| Item Title: | Planning & Development - TxDOT FY2023 Rural Discretionary Project Grant Agreement (PGA) (2022-0710) | | Submitted By: | Sal Alonzo, Associate Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015 | | Subject: | GRANT AWARD - Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Texas Department of Transportation FY2023 Rural Discretionary Project Grant Agreement (PGA) from September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023, in the amount of $339,342. No County match is required. (Contract No. 2022-0710) | | Background: | In March 2021 El Paso County Rural Transit (EPCRT) received funding from the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for a Transit Facility Feasibility Assessment. The consultant for the study has been tasked to provide a recommendation to the County for a new transit facility location & develop a square foot requirement for a maintenance building, including costs for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling system.
These funds will be used for preliminary engineering, environmental review, design, & construction of a new transit facility that will accommodate proposed improvements to the EPCRT services. The County does not own a transit facility and leases a location that lacks amenities for day-to-day operations. The new facility will include office space, a repair shop, CNG fueling system, parking space for transit fleet, and additional infrastructure required for operations. | | Fiscal Impact: | Grant: $339,342; No County match is required. | | Recommendation: | GRANT AWARD - Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Texas Department of Transportation FY2023 Rural Discretionary Project Grant Agreement (PGA) from September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023, in the amount of $339,342. No County match is required. (Contract No. 2022-0710) | | Prior Action: | On January 24, 2022; Item 30 - Commissioners Court approved the Planning & Development Department to apply for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) FY2022 Rural Discretionary Grant in the amount of $11,239,614. | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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