HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1977/12/20 Item 16CITY OF CHULA,VISTA
COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. 16
For meeting of 12/20/77
ITEM TITLE Resolution Approving. Consultant Agreement and Awarding Con-
tract to L7ilbur -Smith & Associates for Performance
of Chula Vista Transit' ~ Taintenance Facility
Analysis Study
SUBMITTED BY Director of Public Works/City Engineer ~~ ~ ~~'"
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ITEM EXPLANATION (4/5TH'S VOTE REQUIRED YES NO X )
On March 15, 1977 the City Council passed a resolution approving the
City's 1976-78 Federal Aid Urban Program. Included in this FAU package
was the construction of a transit center and transit maintenance facility.
Subsequent to submission of this program, the staff has learned that
financing of the transit portion of this package has been withheld by
the U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) pending eligibility
for UMTA/FHWA Planning Certification. This Planning Certification is
also required of the City if it is to apply directly to UMTA for needed
transit capital and operating assistance funds.
As a requirement for obtaining eligibility for this Certification, the
City has been requested by UMTA to provide certain documentation relating
to the City's operation and maintenance of its own local transit system.
Two of UMTA's primary concerns, which follow, relate to maintenance of
CVT equipment:
1. Does the City have an actual need to construct a transit maintenance
facility (or expand its existing maintenance yard) to handle mainte-
nance of CVT equipment or can San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC)
perform this function at their own facility? Construction of a City
transit maintenance facility has already received regional approval
for FAU funding assistance.
2. Can maintenance of Chula Vista's local transit system equipment be
performed more efficiently, effectively and economically by the
City rather than SDTC?
Staff :zas selected t~-!e consulting firm of ~~dilbur Smith and Associates
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Agreemen t Resolutiong, Ordinance Plat Notification List
Other ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT: Attached Submitted on
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost of the Consultant Study is $2,400 which will be financed either
from UMTA Technical Studies funds or from LTF monies. Approximately 40-60
City staff man hours will be provided on the project by the Transit
Coordinator and Maintenance Superintendent.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends awarding the contract for performance of a maintenance
facility analysis study to Wilbur Smith and Associates in the amount of
$2,400.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
COUNCIL ACTION
AGENDA ITEM N0. 16
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December 20, 1977
to perform this important and complex maintenance facility analysis study
at a cost of $2,400. We anticipate that the study will begin in December
and will be completed in January of next year. This study, along with
other required documentation provided by City staff and two regional
planning agencies, will be forwarded to UMTA prior to February 1, 1978.
Staff hopes to receive eligibility for Federal Transit Planning Certifi-
cation by May. At that time we will then proceed with implementation of
the FAU transit projects as well as file capital and operating grant ap-
plications with UMTA.
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