Title
Request Authorization to Submit Federal Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facilities Grant Application and Enter into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-48127)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to submit an application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for grant assistance from the FTA's Buses and Bus Facilities Program. Request also to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to execute an agreement with FTA for the purpose of accepting the grant if awarded, and to enter into an agreement with Valley Metro for receiving its pass-through share of the awarded grant funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to receive, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned grant and agreements. The total of all grant funds in the application will not exceed $8,203,416.
Report
Summary
Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area. As such, Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region.
In partnership with Valley Metro, City of Phoenix is requesting grant funding from the Section 5339 Buses and Bus Facilities Program. Grants under this Program are for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, purchase, or lease buses and related equipment, or to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. This Program supports local and federal initiatives to build modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean-energy future.
The Public Transit Department in partnership with Valley Metro will seek to utilize a combination of Section 5339 grant and local-match funding to implement a program for the purchase of a contingent of electric buses and the installation of supporting facility infrastructure and equipment to evaluate the utilization of electric bus technology for regional transit service.
The FTA application deadline is Nov. 19, 2021.
Financial Impact
Grant funds in the application total will not exceed $8,203,416. The project will be utilizing pass-through funding from the Federal Transit Administration and $844,973 in local funding provided by the Public Transportation Fund (Proposition 400), managed by Valley Metro. No City of Phoenix funds are included in the application.
Location
Council Districts: Citywide and Out of City
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.