Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE:
A. the State Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 5 Grant Assistance Priorities in Attachment A; and
B. the regional ATP Point Assignment Method as described in Attachment B.
Issue
ISSUE
Cycle 5 of the ATP will award $445 million over Fiscal Years (FY) 2022-2025. Policies for the provision of grant assistance as well as the assignment of the ten points for the Large Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) competition need to be balanced so that, on the one hand, they create a competitive group of projects likely to be a good fit for the Statewide ATP selection criteria and therefore maximize funding for Los Angeles County projects, while on the other hand, incentivize project sponsors to develop projects to implement Metro plans.
Background
BACKGROUND
The ATP is a competitive funding program created in 2013 by Senate Bill 99 and Assembly Bill 101 to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation such as bicycling and walking. The California Transportation Commission (CTC) administers the ATP as a multi-tiered program with various sub-competitions. All Los Angeles County candidate projects not awarded funding through the Statewide Competition will then be considered in the Large MPO competition, which allocates 40% of the funding available. For the Large MPO competition, Senate Bill 99 requires the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to select projects in consultation with its member counties, which is accomplished by Metro's assignment of up to ten points to be added to each project's Statewide Competition score. Four cycles have been administered to date, awarding approximately $459 million for Los Angeles County projects for the Statewide and MPO Competitions combined.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
As the ATP is a...
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