Title
Intergovernmental Agreement with Arizona Department of Transportation for Certification Acceptance (Ordinance S-46035)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for certification acceptance, which allows the City to continue self-administering transportation projects funded with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
Since 1996, the City of Phoenix has been certified by ADOT to self-administer transportation projects funded with federal transportation funds. ADOT is the lead agency in the state that the Federal Highway Administration contracts with to spend federal transportation funds. In coordination with FHWA, ADOT sets forth responsibilities and requirements for local governments to deliver federally-funded transportation projects, and regularly recertifies local governments to self-administer federally-assisted transportation projects. Phoenix was last recertified in October 2016 and entered into an IGA for certification acceptance for a three-year term. This new agreement will replace the 2016 Certification Acceptance agreement.
Over the last 12 months, staff has worked with ADOT to provide all of the documentation for a thorough review of our City processes and procedures relative to the delivery of federal projects. The City was successful in completing the recent recertification process and now requires execution of a new IGA to maintain certification status and self-administer federally-funded transportation projects for construction.
Through competitive application processes for federal transportation funds through the federal aid highway program (administered by the Maricopa Association of Governments and ADOT), the City has been successful in securing upwards of $18 million in federal funds for projects authorized or constructed between fiscal years 2020 and 2024. The self administration process allows the City to complete the federally-required procedures for project development in a more efficient, cost-effective and timely manner.
Contract Term
The agreement term shall be for five years. The term shall begin on or about Oct. 1, 2019, with an end date of Sept. 30, 2024.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.