TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager
SUBJECT: Application for FY 2021 FTA Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program
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RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider authorizing the General Manager or his designee to file and execute applications and funding agreements with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Buses and Bus Facilities Program to rehabilitate or replace maintenance lifts at the District's Central Maintenance Facility (CMF).
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Financial Stability and Resiliency
Initiative - Infrastructure Modernization
This grant is one of the few available that can be used towards bus facilities maintenance needs. Investing in the state of good repair of the CMF maintenance lifts is a requirement of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Transit Asset Management (TAM) Regulation and the District's TAM Plan.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The District plans to apply for approximately $7.2 million in Federal FY 2021 funds to rehabilitate maintenance bay bus lifts at CMF. This project is currently listed in the Capital Improvement Plan. Awards under the Bus and Bus Facilities Program require a minimum 20% match; therefore, the District will need to contribute at least $1.8 million in District or other grant funds as the required match if awarded the full amount.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
On September 20, 2021, the FTA issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program. The program applications are due on November 19, 2021. This is a competitive funding program that makes $410 million available to assist in the financing of capital projects to replace, rehabilitate, purchase or lease buses and related equipment; and to rehabilitate, purchase, construct, or lease bus-related facilities. Staff recommends applying to rehabilitate the maintenance bay bus lifts at CMF.
Several of the bus lifts at CMF are original equ...
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