| Item Title: | Planning & Development - Amendment 2 to FY2023 TxDOT Federal 5311 Rural Areas Public Transportation Project Grant Agreement (PGA) (2023-0976) | | Submitted By: | Michael McElroy, Director, Planning & Development Department (915) 546-2015 | | Subject: | GRANT AMENDMENT - Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign Amendment 2 to the FY 2023 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Federal 5311 Formula Rural Areas Public Transportation Project Grant Agreement (PGA) to revise the project budget and extend the grant time period to May 31, 2024. No County match is required. (Contract No. 2023-0976) | | Background: | The County submits an annual new application for funding for State and Federal sources for its Rural Transit District. This Federal grant will provide continued commuter bus service for the towns of Anthony and Clint, the Village of Vinton, the cities of Socorro and Horizon and the unincorporated areas of Westway, Canutillo, Montana Vista, Agua Dulce, Sparks, Fabens and Tornillo to the City of El Paso. This Amendment revises the project budget and extends the grant time period to May 31, 2024. | | Fiscal Impact: | None. | | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign Amendment 2 to the FY2023 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Federal 5311 Formula Rural Areas Public Transportation Project Grant Agreement (PGA) to revise the project budget and extend the grant time period to May 31, 2024. No County match is required. (Contract No. 2023-0976) | | Prior Action: | On March 27, 2023; Item 4AH: Commissioners Court approved Amendment 1 to the FY2023 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Federal 5311 Formula Rural Areas Public Transportation Project Grant Agreement (PGA) to add FY2023 Growth Funds to the PGA, as well as to revise the project budget.
On August 22, 2022; Item 14: Commissioners Court approved the FY2023 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Federal 5311 Formula Rural Areas Public Transportation Project Grant Agreement (PGA) from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023, in the amount of $2,616,514. Match funding in the amount of $2,616,514 is required; $466,139 is provided through State grant funding, and $2,150,375 was approved as the match amount.
On June 13, 2022; Item 4-L: Commissioners Court approved the Planning & Development Department to apply for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) 2022 Federal Transit Administration Section 5311 Rural Areas Public Transportation Grant from September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023, in the amount of $2,616,415 with a County match required in the amount of $2,150,375. | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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