City of Lawrence

Public Transit

TO:	Dave Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Robert A. Nugent, Public Transit Administrator
CC:	Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager
Date:	July  07, 2010
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 consent agenda for consideration at their July 13, 2010 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 May 26, 2010. In this request the City of Lawrence asked to utilize FY 2011 state grant funds in the amount of $250,986 that would be available from the Comprehensive Transportation Program on July 1, 2010. The breakdown of these funds are as follows:

• $180,000 Capital      

Capital expenses related to bus acquisition, bus shelters, bus stop signage, wheelchair landing, cut-outs, computers, and other equipment to support transit operations.

• $70,986.00 Operating

Miscellaneous operating expenses related to the provision of fixed route and ADA complementary paratransit service, carpool promotion and training.

This document is necessary for the City of Lawrence Department of Transit to receive funding fro the FY2011 Comprehensive Transportation Program.

Action Request:

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