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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 1, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF <br />CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION AND <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT FOR <br />THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED <br />SPECIALIZED TRANSIT GRANT <br />CITY MAN PER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the State <br />of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the amount of $182,000, for a term <br />to expire on March 31, 2019, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing FTA 5310 Elderly & Disabled Specialized <br />Transit Grant revenue in the amount of $161,125 in the Recreation Grant Fund revenue <br />account (no. 16913002 52001) and appropriating the same amount to the expenditure <br />account (no. 16913101 66400). <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing MSRC grant revenue in the amount of <br />$384,000 in the Air Quality Improvement Fund revenue account (no. 03110002 52040) and <br />appropriating the same amount to expenditure account (no. 03110101 66400). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City was awarded a Caltrans grant to replace two existing gasoline - powered buses with two <br />Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses which will be used for the Seniors -On- The -Go program. <br />The total cost of the two CNG buses is $182,000 with the cost to be shared between Caltrans and <br />City. Caltrans will provide 88.53% ($161,125) using FTA 5310 Elderly & Disabled Specialized <br />Transit Grant funds. City will provide the remaining 11.47% ($20,875) using part of the $384,000 <br />grant funds from AQMD -MSRC #ML 12014 grant award approved by City Council Resolution at <br />the September 16, 2013 meeting. Caltrans will purchase the two vehicles after receiving City's <br />matching funds and the City will assume ownership of the vehicles. <br />20A -1 <br />