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Agenda 03/10/2009 Item #16B 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Agenda Item No. 1664 March 10, 2009 Page 1 of 8 Recommendation to accept the partial apportionment of the Federal Transit Administration (FT A) FY 2009 Section 5307 grant in the amount of $901,448.00 OBJECTIVE: To acquire approval to accept the FTA FY09 Section 5307 grant in the amount of$901,448.00. CONSIDERATION: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released partial appropriation for Fiscal Year 2009 Section 5307 grant award on December 18, 2008. Congress authorized only an estimated 40% of the total FY 2009 Section 5307 Urbanized Area Apportionment with the balance to be funded in March 2009. Of the amount released thus far, the Bonita Springs - Naples Urbanized Area has been allocated $1,024,373. Collier County's portion of the grant funds is estimated at $901,448.00 the difference of $122,925 is the Bonita Springs/Lee County's portion. The Alternative Transportation Modes Department together with the Collier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is opening a public comment period for the approval of the apportionment of the FTA funds. The public comment period will run concurrently with the submittal of this Executive Summary to the Board of County Commissioners. If there are any substantial public comments received, we will present them to the Board at a subsequent meeting. The funds will be utilized to improve the security at the CAT Operations Facility; purchase of benches, shelters and related amenities; provide ADA ParaTransit services; and for preventative maintenance of the rolling stock. The grant funds will be budgeted as follows: .~ FTA Categories Budqet 1 % security $9,014 1 % Transit enhancement $9,014 10% ADA Paratransit $90,145 Preventative Maintenance $793,275 Total FY 09 5307 $901,448 FISCAL IMPACT: A budget amendment is required to recognize the partial apportionment amount Federal Transit Administration (FIA) Section 5307 Grant revenue of $901,448.00 and align budgeted expenses with the actual revenue received to be deposited in Fund 426 Project 35027. LEGAL CONSIDERA nONS: This item has been reviewed and approved by the County Attorney's Office, is not quasi.judicial and requires no ex parte disclosure, requires only a majority vote for approval, and is otherwise legally sufficient for Board action.-SRT GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no Growth Management Impact associated with this Executive Summary. ,..... RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Conunissioners approves necessary budget amendments to accept these grant dollars including those incremental grant dollars received ahove or below the target grant award. Prepared by: Michelle Edwards Arnold, Director, Alternative Transportation Modes Department Page lof2 Agenda Item No. 16B4 March 10, 2009 Page 2 of 8 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Item Number: Item Summary: 1684 Meeting Date: Recommendation to accept the partial apportionment of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) FY 2009 Section 5307 grant in the amount of $901,448.00. 3/10/2009900.00 AM Prepared 8y Glama Carter Operations Analyst Date Transportation Services Transportation Administration 2f24/2009 4:23:51 PM A pproved By Norm E. Feder, A1CP Transportation Division Administrator Date Transportation Services Transportation Services Admin. 2/24/2009 4:42 PM A pproved By Scott R. Teach Assistant County Attorney Date County Attorney County Attorney Office 2f24/2009 4:44 PM Approved By Therese Stanley Grants Coordinator Date Transportation Transportation Administration 2/24J2009 6:01 PM Approved By Brian Hancock Operations Support Manager Date Transportation Division Transportation Administration 2/25/2009 8:08 AM Approved By Michelle Edwards Arnold Alternative Transportation Modes Director Date Transportation Services Alternative Transportation Modes 2f25f200911:35 AM A pprovcd By Glama Carter Operations Analyst Date Transportation Services Transportation Administration 2f26/2009 1 :09 PM Approved By Barbara LaPierre Management/Budget Analyst Date Transportation Services Traffic Operations 2/26/2009 2:25 PM Approved B;y Jeff Klatzkow Assistant County Attorney Date County Attorney County Attorney Office 2/26f2009 3:44 PM Approved By Pat Lehnhard Executive Secretary Date Transportation Services Transportation Services Admin 212612009 4:23 PM Approvcd By file://C:\AgendaTest\Export\ 1 25.March%20 10, %202009\ 16. 'Y,20CONSENT%20AGENDA \1,.. 3/4/2009 Page 2 of 2 Agenda Item No. 16B4 March 10. 2009 Page 3 of 8 OMS Coordinator OMS Coordinator Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget 2/27f2009 9;41 AM Apprond By Mark Isackson Budget Analyst Date County Manager's Office Office of Management & Budget 3/3/2009 3:26 PM Approved By James V. Mudd County Manager Date Board of County Commissioners County Manager's Office 3f3!2009 4:27 PM file://C:\AgendaTest\Exp0l1\ I 25.March%20 I 0,%202009\] 6.%20CONSENT%20AGENDA \ 1... 3/4/2009 I I , ! C) o Agenda Item No. 1684 March 10, 2009 Page 4 of 8 RESOLUTION NO. 2004- 190 A RESOLUTioN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE OilSIGNATIONOF COLUER COUNTY'S FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINS'I'RATION (FTA) SECTION 5307 FORMULA FUNDS FOR TIll!: BONITA SPRINGS AREA TO THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF cOUNTY COMMISSiONERS . WHEREAS, the Collier C0unty ~.oard of County Commissioners has the autbarity to enter into an agreement with IAe County to designate the recipient of FrA S~tion 5307 fnnd, for a portion of Bonita Springs - Naple., FI Urbanized AIea shared by Collier and Lee County; and. i 1 NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD THAT: I. Collier County be designated as the recipient of the FrA Section 5307 Fonnul. Funds for the Bonita Spring. - Naple., FL Urbanized Area 2. The FrA Section 5307 Funds allocated to the Bonita Spring. - Naples, PI Urbanlzed Area be equitably sbared as rollows: FY.04 $120,000 $842,701 Lee County Collier County FY -05 and aller: Based on the Urbanized Area Allocation Fonnula publi.hed by the Federal Tran.it Admini.lJ1ltion . 3. This Agreement will remain in effect until modified or rescinded by the C<:illier County BoartIof CoUIiIj' Commissioners. ;?This Resolution adopted after motion. second and majority vote ravoring .ame; this L day of~" .2004, t7 'lHIllIillltll . \~\ - I" AII~~~.::.!2o;a;;;~'., DW'l!"fl.< ....~ow<. rk ~~~l~~'~~ .....,t~ " ::- ::'i': '~'.!/!.l1;:- ."" ... _;-. 1 Bt~~ ~o(. ki':-' ",. -. k . .'$it... .', lfgq~!~cpjiJ~,{"" A rovk 't~;~::md leg . BOARDOFCOUNTYCOMMmSIDNERS COlLmR CO . FLORIDA d~ Je A. Assis t C ty Attorney , , -~ 1 1 1 I (, (\ ,.1 Agenda Item No. 1684 March 10, 2009 Page 5 of 8 RESOLUTION # 03-07-20 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DESIGNATED RECIPIENT OF FTA SECTION 5307 FORMULA FUNDS A RESOLUTION of the Lee County Board of County Conunissioners authorizing designation of Collier County s the recipient of Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) Section 5307 Formula Funds for the Bonita Springs - Naples, FL Urbanized Area. WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of County Corrunissioners has the authority to enter into an agreement with Collier County to designate the recipient of FT A Section 5307 funds for the portion of the Bonita Springs - Naples, FL Urbanized Area in Lee County. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE Lee County Board of County Corrunissioners. Lee County, Florida: I, That Collier County be designated as the recipient of FTA Section 5307 Formula Funds for the Bonita Springs. Naples, FL Urbanized Area. 2. That the FTA Section 5307 Funds allocated to the Bonita Springs - Naples, FL Urbanized Area be equitably shared as follows: FY.03 $120,000 Lee County $842,701 Collier County Based on the Urbanized Area Allocation Formula published by the Federal Transit Administration. 3. That this Agreement will remain in effect until modified or rescinded by Lee County Board of County Corrunissioners. FY -04 and after: DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED THlS .........,'1.'\'\\\\ .::--;'~"U,CO#~'I"fulY 8 .:~~.... .....~, ,~, .'-'b I ",~.. ~'~'l "~: ~':; I- :::=: S. Ii' (~""L :,:"".-:: < CQ~], -R'-J.L"lk. - ; :;.. ~" : ;.. I "'. ....-- " .h"". .''&~_ Il'('f'tl~"":"" ~.: t " _- , ",....... ~ dJ .I?~~u "Dtf,...,., CJU(:. ,2003 By: M(j ~ Title: Chairmen. Lee County Board of County Corrunissioners I T ;( I ! \ (Seal) wal2 7-8-03 Agenda Item No. 1684 March 10, 2009 Page 6 of 8 February 10, 2009 Ms. Elizabeth Martin, Community Planner Federal Transit Administration 230 Peachtree Street ~, Suite 800 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Ms. Martin: Lee County Transit has received notification from Collier County, Florida of their intent to make available $122,924 from the Fiscal Year 200812009 Bonita Springs UZA allocation under the USC 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Program. This amount based on a proportionate amount of allocation as provided under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 as noticed in the Federal Register published Thursday, December 18, 2008. Lee County Transit concurs with this distribution as provided by Collier County in Resolution 2004-190 and accepted by Lee County in Resolution 03-07-20. We trust this will provide the necessary concurrence needed by Collier County to proceecl with committing these formula grant funds. Sincerely, Steven L. Myers Director Copy: Michelle Arnold, Director, Collier County Alternative Transportation Modes Julia Davis, Florida Department of Transportation Agenda Item No. 16B4 March 10, 2009 Page 7 of 8 FTA Releases Partial FY 2009 Apportionments The Federal Transit Administration released its partial-year FY 2009 apportionments, allocations, and program information on December 18. In September, Congress passed a continuing resolution that will fund public transportaticn at FY 08 levels until March 6, 2009. Consequently, under the apportionment, the FT A will distribute $4.1 billion -- approximately 43 percent of the projected total for FY 09. Full year apportionments will not be available until Congress enacts a subsequent appropriations bill for the remainder of FY 09. The notice provides detailed information on funding amounts currently available for transit programs and provides program guidance and requirements, as well as tables that show unobligated funding from certain discretionary programs that will be available for obligation during FY 09. The partial-year apportionments do not include funds for specific local projects. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TABLE 3 Agenda Item No. 1664 March ~Q,.~j;l9 Page 8 of 8 FY 2009 SECTION 5307 AND SECTION 5340 URBANIZED AREA APPORTIONMENTS (ApporlioofTl(tnt amount is based on funding made available under the Continuing Appropriations R~solution, 2009. P.L. 110-329) (Nol~: In acc:ordanee with IlllIJilaee in !he SAfETEA-LU ennfercnet: report. an UTbaniud area apportiMlllenlS fllT Section 5301 and Soction 5340 wen oombin~ lIJ .how I iing~ lIl1lounl, An _'5 apPIlnionmenlllJllllllnl iflclu0c5 qullr SccUlJO 5301 fundi;, Sm~l Tnnsillolcnsivc Cities fundli. lUll! Qrowinl StalmIlldHqho.:...ityStata;fonnulafunds.asappropria!c:.l URBANIZED AREA/STATE APPORTIONMENT Amounts Apportioned to Urbanized Areas 200,000 to 999,999 in Population Aguadilla--lsabela-San Sebastian, PR Akron. OH Albany. NY Albuquerque, NM AUentown--Bethlehem, PA-NJ Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Antioch, CA Ashevl1le, NC Atlantic City, NJ Augusta-Richmond County, GA--SC Austin, TX Bakersfield, CA Barnstable Town, MA Baton Rouge, LA Birmingham, AL Boise City, 10 ~ Bonita Springs-Naples, FL t1nogepon ~tamTora. v I Nl Buffalo, NY Canton, OH Cape Coral, FL Charleston~~North Charleston, SC Charlotte. NC--SC Chattanooga, TN--GA Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, SC Columbus, GA-AL Concord. CA Corpus Christi. TX Davenport, IA--IL Dayton. OH Daytona Beach--Port Orange, FL Denton-Lewisville, TX Des Moines, IA Durham, NC EI Paso. TX-NM Eugene, OR Evansville, IN-KY Fayetteville, NC Flint. MI Fort Collins, CO Fort Wayne, IN Fresno, CA Grand RapidS, MI Greensboro, NC GreenvilJe, SC Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $1.691.338 2.670.023 4,397,173 3.488.741 3,182,833 9.722,429 1,967,293 2,628,032 784.459 4,322,851 1,003.742 7,957,089 2,476,111 2.231.321 2.007,548 2,639,729 1.096.964 1,024,373 1U,~UtJ.;j'd( 7.306.736 1,566,955 1.766.669 1.967,230 6,327,383 1.418,510 2,672.993 1,620,692 900.157 8,617,621 1,925.452 1.597,979 8.317.812 1,816,527 1,256,806 2.402,745 2,553,341 4,594,169 1.972,035 a9S,111 947,222 2.435.165 1,034,016 1,244,573 3.675,148 3,232,272 1.659,792 903,672 734.767