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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 67-20 RTF Application Authorization MB Transit CARES 5311 Operating CostsRESOLUTION NO. 67-20 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION TO THE RURAL TRANSIT FUND GRANT PROGRAM AND EXECUTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS UPON AWARD THE CITY COUNCIL City of Morro Bay, California WHEREAS, the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) began the Rural Transit Fund (RTF) program with Resolution No 02-16 on December 5 2002 by programming FTA Section 5311 funds to the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA); and WHEREAS, RTA has agreed to use these Federal funds for operating support and SLOCOG has agreed to exchange a similar amount of Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds for use in the RTF program; and WHEREAS SLOCOG, RTA, and other rural transit operators worked together to develop a process to exchange FTA Section 5311 formula funds with TDA funds to create the RTF, including Policies and Procedures to govern the RTF program; and WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law to provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and provide emergency appropriations to support Executive Branch agency operations during the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, the FTA was allocated $25 billion to recipients of urbanized area (5307) and rural area (5311) formula funds, with $22.7 billion to large and small urban areas and $2.2 billion to rural areas; and WHEREAS, on April 2, 2020, the FTA provided apportionment tables for the public transit funding included in the CARES Act that included approximately $95 million to California for distribution through the State -administered FTA 5311 Rural and Intercity Transit program, and WHEREAS, Caltrans is disbursing CARES 5311 funds in two phases with Phase 1, occurring now, allocating approximately 30% of the total amount available to current 5311 recipients while Phase 2 will allocate the remaining 60% to all 5311 eligible recipients much later in the year; and WHEREAS, there is $591,000 available for distribution with project applications for the RTF CARES 5311 Phase 1 cycle. // // // // NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, California, that the City Manager, or his duly appointed representative, is authorized to submit an application to the Rural Transit Fund CARES 5311 Phase 1 cycle for $105,064 in eligible CARES 5311 operating and capital expenditures for Morro Bay Transit, and to execute all related documents upon award for the project. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of July 2020 on the following vote: AYES: Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: SON, City Clerk JOHN HEADBING, Mayor