Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JULY 22, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) FUNDING
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the allocation of $1.483 billion of Los Angeles County's share of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 ARPA funds to transit operators, inclusive of about $1.465 billion from Los Angeles County's share of apportionments to the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim Urbanized Area (UZA), $16.028 million apportioned to the Santa Clarita UZA, and $1.666 million apportioned to the Lancaster-Palmdale UZA, as detailed in Attachment A;
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or her designee to solicit proposals and allocate about $1.327 million from Los Angeles County's share of FTA Section 5310 ARPA funds to Metro's existing subrecipients of Federal Section 5310 funds for operating expenses;
C. AUTHORIZING the CEO to allocate Los Angeles County's share of FTA Section 5311 ARPA funds for transit service in rural areas upon notification by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), for operating expenses;
D. APPROVING exchanges of ARPA funding allocations, as appropriate, with other local or eligible State or Federal funds to accelerate grant approval and disbursement of funds by the FTA;
E. DELEGATING to CEO or her designee the authority to administratively approve minor changes to the allocations to reflect any revisions made by the FTA and/or Caltrans that may impact Los Angeles County's share of ARPA funds; and
F. AUTHORIZING the CEO or her designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements to implement Board approved support of transit programs in Los Angeles County.
Issue
ISSUE
Public transportation systems nationwide continue to face challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic to ridership, revenue, and overall operations. ARPA makes available about $30 billion nationwide for transit operators to prevent, prepa...
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