Title
Apply for U.S. Department of Transportation Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program Grant Opportunity for Federal Fiscal Year 2022-23 - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding (Ordinance S-51102)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept and, if awarded, enter into an agreement for disbursement of Federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) through the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022-23 Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP) grant opportunity. If awarded, the funding will be used to enhance active transportation mobility options. 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 $15,825,000, and the City's local match will not exceed $3,165,000.
Report
Summary
The ATIIP is a new funding program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021. USDOT issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on April 15, 2024, for the ATIIP program offering to distribute over $44 million dollars in FFY 2022-23 funds. The intent of the program is to offer a competitive discretionary grant opportunity to construct eligible projects to provide safe and connected active transportation facilities in an active transportation network or active transportation spine.
The City of Phoenix is submitting a grant entitled Phoenix Rolling Forward: Fillmore/Villa-Roosevelt Bike Boulevard. The project, if awarded, would include improvements along 2.2 miles that extend from Fillmore/Villa streets to Roosevelt Street, covering the area between 7th and 24th streets. It marks the City's first inaugural bike boulevard providing a vital east-west connection from Downtown Phoenix to the Eastlake-Garfield Choice Neighborhood. The project will significantly enhance active transportation mobility options by providing protected bike lanes on modified street segments, traffic calming solutions designated through the streets, traffic signal improvements, spot landscape design, a drinking water station, and art enhancements where appropriate and safe along the corridor.
The grant application is a collaborative effort with the Street Transportation and Housing departments, and the Offices of Innovation and Arts & Culture, with the Street Transportation Department serving as the lead applicant.
The application deadline is July 17, 2024.
Financial Impact
The maximum Federal participation rate for standard applications is 80 percent, with a minimum local match of 20 percent of the total eligible project cost. For projects located within census tracts that are designated with a poverty rate of over 40 percent, the maximum Federal participation rate is up to 100 percent of eligible project costs. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will review and make the final determination on the percent Federal share.
To increase the competitiveness of its application, the Street Transportation Department is proposing to commit a 10 percent match toward the project, should it receive a determination from FHWA it meets requirements for higher Federal share. Otherwise, the City’s match would equal 20 percent.
The estimated total cost for the project is approximately $15,825,000. If awarded, the Federal match would not exceed $12,660,000 (80 percent) or $14,242,500 (90 percent), and the City's costs would be approximately $3,165,000 (20 percent) or $1,582,500 (10 percent) for the local match.
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 USDOT through the FFY 2022-23 ATIIP grant opportunity.
Location
Fillmore/Villa streets to Roosevelt Street from 7th to 24th streets
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers Mario Paniagua and Inger Erickson, and the Street Transportation Department.