Title
Request Authorization to Submit Federal Transit Administrations Grants for American Recovery Plan Applications (Ordinance S-47578)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and distribute American Recovery Plan grants from the Federal Transit Administration and to enter into agreements necessary to receive and distribute those federal funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all grant funds in accordance with the terms of such grants and agreements. These grants are anticipated to be an amount not to exceed $290,363,035.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area (UZA) and the direct recipient of FTA grant funds for the Avondale-Goodyear UZA. Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region. On March 11, 2021, the American Recovery Plan (ARP) Act was approved with funding provided through existing FTA formula programs at 100 percent share, with no local match required. Such funding is available to support capital, operating, and other expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Phoenix metropolitan area, is responsible for programming FTA funds for the region. MAG has allocated the ARP funding for the region to support transit operations. Phoenix is expected to receive $105,730,795 for itself from this allocation.
Financial Impact
The total of all grant funds in the application is $290,363,035. The applications and total federal amounts by fund type are:
- $207,994,687 - FTA Section 5307 UZA Formula funding apportioned to the Phoenix-Mesa UZA;
- $477,745 - FTA Section 5307 UZA Formula funding apportioned to the Avondale-Goodyear UZA;
- $595,661 - FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities funding apportioned to the Phoenix-Mesa UZA; and
- $81,294,942 - FTA Capital Investment Grants apportioned to the South-Central Phoenix Extension/Downtown Hub.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.