Title
Request to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Applications and Enter into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-49649)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept, and if awarded, enter into an agreement for disbursement of federal funding, including Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) formula funds, from the Federal Transit Administration and to enter into agreements with any local governments and agencies receiving a pass-through share of grant funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total of all grant funds in the application is $153,179,703.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area (UZA) and the direct recipient of FTA grant funds for the Avondale-Goodyear UZA. Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. All projects are in the Maricopa Association of Governments-approved Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) and the Arizona Department of Transportation-approved State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP). Grant funds directly allocated to Phoenix will be used to:
- Purchase replacement transit fleet vehicles;
- Perform preventative maintenance for vehicles and transit assets/systems; and
- Conduct program administration.
Financial Impact
All grant funds to be sought in the applications total $153,179,703. Within this total, Phoenix’s direct allocation amounts to $37,953,730, for which the matching funds of $6,052,883 are available from the Transportation 2050 Plan and the Proposition 400 Public Transportation Fund in the Public Transit Department’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 operating budget and five-year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2023-24 through 2026-27.
The applications and total federal amounts by fund type are:
- FTA Section 5307 Phoenix-Mesa UZA Formula funding for capital, planning, and operating assistance projects benefiting the entire Phoenix-Mesa region: $76,862,786.
- FTA Section 5307 Avondale-Goodyear Urbanized Area Formula funding apportioned to the Avondale-Goodyear urbanized UZA: $4,358,145.
- Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvements funding and Surface Transportation Block Grant Program funding transferred from the Federal Highway Administration to FTA for capital projects: $19,576,278 and $5,964,636.
- FTA Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Formula funding to include capital projects benefiting the Phoenix-Mesa UZA: $6,099,716.
- FTA Section 5337 State of Good Repair - High Intensity Motorbus Program funding to include capital projects benefiting the Avondale-Goodyear UZA: $411,558.
- FTA Section 5337 State of Good Repair - High Intensity Motorbus Program funding to include capital projects benefiting the Phoenix-Mesa UZA: $7,472,230.
- FTA Section 5337 State of Good Repair - Fixed Guideway Program funding to include capital projects benefiting the Phoenix-Mesa UZA: $5,871,323.
- FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities funding to include capital projects benefiting the Phoenix-Mesa UZA: $5,436,310.
- FTA Section 5309 Capital Investment Grant for New Start Projects - South Central Extension/Downtown Hub: $21,126,721.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.