HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 2025-078 N.C.S. 06/16/2025
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Resolution No. 2025-078 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MV TRANSPORTATION, INC. FOR
THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF PETALUMA TRANSIT SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma seeks to “Provide for a range of attractive and viable transportation
alternatives, such as bicycle, pedestrian, rail, and transit” as a guiding principal in the 2025 City General Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma Public Works Department has identified transit as a vital piece of achieving
the multimodal accessibility through Petaluma; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has provided fixed route transit service (“Petaluma Transit”) and
paratransit service (“Petaluma Paratransit”) throughout the City for over five decades; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma contracts operations and maintenance of its public transportation services,
and periodically conducts a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process for these services; and
WHEREAS, an RFP was issued on February 19, 2025 with responses due on April 9, 2025; and
WHEREAS, two proposals were received one from MV Transportation, Inc. and one from Storer Transit
Systems; and
WHEREAS, an ad hoc Selection Committee was formed to assist City staff in evaluating proposals,
conducting interviews, and making a recommendation for contract award; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee recommendations were brought forth to a Transit Advisory Committee
Special Meeting on May 20, 2025 for review; and
WHEREAS, the Selection Committee and TAC are recommending awarding the contract to MV
Transportation, Inc. to provide operations and maintenance services for Petaluma Transit through FY30, with the
potential for three one-year extensions; and
WHERAS, the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the Common Sense Exemption, which states
“The activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject
to CEQA.” The contract will operate on the City’s existing public transit system, with the goal of reducing vehicle
miles traveled (VMT) by single-occupancy vehicles.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Petaluma hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as findings of this Resolution.
2. Finds that the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the Common Sense Exemption,
which states “The activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects
which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with
certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the
environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.” The contract will operate on the City’s existing public
transit system, with the goal of reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by single-occupancy vehicles.
3. Awards the Transit Operations and Maintenance contract to MV Transportation, Inc. (MV) the lowest
responsive bid, condition on MV’s timely execution of the project contract, and submitting all required
documents, including but not limited to certificates of insurance and endorsements, in accordance with
the project RFP.
4. Directs staff to issue a notice of award to MV.
5. Authorizes and directs the City Manager to a professional service agreement with MV, conditioned on
MV’s timely execution of the project contract, and submitting all required documents, including but not
limited to certificates of insurance and endorsements, in accordance with the project RFP.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 16th day of June 2025,
by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
City Attorney
AYES: McDonnell, Barnacle, Cader Thompson, DeCarli, Nau, Quint, Shribbs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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