HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 99-140RESOLUTION NO. 99-140
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AWARDING THE
CONTRACT FOR FIVE COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG)
BUSES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURCHASE
WHEREAS, Lodi Municipal Code, §3.20.070, authorizes dispensing with bids for
'purchases of supplies, services or equipment when it is in the best interest of the City to do so;
and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 1999 the City 'Council approved the specifications and
advertisement for bids for five, 35 -foot compressed natural gas (CNG) buses; and
WHEREAS, given the City's history of ridership increases, staff is concerned that the
35 -foot, 28 -seat buses would be too small for the Grapeline, and the life expectancy of these
heavy-duty transit buses is twelve years; and
WHEREAS, 40 -foot models can seat 36 and are $5,000 less per bus, and the low -floor
model allows senior citizens, the disabled, and mothers with children to board the Grapeline
buses with greater ease; and
WHEREAS, the City is able to purchase these heavy-duty, state-of-the-art buses with
supplemental grant funds because they operate on CNG; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends purchasing the buses through an assignment of a
contract through the City of Phoenix, from North American Bus Industries of Moorpark,
California in the amount of $1,764,042.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby approves the
purchase of five CNG buses through the assignment of a contract through the City of Phoenix,
from North American Bus Industries of Moorpark, California in the amount of $1,764,042; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that funds be appropriated as follows to cover this
purchase:
FTA (CMAQ) $1,520,000
SJVAPCD (HDMVERIP) $ 280,000
Dated: September 15, 1999
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 99-140 was passed and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held September 15, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mann, Nakanishi and Land (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Pennino
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ALICE M. REI CHE
City Clerk
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