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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Robert Greene, City Traffic Engineer
DATE: February 24, 2020
SUBJECT:
A resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to sign the sub-agreement with Koloni Inc., as the City of Aurora's bike share program vendor.
PURPOSE:
To enter into a sub-agreement with Koloni Inc., the vendor selected by Kane County for a regional bike share system, for which the City was a partner through a Memorandum of Understanding (R19-252).
BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora along with other cities and villages including Elgin, South Elgin, McHenry, Algonquin, and Naperville, had received an LTA grant (Local technical assistance) from CMAP (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning) to help assist with the Regional Active Mobility Program (RAMP) with various components that consisted of a bike share system, way finding signage and tourism.
Due to the regional nature of the program, the Kane County Division of Transportation acted as the lead agency for the development of the bike share system and surveyed various communities to gauge their interest in participating in the program.
KDOT advertised a request for proposals (RFP) for the regional bike share system in September 2019. Koloni, Inc. was the only company to submit a proposal; Koloni provided a presentation about their proposal to the County and any communities that elected to attend.
Based on the interview and presentation, KDOT selected Koloni Inc. to be the vendor for the regional bike share system; the draft agreement between County and Koloni is attached. Each municipality that elects to take part in the regional bike share will also be required to execute a sub-agreement with Koloni.
DISCUSSION:
Staff recommends entering into the sub-agreement with Koloni and starting with 10 bikes to be placed at key locations throughout the City. Staff worked with the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Transit committee to identify the locations where the bikes will be located (City Hall, the Auro...
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