Title
ADD-ON - Authorization to Apply for, Accept and Disburse Transportation Funding for Transportation Projects in Fiscal Year 2019 (Ordinance S-45070)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept and if awarded, enter into agreements for disbursement of $320,000 in transportation funding through grant applications to the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) under the Achieving Transit Accessibility Now (ATAN) Program.
Report
Summary
The Maricopa Association of Governments is soliciting applications for the ATAN Program. The MAG Regional Council has made available $500,000 of transit funds within the MAG Region to improve accessibility at transit stops, with a limitation that no single agency be awarded more than 70 percent of the total available funding. The ATAN grant funds are also limited to a maximum of $40,000 per location. Applications from local jurisdictions are evaluated on a rolling application cycle every six months. This is the fourth application cycle. The Street Transportation Department plans to request $320,000 in ATAN funds for eight projects as part of a comprehensive grant application. The city would contribute the required minimum 20 percent match, or $10,000, for each project.
This funding opportunity would leverage local dollars and increase the number of City transportation projects that enhance the community. The program funding has its own competitive review and ranking process that will happen under the MAG purview. In preparing the grant application, staff will refine the grant submittal, cost and scope to be competitive with local and regional submittals.
Financial Impact
ATAN requires local jurisdictions to contribute a minimum 20 percent funding match toward eligible project costs. The grant application will include up to eight project locations, requesting a total of $320,000 in ATAN funds, or $40,000 for each location with a local match of $10,000 for each location. These projects have already been programmed using Arizona Highway User Revenue (AHUR) funding. If awarded, this will free up $320,000 of AHUR funds to be reprogrammed for other CIP street transportation projects.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.