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Recommendation to approve submittal of the recommended list of grant applications to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and authorize City Manager to administer and execute all necessary documents to accept, and expend all Metropolitan Transportation Authority grant funds in connection therewith, and to take all other actions necessary to implement the use of such funds. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has initiated the 2009 Transportation Improvement Program Call for Projects. The Call for Projects is the primary mechanism through which discretionary federal, State, and county transportation funds are allocated to local agencies and Caltrans for specific major capital improvement projects. Generally, Metro sponsors this competitive grant process every two years, and the last Call was in 2007.
The deadline for submission of the Call for Projects is April 24, 2009. The Call for Projects allocates discretionary funding for the upcoming five to six years to regionally significant projects in several categories, ranging from freeways to pedestrian improvements. Projects are eligible for funding within the following categories:
Freeways, Regional Surface Transportation Improvements, Signal Synchronization and Bus Speed Improvements, Transportation Demand Management, Bikeway Improvements, Pedestrian Improvements, Transit Capital· and Transportation Enhancement Activities.
Within each category, Metro will rank project applications using several major criteria, with a major emphasis on regional significance and mobility improvement. Metro has also specified that all applicants meet certain requirements, including:
1. Applicants must fund a minimum of 20 percent of the total project costs for each project, referred to as local match. The local match proposed for the entire City's project applications are non-General Fund dollars that are restricted in use by eligibility requirements, such as ...
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