Title
Ordinance in the Amount of $351,283 Establishing Budget for the Fiscal Year 2019 FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Grant
Body
Council Priority: Create an Environment to Promote Economic Development Opportunities and Job Creation
Department: Transportation
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer, Transportation Department Director, 373-2861
Contact 2 and Phone: Bruce Adams, Transit Operations Manager, 412-6237
PURPOSE:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $256,029 in federal funds under the Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program to the Greensboro Urban Area. The Section 5310 program supports projects that serve the special needs of transit dependent populations beyond traditional public transportation service, exceed the requirements of the ADA act, improve access to fixed route service and decrease reliance of complementary Paratransit service, and provide alternatives to public transportation. The City of Greensboro is the designated recipient for these funds. City Council approval is requested to establish the grant project budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Greensboro MPO conducted a competitive selection process for funding. At their June 26, 2019 meeting, the Transportation Advisory Committee awarded funding to the City of Greensboro Public Transportation Division and Guilford County Transportation and Mobility Services (TAMS) to support eligible operating expenses. Specifically, the City of Greensboro will use Section 5310 funding in the amount of $180,229 to provide early morning dialysis trips during weekdays and Saturdays for seniors and individuals with disabilities who meet the program goal and when public transportation is insufficient, inappropriate, or unavailable. As the designated recipient for Section 5310 funds, the City of Greensboro Public Transportation Division is utilizing 10% or $25,603 of the area allocation to support program administration costs, including administering the grant application and funding to the successful sub-recipient and ensuring that federal reporting requirements are met. Guilford County TAMS will use Section 5310 funding in the amount of $50,197 to provide transportation services for elderly individuals with disabilities and low income individuals that are on the waiting list to access transportation to employment, education, and medical trips.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The City of Greensboro’s local matching funds will be provided through in-kind services. No additional City funds are required.
City of Greensboro Capital Project
$180,229 Federal (80%)
$ 45,057 In-Kind Services (20%)
$225,286
Guilford County will provide the local matching funds to support their portion of the project through in-kind services. The total project funding is as follows:
Guilford County Operations Project
$50,197 Federal (50%)
$50,197 Guilford County (50%) In Kind Services
$100,394
Funding for program administration, to be performed by the City of Greensboro Public Transportation Division, does not require local matching funds.
Program Administration
$25,603 Federal (100%)
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
The Transportation Department requests and recommends that the City Council approve the attached ordinance in the amount of $351,283 to support eligible project expenses.