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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM NUMBER:
FROM: ?Wen Hampian, Assistant City An trative Officer
Prepared by: Harry Watson, Transit ManagerdjG1�} 7
SUBJECT: Resolution authorizing the application for an Urban Mass
Transportation (UMTA) Section 18 Apportionment Grant that would
apply to the acquisition of a trolley vehicle.
CAO RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution authorizing staff to apply
for a new UMTA Section 18 Apportionment Grant in the amount of
$39,000 toward the acquisition of a trolley.
DISCUSSION:
The San Luis Obispo Area Coordinating Council (SLOAAC) staff
contacted our Transit Division on August 14, 1990 advising them
that a very limited window of opportunity exists for the
application of additional apportionment Section 18 grant monies
that have been made available to the County. This window of
opportunity will close in the second week of September 1990. This
offer was made by SLOACC to the City because of the City's recent
history for aggressively pursuing grant monies and following
through with the required applications.
This grant, should it be approved, would be a matching grant on
80/20 basis for a trolley, should the City Council choose to
continue the trolley program at a later date. Although the City
Council has not made a determination as to the future of the
trolley program, it is recommended that staff be authorized to file
an application for this grant. If in the event Council does choose
to continue the trolley program, these grant monies would be
available for us to use in support of that effort. If the Council
chose at a future date not to continue the trolley program, and if
the funds could not be reallocated to serve a different SLO Transit
activity, the City could cancel the grant and return the allocation
back to the ACC for a reapportionment.
A long term trolley program would require two trolleys. One would
be on the street and the other would serve as back-up when
breakdowns and service required. The primary trolley would be one
built to the City's specifications with a wheelchair lift and would
cost from $100,000 to $180,000. The reserve trolley could be a
used vehicle, most likely would not have a wheelchair lift, and
would cost from $50,000 to $100,000. .
By applying for the grant at this time, the City is afforded the
possibility of having funds available for the partial support of
any future long-term trolley program. Because of the unique nature
of the trolley program, the. City's application is expected to be
competitive in this grant process.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
The amount of the grant application is in the amount of $39,000.
The amount of match that would be required by the City should the
grant be approved is in the amount of 20% or $7,800. If our grant
application is approved, staff would ask Council to appropriate our
matching amount of $7,800.00 at the time of trolley acquisition.
Sufficient funds exist in the 1989-91 Transit Fund, fund balance,
end of the year projection, which is $2011900.
FINAL APPLICATION:
The grant application, when completed, will be available for review
in the City Clerk's office. Given the short application deadline,
however, the application will not be completed until the first or
second week in September. Through this staff report, staff is
requesting authorization to pursue grant funding so that the.
application can be submitted as soon as possible after completion.
ATTACHMENT:
Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. (1990 SERIES)
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A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR UMTA SECTION 18 APPORTIONMENT GRANT
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A BACK-UP TROLLEY VEHICLE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo
wishes:
1. To authorize, the application for UMTA Section 18
Apportionment Grant for the potential acquisition of a back-up
trolley vehicle.
2 . To authorize the City Administrative Officer or his
designee to sign all documents pertinent to the application.
3. To appoint the City Administrative Officer or his designee
as the agent of the City of San Luis Obispo to conduct all
negotiations, execute, and submit all documents pursuant to the
City's Purchasing Manual, all original documents including, but not
limited to, the applications, agreements and amendments are to be
retained in the office of the City Clerk.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the authorizing and
application for an UMTA Section 18 Apportionment Grant for the
acquisition of the back-up trolley vehicle is hereby approved. The
City Clerk is hereby directed to furnish and execute a copy of this
resolution for attachment to approved application and other
supporting materials as may be required and forward to San Luis
Obispo Area Coordinating Council, County Government Center, San
Luis Obispo, CA 93408, Attention: Ron DeCarli.
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the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this day of
1990.
Mayor Ron Dunin.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Pam Voges
APPROVED:
City Airiistrative Officer
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