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Board of Trustees |
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Jay Fox, Executive Director |
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FROM: |
Viola Miller, Chief Financial Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Viola Miller, Chief Financial Officer |
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Tracy Young, Grants Director |
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Gregg Larsen, Manager of Grant Services |
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TITLE:
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R2023-06-04 - Resolution Authorizing the Executive Director to Execute Grants Agreements for Specified Projects
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve resolution R2023-06-04 authorizing grant execution by the Executive Director and/or his designee of grants shown in Exhibit A.
BACKGROUND:
Board Policy 2.2 - Contract Authority, Procurement and Grants requires agency staff to present discretionary grant awards of $200,000 or more to the Board of Trustees for approval at the time of award. Such awards must be approved in the agency budget prior to the Board’s approval of the grant agreement.
DISCUSSION:
UTA has been selected to receive several grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) and Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) funds from the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) and Mountainland Association of Governments (MAG). These MPO funds are transferred from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to FTA. A detail list of the grant awards is attached as Exhibit A to the resolution.
ALTERNATIVES:
If the grants are not executed in a timely manner, reimbursement of project costs may be delayed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
All Projects in Exhibit A, except the CMAQ funds for rideshare or vanpool, are accounted for in approved Operating or Capital Plan Budgets. CMAQ funds awarded for rideshare and vanpool were not accounted for in the respective FY2020-FY2022 budgets but will be programed for those same services in the 2023 Operating Budget previously approved by the Board.
ATTACHMENTS:
R2023-06-04 with Exhibit