Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with Haaker Equipment Company, of La Verne, CA, for the purchase of 11 CNG-powered street sweepers, with related equipment and accessories, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Sourcewell (formerly the National Joint Powers Alliance), of Staples, MN, in an amount not to exceed $4,377,361, inclusive of taxes and fees; and Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a five-year lease-purchase agreement and related financing documents with Banc of America Public Capital Corp., of San Francisco, CA, for the financing of street sweepers, in an amount not to exceed $4,770,000, inclusive of capital purchase, interest, and fees. (Citywide)
Councilwoman Price. Councilmember Sabrina motion carries. An actual mold item 35 with the clerk please reliably. Report from Financial Management Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing city manager to execute a contract with Hacker Equipment Company for the purchase of 11 CNG powered street sweepers in an amount not to exceed 4,377,361 and execute a five year lease purchase agreement with Bank of America Public Capital Corp. for the financing of street sweepers in an amount not to exceed 4,770,000 citywide. Thank you. Wrote a public comment on this item. Restrictions like speaking to customers. Please. I'd like to get back. To have a go ahead. Would you, please? Sure. Dan Burton Barker, fleet manager. Thanks for watching. Good evening. Members of Council Vice Mayor. Street sweepers are used throughout Long Beach to maintain city streets. Fleet Services is recommending 11 of those sweepers for replacement as they age, considerably causing a rise in maintenance and operational costs as well as increased downtime that affects sweeping operations. The Environmental Services Bureau has performed extensive testing to verify the best sweepers for use in the city and has placed several air sweepers into service for use in a city where they're most effective. The Bureau has determined that the remainder of the sweeper fleet should be a mechanical broom sweeper for best maneuverability and sweeping quality. These 11 sweepers are updated versions of those used by the city since 2003 and are proven to provide the best service on the harder to sweep roads within Long Beach. The sweepers are equipped with compressed natural gas. Engines are part of the FAA 16 to 18 vehicle replacement plans and as mentioned, will be financed through the city's master lease agreement with Bank of America. This purchase was researched extensively, both to ensure specifications, meet the needs of the department and also to ensure the city is getting a competitive price. Given the urgency of replacing these sweepers, the alternative procurement use of the National Joint Powers Alliance, a recognized government cooperative purchasing agreement, will greatly help to reduce procurement time. That concludes my presentation. I'm available to answer your questions. Perhaps we lost it. Just quick question. How are the existing fleet powered type of fuel? I see that there's this is CNG. LNG, actually. Okay. So this is a cleaner. This is cleaner and less expensive. Perfect. Thank you so much. Councilman Ewing. For this report. Glad to see that we continue our award winning efforts to maintain a clean fleet using alternative fuels. Thank you. Congresswoman Pryce. I am excited about this opportunity. I do have a question. Do you know if these vehicles have GPS capability? They will be equipped with a GPS capability. Yes. OC more to come later. But we have an agenda item that might involve. Street sweepers with. GPS signals, which is a good thing. But we can discuss that another day at least. I know we have the technological capability. We look forward to it. We embrace technology and fleet. So I would add. Awesome answer. Thank you. I would add, Councilmember, that all of our street sweepers have what we call a zone R, so we're able to see where they are and where they've been and how they've done those things. We had that on a number of our city fleet. That's great. Thank you. I really appreciate that. Thank you so much, Councilwoman Councilor Richardson. Thank you. I support this. I think it's time that we get a newer fleet on the edge of our city up in the Hamilton neighborhood. If the street sweeper breaks down, it never makes it to that side of the the neighborhood. So there's plenty of times people say they didn't show up well because, you know, a lot of times they broke down. So hopefully this makes our system a lot more consistent and reliable. So I'm glad and happy to support this. Thank you, Councilmember Councilwoman. I have the same issue as Councilmember Richardson, except for my issue is a thursday-friday break down issue. I think that also the number of times we've had the challenges, because they get full and different things and then have to go back more often than they usually do. I really appreciate the research that went into this and I really appreciate the staff report and discussion about these a few months ago as they were coming down the pipe, because I think it was very helpful to the residents who have in the past put their greens in the gutter and now know that the street sweepers can handle that. And that's not what they're intended for. So thank you very much. And if you haven't or don't know a lot about our street sweepers, please go on YouTube. And there's a video about what we've learned about our street sweepers. Thank you very much. Next. Actually, any public comment on this saying that please cast your votes.