Title
Retroactive Authorization to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Applications and Enter into Grant Agreements for the City of Phoenix, City of Mesa, and Valley Metro/Regional Public Transportation Authority (Ordinance S-50403)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to retroactively apply for, accept funding, and enter into an agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for grant assistance from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY 2023 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending (CPF/CDS) appropriations on behalf of the City of Mesa, Valley Metro/Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA), and the City of Phoenix. Further request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into agreements with the City of Mesa and Valley Metro/RPTA for receiving their pass-through shares of the awarded grants. Additionally request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item in amount not to exceed $8,602,000.
Report
Summary
Through the CPF/CDS program from Congress, the City of Phoenix and Valley Metro/RPTA were awarded FY 2022 appropriations to support efforts toward zero-emission bus fleet transitions, related workforce development, and infrastructure construction and equipment for bus charging. The City of Mesa and Valley Metro/RPTA were awarded FY 2023 appropriations for transit shelter replacements, with additional funding for the addition of zero-emission buses and equipment.
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for both the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Urbanized Area. As such, Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Phoenix region and is responsible for the programming of grant funds in the region. All projects funded through this request are in the MAG-approved Transportation Improvement Plan and the Arizona Department of Transportation-approved State Transportation Improvement Plan.
Financial Impact
The projects will be utilizing pass-through funding from the FTA. The City of Phoenix and Valley Metro/RPTA were awarded $2,745,000 and $1,057,000 in FY 2022 appropriations, respectively. The City of Mesa and Valley Metro/RPTA were awarded $800,000 and $4,000,000 in FY 2023 appropriations, respectively.
There is no local match required for FY 2022 projects, therefore there is no financial impact to the City of Phoenix. FY 2023 projects do have a 20 percent local match requirement, which will be provided by the City of Mesa and Valley Metro/RPTA.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.