Title
Authorization to Apply for and Accept Federal Transit Administration Grant Funds and Enter into Grant Agreement (Ordinance S-44897)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to: (1) apply for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities discretionary grant for an amount not to exceed $6,393,628; and (2) enter into an agreement with the FTA for the purpose of accepting the awarded grant; and, authorizing the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, grant funds in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned grants and agreements.
Report
Summary
The Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities competitive grant program provides funds to State and local governmental authorities for capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, purchase or lease buses and related equipment and to rehabilitate, purchase, construct or lease bus-related facilities. The purpose of the Bus Program is to improve the condition of the nation's public transportation bus fleets, expand transportation access to employment, educational, and healthcare facilities, and to improve mobility options in rural and urban areas throughout the country.
The Public Transit Department will seek to utilize a combination of Section 5339 grant and local matching funds to purchase up to 15 buses to replace aging buses which have been utilized beyond the end of their useful life. The buses will replace aging buses used to operate daily transit service, providing transportation for a large number of passengers to reach employment and employment-related services.
Financial Impact
Applications for the FTA Section 5339 grant requires a minimum 15 percent nonfederal cost share. The project's total cost is estimated to be $7,521,915 with the Phoenix portion not to exceed $1,128,287. The local match will come from regional Public Transportation Funds (Proposition 400) for the non-federal share.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.