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File #: 23-0292    Version: 1
Type: Consent - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 8/1/2023 Final action: 8/1/2023
Title: Consideration of a Purchase of Two New England Frontrunner Buses from Davey Coach in the Amount of $407,730.92 with 90% Grant Funds from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Dial-a-Ride Program (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman). A) APPROPRIATE FUNDS B) WAIVE FORMAL BIDDING DUE TO COOPERATIVE PURCHASING C) AUTHORIZE PURCHASE
Sponsors: Mark Leyman
Attachments: 1. Funding Agreement - LACTMA, 2. Agreement - Davey Coach CalACT/MBTA, 3. Quote and Procurement - New England Frontrunner CalACT
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager

FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Michelle Ami-Cortez, Recreation Supervisor
Linda Robb, Senior Management Analyst

SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Purchase of Two New England Frontrunner Buses from Davey Coach in the Amount of $407,730.92 with 90% Grant Funds from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the Dial-a-Ride Program (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
A) APPROPRIATE FUNDS
B) WAIVE FORMAL BIDDING DUE TO COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
C) AUTHORIZE PURCHASE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
a) Appropriate $407,730.92 from the Proposition A Fund and adjust revenues by $366,957.83
b) Waive formal bidding per Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) Section 2.36.150 (Cooperative Purchasing)
c) Authorize the purchase of Two New England Frontrunner Buses in the amount of $407,730.92

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The purchase of this vehicle is not budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget, and an appropriation of $407,730.92 from the Proposition A Fund balance is required. These costs would be offset by a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Federal Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program grant awarded to the City in 2020. The grant requires a 10% match of $40,773.09 by the City resulting in a reimbursement amount of $366,957.83 from grant funds. Budgeted revenues will be adjusted by the same amount to account for the anticipated grant reimbursement.

BACKGROUND:
The City of Manhattan Beach was awarded a grant from the LACTMA Federal Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program for the purchase of four new Dial-a-Ride buses, in 2020. The original grant was awarded for the purchase of four buses at a cost of $514,000. The g...

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