Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorization to purchase two (2) Class P passenger transit vans from Model 1 Commercial Vehicles - Authorize the City Manager to utilize the California Association for Coordinated Transportation Morongo Basin Transit Authority cooperative contract for paratransit vehicles to enter into a contract with Model 1 Commercial Vehicles for the purchase of two (2) Class P passenger transit vans for the Visalia Transit Dial-A-Ride service in the amount of $388,920.90.
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Agenda Date: 6/15/2026
Submitting Department: Administration - Transit Division
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Caleb Bowman, Management Analyst, Caleb.Bowman@visalia.gov, (559)713-4594
Angelina Baker, Transit Manager, Angelina.Baker@visalia.gov, (559)713-4591
John Lollis, Assistant City Manager, John.Lollis@visalia.gov, (559)713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to utilize the California Association for Coordinated Transportation Morongo Basin Transit Authority cooperative contract for paratransit vehicles to enter into a contract with Model 1 Commercial Vehicles for the purchase of two (2) Class P passenger transit vans for the Visalia Transit Dial-A-Ride service in the amount of $388,920.90.
Background Discussion:
Visalia Transit currently operates ten (10) cutaway buses, eight (8) of which are required to support peak demand on the Dial-A-Ride (DAR) service that serves the city of Visalia, unincorporated community of Goshen, and the cities of Exeter and Farmersville. Currently, the DAR fleet has an average age of twelve (12) years and average lifetime miles of 194,000, with half of the buses being over fourteen (14) years old and over 250,000 miles, which is beyond their useful life. The useful life is determined by age and mileage requirements set by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). FTA has determined that light-duty mid-sized buses (cutaways, 25' to 35' buses with a seating capacity ...
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