Title
Apply for Maricopa Association of Governments Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant Opportunity for Federal Fiscal Year 2024-25 - Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding (Ordinance S-49490)
Description
Request to retroactively authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept and, if awarded, enter into agreement(s) for disbursement of Federal funding from the Maricopa Association of Governments for the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Regional Competitive Programs: 2022 Call for Projects Supplemental for Systems Management and Operations through the Federal Fiscal Year 2024-25 grant opportunity. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. Funding for this grant opportunity is available through the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The total grant funds applied for will not exceed $4.6 million and the City’s local match would not exceed $535,000.
Report
Summary
On Dec. 1, 2022, the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) announced a call for projects for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality: Systems Management and Operations funding. There was approximately $9,422,482 of funding available under the call.
The City submitted three applications for projects. These projects are intended to install additional fiber, replace outdated and unsupported communication devices and deploy adaptive signal technology and video detection at various intersections throughout the City. Obtaining grant funding, either federal or non-federal, allows the City to leverage local dollars to design, build and procure new projects and equipment for the benefit of the community.
The MAG grant submittal deadline was Jan. 13, 2023.
Financial Impact
The estimated total cost for the three projects is $4,925,000. The maximum federal participation rate is 94.3 percent with a minimum local match of 5.7 percent of the total eligible project cost. If awarded all three applications, the federal match would not exceed $4.4 million, and the City’s costs would be approximately $535,000 for the local match, which includes design.
If awarded, funding for the local match is available in the Street Transportation Department’s Capital Improvement Program budget. Potential grant funding received is available through the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, from MAG through the Federal Fiscal Year 2024-25 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant opportunity.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Street Transportation Department.