R2010-218 AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION & EXECUTION OF A GRANT

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� � Mass Transit Memorandum No. 110810-1 November 8,2010 TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council Members FROM: Ryan McCrady, City Manager Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator SUBJECT: Federal Transit Administration(FTA) Operating Assistance Grant SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council approve a Resolution to authorize RECOMMENDATION: the filing of an application and the execution of a grant for Federal ', Transit Administration (FTA) operating assistance for the first and second quarters of FY-2011 (July 1 through December 31, 2010) � in the amount of$447,629. BACKGROUND: Every year the Federal Transit Administration(FTA) apportions ' grant funds to each metropolitan transit system for operating �� assistance and for capital projects. Decatur currently has a balance �I of$447,629 remaining from the FY 2010 apportionment. This I amount had been reserved for possible capital projects,but it was not used due to the large amount of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA) funds that the Transit System received. Staff proposes to use this balance to offset part of the Transit System's operating deficit for the first and second quarters of the 2011 state fiscal year: July through December, 2010. Additional federal funds will become available in January, when the FTA announces the FY 2011 apportionments. POTENTIAL A public hearing was held to discuss this grant application. No OBJECTION: negative comments were received. There are no known or expected objections to this grant application. INPUT FROM Richard Foiles, General Manager, DPTS OTHER SOURCES: STAFF REFERENCE: Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator BUDGET/TIME The proposed FTA operating assistance grant requires a IMPLICATIONS: 50/50 match. The local match would be made up of farebox revenues and state operating funds already awarded to Decatur.