Title
Request to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Applications and Enter into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-53030) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to submit applications to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for grant assistance; enter into agreements with the FTA for the purpose of accepting any grants awarded; and enter into agreements with any local governments and agencies receiving a pass-through share of the awarded grant funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. The total of all grant funds to be received is estimated to be $166,493,682.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Urbanized Area (UA) and the direct recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix West-Goodyear-Avondale UA. Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. All projects will be in the Maricopa Association of Government's approved Transportation Improvement Plan and the Arizona Department of Transportation’s approved State Transportation Improvement Plan. The use of grant funds includes, but is not limited to, the purchase of new and replacement transit fleet vehicles; preventative maintenance funding for vehicles and transit assets and systems; and program administration.
Financial Impact
Grant funds sought in the applications total $166,493,682. Within this total, the funding directly sought for Phoenix programs amounts to approximately $50,000,000, for which the matching funds of approximately $12,500,000 are 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.