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Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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Viola Miller, Chief Financial Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Tracy Young, Grants Director |
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TITLE:
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R2025-06-02 - Resolution Authorizing the Amendment of Previously Approved Grant Awards and the Execution of Specified Grant Agreements for Midvalley Express
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Resolution R2025-06-02 to authorize 1) the amendment of a previously approved grant award and 2) the execution of a new grant agreement for Midvalley Express (MVX) as presented.
BACKGROUND:
Utah Code § 17B-2a-808.1 (2)(u)(i) et seq. requires the Board of Trustees of the Authority to review and approve any contract or expense exceeding $250,000. Board Policy 2.2 - Contract Authority, Procurement and Grants enacted on May 28, 2025, requires discretionary grant awards greater than $250,000 to be presented to the Board for approval at the time of the notice of award, and after the project for such award is approved in the Authority’s budget.
Two grants considered in this resolution were selected for funding from the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC):
1) Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for Construction of MVX was previously approved by the Board in R2023-07-01.
2) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) funds for operations costs of MVX has not yet been approved by the Board. UTA has subsequently been informed by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) that the original award for FHWA CRP funds, once transferred to FTA, takes on FTA eligibility and is no longer allowable to be used for operation support.
DISCUSSION:
In this resolution, staff proposes changing the scope of both grants to uses that are allowable by FTA to avoid losing $2.2 million in CRP grant funds. The CMAQ funds would shift to operations support and the CRP funds would shift to construction support. To make this change, staff recommends approval of this resolution which amends previously approved resolution R2023-07-01 for FFY23 CMAQ for MVX construction and designates those CMAQ funds for operations. The resolution also proposes approval to execute FFY2022 CRP funding agreement for construction of the MVX project. This resolution will change the scope of federal funds previously selected for award through WFRC and authorizes the Executive Director to execute the grant funds for the new uses as shown in Exhibit A of the resolution.
Summary of resolution actions:
FFY23 CMAQ Construction $2,000,000 (federal) - change to use for Operations
FFY22 CRP Operations $2,215,382 (federal) - approve for Construction use
ALTERNATIVES:
If changes are not approved the CRP funding will be returned to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations for re-distribution.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The funds identified for reallocation are included in the approved 2025 Capital Budget for MVX and will be accounted for in 2026 operations budget planning.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution R2025-06-02