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Board of Trustees |
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Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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David Hancock, Chief Capital Services Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
David Hancock, Chief Capital Services Officer |
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Janelle Robertson, Project Manager III |
TITLE:
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Contract: Cooperative Agreement for FrontRunner Strategic Double Track Project (UDOT)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Non-Procurement Agreement
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize Executive Director to execute the cooperative agreement with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) for the FrontRunner Strategic Double Track Project.
BACKGROUND:
House Bill 322 enacted by the Utah State Legislature during the 2022 General Session gave UDOT oversight and supervisory responsibility for fixed guideway capital development projects (as that term is defined in HB 322) when they include state funding.
The FrontRunner Strategic Double Track project is a project that will double track 9 sections of the corridor bringing the amount of double track to nearly 50%. This will provide the capability to run 15-minute peak service and 30-minute off peak service. This helps solve future capacity issues on FrontRunner and will grow ridership. This project is currently expected to cost $966 million.
The Utah State Legislature has allocated $370 million to this project and UDOT will have oversight of the construction. The $370 million will act as local match to a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Core Capacity Grant. UTA is also contributing $75 million for low emission train sets - which is not addressed in this agreement but will be the subject of a subsequent agreement.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of this Agreement is to establish how UDOT and UTA will collaborate so that UDOT can construct, (and UTA can ultimately own, operate and maintain), the FrontRunner Strategic Double Tracking Project, UDOT Project No. S-ST99(835), PIN No. 20253. This agreement does not cover construction, acceptance, reimbursement of expenses, environmental contamination, or purchase of rolling stock.
ALTERNATIVES:
UTA could refuse state funds for the project. No other local funding sources have been identified. The project would likely not be implemented.
FISCAL IMPACT:
UTA is required by law to contribute $75 million for low emission vehicles. UTA’s expenses incurred on the project will pass through UTA but be reimbursed by UDOT from project funds. Details on how this will be implemented will be covered in subsequent agreements.
In the existing 5-Year Capital Plan UTA has programmed $5 million per year for its contribution for the vehicles. It is anticipated that each subsequent year an additional $5 million will be programmed until the total $75 million is met.
ATTACHMENTS:
Agreement (UTA Contract #:23-P00299)