File #: 2016-0313   
Type: Program Status: Passed
File created: 4/5/2016 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 8/17/2016 Final action: 8/25/2016
Title: CONSIDER: A. RECERTIFYING $102.5 million in existing Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 commitments from previously approved Countywide Calls for Projects (Call) and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds to meet these commitments as shown in Attachment A; B. DEOBLIGATING $14.5 million of previously approved Call funding, as shown in Attachment B, and REPROGRAMMING these dollars to the same modal category from which they came in the 2015 Call; C. ADOPTING: 1. Revised Lapsing Policy which will apply to existing projects funded through the 2013 and prior Calls with local funds and all projects funded in future Calls, as shown in Attachment D; 2. Project Readiness Criteria prior to executing funding agreements with the project sponsors; D. REPROGRAMMING $14.2 million of previously approved Call funding, as shown in Attachment E, for those projects that applied for, but were not awarded funds through the State Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 2 according to Metro's Policy for trans...
Sponsors: Planning and Development (Department)
Indexes: Active Transportation Program, Agreements, Budget, Budgeting, Call For Projects, Call For Projects Deobligation, Call For Projects Extension, Call for Projects Recertification, Capital Project Funds, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Congestion Mitigation And Air Quality Improvement Program, Construction, Deobligation, Flexible Funds, Grant Aid, Lawndale, Long Beach, Long Range Transportation Plan, Maps, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Policy, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Program, Project, Proposition C, Regional Surface Transportation Program, Repayment of Capital Project Loan Funds, San Fernando Valley subregion, Signal Hill, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Technical Advisory Committee, Traffic Congestion Relief Program, Transportation Improvement Program, Westside Cities subregion
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - FY 2016-17 Countywide Call Recertification, 2. Attachment B - 2016 Countywide Call Deobligation Recommendations, 3. Attachment C - Background Discussion of Each Recommendation, 4. Attachment D - Revised Call Laping Policy, 5. Attachment E - Reprogramming of Not Awarded ATP Projects, 6. Attachment F - Reprogramming Recommendations, 7. Attachment G - FY 2016-17 Countywide Call Extensions, 8. Attachment H - June 2015 Board Directive on Future Call for Projects Restructuring, 9. Attachment I - Result of TAC Appeals Process
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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
AUGUST 17, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: COUNTYWIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS RECERTIFICATION AND DEOBLIGATION

ACTION: APPROVE 2016 RECERTIFICATION AND DEOBLIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS

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RECOMMENDATION

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CONSIDER:

A. RECERTIFYING $102.5 million in existing Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 commitments from previously approved Countywide Calls for Projects (Call) and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds to meet these commitments as shown in Attachment A;

B. DEOBLIGATING $14.5 million of previously approved Call funding, as shown in Attachment B, and REPROGRAMMING these dollars to the same modal category from which they came in the 2015 Call;


C. ADOPTING:

1. Revised Lapsing Policy which will apply to existing projects funded through the 2013 and prior Calls with local funds and all projects funded in future Calls, as shown in Attachment D;

2. Project Readiness Criteria prior to executing funding agreements with the project sponsors;

D. REPROGRAMMING $14.2 million of previously approved Call funding, as shown in Attachment E, for those projects that applied for, but were not awarded funds through the State Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 2 according to Metro's Policy for transitioning to the State ATP;

E. DELEGATING to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or his designee the authority to:

1. reprogram currently programmed Call funds to later years (latest to FY 2020-21) at project sponsor(s)' own risk, to meet project design, right-of-way and construction time frames. Projects identified for reprogramming this FY are shown in Attachment F;

2. allow project sponsor(s) to use Metro Call funds in earlier phase(s) of project development than previously programmed with project sponsor(s) providing full funding commitment to deliver the project upon authorization through its Governing Authority to complete the project as currently scheduled;

3. reprogram or administratively extend approved funding for Cali...

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