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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared By Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Kuehl and members of the Executive Management Committee, this is an update on a number of federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on October 31, 2018 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on November 15, 2018. Status of relevant pending legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Federal Grants for Fiscal Year 2018
The funding decisions for Federal transportation programs were extended until December 7th, at which point Congress will either seek to approve funding for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2019 - or push off a final decision on funding until early next year. We look forward to working with our Congressional delegation in Washington, DC to support strong funding for priority federal transportation programs - as outlined in our Board-approved Federal Legislative Program.
Metro continues to closely track the outcome of U.S. DOT's BUILD Grants. Metro has two pending applications for the SR-71 and for the I-605/SR91 projects.
Staff continues to positively engage with the FTA and our Congressional Delegation to ensure that we remain on track to secure a federal funding agreement for the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3 Project.
Trade/Tariffs
As we noted to Board members in October, the Trump Administration had and continues to announce the review and implementation of tariffs on imports from China that could potentially impact some of bus and rail cars that Metro has purchased. Metro continues to remain in close contact with our...
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