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COMMiJNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> 98-33 <br /> April 13, 1998 <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> From: James L. Williams, Jr., City Manager <br /> Cecil Collins, Jr., Director of Department f Community Development <br /> Robert S. Reed, Mass Transit Administrator ��� <br /> Subject: Mass Transit Capital Grant Application for 4 Buses for FY'98 <br /> The City has a grant contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the <br /> purchase of 3 new transit coaches. The State has informed the City that FY'98 federal Section <br /> 5309 funds and IDOT monies will be made available to Decatur to purchase 4 additional buses. <br /> Due to the escalation of bus prices, the State is also awarding the City another $169,950 for the 3 <br /> original buses. The 4 most recent coaches being applied for are budgeted at $275,000 each, so a <br /> total of$1,269,950 in new federal and State monies will be awarded to the City. <br /> The attached resolution will authorize the City to file an amendment to Mass Transit <br /> Grant Project No. CAP-97-569-FED to include additional funding of $1,269,950 for the <br /> purchase of new buses. The coaches will be 30 ft. to 35 ft. low floor models. There is almost a <br /> 2-year backlog for new coaches. The buses will replace a like number of 1979 model transit <br /> coaches. <br />