Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MARCH 19, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR THE 2025 SCAG CMAQ/STBG CALL FOR PROJECTS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the CEO or their designee to submit to SCAG the Project Prioritization Framework Metro will use to evaluate and rank projects for Los Angeles County as part of the 2025 SCAG CMAQ/STBG Call for Projects.
Issue
ISSUE
On March 31, 2025, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) will release a call for nominations inviting agencies within Los Angeles County to submit applications for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) and Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding apportionments available for the SCAG region for federal fiscal year (FFY) 2027 and FFY 2028. Metro staff will be required to review and rank the applications for Los Angeles County. Staff is seeking Board approval of the project ranking criteria to be utilized in this process. The ranked projects for Los Angeles County will be presented for Board adoption at the July 2025 meeting. SCAG will then prioritize projects received from all six counties in the SCAG region and will make the final project funding awards at their November 2025 Regional Council (RC) Meeting.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program and Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program Guidelines, scheduled for adoption by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Council in March 2025, establish the framework for project selection and allocation of CMAQ and STBG funds within the SCAG region in accordance with 23 CFR ? 450.332(c) et al. These guidelines outline the SCAG-administered project selection process in compliance with federal requirements for the CMAQ and STBG programs.
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