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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: MARCH 3, 2020 TITLE APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DULAC ENTERPRISES (DBA BIG RED BUS) FOR TROLLEY SERVICES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE CITY AND DOWNTOWN AREA IN AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $188,800 (GENERAL FUND & NON -GENERAL FUND) CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 11' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ Ifiel0191►111101111101 /s/Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Dulac Enterprises (dba Big Red Bus) for trolley transportation services in the City of Santa Ana and Downtown area, for a one-year term from March 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021, in the amount of $77,600 and an option for two one- year extensions exercisable by the City Manager and City Attorney, for an aggregate amount not to exceed of $188,800, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION In 2016, Downtown stakeholders initiated the request for trolley services with the objective of attracting jurors, visitors, residents, and local employees from the Civic Center area to the Downtown. The City launched the trolley services as a pilot program in the summer of 2016 with trolley routes from the Civic Center area to the Downtown during lunch-time hours on weekdays and during monthly Art Walk events on the first Saturday of each month. The trolley services had a positive result in increasing the customers to the Downtown during the weekday daytime hours and weekend evenings hours. The Santa Ana Business Council and Downtown Inc. are supportive of the trolley service and reported an increase in of customers in Downtown due to trolley services. During the pilot, daily ridership of the free trolley was between 80 to 100 passengers per trolley service. The trolley service was prematurely terminated in 2017 due to the vendor's inability to provide the required insurance documents, but has since fulfilled insurance requirements for the City. Due to several requests from Downtown stakeholders, the City approved a new trolley agreement in April 2019 under the City Manager's authority in the amount of $17,750 to provide trolley services during the monthly Art Walk events and other special events, which will expire March 31, 2020. In an effort to provide consistency and support to local businesses in Downtown Santa Ana, as well as other areas of the City, staff recommends that the City enter into an agreement with the trolley operator, Dulac Enterprises (dba Big Red Bus), to provide trolley services for monthly Art 25A-1