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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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 Met...
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