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Information Only
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Agenda Ready - IDA Department
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On agenda:
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11/20/2024
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Final action:
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Title:
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Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law / Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and Federal Inflation Reduction Act - Discretionary Grant Funding Update - Citywide
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Title
Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law / Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act and Federal Inflation Reduction Act - Discretionary Grant Funding Update - Citywide
Description
This report provides the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Subcommittee an update on the status of the City's efforts to pursue Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) / Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) and Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) discretionary grant funding.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
Report
Summary
The BIL / IIJA contains approximately $550 billion in new spending above previous funding levels, over five years, for existing and new programs nationwide. These programs are aimed at improving infrastructure, investing in disadvantaged communities and creating jobs. To achieve these goals, BIL- / IIJA-funded grants are advancing considerable improvements in areas such as roadway safety, active transportation, public transit, rail, airports, electric vehicles and related charging equipment needs, clean water, water resources, energy and environmental industries, cybersecurity and broadband, and other areas.
Signed into law by President Biden on November 15, 2021, BIL / IIJA has now surpassed the three-year mark and was intended to fund programs through allocations from Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2021-22 through 2025-26. While FFY 2023-24 came to a close on September 30, 2024, many of the approximately 375 individual BIL / IIJA programs are still awaiting formal announcements of allocations, opportunities to apply, or are pending review of applications prior to award grant funds. City staff have been, and will continue, monitoring and pursuing announcements from the 16+ Federal agencies administering the programs, as well with the numerous state, county and other regional agencies who may be recipients of BIL funding and are also tasked with administering funding to local agencies.
Under the leadership of the Mayor and the City Council, to date, the City of Phoenix has been awarded over $636 million in Federal BIL / IIJA and IRA funds. An additional $76.1 million has been applied for and is pending award announcement. Several other opportunities currently have applications underway or are under review. Contained below is an overview of the discretionary grant programs the City has been awarded since our last update and a description of the City projects that have been submitted and are currently pending review. For a complete table summary of the City’s efforts to date, please see Attachment A.
BIL / IIJA and IRA Discretionary Grants
Awarded Since Last Update:
Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant - Pilot Program Grants - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - A multipronged approach to both educate Phoenix residents about, and enroll eligible Phoenix residents in, the Affordable Connectivity Program. City staff across multiple departments, including the Community and Economic Development, Housing, Human Services, Library, and Neighborhood Services departments, partnered with schools and community organizations to connect with residents through resources they know and trust.
- Award Amount - $700,000
Airport Infrastructure Grants - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Design and construction of new Taxiway-U and enabling work that will relocate and/or modify existing facilities and infrastructure impacted by the project. The main enabling elements of the project include modifications to the existing City owned Facilities and Services Complex, Air Cargo apron and building modifications, sections of existing roadway and existing aprons.
- Award Amount - $5.2 million
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Develop and implement an annual, bilingual, community-facing education and engagement program that would: Build capacity of Phoenix area residents to participate in hazard planning and implementation with local governments; and advocate for hazard mitigation activities that protect public health.
- Award Amount - $337,500
Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Funding will be used for rehabilitation or replacement of sewer lines owned by the Water Services Department (WSD). WSD has over 5,000 miles of sewer lines ranging in sizes up to 84" in diameter. Like water system infrastructure, aging wastewater infrastructure requires rehabilitation and replacement of sewer lines.
- Loan Amount - $10,170,000
- Forgivable Principle - $1 million
Drinking Water SRF - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Funding will be used for replacement of aging water mains owned by WSD. WSD has implemented a Water Main Replacement (WMR) program which evaluates and replaces existing aging 4-inch to 16-inch pipelines. In Phoenix, the major cause of breaks tends to be age of the infrastructure, resulting in water loss of water and costly emergency repairs.
- Loan Amount - $10,857,000
- Forgivable Principle - $1,532,000
Drinking Water SRF Lead Service Lines Replacement - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Funding will be used for replacement of WSD and customer, lead and galvanized service lines with copper lines, where identified. There are approximately 460,000 water services within the water system and approximately 200,000 services Citywide of unknown material. As part of the requirement for the Lead and Copper Rule Revision (LCRR), there is an ongoing effort to identify all service line material types on the City and customer side of all water meters and to replace those identified as lead or galvanized. The LCRR requires water system providers to address both lead and galvanized services.
- Loan Amount - $40,575,418
- Forgivable Principle - $10 million
Pilot Program for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - A cross-disciplinary implementation effort for equitable land-use, transportation, and infrastructure investments towards achieving the established South Central TOD Community Plan’s “shared community vision for environmentally equitable, compact and connected communities; sustainable and resilient; incremental change and growth; towards a world-class regional destination that supports local small businesses, shares cultures, and improves health for all existing and future residents."
- Award Amount - $1 million
Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Based on City Council approval of the Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan, implementation of a group of engineering, education, and evaluation strategies that have a high safety benefit and prioritize historically disadvantaged areas of Phoenix. Projects include: seven intersection improvement projects; seven mid-block crossings; 2.5 miles of corridor safety projects; vision zero education campaign; speed evaluation study; and pedestrian high-crash risk analysis.
- Award Amount - $460,000
Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants - FFY 2021-22
- Project Description - Implementation of passive pedestrian, bicycle, and motorist detection technology at 10 locations with existing High-Intensity Activated CrossWalKs (HAWKs) on a portion of the Grand Canal in central Phoenix.
- Award Amount - $1,965,000
Congestion Relief Program - FFYs 2021-22 through 2023-24
- Project Description - A three-pronged congestion mitigation initiative designed to provide greater options for passengers to utilize public transit. Project EASE includes implementing three microtransit service zones within the City over a three-year period to increase coverage of the public transit system; providing commuter bus improvements that complement the new microtransit zones; and integrating new and existing microtransit services into the region’s transit software application for trip planning, real-time tracking and fare payment.
- Award Amount - $12,944,400
Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program (CPRG) - Phase I - Planning Grants - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metro Area is received this grant to develop a regional Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), led by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), to reduce pollution. The development of a PCAP was a requirement to apply for CPRG - Phase II - Implementation Grants.
- Award Amount - $1 million
Local and Regional Project Assistance Grants (RAISE) - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The PHX Cultural Corridor project will improve 3.52 miles of sidewalks and roadway between Downtown Phoenix and the Airport with enhanced pedestrian and bicycle facilities and signage, pavement markings, and wayfinding materials that highlight the area’s rich history. This project is an element of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) Land Reuse Strategy, a collaborative effort between the City of Phoenix Aviation Department, neighborhoods, and other stakeholders to develop and implement market-driven strategies that can accelerate development of 743 City-owned parcels located west of PHX.
- Award Amount - $10,220,242
Pilot Program for TOD - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The funding will be used to continue implementation of the six established ReinventPHX and 19 North Transit Oriented District Policy Plans. This proposal intends to make immediate and timely progress towards achieving a well-balanced and purposeful mixture of housing choices and supporting amenities in alignment with unique and diverse transit-oriented communities.
- Award Amount - $1.2 million
SS4A Grant - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The ReVISIONing Indian School Road project seeks to address a critical corridor link in the Phoenix High Injury Network through targeted and proven safety countermeasures to address all-modal safety improvements and provide safety improvements to Phoenix’s historically underserved Maryvale Village.
- Award Amount - $24,962,742
Solar for All (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund) - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - Solar for All (SFA) Arizonans is a transformational opportunity for Arizona, led by the State in collaboration with the City, to bring the benefits of the state’s abundant solar resources to the state’s low-income and disadvantaged communities. SFA Arizonans will create multiple innovative market mechanisms that accelerate distributed solar deployment in low-income and disadvantaged communities on rooftops, in neighborhood solar projects, and in solar-plus-storage systems.
- Award Amount - $156,120,000
Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Program - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The Roots of Phoenix initiative will fund community-prioritized tree programs and Community Tree Stewards in underserved areas, including a grant program for neighborhood and school tree plantings. This project will add thousands of new trees, enhance urban forestry knowledge and skills, and bolster resilience in the most heat vulnerable areas of the City.
- Award Amount - $10 million
Accelerating Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Deployment (Highway Research & Development Program - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - The Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone (CVAZ) project, led by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) in collaboration with the City and other private and public agency partners, focuses on largescale development and deployment of V2X technologies and connected communications that deliver real-time traffic information about road conditions, and allow vehicles to share and receive information such as notifications of road hazards ahead.
- Award Amount - $19,655,242
Airport Infrastructure Grants - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - Design and construction of new Crossfield Taxiway-U and enabling work that will clear the site and relocate and/or modify existing facilities and infrastructure impacted by the project.
- Award Amount - $67,726,100
Airport Terminal Program - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - Replacement of chillers, condensing water pumps, central plant piping, heat exchangers and cooling towers, as part of the 30-year‐old Central Utility Plant upgrade.
- Award Amount - $36 million
SS4A - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - Planning Grant funding to analyze three major arterial corridors located on the Phoenix High Injury Network (HIN). These comprehensive corridor analyses will include conducting an enhanced Road Safety Assessment (RSA), developing planning-level corridor concepts, and conducting a feasibility analysis to provide an assessment of comprehensive safety corridor needs to identify actionable safety countermeasures. Each assessment additionally will include advanced data collection, deploy innovative safety analytics, and conduct a robust, localized public engagement opportunity to coalesce public support for the planning and development process. The three corridor assessments address 12 HIN locations, all within disadvantaged communities, and will be conducted along 19th Avenue, Northern Avenue and Broadway Road.
- Award Amount - $1,092,500
Airport Terminal Program - FFY 2024-25
- Project Description - Phase II of Terminal 4 Central Utility Plant (CUP) modernization project focuses on the construction of a new CUP that improves efficiency by 14 percent while increasing its capacity, redundancy and resiliency; reduces overall emissions, and decreases operational and maintenance costs; supports future terminal growth; and improves market access. This project helps PHX achieve its target carbon neutrality emissions goal by 2050.
- Award Amount - $35 million
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (System Management and Operations) - FFY 2024-25
- Project Description - Provide a necessary upgrade to the central software used to run the Downtown Traffic Management System (DTMS) and allow for the DTMS to be integrated with the management software implemented in other areas of Phoenix. Upgraded software supports the real-time traffic and event management procedures within the City of Phoenix which hosts numerous concurrent major events in the downtown core. Additionally, upgraded software will integrate the DTMS into one platform allowing integrated management decisions instead of a standalone, separate system.
- Award Amount - $1,037,300
Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant (MEGA-INFRA-Rural) - FFYs 2024-25 through 2025-26
- Project Description - The US 60 (Grand Avenue)/35th Avenue/Indian School Road Grade Separation Project will elevate the 35th Avenue and Indian School Road intersection to help mitigate the complex issues around this six-legged highway/arterial intersection that also includes two at-grade railroad crossings.
- Award Amount - $146,627,854
Pending Review / Announcement:
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
- Project Description - The project proposes to commit towards the installation of solar covered parking projects identified by vendors under the City's Solar Qualified Vendor List. Rather than allocate all the funds toward one solar project, staff are proposing to use the funds to "buy-down" the cost of parking lot solar shading at multiple libraries and parks through Solar Service Agreements whereby the vendor will be required to build, own, operate, and maintain the solar equipment throughout its life, while the City's contractual obligation will be to purchase the energy it produces throughout its life at an agreed to rate that is below or close to the current utility electricity rate.
- Application Amount - $1,340,660
Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program - FFYs 2021-22 through 2023-24
- Project Description - Building on the success of past programs, Phoenix is leveraging its experience and programmatic infrastructure to deliver comprehensive services aligned with the Digital Equity Act and Arizona’s State Digital Equity Plan. These services address key barriers such as digital literacy gaps, broadband access, and technology adoption for Phoenix’s underserved populations.
- Application Amount - $11,840,537
Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program - FFY 2022-23
- Project Description - The Phoenix Rolling Forward project is a 2.2-mile bike boulevard in Downtown Phoenix that extends from Fillmore/Villa streets to Roosevelt Street, covering the area between 7th and 24th streets. It marks the City of Phoenix’s inaugural bike boulevard, developed under the framework of Active Transportation Plan, Comprehensive Bicycle Master Plan, and Transportation 2050 Initiative (T2050).
- Application Amount - $14,242,500
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant: Track I - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - The "Track I" application would fund the following project components within disadvantaged census tracts in South Mountain Village Planning and Maryvale Village Planning areas: urban forestry and green stormwater infrastructure workforce development; business development training; and PhxCAN (Connected Active Neighborhoods) quick-build projects.
- Application Amount - $19,372,361
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant: Track II - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - The "Track II" application aims to serve as a foundation for a future regional-scale vision planning for the Rio corridor that will help to reimagine meaningful community engagement for equitable governance, create a regional sense of place and identity for the river corridor, and align diverse priorities in co-design with community. The primary goal of the project will be to build strong bridges between residents and government entities around environmental and climate justice planning and development.
- Application Amount - $2,804,896
Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Grant Program - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - The application would create a “Phoenix Water Conservation Corps” with the intention of providing a much-needed service to our community while breaking through barriers to entry into our nation’s water sector workforce for the young and/or historically underserved members of our community.
- Application Amount - $6.8 million
WaterSMART: Title XVI WIIN Act Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects - FFY 2023-24
- Project Description - The project would further bolster the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant’s ability to recharge groundwater.
- Application Amount - $3.25 million
Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program (Round 2) - FFYs 2023-24 through 2024-25
- Project Description - The “Electrify Phoenix” project would implement a portion of the City’s Transportation Electrification Action Plan to accommodate 280,000 electric vehicles by 2030 by installing 146 Level 2, four Level 3 (Direct Current Fast Chargers), and 10 Level 2 portable solar-powered charging stations, as well as solar covered parking structures for 10 City-owned multi-family sites.
- Application Amount - $15 million
Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program - FFYs 2023-24 through 2025-26
- Project Description - The application is for a planning grant to analyze possible crossing solutions, plan a continuous pathway, and prepare environmental documentation for the Grand Canalscape Phase IV project, which is a multiuse path that would stretch from 47th to 23rd avenues. If awarded, this would be the initial planning step to connect the larger improved sections stretching over 12 miles along the canal from Glendale through Phoenix to Tempe.
- Application Amount - $1,440,000
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Subcommittee received presentations on the Federal BIL / IIJA on:
- January 19, 2022; and
- October 19, 2022.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the City Manager's Office.
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