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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
APRIL 15, 2013
TITLE:
PUBLIC HEARING - SENIOR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
CI Y AGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
? As Recommended
? As Amended
? Ordinance on Vt Reading
? Ordinance on 2nd Reading
? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
Conduct public hearing as required by the Federal Transportation Act grant Section 5310 grant
application for Seniors On-the-Go program vans.
DISCUSSION
The City of Santa Ana provides senior citizens with the Seniors On The Go transportation
program with services to and from both City Senior Centers. The access that this transportation
program provides allows senior citizens to take part in a variety of social activities at the senior
centers, enjoy healthy meals, and learn from the educational classes and seminars. Weekly
shopping trips to local markets, mini excursions and walking club trips to various locations are
also part of the services provided through this program.
The City of Santa Ana plans to replace the existing gasoline powered vans with vans that run on
a sustainable energy source such as compressed natural gas (CNG). Staff has submitted a
Federal Transportation Act Section 5310 grant application to Cal Trans in the amount of
$260,000. A requirement of the grant is that the City conduct a public hearing to determine if
there are non-profit organizations in the City that are capable of providing similar senior mobility
program services to the community. The City program is provided free of charge in an effort to
meet the transportation needs of low-income senior citizens.
If non-profit agencies are not readily available to carry out the proposed service, then the City of
Santa Ana becomes eligible to apply for the funding for the new alternative fuel vehicles. The
City Council public hearing will provide an opportunity for local non-profits to demonstrate
whether they are readily available to provide transportation service to the Senior Citizen
residents in the City of Santa Ana. Readily available is defined as "interested, willing and
capable of providing the proposed services at comparable cost to the identified clientele, in the
same service area, with the same hours of frequency and at the same level of service".
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Senior Mobility Program - Public Hearing
April 15, 2013
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
Gerardo Mouet,
Executive Director
Parks, Recreation and Community
Services Agency
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