Title
Retroactive Authorization to Submit Federal Transit Administration Grant Applications and Enter into Grant Agreements for the City of Chandler and Valley Metro/Regional Public Transportation Authority (Ordinance S-53182) - Out of City
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to submit applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for grant assistance from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending appropriations on behalf of the City of Chandler and Valley Metro/Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA). Further request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to enter into agreements with the City of Chandler and Valley Metro/RPTA to receive their pass-through shares of the awarded grants. Further request the City Council to grant an exception to Phoenix City Code 42-20 to authorize inclusion in the documents pertaining to this transaction of indemnification and assumption of liability provisions that otherwise should be prohibited by Phoenix City Code 42-18. Additionally request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item in an amount not to exceed $2,882,000.
Report
Summary
The City of Chandler and Valley Metro/RPTA were awarded FY 2024 appropriations from the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending Program to support microtransit and to purchase vehicles.
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Urban Area and therefore submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Phoenix region and is responsible for the programming of grant funds in the region. All projects funded through this request are the in the MAG-approved Transportation Improvement Plan and the Arizona Department of Transportation-approved State Transportation Improvement Plan.
Financial Impact
The projects will be utilizing pass-through funding from the FTA. The City of Chandler was awarded $1,000,000. Valley Metro/RPTA was awarded $1,882,000. No City of Phoenix funds are involved in this request.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Cynthia Aguilar and the Public Transit Department.