City of Lawrence

Public Transit

TO:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Robert A. Nugent, Public Transit Administrator
CC:	Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager
Date:	June  20, 2012
RE:	Agenda Item: Authorize the City Manager to sign an Agreement for Capital and Operating Assistance Funds of the State of Kansas and the City of Lawrence.

Please place the following item on the City Commission agenda for consideration at their June 26, 2012 meeting:

Background Information:

Under K.S.A 75-5032 et seq., Coordinated Public Transportation Act provides in part for capital grants to transit authority grantees for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and persons with disabilities for whom mass transportation services are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate.

This contract, and the funding it represents, is the result of a formal request provided to KDOT on April 16, 2012. In this request the City of Lawrence asked to utilize FY 2013 state grant funds in the amount of $250,986 that would be available from the Comprehensive Transportation Program on July 1, 2012. The breakdown of these funds are as follows:

• $180,000 Capital      

Capital expenses related to bus acquisition, bus shelters, bus stop signage, wheelchair landings, cut outs, computers, and other equipment/ miscellaneous items to support transit operations

• $70,986 Operating

Miscellaneous operating expenses related to the provision of fixed route and ADA complementary paratransit service such as amenity, systems, and equipment maintenance, printed materials, communications, office supplies, and related professional training and memberships.

This document is necessary for the City of Lawrence Department of Transit to receive funding fro the FY2013 Comprehensive Transportation Program.

Action Request:

Staff seeks City Commission approval of this agreement and authorizing the City Manager signature.