Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 15, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE M METRO ACTIVE TRANSPORT, TRANSIT, AND FIRST/LAST MILE (MAT) PROGRAM UPDATE
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. REPROGRAMMING of funds to later fiscal years for projects previously approved from Measure M Metro Active Transport, Transit, and First/Last Mile (MAT) Program, as shown in Attachment A; and
B. DEOBLIGATING $33,046.99 in cost savings of previously approved MAT funding and returning those funds to the MAT Program.
Issue
ISSUE
This update includes reprogramming of funds to reflect changes to the programing years of funds for the Cycle 1 for prior Board approved MAT Program Projects from January 2021. Cycle 1 Projects previously approved experienced delays related to timely execution of agreements due to Covid and due to lessons learned with initiating a new program. Funds will now be programmed through Fiscal Year (FY) 2028-29 as projects have sufficiently progressed. The Board's approval is required to update programming and provide a basis for Metro to enter into agreements and/or amendments with the respective implementing agencies. One project's cost savings is recommended for deobligation.
Background
BACKGROUND
The MAT Program is included as line item 47 in the Measure M Expenditure Plan and allocates $857.5 million (2015 dollars) for investment in active transportation infrastructure over 40 years. In January 2020, the Board approved the first MAT Program funding Cycle 1 process and selection criteria. The project selection and programming of $63,100,000 in Measure M MAT Program funds, in support of 17 projects, was approved by the Board in January 2021.
In July 2024, the Board directed staff to reprogram five Cycle 1 MAT projects and delegated authority to approve amendments to Measure M MAT funding agreements that modify the scopes of work of projects and/or extend funding agreement lap...
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