city of Chula Vista

File #: 14-0358    Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/22/2014 Final action: 7/22/2014
Title: A. RESOLUTION NO. 2014-142 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA REQUESTING THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM TO APPROVE THE USE CITY OF CHULA VISTA PRIOR-YEAR UNALLOCATED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 4.0 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $177,800, CURRENTLY HELD BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER FOR THE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATION, REFURBISHING THE NATURAL GAS DRYER, AND REHABILITATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CENTER/TRANSIT YARD BUILDINGS AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $177,800 OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDS TO THE CAPITAL EXPENSE CATEGORY OF THE TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECT FUND (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED) B. RESOLUTION NO. 2014-143 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING INCREASING THE TRUSTAR ENERGY CONTRACT LIMIT ABOVE $100,000 TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL THE PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER AND MAINTAIN THE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATION
Attachments: 1. Item 6 - Resolution A, 2. Item 6 - Resolution B
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A. RESOLUTION NO. 2014-142 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA REQUESTING THE SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM TO APPROVE THE USE CITY OF CHULA VISTA PRIOR-YEAR UNALLOCATED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 4.0 FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $177,800, CURRENTLY HELD BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER FOR THE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATION, REFURBISHING THE NATURAL GAS DRYER, AND REHABILITATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS CENTER/TRANSIT YARD BUILDINGS AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $177,800 OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDS TO THE CAPITAL EXPENSE CATEGORY OF THE TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECT FUND (4/5 VOTE REQUIRED)

B. RESOLUTION NO. 2014-143 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING INCREASING THE TRUSTAR ENERGY CONTRACT LIMIT ABOVE $100,000 TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL THE PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER AND MAINTAIN THE NATURAL GAS COMPRESSOR STATION


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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Recommended Action
Council adopt the resolutions.

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SUMMARY
The City's Transit System has been operating from the Public Works Center (PWC) since 2002. Up to 2002, the City was the transit operator and starting in 2007 the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has been operating the transit system from the PWC under a City/MTS Memorandum of Understanding. The City of Chula Vista maintains control of pre-consolidation, prior-year, Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds. These funds are available to the City for operational and capital transit projects and are held at the County of San Diego (COUNTY).

This action authorizes requesting $177,800 in TDA funds from the County and appropriating the funds to purchase and install a programmable logic controller in the City's compressed natural gas (CNG) station's control room, refurbish the natural gas dryer, and rehabilitation of the PWC/Transit buildings. This action also authorizes increasing the TruStar Energy contrac...

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