TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Telly C. Whitfield, Phd, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Randy Hume, Transit Director
Kelly Olivera, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: June 13, 2022
RE:
Title
Adoption of Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2022-13 to Appropriate Grant NC-2022-026 for FTA Section 5310 Fayetteville Urban Area Elderly and Disabled Program
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective 4.1: To develop and maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $318,000 of grant funding to the City under its Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program. The FTA funding provides $300,000 to the Mid-Carolina Council of Governments (MCCOG) as a subrecipient to the City. This funding which will be passed through to the Cumberland County’s Community Transportation Program (CTP). The City also receives $18,000 in grant funding to reimburse The City/FAST for its subrecipient oversight efforts.
Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance (SRO) 2022-13 will appropriate $318,000 of federal funding. The FTA funding covers 100% of the project cost so no local matching funds are required from either Cumberland County or the City.
City Council is also asked to authorize the City Manager to execute a subrecipient grant agreement with MCCOG that is required to pass the FTA grant funds through to MCCOG and Cumberland County.
Background:
FTA has apportioned funds to the Fayetteville urbanized area under its Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program. Prior to 2012, Section 5310 funding was allocated solely to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). In accordance with our approved Program Management Plan the Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) selects projects each year for funding. Once FAMPO selects the projects, the City prepares and submits the Section 5310 grant application to FTA. Projects must be over and above ADA requirements, therefore the City’s FASTTRAC! service is not eligible to use these funds.
The Cumberland County/MCCOG continuation project was the only project selected by FAMPO. Cumberland County will use this funding to continue through FY 2023 to provide non-medical transportation (work, school, shopping) trips for elderly and disabled residents of the urban areas of Cumberland County not served by Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST). This will include services to the Vision Resource Center on Cedar Creek Road. MCCOG/Cumberland County will administer the project.
Due to provisions included in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) grantees are entitled to use unobligated apportionments of FTA Section 5310 funds through 2021 for 100% of project costs. In addition, the City as grantee is also allowed to receive 100% reimbursement for its program oversight costs.
Prior to drawing or disbursing funds to MCCOG from this grant, staff will need to execute a grant subrecipient agreement to ensure compliance with all FTA grant provisions.
Issues/Analysis:
The City as the primary grant recipient is required to ensure subrecipients comply with applicable FTA grant requirements for Section 5310 funding. Transit has developed grant oversight procedures and a grant checklist that are used to ensure that subrecipients adhere to all FTA requirements.
Budget Impact:
The grant provides 100% federal funding so no matching funds are required.
Options:
1) Adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2022-13 and authorize the City Manager to execute the subrecipient grant agreement with Mid-Carolina Council of Governments;
2) Do not adopt the SRO and provide further direction to staff.
Recommended Action:
Staff recommends that Council adopt Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2022-13 and authorize the City Manager to execute the subrecipient grant agreement with Mid-Carolina Council of Governments.
Attachments:
Special Revenue Project Ordinance 2022-13
FTA Grant NC-22-026