Title
Enter into Agreement with RPTA to Receive Public Transportation Funds (Ordinance S-47651)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Regional Public Transportation Authority to receive regional Public Transportation Funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to receive all funds related to this item. The City will receive approximately $26,375,400 in funds from this agreement.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) is to provide regional Public Transportation Fund (PTF) funding as the local match to federal funding for various capital projects programmed in the Transit Life Cycle Program of the Regional Transportation Plan through Dec. 31, 2025. The Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA) administers PTF funding and is charged with distributing these funds to Phoenix for management and implementation of the capital projects.
Financial Impact
No Phoenix funds are involved in the performance of this IGA. RPTA will disburse the funding to reimburse Phoenix for its non-federal share of the following:
- $22,913,200 - Purchase of local fixed route buses;
- $334,400 - Purchase of neighborhood circulator vehicles;
- $1,891,400 - Purchase of paratransit (Dial-a-Ride) vehicles; and
- $1,236,400 - Design and construction of a future park-and-ride facility.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.