Orange County Transportation Authority

Transit Committee Agenda

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

Board Room, 550 South Main Street, Orange, California

Committee Members

Fred Jung, Chair

Vicente Sarmiento, Vice Chair

Valerie Amezcua

Stephanie Klopfenstein

Carlos A. Leon

Janet Nguyen

Tam T. Nguyen

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Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Director Klopfenstein

Closed Session

There are no Closed Session items scheduled.

Special Calendar

There are no Special Calendar matters.

Consent Calendar (Items 1 and 2)

All items on the Consent Calendar are to be approved in one motion unless a Committee

Member or a member of the public requests separate action or discussion on a specific item.

Approval of Minutes

Clerk of the Board

Recommendation(s)

Approve the minutes of the March 13, 2025, Transit Committee meeting.

Attachments:

Minutes

Low Carbon Transit Operations Program Recommendations for OC Bus Transit

Projects

Jason Huang/Rose Casey

Overview

The Low Carbon Transit Operations Program provides funding to transit agencies on a

formula basis to support transit operations and capital projects that promote transit

ridership and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Funding recommendations for the

Orange County Transportation Authority fiscal year 2024-25 are presented for Board of

Directors’ consideration.

Recommendation(s)

Approve Resolution No. 2025-015 to authorize the use of $10,144,185 in fiscal year

2024-25 Low Carbon Transit Operations Program funds for the Youth Ride Free

Program.

Authorize staff to request the California Department of Transportation to approve a

Letter of No Prejudice for use of local funds until the Low Carbon Transit Operations

Program funds are awarded, currently expected to be December 1, 2025.

Authorize staff to make all necessary amendments to the Federal Transportation

Improvement Program as well as negotiate and execute any necessary agreements

and/or amendments to agreements with regional, state, or federal agencies to

facilitate the recommendations above.

Attachments:

Staff Report

Attachment A

Attachment B

Regular Calendar

Agreement for Replacement of Mechanical Units at the Santa Ana Bus Base

George Olivo/James G. Beil

Overview

Mechanical units, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning units, heating and

ventilation make-up air units, exhaust fan units, and bus vacuum units at the Santa Ana Bus

Base require replacement to maintain quality of the work environment, bus maintenance

operations, and overall state of good repair compliance. An invitation for bids was

released on November 25, 2024, for the replacement of mechanical units at the Santa Ana

Bus Base. Bids were received in accordance with procurement procedures for public

works projects. Board of Directors’ approval is requested to execute the agreement.

Recommendation(s)

Find ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc., doing business as ACCO Engineered

Systems, the apparent low bidder, as non-responsive due to failure to provide

complete information on the superintendent and experience for the past three years

as required by the bid documents on the Information Required of Bidder form.

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Agreement No. C-4-

2550 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and NKS Mechanical

Contracting, Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, in the amount of

$4,593,000, for the replacement of mechanical units at the Santa Ana Bus Base.

Attachments:

Staff Report

Discussion Items

OC Bus Ridership Growth Trends

Eric Hoch/Rose Casey

Overview

This report is an update to the OC Bus Ridership Growth Trends analysis that was

presented to the Transit Committee on August 8, 2024. This report outlines OC Bus

performance compared with peer agencies and examines individual route performance

statistics. The resulting performance data is used to craft future service change

recommendations and guide decision-making on OC Bus improvements.

Attachments:

Presentation

Public Comments