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Home My WebLink About0450.091'1 I i '. October 3, 1991 HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL Palo Alto, California llssignment of Project lability Accessible Van Service Contract tq Medicar Ambulance Co. Members of the Council: The purpose of this report i~ to inform Council of a recent chanqe in the contractor for project Mobility wheelchair accessible van service. This is iHI information report; no Council actio:1 is re~uired at this time~ In late August, representatives of 911 Emergency Se~~ices, Inc. ,"gIla) of Modesto, the contractor authorized to provide Project Mobility van service in 1991-92, informed city staff that the company was selling its wheelchair division to Hedicar Ambulance Co. of San Jose. The effective date for the transfer of ownership ~as subsequently set for 12:00 a.n. on Tuesday, September 24th~ Medicar offered to assume the Proj eet Mobility van service contrac.t from 911 for the duration of the contract period, per the conditions and te~ms approved by Council at the time of the initial award of contract in July~ Medicar is an established ambulance and "'heel chair van transportation provider in the San Jose area. Medicar currently operates 24 accessible vans, and has contracts with the Pale Alto VA Hospital and several other large hospitals in the San Jose area. Medicar has purchased 14 vans from 911 Emer9~ncy Services~ hired existing 911 drivers, and acquired their local base of operations in Mountain Vi eli • Hedicar plans to continUE: to operate these vehicles in the Palo Alto area and has established a local dispatch office for calls coming from the north county. The Proj eet Mobility agreement :for van service provides for thE! assignment of the agreement with the consent of the City. In ordar to consider as.signment of the agreement, staff requested that Medicar agree in ~riting to the existing terms of the agreement CMR 450:91 • (see attached letters) and furr.ish proof of ir.:surance that is acceptable to the City. Medicar h~s co~plied ~ith these requests to the satisfaction ot t,he city Attorney a.nd city Manager. Consequently, staff authorized the assignment of the contractr and Hedicar initiate~ service on Tuesday, Septen~er 24th. The transition in operations has been acco~plished without disruption ot serJice to our riders and without any other difficulties. Staft will continue to monitor Medicar 7 s performance to assure that Project Mobility van service 1s provicled in compliance 'With the contract require~ents. Respectfully submitted, ~' )3a,{tlL i', lk>'-'!-<<J GAYLE-LIKENS Senier Planner ,I ~ ~"'~ ··~71/" / FLEMING l sistant City anaqer /' FRED HERMAN Acting Director of Planning and Community Environment Attachments: Letters from Mobile Lite Support dated August 22 and September-6 Letter from Medicar, dated August 26 CC: Hedicar Ambulance Co. 911 Emergency Services, Inc. Senior Coordinatinq council CKR 450:91 10/0]/91 Paqe 2 . ---.-~--:... n'm • , LeVOSILE ~IFE b=-==)UPPORT August. 22, 1991 Ms. Gayle Likens senior Planner, Transportation City of P~lo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo ~to CA 94301 Dear Ms. Likens: RECEIVED ,1,UG 2,; ';:,1 OIV1SIO'~ Of' TRA"'jSP0r.IATi0~ This is to folloW" up Ule meeting today concerning the assignment of our contract for wheelchair accessible van services with Project Mobility. OUr Board of Directors has decided to focus our resources on the Bay Area ambulance and critical care transport market. As a result of this decisi.on., .,.,.e have oPened escrow on the sale of our Santa Clara Wheelchair Division to the Kedicar Ambulance Company of San Jose. We expect to close escrow and complete the sale by Friday September 6, 1991. under the te~s of the sale, Kedicar has agreed to assume all of our current wheelchair and paratransit contracts in Santa Clara county, including project Mobility. We anticipate no change in the level of service since they are purchasing all 14 of our vehicles and hiring all of our transport staff to service your contract. In addition l they are assuming the lease of our Santa Clara Offices at 1020 Terra Bella in Mountain View. we have cO:1rirmed a 't.ransition meetJ.ng .... ith Medicar at your office &t 10:30 am on Thursday, At;gust 29, 1991. At th.at time you will have an opportunity meet with us and a representative from Medicar, who will be able tQ answer any questions you rn3y have. ~lease feel free to call Mr. David Martinez 3t {4iS) 347-4712 or y~. William Boehly {BOO} 877-9111 of our corpo~ate staff if you hAve any questions prior to the .meeting. We L-egret any inconvenience caused by this change and intend to make this transition a~ smooth as possible. S;i.ncerely, ~p;:.< .. Floyd Graves Pr'?sidt:r,t -------.. , -,,.,. .. "''-'" ----- .... September-6, 1991 M~. Gayle Like,-'s Se:1iot~ Plannet·, Trar'lsportatiar. Froject Mobility Ci ty of Palo Alto 250 H.arrlll to;, Avenue Po1l:1o Alto CA 94301 Dear Ms. Li!:ens: RECEIVED SEP 12 is:! DMSlm~OF TRANSPORTATION This is to confit"m our telephone c:onvel~5at.ion c:onc"""ning t"1e sale of our .... heelchair set"ldee 1;0 the Medical"' Ambula:'lc:.e Company and the assiJ;jf'lment to them of our 1:ontra:::t with PI'oject Mobility. Because we will not be able to close escP'ow on this -<sale until SeptembEW 2'::" 1991, Mobile Life Support will continue to provide all SEt'vice included in the c.ontract until 1201 hour's September 24, 1991. At that time )1edicar will a.ssume the contrac::t~ You can assul'e your staff a.nd clients that Mobile LifE' SUPPOl't ,,"ill continue to provide the scam'S" level Qf -sel",/ice dut"ing this inter"im period. Any request Glade to II1l!dicar during the int~rim per"lod will be referr'ad back,. to us for" tr"an5po ..... t~ We apolog:5.ze! for any incGnver,ience cau~ec! by this postponement. SLncerely~ • £/~~ William A. Boehly Director of Corpo ..... "" le Develop/'i',ent , , . . ~~,· ....... • ..... · .. , ........ ~ttn .. ,. ........... .., ., I I r • August 26, 1991 '. ___ -..0 ___ .. __ • MEO*CAR AMBULANCE CO. 74C W. SAN CARLOS F. O. BOX 28595 SAN JOSE, CA 95159 Gayle Likens, Senior Pl~nner, Transportation Project Mobility# City of Palo Alta 250 Hamilton Av-enue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Ms. Lik€l"I.s, It~s official, the good news on Thursday# August 22nd, was that all documents that related to the final closing had been signed, and we are officially ~erged! As of 12:00 A.M. on Saturd.JY, September 7th, Medicar "".-ill assume all responsibilit.ie:E: of Mobile Life Support '5 Wheelchair D~·"ision. This will include honoring all existIng accounts for the duration of each specified contract. Medicar Ambulance, founded in 196~, is one of the lar.;est B.5,sic Life Support companies in Northern California. I,ocated in Sa;l Jose Medicar serves the Greater Bay Ar.ea. Emergency Aro.bulance, Critical Care Transfer, Non-Emergency Gurney Tra.nsportation, Wheelchair Transportation and Community Education are some of the comprehensive services we provide. Because you are a valued client, your opinion is very important to us. Pleese feel free to contact us, at any time, if you have any further questions or ~oncerns. I'm looking forward to doing Busir.e.ss .... ith you. Thank YOlll Sincerely, ~~ ·B:~t./Greathouse Vice President """ JOSE NORTHf.Rr. CALIFORNiA (408) 3n·3500 PADfESSlmIAL. GUEF'.NE:Y AND W,...,EEL C't'.AIR JRANSPORTA,ION ALSO (BOO) 841-9997 • • MEO*CAR AMBULANCE CO. 740 W. SAN CARLOS P. O. !lOX ~6596 SAN JOSe, CA 95159 REF ERE ~ C E i. Monterey Co~ Pu~11c Gu~rdian 320 Chu!'"""h Street LIS '1 Salinas, CA 93901 408-755-3253 2. San ~ec:uo (.:C'UDty Menta.l Health 320 4:;h Street Hollister. CA .,5023 4D8-637-5396 3. A1exian !rotners HospitAl 225 ~. Jacksoo St. :San Jose, CA 95116 408-259-5000 4. Santa Clara ValJ.ay MedJ.cal Cent~r 751 s. Bascom Avenue San Jose. CA 95128 408-299-5100 5. Good s~ ~ospital 2425 S~ritan urive ~an Jose. CA 95i24 6. Palo Alto Veterans Association 3BOi Miranda AVenue Palo Alto, CA 9430~ 415-858-3920 "'" ""'" Mr. You.~g ::-fr. Rober'!:. Egre' ... !'is. EriC'a ;:otn MS. Shirley Cook Ms. Jitr; iiur.can Ms. Sharon ~inkava (408) 377·3500 PflDf[SSIONAL GUERNEY ANO WHEEL CHAiR TRA.NSPORiATlDN .... LSO • i • f lI.>o;:rrHERN CALI FOANIA (800) 841·9997