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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 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 Garcetti 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 June 6, 2018 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on June 21, 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
As we noted in our report to the Board of Directors last month, Metro has applied for a number of federal grants this year - including a number of major INFRA grants. On Friday, June 8th, USDOT Secretary Elaine Chao will host an event at USDOT to announce the INFRA Grant Awards. We are pleased that Metro received one of two awards in the State of California totaling $47 million for the I-5 Golden State Chokepoint Relief Program. This is welcomed news and we look forward to partnering with the Federal Government to deliver this important project. Additionally, thank you to all of the stakeholders that supported Metro in our pursuit of these Federal funds.
New Starts Update
We are encouraged by the support that the New Starts program is receiving from Congress as both chambers advance their Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2019. The House has approved their bill out of Committee and is awaiting consideration on the House floor. The bill provides similar formula funding as this current year and again provides a strong Capital Investment Grant Program (New Starts) funding level of $2.6 billion. With regards to the B...
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