PUBLIC HEARING & RESOLUTION
Authorizing Filing Grant Application for
FTA Section 5310 Funds for ADA
Paratransit Vehicles
City Council Meeting
February 1, 2022
Shawn Sosa
Administrative Analyst
Transportation and Public Works – Transit
1 CURRENT
• Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section
5310 Program is authorized under Title 49
U.S.C. 5310.
• Funds are to improve mobility for seniors
and persons with disabilities.
• Caltrans is recipient of FTA Section 5310
funds and is responsible for administering
5310 funds.
2 CURRENT
• 5310 has two project types:
• Traditional = ADA accessible vehicles,
equipment, misc. capital (radios, etc.)
• Expanded = Expansion of paratransit
services (beyond minimum set by ADA,
more hours, same-day, escorts, etc.)
• CityBus is applying for Traditional Program.
3 CURRENT
• Traditional Program application process
requires public agency to certify there are no
other non-profit agencies “readily available”
to provide the proposed service.
• Readily available = “Willing, interested and
capable of providing the proposed service at
a comparable cost to the identified clientele
in the same service area, with the same
hours of frequency, and at the same level of
service.”
4 CURRENT
• Santa Rosa Paratransit (within ¾ mile from
CityBus routes) is provided using City owned
vehicles and City contracted operations.
• Other non-profits may competitively apply for
funding in Traditional Program, even if not
replacing our paratransit service.
• Previous 5310 applications
• In 2017 asked for 5 vehicles, 4 were awarded.
• In 2019 asked for 7 vehicles, 1 was awarded. 5
PROPOSED
• Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Rule states
electrification of paratransit vehicles will be
required after 2026
• Electric vehicles are not proposed for City’s
5310 proposal in this round
• Very limited electric vehicles in paratransit size range approved for procurement using federal funds
• 5310 program focused on gasoline or CNG vehicles
• Market likely to expand in this area for next 5310 round • Additional infrastructure needs to support electrification of paratransit fleet
6 PROPOSED
• Hold a public hearing to meet the federal
5310 requirement to determine if any private
non-profit is readily available to provide
paratransit services within the City.
• Authorize City Manager or designee to
execute and file a grant application with
Caltrans for the FTA Section 5310 Program to
purchase five replacement ADA Paratransit
vehicles.
7 BENEFIT
• Community supported services
• Modernize vehicle fleet providing ADA
Paratransit
• Majority Grant-funded vehicles (based on an
estimated cost)
• Invest and sustain infrastructure and
transportation
8 RECOMMENDATION
• It is recommended by the Transportation and Public
Works Department that the Council:
1) hold a public hearing to determine whether any
private non-profit is readily available to provide
paratransit services in the City; and,
2) by resolution, authorize the City Manager or
designee to execute and file a grant application with
the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
under Federal Transit Act Section 5310 (FTA C
9070.1G) to purchase five replacement ADA
Paratransit vehicles.
• Questions?
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