RESOLUTION NO. 2026-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VISALIA AUTHORIZING
THE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER
FTA SECTION 5339(b) (49 U.S.C. SECTION 5339b) FOR THE
GRANTS FOR BUSES AND BUS FACILITIES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation is authorized to make grants to local governmental authorities through the Federal Transit Administration to provide funding for the replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment and to construct bus- related facilities;
WHEREAS, The City of Visalia is an eligible local governmental authority and desires to apply for said funding for the replacement of twenty-two (22) cutaways with ten (10) diesel hybrids and twelve (12) clean diesel and the rehabilitations of eight (8) buses servicing the Sequoia Shuttle; and
WHEREAS, the National Park Service has committed to provide the maximum twenty percent (20%) share of the cost for purchases of the bus replacements and rehabilitation, and any other costs associated with the application.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the City Council of Visalia does hereby authorize the City Manager and/or his/her Designee to file and execute an application on behalf of the City of Visalia to the Administration to fund the replacement and rehabilitation of the Sequoia Shuttle fleet. That the City Manager and/or his/her Designee is authorized to execute and file all certification of assurances, contracts or agreements or any other document required by the Administration.
That the City Manager and/or his/her Designee is authorized to provide additional information as the Administration may require in connection with the application for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED: September 8, 2026 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF TULARE ) ss.
CITY OF VISALIA )
I, Leslie B. Caviglia, City Clerk of the City of Visalia, certify the foregoing is the full and true Resolution 2026-64 passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Visalia at a regular meeting held on June 16, 2025.
Dated: September 8, 2026 LESLIE B. CAVIGLIA, CITY CLERK
By Reyna Rivera, Chief Deputy City Clerk