Agenda Item #13.4
For Council Meeting of: April 12, 2022
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SHAWN SOSA, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FORMULA PROGRAM AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS FOR FYS 2022-24 AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by resolution, authorize the City Manager or designee to execute and file the annual grant applications under the Federal Transit Administration Formula Programs and Surface Transportation Program for fiscal years 2022-2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), reauthorizes and establishes FTA formula programs for FYs 2022-2026. Each year the City’s Transit Division must submit and file grant applications for these formula funds through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). MTC has prepared a three-year cycle of programing for FY22-24 and requires a resolution adopted by the governing board to be included in the grant application for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula program or Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds.
BACKGROUND
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), reauthorizes FTA formula programs for FYs 2022-2026. Eligible agencies are required to submit and file annual grant applications through the appropriate Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for approval.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the MPO for the Bay Area, is preparing to program a three-year cycle of formula funds for FY 2022-2024.
This approval is part of an annual routine to fulfill FTA grant requirements for the federal formula funds the City receives for transit activities each year. These include funds from the FTA Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program and the FTA Section 5339 Buses and Bus Facilities Program allocated to the City of Santa Rosa by formula.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
The City Council, by the following resolutions, authorized the filing of applications with the FTA, through the MPO for our region, MTC:
October 18, 2016, Resolution No. 28871
January 31, 2017, Resolution No. 2017-009, for FY17-FY20 funding January 26, 2021, Resolution No. 2021-020, for FY21 funding
ANALYSIS
MTC estimates that a total of $9,073,136 will be allocated to Santa Rosa CityBus from the FTA formula programs in FY2022-2024. These funds will be used to operate and maintain Santa Rosa CityBus and Santa Rosa Paratransit services, and to help fund battery-electric replacement buses, as shown in the following table:
These funds will require an estimated local match of $6,662,291, which will be drawn from state Transportation Development Act Article IV funds.
The estimated FTA formula funding for FY21-22 was included in the approved Transit budget, so there is no need for an additional appropriation at this time.
To be eligible to submit grants to draw down these formula funds, the City must provide MTC with a resolution of the City Council:
authorizing the submittal of grant applications for these funds; committing the matching funds for the grants;
assuring that the City will comply with the requirements of MTC for this funding, and the projects will be completed as described in the application; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute and file the applications for funding with MTC.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of this action does not have a fiscal impact on the General Fund. The required local match would be drawn from the Transit Division’s annual allocation of Transportation Development Act Article IV (TDA) funds.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The Council finds that the proposed action is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under section 15061(b)(3) and 15378 in that there is no possibility that the implementation of this action may have significant effects on the environment, and that no further environmental review is required.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not applicable
NOTIFICATION
Not applicable
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
CONTACT
Shawn Sosa [email protected] 707-543-3334
AUTHORIZATION TO FILE APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT
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