HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-05-08 - AGENDA REPORTS - SURPLUS BUS TITLE TRANSFER (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
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Agenda Item: 13
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by
May 8, 2012
4
Adrian Aguilar
TRANSFER TITLE OF TWO RETIRED SURPLUS BUSES TO
ANTELOPE VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Administrative Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council authorize the City Manager to transfer ownership of two (2) retired surplus
commuter buses to the Antelope Valley Transit Authority.
BACKGROUND
In August 2010, Santa Clarita Transit took delivery of four new 2010 commuter buses and retired
four 1998 buses that had reached the end of their useful life. Of the four retired buses, two are
maintained as contingency vehicles, and two are considered surplus.
All Santa Clarita Transit buses are federally funded. In accordance with Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) regulations, a grantee is allowed to retire a bus that has reached a life of 12
years or 500,000 miles. The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA), which operates
commuter express service from the Antelope Valley to Downtown Los Angeles, Century City,
and the west San Fernando Valley, has requested that the City of Santa Clarita donate the two
surplus vehicles to their agency. In partnership with Los Angeles County, AVTA intends to
refurbish these vehicles and place them into service on a new route that will operate between the
Antelope Valley and the Newhall Metrolink Station in Santa Clarita. The new service will
operate Monday through Friday and will supplement the Metrolink train service between the two
Valleys. The requested vehicles would allow AVTA and the County to start the planned service
this summer and avoid the 12- to 18 -month delay associated with purchasing and taking delivery
of new buses. It would also allow the City to discontinue Route 795, which operates between
Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley, and reallocate those resources and increase service
frequency on Route 757 to North Hollywood.
I PROVED
The requested action is in full accordance with the City's and FTA disposition guidelines.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
No General Funds are part of this project. Santa Clarita Transit would transfer Federal Transit
Administration funded assets to the Antelope Valley Transit Authority.
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