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 2022-12 to Appropriate FTA Grant NC-2022-025 FTA for Section 5307 - American Rescue Plan Act Funding
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective 4.1: To maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
The City has been awarded grant NC-2022-025 by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for transit operating assistance from urban formula funding made available by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance (SRO) 2022-12 will appropriate $247,421 of federal transit funding to pass through to Harnett County and Hoke County. As grant subrecipients to the City, Harnett will receive $71,397 while Hoke County will receive $176,024 in 100% FTA funding for operating assistance in FY 2023. A portion of FTA urban formula funds are allocated each year to other transit systems that provide service within the Fayetteville urbanized area. The FTA grant also provides $4,163,122 to the City for FAST operations. These funds were appropriated the City's fiscal year (FY) 2022 operating budget.
It is also requested that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute any related grant subrecipient agreements related to the pass through of FTA funds.
Background:
The Fayetteville urbanized area receives annual apportionments for numerous FTA formula programs. The City is the designated recipient for urban transit funding for FTA funds apportioned to the Fayetteville area. In addition to Cumberland County, the urbanized area also includes portions of Hoke, Harnett and Robeson Counties. Systems that pr...
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