Title
Retroactive Authorization to Submit Applications for the Federal Transit Administration’s Low or No Emission Grant Program and the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program and Enter into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-52370) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to retroactively apply for and accept funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for grant assistance from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Grant Program and the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program and enter into agreements with the FTA for the purpose of accepting any grants awarded. 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 grant and agreements. The total of all grant funds will not exceed $14,487,203.
Report
Summary
On July 15, 2025, Phoenix applied for the FTA’s FY 2025 Low or No Emission Grant Program and the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program for the purchase of zero-emission buses. This is a combined competitive grant program which Phoenix has applied for in previous years, successfully being awarded in the FY 2022 program. This application requests grant funds for between 10 and 12 battery electric buses to be purchased as replacements for buses which have met their useful life. The grant request is scalable, with one option for 10 buses and a second for 12.
Financial Impact
Grant funds for the 10-bus option would be $12,072,669 with a local match of $2,130,471. Grant funds for the 12-bus option would be the maximum total of $14,487,203, with a local match of $2,556,565. The local match portion is available in the Public Transit Department’s budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Amber Williamson and the Public Transit Department.