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CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM |
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Department: |
Public Transit |
Commission Meeting Date: September 6, 2016 |
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Staff Contact: |
Robert Nugent |
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Recommendations/Options/Action Requested: |
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Authorize the City Manager to sign an Agreement for Capital and Operating Assistance Funds of the State of Kansas and the City of Lawrence. |
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Executive Summary: |
Under K.S.A 75-5032 et seq., Coordinated Public Transportation Act provides in part for capital grants to transit authority grantees for the specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation services meeting the special needs of elderly and persons with disabilities for whom mass transportation services are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate.
This contract, and the funding it represents, is the result of a formal request provided to KDOT on June 2, 2016. In this request the City of Lawrence asked to utilize FY 2017 state grant funds in the amount of $1,165,364 that would be available from the Comprehensive Transportation Program on July 1, 2016. These funds do not represent any additional funding from KDOT. All of these funds were expected and have been included in budgeting for transit. The funds will be used towards the following:
Capital expenses related to bus acquisition, bus shelters, bus stop signage, wheelchair landings, cut outs, computers, and other equipment/ miscellaneous items to support transit operations
Miscellaneous operating expenses related to the provision of fixed route and ADA complementary paratransit service such as amenity, systems and equipment maintenance, printed materials, communications, office supplies, and related professional training and memberships.
This document is necessary for the City of Lawrence Department of Transit to receive funding for the FY2017 Comprehensive Transportation Program.
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Strategic Goal Area: |
Non-motorized Transportation/Transit |
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Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source): |
The fiscal impact to the City is $1,165,364 net increase. This item was in the 2017 Transit budget and 2017 CIP. |
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