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San Bruno City Council Meeting July 26, 2011
10a. Purchase Bus for Senior Center
A
I'd
seen
no
one
who
write
in
to
conduct
of
business
of
wouldn't
you
know,
item
a
is
adopted
resolution
accepting
a
loan
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
nonprofit
nutrition
side.
Council
of
San
Bruno
appropriating
seventy
nine
thousand
dollars
from
the
equipment
reserve
fund
and
authorizing
the
city
manager
accident
as
execute
a
purchase
contract
with
El
Dorado
bus
sales
in
the
amount
of
one
hundred
and
twenty-nine
thousand
dollars
for
the
purchase
of
a
new
Senior
Center
bus
in
to
get
rid
of
the
old
ranchi
bus.
D
C
Yeah,
as
was
pointed
out
that
the
Senior
Center
does
utilize
a
1997
20
passenger
bus
five
days
a
week,
average
approximately
15
seniors
to
and
from
the
center.
It's
also
used
for
field
trips
and
has
been
used
by
the
city
for
certain
occasions.
Shuttle
service
for
town
hall
meetings,
trips
to
san
francisco
and
other
peninsula
destinations.
The
Adam
before
you
tonight
is
a
two-fold
staff
recommendation,
one
to
accept
a
donation
donated
loan
from
the
senior
nutrition
site
council
and
two
to
authorize
the
city
manager
to
execute
a
purchase
agreement
for
a
new
bus.
C
As
it
was
mentioned,
the
bus
is
now
over
13
years
old.
It
has
over
100
42,000
miles
on
it,
it's
subject
to
frequent
breakdowns,
causing
a
considerable
amount
of
time
in
the
repair
shop
and
higher
maintenance
costs.
In
addition,
the
new
emissions
regulations
dictate
that,
if
we
continue
to
use
the
bus
beyond
this
December,
we
will
need
to
retrofit
it
at
a
cost
of
about
sixteen
thousand
dollars.
The
bus
was
scheduled
to
be
replaced
in
2007-8
with
the
funds
from
the
equipment
reserve.
C
But
when
came
to
looking
at
the
bus,
a
new
type
of
bus
was
desired
and
was
more
than
available
funding
the
bus
that
is
being
recommended.
A
bus
of
that
same
make
an
type
has
been
brought
up
here
to
the
Senior
Center
on
a
couple
of
occasions.
Within
the
past
year,
the
seniors
had
have
had
a
chance
to
go
through
it
to
walk
through
it.
The
drivers
who
talked
to
the
manufacturer
about
it.
It
is
being
recommended
by
both
staff
and
the
senior
advisory
board.
C
It
holds
twenty
three
passengers
slightly
more
than
the
current
bus
with
the,
especially
in
the
configuration
when
you
get
the
wheelchairs
in
place.
It
has
more
safety
features
and
uses
a
wheelchair
ramp,
rather
than
a
lift.
So
it
lowers
a
little
bit.
The
lift
comes
all
the
way
down
to
the
sidewalk.
You
can
wheel
onto
it.
You
can
walk
onto
it.
If
you
wish,
it
makes
it
easier
for
passengers,
it
reduces
the
maintenance
costs
and
it
also
eliminates
the
need
for
the
mandatory
state
inspections.
C
Although
the
lower
the
bus
with
the
lower
floor
does
not
come
in
the
hybrid
model
that
the
City
Council
prefers,
it
does
meet
the
air
quality
requirements
by
using
a
much
cleaner
type
of
diesel
engine,
to
supplement
the
available
funds
staff
applied
for
and
did
receive
a
grant
in
October
of
2009
the
grammars
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
from
the
Metropolitan
Transportation
Commission.
It
was
their
lifeline
transportation
program.
It's
a
state
program,
state
bonds,
it
was
voter
approved,
but
the
bonds
are
still
unsold.
C
It's
a
nonprofit
corporation
established
to
support
the
programs
here
at
the
Senior
Center
has
offered
to
loan
the
city
$50,000
at
a
zero
percent
interest
rate
to
assist
with
the
purchasing
of
the
new
bus.
The
loan
would
not
need
to
be
repaid
until
the
grant
funds
were
delivered
to
the
city,
how
long
that
may
be,
and
if
the
city
never
received
the
grant
funds,
the
loan
would
not
need
to
be
repaid.
C
Adding
this
amount
to
the
funds
that
are
available
in
the
general
reserve
will
give
a
city
the
resources
to
purchase
the
new
bus.
The
bus
is
sold
locally
by
El
Dorado
bus
sales,
and
it
has
been
through
a
competitive
bid
process
by
the
state
of
California.
It's
on
the
state's
contract
list.
The
city
is
not
required
to
conduct
a
separate
bidding
process
and
can't
award
the
bid
at
the
state
price
of
one
hundred
and
twenty-nine
thousand
dollars,
including
tax
and
delivery.
C
When
the
city
receives
the
funds
from
the
lifetime
transportation
grant
funds,
as
I
said
as
they
were
voter-approved
fifty
thousand
dollars
will
go
towards
the
senior
nutrition
site
council
to
repay
the
loan.
Fifty
thousand
dollars
would
go
back
to
the
equipment,
reserve
and
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Council
may
have
thank.
B
D
Through
the
chair
very
quickly,
I
was
also
we're
just
going
to
thank
the
nutrition
site
council
for
stepping
forward,
as
well
as
the
other
groups
councils
that
have
done
that
in
the
past
things
in
this
room
chairs
tables
other
things
in
this
room
alone
have
been
contributed
for
various
times
in
order
so
that
the
center
can
continue
to
thrive
and
as
when
it
was
established
back
some
time
ago.
Now
that
it
has
been
run
by
volunteers,
primarily
and
with
a
lot
of
love
and
care,
and
it
shows
by
the
building
that
we
sit
in
today.