Metro - File #: 2015-0477

• File #: 2015-0477
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/5/2015
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 6/17/2015
• Final action: 6/25/2015
• Title: APPROVED the four recommendations detailed in Attachment A that address the following improvements to the Call for Projects (Call) process for future Calls beyond 2015: A. Strengthen Subregional Partnership in Countywide Call Process; B. Simplify and Improve the Call Process for Local Agencies; C. Strengthen Focus on Greenhouse Gas Reductions; and D. Maximize Funding Availability.
• Sponsors: Planning and Development (Department)
• Indexes: Active Transportation Program, Audit, Bicycling, Call For Projects, Complete streets, Council Of Governments, Federal Highway Administration, First/Last Mile, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991, Long range planning, Long Range Transportation Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Pedestrians, Program, Public works, Regional Surface Transportation Improvements, Southern California Association Of Governments, State Transportation Improvement Program, Surveys, Technical Advisory Committee, Transportation Demand Management, Transportation modes

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2015	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting	APPROVED AS AMENDED	Pass
6/17/2015	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2015

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: FUTURE CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS

ACTION: APPROVE RESTRUCTURING THE PROCESS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
APPROVED the four recommendations detailed in Attachment A that address the following improvements to the Call for Projects (Call) process for future Calls beyond 2015:

A. Strengthen Subregional Partnership in Countywide Call Process;

B. Simplify and Improve the Call Process for Local Agencies;

C. Strengthen Focus on Greenhouse Gas Reductions; and

D. Maximize Funding Availability.

Issue
ISSUE

At its October 23, 2014 meeting, the Board directed staff to revise and improve future Calls and to return to the Board with an examination and recommendations on the possibility of converting the Call process into a new subregional, multi-modal subvention formula program (Motion 21, Attachment B). The motion further directed that as part of the examination and recommendations on changes to the Call process, that a survey be conducted to assess both the strengths and weaknesses of the process from cities, Council of Governments (COGs), and other stakeholders who both apply and do not apply for funding. Attachment C contains the survey results. This report recommends greater subregional involvement in the Call process to respond to the diversity of our subregions and their communities; a simplified and streamlined process for project applicants; a performance based, competitive, countywide process that meets Federal planning requirements, while aggressively working towards State greenhouse gas reduction targets; and leveraging other funding sources with the Call to the extent possible.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Background

The Call process was initiated in the early 1990s as a mechanism for programming federal funding sources created by the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and state sources created by the ...