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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 17, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH DULAC ENTERPRISES <br />DBA BIG RED BUS FOR TROLLEY SERVICE <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,4F) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 16' Reading <br />El <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Dulac <br />Enterprises (DBA Big Red Bus), to provide a lunchtime trolley service in downtown Santa Ana, in <br />an amount not to exceed $93,600, for a term beginning January 24, 2017 through January 26, <br />2018, subject to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Downtown Santa Ana Lunch Trolley service was developed as part of the Downtown <br />Enhancements and Parking Modernization Plan, adopted by City Council on August 4, 2015. The <br />purpose of the lunch trolley service is to bring more daytime customers to downtown from the <br />Civic Center area. The City launched the lunch trolley service as a pilot program on June 1, 2016. <br />Pilot Operation <br />From June 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, the lunch trolley operated on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and <br />Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The trolley route (Exhibit 2) included 5 stops total, <br />including the Orange County Courthouse, City Hall, and three downtown stops (4th and <br />Broadway, 3'd and Sycamore, and Bush and 5t'). Partnering with the Downtown Santa Ana <br />Restaurant Association, the City implemented a web -based trolley tracker and invited several <br />downtown restaurants to participate by offering free tastings on the trolley to promote the service <br />as well as local businesses. The pilot operation was interrupted prematurely as the operator was <br />unable to renew its Workers' Compensation Insurance due to an audit as the vendor was going <br />through an audit. The audit is now concluded and the operator has since renewed the requisite <br />insurance policies for this service. <br />25H -1 <br />