TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Kathleen Kelly, Interim General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: 2025 Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities Grants
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the Interim General Manager to enter into an agreement with Resources for Community Development (RCD), a housing developer, to include AC Transit buses in their grant application under the State of California's Affordable Housing Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Grant Program; and further authorize the Interim General Manager to execute the required subrecipient agreement upon award.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Convenient and Reliable Service
Initiative - Zero Emission Programs
This grant would support bus service improvements through the purchase of hydrogen fuel-cell zero-emission buses (ZEBs) for potential service changes identified as part of the District's new network plan. Other elements of the grant would also support efficient operations through the installation of transit signal priority (TSP) equipment, transit shelters, and bus/pedestrian bulbs.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
If granted, the AHSC funds would provide approximately $3.6 million towards the purchase of zero emission buses within five years of award. Installation of complimentary transit amenities and transit priority infrastructure included in the grant application would be completed by RCD and the City of Hayward. The total value of transit amenities and transit priority infrastructure would be about $2.2 million. Exact project scope is subject to change depending on the developer's decision on whether to proceed, and on the funds made available by the State for the project. There are no matching funds required, but the District would be required to cover any cost increases associated with bus purchases not included in the original gr...
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