Metro - File #: 2024-0172

• File #: 2024-0172
• Type: Policy
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/6/2024
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/19/2024
• Title: CONSIDER: A. ADOPTING a Los Angeles County Regional Zero Emission Bus Procurement Policy (Attachment A); B. APPROVING the Los Angeles County Regional Zero Emission Transit Capital Program (ZETCP)-Equivalent Fund Allocation Framework and the resulting Included and Eligible Transit Operator fund amounts totaling $49.84 million in Proposition C 40% funding as shown in Attachment B; and C. AMENDING the FY25 Budget to implement the ZETCP-Equivalent Fund Allocations and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Bus Acquisitions, California State Transportation Agency, Federal Transit Administration, Fuels, Funding plan, Grant Aid, Payment, Policy, Procurement, Prop C Discretinary MOU'S (Project), Proposition C, Purchasing, Regional Transportation Planning Agency, Rolling stock, Subsidies, Testing, Transit operators, Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan, Zero Emissions

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: SENATE BILL 125 (SB 125) ZERO-EMISSION TRANSIT CAPITAL PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. ADOPTING a Los Angeles County Regional Zero Emission Bus Procurement Policy (Attachment A);

B. APPROVING the Los Angeles County Regional Zero Emission Transit Capital Program (ZETCP)-Equivalent Fund Allocation Framework and the resulting Included and Eligible Transit Operator fund amounts totaling $49.84 million in Proposition C 40% funding as shown in Attachment B; and

C. AMENDING the FY25 Budget to implement the ZETCP-Equivalent Fund Allocations and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements.

Issue
ISSUE

The SB 125 Zero Emission Transit Capital Program (ZETCP) will allocate $320.6 million to Metro over four years, beginning in 2024. In July, the California State Transportation Agency (CALSTA) approved allocating $175,364,000 of ZETCP funds for zero-emission buses and charging infrastructure, and authorized the disbursement of the first-year allocation of $119,494,973. Metro will receive all ZETCP funds as the county's regional transportation planning agency, and staff has developed a Los Angeles County Regional Zero Emission Bus Procurement Policy and fund allocation, in consultation with the Los Angeles County Municipal Operator Association (LACMOA). Metro will advance the total four-year allocation of $49.48 million for Included and Eligible Transit Operators so that they may use the funds immediately.

Background
BACKGROUND

SB 125 (Chapter 54, Statutes of 2023) provided $4 billion in General Funds for distribution through the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) on a population-based formula to regional transportation planning agencies, which have the flexibility to use the money to fund transit operations or capital improvements. The ...