TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Monthly Legislative Report
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AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving the Monthly Legislative Report and approve legislative positions.
Staff Contact:
Beverly Greene, Executive Director of External Affairs, Marketing & Communications
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Strong Public and Policymaker Support
Initiative - Financial Efficiency and Revenue Maximization
The Monthly Legislative Report helps the District track state, regional and federal legislation to ensure alignment with the District's Strategic Plan and the specific goal of having strong public and policymaker support. Policy decisions at all levels of government can positively or negatively affect District operations and revenues and, as such, are important to track and influence as needed.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no budgetary or fiscal impact associated with this report.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
Federal Update
Staff succeeded in securing letters from all members of our federal delegation supporting the District's application for $25.6 million in grant funding from the FY23 Low or No Emission Grant Program and Bus & Bus Facilities Grant Program. This funding would modernize the Training & Education Center and support the purchase of 25 new zero-emission buses. Awards are expected to be announced in June.
On April 20, the House Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing on the Department of Transportation's budget proposal for FY 2024. Secretary Buttigieg stressed the problems that spending cuts proposed in House Republicans' debt limit bill would create for transportation programs. That bill, which was approved by the House on April 25, and which seeks to raise the debt limit, slash spending, and roll back key pieces of President Biden's agenda, is dead on arrival in the...
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