Staff recommends City Council approve plans and specifications for the Zero Emissions Bus Depot Project and authorize staff to call for bids.

The Zero Emissions Bus Project is identified in the Roseville Transit Zero-Emission Business Plan (ZEB Plan) accepted by the City Council on May 20, 2020.  The proposed depot is designed to accommodate the five electric buses approved for purchase by the City Council on August 4, 2021.

   
City staff investigated many sites within the City for the proposed Zero Emissions Bus Depot and City staff determined the Roseville Corporation Yard to be the best location. The proposed depot will replace the lawn area in the center of the City's corporation yard located at Hilltop Circle. The proposed depot will create thirty bus stalls, and the existing 45 light duty vehicle stalls will be replaced with seventy-two new light duty parking stalls. Nine of the bus stalls and five of the light duty parking stalls are planned to be electrified with this project. The remaining bus and light duty vehicle stalls will have the electrical infrastructure installed to allow for the future electrification of the remaining stalls as the need arises.
    
Construction of the Zero Emissions Bus Depot is anticipated to begin in late spring of 2022 and be completed in the fall of 2022.

CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT
The project cost is estimated to be $4,325,000 and is funded with $3,169,914 of Local Transportation Funds, $73,000 of Electric Funds, $365,512 of Low Carbon Transit Operations Program Grant, $140,125 from a Placer County Air Pollution Control District Grant, and $796,449 other local funds still to be determined. Once the actual construction costs are known, a budget adjustment will be recommended for approval at the time of Council award of the construction contract. 
    
IMPACT OF MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR LANDSCAPING
This project includes landscaping modifications at the Roseville Corporation Yard that will require maintenance by the City.  The estimated landscaping maintenance costs as a result of this project are expected to remain the same or decrease.  Therefore no additional maintenance costs are anticipated to be budgeted.

The proposed project involves minor alteration of an existing facility, an activity categorically exempt from CEQA as a Class 1 Exemption (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301).  The proposed project also involves construction and conversion of a limited number of small facilities, and is categorically exempt from CEQA as a Class 3 Exemption (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15303).  The proposed project also involves minor alterations to the existing condition of the site, and will not remove healthy, mature scenic trees. This activity is categorically exempt from CEQA as a Class 4 Exemption (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15304).  The Exemption has been prepared and no further CEQA action is required.

Goal A - Remain fiscally responsible in a changing world

Goal C - Maintain a safe and healthy community

Goal E - Deliver exceptional city services

Goal F - Invest in well-planned infrastructure and growth

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Dominick Casey, City Manager