TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Salvador Llamas, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Purchase of Fifty-Seven (57) Zero-Emission Buses
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AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager, or his designee, to execute documents through the State of Washington Transit Bus Cooperative Contract, to purchase up to forty-seven (47) forty-foot hydrogen buses from New Flyer America and up to ten (10) thirty-five-foot battery-electric buses from Gillig LLC.
Staff Contact:
Aaron Vogel, Chief Operating Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Safe and Secure Operations
Initiative - Service Quality
These new zero-emission buses will enhance service quality by replacing older and higher-polluting diesel buses currently in the fleet that have exceeded their useful life. Purchasing additional new zero-emission buses is part of the District's Zero Emissions Bus (ZEB) Transition Plan, provided to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), as required by the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The purchase of the fifty-seven (57) zero-emissions buses is expected to cost approximately $98 million. The purchase is funded by $70.1 million of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Bridge Toll funds through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Transit Capital Priorities Program, $5.1 million of State of Good Repair (SGR) funds, and $13 million from the Bay Area Air Quality Management's Community Air Protection (CAP) Program.
Finally, staff will be submitting for approximately $13.3 million in Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) funds. An application for HVIP funds cannot be submitted until the project is within six months of a purchase order and only after the Program's annual appropriation has been approved through the State budget. Working within these constraint...
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