Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA) Board Of Directors (BOD) Meeting Agenda for October 20, 2014, 9:30 a.m., at VVTA Board Room, 17150 Smoketree Street, Hesperia, California 92345.

1. VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014, 9:30 A.M.
Victor Valley Transit Authority
Board Room
17150 Smoketree Street,
Hesperia, CA 92345
Victor Valley Transit Authority Board of Directors
Angela Valles, Chair, City of Victorville
Steve Baisden, Vice-Chair, City of Adelanto
Mike Leonard, Director, City of Hesperia
Barb Stanton, Director, Town of Apple Valley
Robert Lovingood, Director, County of San Bernardino
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to serve the community with excellent public
transportation services in terms of quality, efficiency, and
responsiveness.
AGENDA
The Board of Directors meeting facility is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive
listening devices or other auxiliary aids or services are needed in order to participate in the
public meeting, requests should be made through the Clerk of the Board at least three (3)
business days prior to the Board meeting. The Clerk’s telephone number is 760-948-3262
(voice) or 760-948-3990 (TTD) and the office is located at 17150 Smoketree Street,
Hesperia, CA. This agenda available and posted: Monday, October 13, 2014.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ANNOUNCEMENTS

79. VICTOR VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
AGENDA MATTER
Public Hearing for Replacement of Four (4) Class E Transit Buses with Larger
Class H Buses.
SUMMARY STATEMENT
Victor Valley Transit Authority has a need to expand its fleet of Class H transit buses
by replacing four (4) Class E transit buses with the larger Class H units. Increased
ridership, passenger overloading, and the lack of sufficient fuel capacity due to the high
daily mileage on County routes make this necessary.
Currently the BV Link and County routes are using CNG fueled Class E 33’ transit
buses which are large cutaway style buses but with a limited seating capacity of only thirty
(30) passengers, and have an insufficient operating range of only 310 miles (avg). Most
importantly, these Class E buses have reached the end of their “useful service life” per
FTA’s guidelines and need replacement in any event.
VVTA is experiencing an enormous increase in ridership on the BV Link / Route 15. This
has created overcrowding and standing room only (i.e. “crush loads”) on many of the trips
between Victorville and San Bernardino. These issues will be largely mitigated by replacing
the four (4) Class E units with Class H transit buses which have a greater seating capacity
and a greater range. A single door Class H 40’ CNG bus has a seating capacity of 46
passengers or 53% more seats than the Class E. This will work well for the BV Link /
Route 15. For the high mileage County routes dual door 35’ CNG Class H buses have a
seating capacity of 35 passenger. Both versions of the Class H have a much needed
increased operating range of approximately 500 miles.
Funding source: LTF/CMAQ/STAF
Continued
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve the replacement of four (4) Class E transit buses with larger Class H Buses.
PRESENTED BY
Kevin Kane,
Executive Director
FISCAL IMPACT
As approved in
FY 14/15 Budget
MEETING DATE
October 20, 2014
ITEM NUMBER
6