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Ordinance Amending in the Amount of $176,000 the State, Federal, and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017 FTA Section 5303 Planning Assistance Grant
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Department: Transportation
Council District: Citywide
Public Hearing: NA
Advertising Date/By: NA
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer 373-2861
Contact 2 and Phone: Bruce Adams 412-6237
PURPOSE:
The City of Greensboro Metropolitan Planning Organization received a grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to support on-going short range service planning activities for the Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA). A budget ordinance must be approved to establish the budget for this grant and allow the expenditure of funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GUAMPO) adopted a resolution authorizing GTA’s FY2016-2017 Program of Projects, including the FY2017 FTA Section 5303 Planning Assistance grant, in the amount of $176,000 on August 24, 2016. This grant allows the City (through the Public Transportation Division) to commission a long-range transit planning study, as well as an assessment of the Higher Education Area Transit (HEAT) service, focusing on the effectiveness and efficiency of the service. The grant also supports one full-time Transit Services Planner position for the City of Greensboro-Public Transportation Division.
BUDGET IMPACT:
Funding will be budgeted as follows in State, Federal, and Other Grant Fund account 220-4506-01. The local match is budgeted in the following Transit Operations account: 564-4531-01.6220.
$140,800 (80%) Federal
$ 17,600 (10%) State
$ 17,600 (10%) Local
$176,000
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The Department of Transportation recommends and requests that the City Council approve the attached budget ordinance establishing $176,000 for the FY2017 FTA Section 5303 Planning Assistance Grant.