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Ordinance in the Amount of $176,000 Amending the State, Federal, and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Fiscal Year 2018 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 (through the City) received a grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the amount of $158,400 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 FY2017-2018 Program of Projects, including the FY2018 FTA Section 5303 Planning Assistance grant, in the amount of $158,400 on June 21, 2017. This grant allows the City (through the Public Transportation Division) to commission phase II of 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:
The City will be required to provide matching funds in the amount of $17,600. These funds are budgeted in the Transit Operations Account Number 564-4531-01. Total funding will be as follows:
$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 FY2018 FTA Section 5303 Planning Assist...
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