File #: 2021-0204   
Type: Budget Status: Passed
File created: 3/31/2021 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 4/22/2021 Final action: 4/22/2021
Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the allocation of the balance of $126,807,083 from Los Angeles County's share of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307/ Section 5337 funds from the CRRSA Act to transit operators, as described in Attachment A, for operating expenses; B. APPROVING exchanges of CRRSA Act funding allocations, as appropriate, with other local or eligible State or Federal funds to accelerate grant approval and disbursement of funds by the FTA; and C. AUTHORIZING the CEO or his designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements to implement Board approved support of transit programs in Los Angeles County.
Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, Federal Transit Administration, Grant Aid, Growing States/High-Density States Formula Grants, Long Beach, Metro Equity Platform, Multi County Goods Movement Action Plan, San Bernardino Transportation Authority, Section 5307, Southern California Association Of Governments, Transit boards, Transit operators
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - CRRSA Act Funding Allocation by Transit Operator/Agency
Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET & AUDIT COMMITTEE
APRIL 14, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: ALLOCATION OF FUNDING BALANCE FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS (CRRSA) ACT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING the allocation of the balance of $126,807,083 from Los Angeles County's share of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307/ Section 5337 funds from the CRRSA Act to transit operators, as described in Attachment A, for operating expenses;

B. APPROVING exchanges of CRRSA Act funding allocations, as appropriate, with other local or eligible State or Federal funds to accelerate grant approval and disbursement of funds by the FTA; and

C. AUTHORIZING the CEO or his designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements to implement Board approved support of transit programs in Los Angeles County.

Issue
ISSUE

On April 1, 2021, the Regional Council and Transportation Committee of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) unanimously approved to allocate to Los Angeles County $126,807,083 the balance from the $954,900,781 in Section 5307/ Section 5337 funds that the FTA apportioned to the Los Angeles- Long Beach- Anaheim Urbanized Area (UZA) from the CRRSA Act. SCAG's "Round 2" allocation is in addition to its March 2021 partial ("Round 1") allocation. SCAG's action formalizes the inter-county allocation methodology its staff had recommended on February 1, 2021. It also formalizes the agreement that the CEO reached with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) and Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). These agencies had disputed SCAG's methodology and proposed using a different approach that would have resulted in Los Angeles County not receiving $126,807,083 from the "Round 2" balance that remained to be allocated by SCAG.




Background
BACKGROUND

The CRRSA Act, signed ...

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