LEGISLATIVE YEAR 2020
RESOLUTION: R-20-074
PURPOSE Relative to the acceptance and appropriation of $821,500 from the
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration
into Transit Grant Activity “Buses and Bus Facilities Grant
Program”
SPONSOR(S): Mayor Jim Donchess
COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENT: Human Affairs Committee.
FISCAL NOTE: Fiscal impact is grant funding to be used for a specific purpose. The
matching funds required by this grant will be appropriated over a two-
year period - $72,000 in FY2021 and $116,500 in FY2022.
ANALYSIS
This resolution authorizes the City to accept and appropriate grant funds from the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Transit Administration for the purpose of performing Transit Center Safety
and Security Improvements and Passenger Technology Enhancements.
Matching funds in the amount of $188,500 are required for this grant and will only be partially funded
through FY21 General Fund escrows pending approval by the Board of Aldermen. The remainder of
the matching funds will need to be appropriated by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in the FY 22
General Fund Budget or some other funding source. Community Development has indicated that only
a portion of the grant funds will be available in FY21, so the entire match did not have to be funded in
FY21. Ifthe City does not appropriate the remainder of the matching funds in FY22, City staff would
try to work with the FTA to determine if the funds could be utilized in FY23. Failure to use funding
could negatively impact future city grant applications.
The Transit Center rehabilitation project is in the FY2020 Capital Improvements Program.
Approved as to account Financial Services Division
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amount: By: /s/John Griffin
Approved as to form: Office of Corporation Counsel
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