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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2008-R0284 - Amendment To FTANFMM Grant Application - 08_12_2008Resolution No. 2008-RO284 August 12, 2008 Item No. 5.35 RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT the General Manager of Citibus BE the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, an Amendment to the Federal Transit Administration New Freedom Mobility Management Grant Application (Project TX-57-X005-01), and related documents, to provide funding for a Mobility Manager position at Citibus for FY 2009. Said Amended Grant Application is attached hereto and incorporated in this resolution as if fully set forth herein and shall be included in the minutes of the City Council. Passed by the City Council this 12th day of August , 2008. ATTEST: e i1, TOM MARTIN, MAYOR Retie ca Garza, City Secretary AS TO CONTENT: Loomis, Assistant City Manager, iortation and Public Works APPROVED AS atterwhite, Assistant City Attorney gs/ccdocs/res-Amend-Citibus-Fed Transit Admin FY 2009 Grant.2 7/24/2008 View Print Page 1 of 7 DOT '3 U.S. Department of Transportation Resolution No. 2008—R0284 FTA Federal Transit Administration Application for Federal Assistance Recipient ID: 1993 Recipient Name: CITY OF LUBBOCK Project ID: TX-57-X005-01 Budget Number: 2 - Budget Pending Approval Project Information: I New Freedom Mobility Management Part 1: Recipient Information Project Number: TX-57-X005-01 Recipient ID: 1993 Recipient Name: CITY OF LUBBOCK Address: P. O. BOX 2000, LUBBOCK, TX 79408 0000 Telephone: (806) 712-2003 Facsimile: (806) 712-2012 Union Information Recipient ID: 1993 Union Name: NONE Address 1: Address 2: City: , 00000 0000 Contact Name: Telephone: () - Facsimile: () 0-0000 E-mail: Website: Part 2: Project Information Project Type: Grant Gross Project $80,364 Cost: View Print Page 2 of 7 Project Number: TX-57-XO05-01 Adjustment Amt: $0 Project Description: New Freedom Mobility Management Total Eligible Cost: $80,364 Total FTA Amt: $64,291 Recipient Type: City Total State Amt: $0 FTA Project Mgr: Lynn Hayes Total Local Amt: $16,073 Recipient Contact: Melinda Harvey Other Federal Amt: $0 New/Amendment: Amendment Amend Reason: Increase Award Special Cond Amt: $0 Fed Dom Asst. #: 20521 Special Condition: None Specked Sec. of Statute: 5317 S.C. Tgt. Date: None Specified State Appl. ID: None Specified S.C. Eff. Date: None Specified Start/End Date: - Est. Oblig Date: None Specified Recvd. By State: Pre -Award Authority?: No EO 12372 Rev: Not Applicable Fed. Debt No No Review Date: None Specified Planning Grant?: NO Final Budget?: No Program Date (STIP/UPWP/FTA Prm Plan) : Mar. 20, 2007 Program Page: None Specified Application Type: Electronic Supp. Agreement?: No Debt. Delinq. Details: Urbanized Areas UZA ID UZA Name 481350 LUBBOCK, TX Congressional Districts State ID District Code District Official 48 119 Randy Nuegebauer Project Details 2006 and 2007 New Freedom Funds The Competitive Process The Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization was selected to oversee the competitive award process for the City of Lubbock's JARC funds. The LMPO released a request for proposal on July 30, 2007. The RFP was advertised (DETAILS). Proposals were due on August 28. View Print Page 3 of 7 While several private providers picked up proposal packets, Citibus was the only entity who submitted a proposal by the due date. Following a review of Citibus' proposal, the LMPO staff and its review committee recommended to the LMPO's Policy Committee that the funds be awarded to Citibus. They further recommended that Citibus be solely responsible for the administration of all JARC funds. The Policy Committee voted to accept these recommendations at their October 16, 2007, meeting. The Project Citibus is proposing that the FY2006, FY2007, and FY2008 New Freedom funds be used to fund a Mobility Manager position at Citibus. As identified during the regional coordination process, educating passengers and potential passengers on how to access transit services is a valuable component to providing a complete package of transportation options. Unfortunately, funding considerations often mean that this component is not fully utilized. Who knows how many more passengers Citibus could carry if more people knew how to ride, if the fear of using transit could be diminished through education? Citibus believes that a coordinated, community -wide approach to educating potential passengers will reap rewards. Citibus intends to use New Freedom funds to assist members of our community in learning how the use of transit can impact their lives by giving them additional mobility options and freedom of travel. Citibus' program will focus on awareness, knowledge, and skills — each of these building upon the other. Key components will include travel instruction and travel training. The position of Mobility Manager reflect the South Plains Region's Regional Coordination Plan finding that travel training and/or bus familiarization was an unmet need in the region. The proposed project was identified in the coordinated plan as follows: Unmet Need: Need for travel training Remediation Strategy: Develop region -wide Mobility Manager position, who will be responsible for travel training, including curriculum development and direct training. Citibus and its regional partners began work on a regionally coordinated transportation plan in April 2005. From the very beginning of the process, the planning group discussed the various problems associated with getting information about transportation services to consumers, or potential consumers, of the services. This gap in information was identified as an unmet need. Organizations represented during the regional coordination process include: • Adult Day Care and Health Center • Caprock Community Action Association • Citibus • Lubbock Metropolitan Planning Organization • Lubbock Regional MHMR • Panhandle Transit • Sexton Enterprises/Yellow Cab • South Plains Association of Governments/Area Association on Aging • South Plains Community Action Association • Texas Department of Transportation • West Texas Opportunities • Work Source In developing the regional plan, all agencies and transportation providers agreed that getting information and instruction to transit users — and potential users — was an area where a great deal of improvement was needed. One of the earliest concerns the South Plains group had was how to teach consumers to know which vehicle they were supposed to board in the event that coordination of transportation services meant that more than one provider would have vehicles in specific areas. View Print Page 4 of 7 Additionally, given the fact that large numbers of our current passengers have various disabilities that makes learning a transit system a challenge, it has become increasingly obvious that a targeted approach to mobility instruction would be benefit in our area. The groups listed above have all been active participants in the development of the South Plains Region's Regional Transportation Plan. As the process continues, more agencies and employers are becoming aware of the effort and are joining in the process. Because of the broad community reach represented by the participants in the regional process, Citibus feels strongly that the members of the public who can benefit from a Mobility Manager at Citibus have been represented during the process. During the development of the initial regional plan, Citibus and its rural transportation partners hosted three public forums — one each in Lubbock, Levelland, and Crosbyton. No members of the public attended. During FY2008, as part of the regular work of Citibus' planning department, the public participation plan will be updated. In updating the plan, Citibus intends to develop an on -going community outreach program. We believe that this program, which will mesh with duties of the Mobility Manager, will prove of great benefit in learning more speck community needs and in forming appropriate solutions to address the needs. It will also provide members of the public with ways other than public hearings or forums, which many citizens find too intimidating to participate in, to contact Citibus with suggestions or concerns. AMENDMENT INCLUDES FY2008 FUNDS OF $64,291 (FEDERAL) Earmarks No information found. Security No information found. Part 3: Budget Project Budget Qua0 FTA Amount Tot. Elig. Cost SCOPE 117-00 OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS (BUS) 0 $175,776.00 $219,720.00 ACTIVITY 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1)(L)) 0 $111,485.00 $139,356.00 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1)(L)) 0 $64,291.00 $80,364.00 Estimated Total Eligible Cost: $219,720.00 Federal Share: $175,776.00 Local Share: $43,944.00 View Print Page 5 of 7 OTHER (Scopes and Activities not included in Project Budget Totals) None SOURCES OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UZA ID Accountina Classification FPC FY SEC Previously Approved Amendment Amount Total 481350 2006.25.57.FL.2 00 2008 57 $51,970.00 $0.00 $51,970.00 481350 2007.25.57.FL.2 00 2008 57 1 $59,515.00 $0.00 $59,515.00 Total Previously Approved: $111,485.00 Total Amendment Amount: $0.00 Total from all Funding Sources: $111,485.00 Alternative Fuel Codes Extended Budget Descri tip ons 11.7L.00 I MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1)(L)) 10 $64,291.00 $80,364.00 (AMENDMENT INCLUDES FY2008 FUNDING. I Changes since the Prior Budget FTA Change Amounts Code Description Previous FTA Change in FTA Current FTA Total Total Total 117-00 OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS (BUS) $111,485 $64,291 $175,776 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) (L)) $111,485 $0 $111,485 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) $0 $64,291 $64,291 Eligible Change Amounts Code Description Previous Eligible Change in Eligible Current Eligible 117-00 OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS (BUS) $139,356 $80,364 $219,720 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) $139,356 $0 $139,356 Pri View Print Page 6 of 7 (L)) 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) $0 $80,364 $80,364 (L)) Change in Quantity Code Description Previous Quantity Change in Quantity Current Quantity 117-00 OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS (BUS) 0 0 0 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) (L)) 0 0 0 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1) (L)) 0 0 0 Change in Project Control Totals Description Previous Amount Change in Amount Current Amount Gross Project Cost: $139,356 $80,364 $219,720 Adjustment Amount., $0 $0 $0 Total Eligible Cost: $139,356 $80,364 $219,720 Total FTA Amount: $111,485 $64,291 $175,776 Total State Amount: $0 $0 $0 Total Local Amount: $27,871 $16,073 $43,944 Other Federal Amount: $0 $0 $0 Special Condition Amount: $0 $0 $0 Part 4. Milestones 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1)(L)) 0 $111,485 $139,356 Milestone Description Est. Comp. Date 1. Mobility Management Sep. 30, 2008 To fund Citibus' mobility management program. 11.7L.00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A)(1)(L)) 0 $64,291 $80,364 Milestone Description Est. Comte. Date 1. Mobility Management Sep. 30, 2009 Part 5. Environmental Findings View Print Page 7 of 7 117L00 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (5302(A) (1)(L)) Finding No. 1 - Class II(c) 0 $111,485 $139,356 C16 - Program Admin. & Operating Assistance Program administration, technical assistance activities, and operating assistance to transit authorities to continue existing service or increase service to meet routine changes in demand. Part 6: Fleet Status No information found. Part 7. FTA Comments General Review Comment Title: New Comment Comment By: William Jones Date Created: Jul. 12, 2008 Date Updated: None Specified Ref Section: Unknown Comment: I have reviewed the Civil Rights requirements and concur with this portion of the project application Comments to DOL Comment Title: New Comment Comment By: Lynn Hayes Date Created: Jul. 10, 2008 Date Updated: None Specified Ref Section: Unknown Comment: No DOL for New Fredom Grants Part 8: Results of Reviews The reviewer did not find any errors CITY OF LUBBOCK AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY II. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM #/SUBJECT: # Consider a resolution authorizing the Citibus General Manager to execute an amended New Freedom Mobility Management Grant (Project #TX-57-X005-01). BACKGROUND DISCUSSION: The Federal Transit Administration has amended the allocation of New Freedom Mobility Management funds to include an additional $64,291. The original allocation that was approved by the City Council at the April 24, 2008 meeting was for $111,485. The additional amount brings the total FY 2007 and 2008 New Freedom Mobility Management funds for The City of Lubbock/Citibus to $175,776. The funds will be used to fund a Mobility Manager position at Citibus. Citibus intends to use New Freedom funds to assist members of our community in learning how the use of transit can impact their daily lives by giving them additional mobility options and freedom of travel. Federal Transit Administration regulations require that all grants must be applied for and executed electronically. Therefore, Citibus would like to request that the Mayor allow Mr. John Wilson, Citibus General Manager, to execute this grant amendment, once approved by the City Council. FISCAL IMPACT: New Freedom Mobility Management grants require an 80/20 match. The match required for this grant has already been included in the FY 2009 Citibus budget. Acceptance of this grant will result in no additional cost to the City of Lubbock. SUMMARY/RECOMMENDATION: Citibus recommends the approval of the resolution authorizing the Citibus General Manager to execute an amended Federal Transit Administration New Freedom Mobility Management Grant (Project #TX-57-X005-01).