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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15750 City Clerk's Office Item # M3 Background Paper for Proposed Resolution COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 9, 2024 TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council CC: Mayor Heather Graham VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Benjamin Valdez, Director of Transit SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AWARDING A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTE STUDY CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 TO DEVELOP A POTENTIAL COMMUTER SHUTTLE TO THE PUEBLO AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIMED AT PROVIDING EFFICIENT WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITTING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS SUMMARY: Attached is a Resolution awarding a Transportation Route Study Contract to Mead & commuter shuttle route to the Airport Industrial Complex. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: Ordinance 10647 February 12, 2024, accepted the Grant for this study and budgeted and appropriated the funds into project PT2401. BACKGROUND: Pueblo Transit has been asked many times about the possibility of providing reliable transportation to the Airport Industrial Complex. To answer this inquiry, the City/Pueblo Transit requires a detailed planning study for efficient workforce transportation benefiting economically disadvantaged individuals. The study will include analysis of the existing Transit System, recommendations for corrective actions to be taken to enhance accessibility, address mobility of the Transit Program and ease for riders, provide suggestions for efficiency, and proposed improvements. The City's/Pueblo Transit's goal is to increase ridership with a modernized route system with the potential of including an hourly commuter shuttle to the Pueblo Airport Industrial Complex. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: The cost of the study was bid at $176,160 and requires a 10% City match of $17,600. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Pueblo Transit Board of Directors approve this Resolution. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS: None. ALTERNATIVES: None. RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the Resolution. ATTACHMENTS: 1. 24-074 Mead Hunt Agmt for Planning Study of Areas of Persistent Poverty (Attachment) RESOLUTION NO. 15750 A RESOLUTION AWARDING A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTE STUDY CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 TO DEVELOP A POTENTIAL COMMUTER SHUTTLE TO THE PUEBLO AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AIMED AT PROVIDING EFFICIENT WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION BENEFITTING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS WHEREAS, competitive bids for project No. PT2401 Areas of Persistent Poverty Study have been received and examined: and WHEREAS, the proposal of Mead and Hunt Inc., was the lowest of those bids determined to be responsive, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that SECTION 1. The City Council of Pueblo authorizes Project PT2401 Areas of Persistent Poverty Study, and the contract for said project is hereby awarded to Mead & Hunt Inc, in the amount of $176,160. SECTION 2. The Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to execute said contract on behalf of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and the City Clerk shall affix the seal of the City thereto and attest the same. SECTION 3. The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any, and all acts consistent with this Resolution to implement the policies and procedures described. INTRODUCED: September 9, 2024 BY: Roger Gomez MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED: __________________________ PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL ATTESTED BY: ________________________ CITY CLERK