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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
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SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION
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RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
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DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared By Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Director, Federal Affairs
Chairman Fasana and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on a number of federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on November 1, 2016 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on November 17, 2016.
Federal Grants for Fiscal Year 2016
U.S. DOT recently announced the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the second round of the FASTLANE Grant Program which was created as part of the freight focused funding section of the FAST Act. Metro's Government Relations Office will be working with our Planning Department to assist in advocating for the application that are submitted. Applications are due December 15, 2015.
Federal Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017
As Federal Fiscal Year 2016 came to a close on September 30th, Congress was unable to agree on passing a full year funding bill and instead approved a short term Continuing Resolution that will fund the Federal Government at Fiscal Year 2016 levels until December 9, 2016.
We will be working to make sure the final federal spending bill includes $100 million for the Regional Connector, $100 million for Purple Line Extension (Segment 1), and $100 million for Purple Line Extension (Section 2).
Local Hire
We are very pleased that our Board of Directors is circulating a letter calling on the Obama Administration - through the U.S. Department of Transportation - to make permanent their Local Hire Pilot Program.
At present, the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Local Hire Pilot Program is slated to expire in March of 20...
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