TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland, Assistant City Manager
Jeffrey A. Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tyffany L. Neal, MPA, Transit Director
Kimberly Leonard, CLGBO, CLGFO, CPA, MPA, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: March 13, 2025
RE:
Title
Adoption of Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance to Appropriate Federal Transit Administration Grant NC-2025-017-00 and Approval of the Sub-Recipient Agreement with Mid-Carolina Council of Governments
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
The City Council is asked to adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance (SRO) 2025-17 to appropriate Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Grant NC-2025-017-00 and approve the related sub-recipient agreement with Mid-Carolina Council of Governments (MCCOG). SRO 2025-17 will appropriate $410,430 of federal funding from the FTA for pass-through funding for MCCOG for Cumberland County's Community Transportation Program ($386,351), and grant administration funding for the City of Fayetteville ($24,079). The required local match of $102,607 will be provided by Cumberland County.
Background:
The FTA has awarded grant NC-2025-017-00 to the City of Fayetteville for the purchase of service from a privately owned transportation provider for non-medical transportation (work, school, shopping) for elderly and disabled residents in urban areas of Cumberland County not served by the Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST); and FAST's administrative costs to provide oversight of sub-recipient activities. The grant funding continues to support and expand the required services within the Fayetteville region that benefit seniors and those with disabilities. This project is a joint venture between the MCCOG, a public non-profit organization and designated Areawide Aging Agency, and the Cumberland County Community Transpo...
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