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Request Authorization to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Application and Enter Into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-44736)
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Request Authorization to Submit Annual Federal Transit Administration Grant Application and Enter Into Grant Agreements (Ordinance S-44736)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to: (1) submit applications for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant assistance; (2) enter into agreements with the FTA for the purpose of accepting awarded grants; and (3) enter into agreements with other agencies receiving a share of the FTA grant funds as pass-through from the City of Phoenix; and, authorizing the City Treasurer to receive, and the City Controller to disburse, grant funds in accordance with the terms of the aforementioned grants and agreements. The total of all grant funds in the applications is $118,829,228.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix is the designated recipient of FTA grant funds for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area (UZA) and the direct recipient for the Avondale-Goodyear Urbanized Area (UZA). As such, the City of Phoenix submits FTA grant applications on behalf of all local governments and agencies in the region.
All projects are in the MAG-approved Transportation Improvement Program and in the Arizona Department of Transportation approved State Transportation Improvement Program.
Projects included for Phoenix are: 13 articulated replacement buses, 36 replacement dial-a-ride vans, fare collection system, preventive maintenance, support services and program administration.
Financial Impact
The total of all grant funds in the applications is $118,829,228. The total federal funds allocated to Phoenix projects is $31,465,683, for which the required matching funds of $5,673,661 are available from Transportation 2050 sales taxes and the Proposition 400 Public Transportation Fund in the Public Transit Department's 2018-2019 Operating Budget and five-year 2019-23 Capital Improvement Program. The applications and total federal amounts by fund type are:
FTA Section 5307 Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area Formula funding for capital, planning and operating assistance projects to benefit the entire Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area - $52,641,177.
FTA Section 5307 Avondale-Goodyear Urbanized Area Formula funds apportioned to the Avondale-Goodyear urbanized area - $3,744,956.
Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) and Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBFP) funds transferred from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to FTA for capital projects - $17,396,571 and $27,117,890.
FTA Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Formula funding to include capital projects to benefit the entire Phoenix-Mesa urbanized area - $6,478,523.
FTA Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Formula funding to include capital projects to benefit the entire Avondale-Goodyear urbanized area - $94,957.
FTA Section 5337 State of Good Repair - High Intensity Fixed Guideway Program funding for capital projects to benefit the entire Phoenix-Mesa urbanized area - $4,028,855.
FTA Section 5337 State of Good Repair - High Intensity Motorbus Program funding for capital projects to benefit the entire Phoenix-Mesa urbanized area - $4,159,451.
FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities funding for capital projects and operating assistance to benefit the entire Phoenix-Mesa urbanized area - $3,166,848.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Public Transit Department.