TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Richard Gill, Director of Parks & Recreation
Bruce Moe, Finance Director
Eve Kelso, Recreation Services Manager
Gwen Eng, General Services Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Award of Contract to Dan Boyle & Associates for Fixed Route (Trolley) Transit Consulting Services in the Amount of $42,630 and Appropriation of $42,630 from the Unreserved Measure R Fund Balance.
APPROVE, APPROPRIATE
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
a) Award a contract to Dan Boyle & Associates for fixed route (trolley) transit consulting services for amount not-to-exceed $42,630; and
b) Appropriate $42,630 from the unreserved Measure R fund balance for this project.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The total cost of the contract with Dan Boyle & Associates is $42,630, which includes costs for services, materials, printing, travel and postage. Although this is not a budgeted expenditure, funds are available in the Measure R Transportation Fund, which will need to be appropriated. The current balance in the Measure R fund is $840,000.
BACKGROUND:
One of the items on the City Council’s 2012-2013 Strategic Plan is to update the 2010 Fixed Route Trolley Service Feasibility Study prepared by Rural Transit Consultants, seen in Attachment 1. At the March 20, 2012, City Council meeting, Rural Transit Consultants, the original consultant who completed the 2010 Feasibility Study, submitted a new proposal to update the previous study. City Council declined that proposal, and directed staff to seek a new consultant to update the costs from the 2010 Feasibility Study and to reengage the community regarding the needs and the routes.
DISCUSSION:
A request for proposal (# 899-13) was released and five responses were received. The specifications identified the need to review the previous study; reengage the communit...
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