Title
Request Authorization to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Application and Enter Into Grant Agreement (Ordinance S-45299)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to: (1) submit an application for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant assistance; (2) enter into an agreement with the FTA for the purpose of accepting the awarded grant; and (3) enter into an agreement with Valley Metro Rail, Inc. (VMR) to receive the FTA grant funds as pass-through from the City of Phoenix. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to receive, and the City Controller to disburse, grant funds in the amount of $25 million in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned grant and agreements.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area (UZA) and the direct recipient for the Avondale-Goodyear Urbanized Area (UZA). As such, the City of Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. All FTA funded projects are in the MAG-approved Transportation Improvement Program and in the Arizona Department of Transportation approved State Transportation Improvement Program. These funds were allocated to the Tempe Streetcar project by the FTA under the Section 5309 Capital Investment Grants program.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact to the City as all grant funds will be passed through to VMR for the Tempe Streetcar project.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.