TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Barbara Hill, Interim Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
Randy Hume, Transit Director
DATE: May 13, 2019
RE:
Title
Adoption of Capital Project Ordinance 2019-32 and Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2019-11 to Appropriate the 2019 Federal Transit Administration Grant Award NC-2019-021-00 for Various Capital Items and Planning Activities
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective D: To develop and maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded Transit Grant NC-2019-021-00 to provide federal funding for eligible projects in support of the City's transit activities.
The grant includes $2,603,000 in FTA grant funds to reimburse the City for preventive maintenance, a portion of ADA paratransit services and operating activities performed during FY 2019. These revenues were already appropriated as a part of the fiscal year FY 2019 annual operating budget for the Transit Fund.
In addition to the operating funding above, the grant includes $764,600 for capital items including replacement paratransit and support vehicles, shelters and benches, construction of ADA accessible bus stops and related sidewalks, major bus maintenance components, and 4G-capable mobile data terminals for vehicles. Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2019-32 will appropriate $634,480 in grant funds from the FTA and a $130,120 transfer from the Transit Operating Fund for these items.
Finally, the grant includes $86,000 for various transit planning activities and employee training, and Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance (SRO) 2019-11 will appropriate $68,800 in FTA grant funds and $17,200 to be transferred from the Transit Operating Fund for these activities.
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