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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 16, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION <br />OF GRANT APPLICATION TO CALTRANS <br />ELDERLY & DISABLED PERSONS <br />SPECIALIZED TRANSIT PROGRAM AND <br />DESIGNATING CITY'S SIGNATORY ON <br />GRANT DOCUMENTS (STRATEGIC PLAN <br />NO. 5,2 & 2,4) <br />C <br />CITY MANAGgt <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <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 />Adopt resolution authorizing staff to submit a 2013 Caltrans grant application for Federal Transit <br />Administration (FTA) Section 5310 Elderly & Disabled Specialized Transit funding to purchase a <br />replacement 12- passenger bus and designating the Corporate Yard Facilities & Fleet Services <br />Manager as City's signatory for said grant. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency (PRCSA) operates the Seniors on the Go <br />program, which is a specialized transit program for elderly & disabled persons. The program has <br />utilized surplused gasoline - fueled transit buses that have been donated by the Orange County <br />Transportation Authority (OCTA). Unfortunately, these donated vehicles are older with high <br />mileage which results in higher maintenance and fuel costs. Last year, the City was awarded a <br />similar grant from OCTA to replace two of the surplus transit buses, and this grant proposal will <br />replace the remaining older transit bus. <br />Staff requests authority to apply for Caltrans FTA Section 5310 grant funds for the purchase of one <br />new specialized transit bus to replace the remaining transit bus from OCTA. Staff also requests <br />the designation of the FFCS Manager as the official City signatory for the submission, execution, <br />and implementation of said grant. <br />In line with the FFCS 5 -Year Alternative Energy Strategic Plan to move the City's Fleet operations <br />from conventional fuel (diesel and gasoline) to alternative energy, the gasoline - fueled surplus bus <br />will be replaced by a new bus fueled by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). This will generate fuel <br />cost savings as CNG costs less than gasoline by approximately $2.00 per gallon. The City's <br />Corporation Yard has an existing CNG fueling station which provides fuel for City vehicles that use <br />this fuel type. City residents will also directly benefit from this fuel conversion because, compared <br />75A -1 <br />