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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 17 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />May 20, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Purchase of Bus Stop Furniture <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Purchase Order to Tolar Manufacturing Company for Bus Shelters and Related <br />Amenities (Specification No. 25-063) (General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize a Purchase Order to Tolar Manufacturing Company for bus shelters and <br />related amenities, in a total amount not to exceed $250,000. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />There are a total of 647 bus stops in the City. Of these, 33 are unimproved (no <br />amenities), 475 are improved with a bench and trash bin, and 172 are fully improved <br />with a bus shelter and related amenities that include a bench and trash bin. Staff <br />identified a number of shelters with amenities that have reached the end of their useful <br />life and with damages beyond repair and need to be replaced. Many benches have <br />already been removed as they were found to be unsafe and unrepairable. With the City <br />having the highest volume of ridership counts in the County of Orange, it is important <br />that the bus stop furniture is replaced and maintained to accommodate the needs of the <br />community. <br />The recommended purchase order (Exhibit 1) will procure new Santa Ana standard bus <br />shelters and amenities to replace existing deteriorated ones, commonly known as the <br />old green shelters. The new Santa Ana standard bus shelters have been in use since <br />2019 as a result of a grant funded project and feature a black finish, solar powered LED <br />lights, and Santa Ana logos and lettering. Staff recommends replacement of 13 existing <br />bus stop shelters and related benches and trash bins based on results from routine <br />inspection and passenger boarding data (Exhibit 2). <br />Santa Ana City Ordinance No. NS-3041 authorizes the City to make non -bid purchases <br />of services, supplies, materials, and equipment whenever there is only one reasonably <br />available source (Exhibit 3). Tolar Manufacturing Company was the manufacturer and <br />supplier of the bus shelter and amenities procured as part of the grant funded project in <br />2019. The grant funded project allowed the City to procure a more modern and durable <br />