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City Clerk's Office Item # M3
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 23, 2025
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 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO A
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND STANTEC
ARCHITECTURE, INC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $104,944.00 WITH
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CONTINGENCIES RELATED TO PROJECT
NO. 24A-035, PT2403, UPDATE OF PUEBLO TRANSIT RELOCATION
STUDY AND EQUITY STUDY AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO EXECUTE SAME
SUMMARY:
This resolution includes an EV fleet transition planning study in the agreement awarded
to Stantec Inc. For the professional consulting services of Project No. 24A-035 and
PT2403 to update the Pueblo Transit relocation study and plan for the deployment of
zero-emission transit vehicles and ensure the best possible economic, social, and
environmental outcome for Puebloans.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
Resolution No. 15749 passed and approved the original agreement for Professional
Engineering Services.
BACKGROUND:
In general, this Amendment allows Pueblo Transit to prepare for the biggest change to
its bus fleet in generations. The US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, mandates that by 2040, all public transit agencies must transition to
100% zero-emission bus fleets. Attracted by zero tailpipe emissions, quieter streets,
and lower fueling costs, Pueblo City Council embraced an ambitious vision to be a
leader in the adoption of electric vehicles when it unanimously resolved on February 13,
2017, with Resolution No. 13612, that the City must be entirely powered by renewable
sources of energy by 2035.
Pueblo Transit is without a zero-emission fleet transition plan or analysis. Additionally,
the current maintenance and administrative facility has outgrown its current location,
forcing a relocation to expand and prepare for the future of a zero-emission fleet.
Finally, and most critically, Pueblo Transit cannot be competitive for capital funding
opportunities without a transition plan.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The funding for the original agreement ($77,526.00) will be paid out of project PT2440.
The amendment ($104,944.00) cost of the study was sole sourced and requires a
$11,000.00 dollar match with additional funds for contingencies which will be paid out of
project PT2403.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Pueblo Transit Board of Directors approve this Resolution.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
None.
ALTERNATIVES:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 24a-035 Stantec Amend 1 Transit Relocation Study
RESOLUTION NO.16033
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO A
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN PUEBLO, A COLORADO MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, AND STANTEC ARCHITECTURE, INC, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $104,944.00 WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
CONTINGENCIES RELATED TO PROJECT NO. 24A-035,
PT2403, UPDATE OF PUEBLO TRANSIT RELOCATION STUDY
AND EQUITY STUDY AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO EXECUTE SAME
WHEREAS, Project No. 24A-035 (PT2440), Update of Pueblo Transit Relocation Study
and Equity Study was awarded to Stantec Architecture, Inc, on September 9, 2024;
WHEREAS, the project has been sole sourced to Stantec Architecture, Inc, for project No.
PT2403 Colorado Department of Transportation 2024-CTE: Pueblo Transit Fleet Transition
Planning Grant Study;
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to proceed with and complete such study in
the manner herein provided; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that
SECTION 1.
The amendment between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation and
Stantec Architecture, Inc., a copy of which is attached hereto, having been approved as to form
by the City Attorney, is hereby approved, and City Council authorizes the additional planning
study contemplated by the amendment to be performed in the amount of $104,944.00.
SECTION 2.
Funds in the amount of $11,000.00 will be paid from Project PT2403 with additional
funds for contingencies.
SECTION 3.
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 4.
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: June 23, 2025
BY: Sarah Martinez
MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED: __________________________
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY: ________________________
CITY CLERK