Title
Metropolitan Planning Program Grant Municipal Agreement
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a municipal agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to support transit-planning activities for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Liz Babson, Transportation
Jayne Peterson, Transportation
Explanation
* The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Fiscal Year 2018 Metropolitan Planning Grant to the City of Charlotte in July 2017.
* The North Carolina Department of Transportation requires grant recipients to enter into a new Municipal Agreement to receive the annual allocation. Municipal agreements require City Council approval.
* The City of Charlotte received this grant for many years as the lead planning agency for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization and as the major fixed-route transit operator for the urban area.
* The Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) and CATS are responsible for the deliverables associated with this grant, including:
* The federally compliant travel demand model required for transportation planning and air quality conformity, and
* Updating the Transit Element of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan, developing transit travel demand forecasts, conducting ridership surveys and monitoring and updating the Transportation Improvement Program as necessary to advance projects and ensure compliance with federal regulations.
* The total FTA planning budget for the City of Charlotte is $556,000, of which $444,800 (80%) consists of federal funds, $55,600 (10%) of state funds, and $55,600 (10%) of local funds.
* CDOT will use these funds for travel demand modeling.
* The travel demand model is required by United States Department of Transportation for air quality conformity determinations, highway travel forecasts, and transit ridership forecasts.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Federal and State ...
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