Bus Maintenance Facility Expansion
CAO RECOMMENDATIONS:
By motion,
1) approve the Request for Proposals for "Design Services: Bus Maintenance Facility Expansion, Specification
No.96-01A (530.9601.522.552) Estimated cost: $28,000
2) appropriate an additional $11,000 in federal grant revenue and state subventions to the project account
3) authorize the City Administrative Officer to award an agreement for design services if the cost does not exceed
$28,000.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed project would add one service bay and a bus washer to the City's bus maintenance building. This addition
would increase service capacity and allow more frequent washing of the SLO Transit fleet.
The original design of the maintenance building included four service bays, with one bay incorporating a bus washer and
washwater recovery system. To save construction costs, the architect eliminated two service bays and the bus washer.
This smaller project was built in 1987 and was adequate for the SLO Transit fleet at that time, which included eight buses.
Since then, though, the SLO Transit fleet has grown to 14 buses and two trolleys, and there is little room to perform
timely service. Currently, the transit contractor washes each vehicle weekly with a hose and handbrush in the parking lot, a
labor-intensive process that wastes water. The adopted Short Range Transit Plan recommends washing the front and back
of each vehicle daily and the entire exterior weekly, but this level of attention is not feasible with handwashing.
Staff has prepared the attached request for proposals to solicit design services by contract from qualified architects. The
engineering program has only enough employees to design streets and utilities projects. All other projects (including
projects for parks, buildings, and alternative transportation) must be designed by contract.
FISCAL IMPACT:
additional
estimated budgeted (1) needed
Costs:
Design Services $28,000 $17,000 $11,000
Revenue Sources:
FTA Section 9 Grant $22,000 $14,000 $ 8,000
TDA Fund 6.000 3.000 3.000
$28,000 $17,000 $11,000
(1) See page E-9 of the 1995/97 Financial Plan and pages 110-114 of Appendix B to the 1995/97 Financial Plan
The City has an approved Federal Transit Administration Section 9 capital grant for the bus maintenance facility expansion
which will cover 80 percent of design costs. The additional money needed will come from revenues which can be used
only for capital projects.
NOTE: RFP documents are available in the Council Office for Review. .
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