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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for
Municipal Service Center (MSC) Additional Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Installation Project
MEETING DATE: June 7, 2006
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve the plans and specifications and
authorize advertisement for bids for the Municipal Service Center
(MSC) Additional Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Installation
Project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This project consists of providing the installation of additional CNG
fueling equipment within the existing fueling facility at the MSC.
The City previously constructed a CNG fueling facility at the MSC to accommodate transit vehicles and
miscellaneous CNG -fueled City equipment. This project will install a second compressor at the MSC,
allowing for additional fueling capacity for an expanding transit fleet, as well as backup so that the
compressors can be serviced without disrupting the fueling capabilities of the City fleet. Council authorized
the purchase of the additional CNG compressor and auxiliary equipment as a separate bid on
December 7, 2005. Bidding the equipment separately from the construction was the most cost effective
and efficient way to build the CNG station, as it reduces the cost of the equipment, since the manufacturers
provide it. A copy of the plans and specifications are on file in the Public Works Department.
Funding for the project is through a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant from the
San Joaquin Council of Governments with matching funds from Transportation Development Act (TDA)
transit capital funds.
FISCAL IMPACT: Failure to bid construction of the facility would result in a loss of fueling backup
and the previously -purchased equipment going unused.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: CMAQ Grant $40,000
TDA Transit Funds $10,000
Planned Bid Opening Date: July 12, 2006
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r Richard C. Pfima, Jr.
Public Wo s Director �' L
Prepared by Tiffani M. Fink, Transportation Manager
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Fleet and f=acilities Manager
APPROVED:
Blair King, Manager
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