Sharing Wheels 11/8/2017 - Laserfiche WebLink

Exhibit "A" Scope of Services, Time of Performance, Budget, Payment, Notices, and Representatives I. Scope of Service A. Activities/Project Description The Subgrantee will be responsible for administering the Extended Hours program in a manner satisfactory to the City and consistent with any standards required as a condition of providing these funds. Such program will include the following activities eligible under the Community Development Block Grant Program: Program Delivery Activity: Sharing Wheels "connects unused bikes with people who need wheels." Why bicycles? Bicycles provide transportation, healthy recreation, and fun for people of all ages. Our mission is to promote affordable bicycling and keep old bikes going by providing free shop space, sharing tools and advice, teaching classes, and offering quality refurbished bikes at low cost. As a nonprofit, the strategic goal is to increase the number of low-income residents served. For many homeless and low income people, bicycles are the affordable way to get to work, services, shelter, and transit connections. Sharing Wheels provides free access to repair space and tools, sells low cost used bicycles that have been refurbished, donates children's bicycles to Christmas House annually, and hosts a children's bicycle swap once a year. Our location near downtown Everett provides good access to low income people in nearby public housing, motels, and homeless shelters. We are also close to transit and draw customers and volunteers from greater Everett and Snohomish County. As a community bike shop, Sharing Wheels provides a safe.place where people can help themselves —using our specialized tools to fix their own flat tire, for instance. Unlike many community bike shops in the region, Sharing Wheels does not charge individuals to use our space and tools. Our experienced volunteers offer free advice and assistance, and we also offer mechanics classes for a small fee. With project funds, Sharing Wheels will employ one or more Mechanic & Customer Service Representatives to extend our shop hours. Based on our experience extending the hours in 2016 and 2017, increasing the availability of the shop to our customers on weekends and opening the shop for more days during the week significantly increased the impact of Sharing Wheels. Although our shop is utilized year round, many of our customers return in the spring as the weather improves. Thus, Sharing Wheels expects to utilize the large majority of the CDBG funds during the spring and summer of 2018. General Administration Administrative support for this project will necessarily require opening and closing the shop. Our Mechanic & Customer Service Representative needs 30 to 60 minutes a day in addition to the actual hours the shop is open to the public to complete the administrative necessities. In addition, our all- volunteer board of directors plays a large role in the administrative support of this project, particularly with the reporting requirements. B-1