Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution expresses support for Metro Transit's FY 2021 Route Planning Restoration Program grant application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for planning work and software to do a phased route implementation scenario in response to COVID. A separate resolution accepting the grant award will be submitted at a later date should the City be awarded the grant funding from the FTA.
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Supporting Madison Metro's FY 2021 Route Planning Restoration Program Grant Application to Federal Transit Administration for planning work and software to do a phased route implementation scenario in response to the COVID pandemic.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison seeks to expand Transit to meet the growing transportation needs of the City, and;
WHEREAS, that the Imagine Madison Comprehensive Plan Land Use and Transportation
Strategy 1 recommends improving transit service, especially peripheral employment and planning areas, and;
WHEREAS, in 2020 Metro started to conduct a route network redesign study that will be complete by the end of 2021 and the result of this study will be the basis for this implementation project, and;
WHEREAS, the Federal Transit Administration has a competitive funding program, Route Planning Restoration Program authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that currently has $25 million in funding for FY 2021, which will be awarded competitively to support planning for the restoration of transit routes following the coronavirus pandemic, and;
WHEREAS, the program has no cost share commitment for a local funding match with the application, as it is funded at 100% Federal through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and;
WHEREAS, the Madison Common Council has taken similar action (RES-15-00342, RES-19-00471 and RES-20-00282) to demonstrate the City’s commitment to providing local match for a federal grant to fund transit supportive investments, and;
WHEREAS, a separate resolution will be introduced to acc...
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