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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