Title
Enter Into Agreement With Regional Public Transportation Authority for Capital Projects (Ordinance S-43255)
Description
Request an ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA) for the City of Phoenix to receive approximately $26,614,000 in Public Transportation Funds (PTF) from the RPTA as a result of Proposition 400. The funds will be used for the local match of Federal Transit Administration grant funding for various capital projects programmed in the Transit Life Cycle Program of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) through June 30, 2021. Further request authorization for the City Controller to receive funds.
Report
Summary
The RPTA administers the PTF funds and is charged with distributing these funds to local recipients such as the City of Phoenix. The RPTA will disburse PTF funds to the City of Phoenix for the local share of the purchase of fixed-route buses and paratransit buses, and for the local share of the Laveen/59th Avenue Park-and-Ride land, design and construction.
Financial Impact
No City of Phoenix funds are involved in the performance of this agreement. The RPTA will disburse PTF funds to the City of Phoenix in amounts estimated to be:
*$23,280,000 for the purchase of fixed route buses.
*$2,097,000 for paratransit buses.
*$1,237,000 for the Laveen/59th Avenue Park-and-Ride land, design and construction.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.