DATE: April 3, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Transportation Funding Claim for Fiscal Year 2017-18
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize Chairman to execute the Transportation Funding Claim for FY 2017-18 ($6,878,235).
2. Adopt Resolution requesting the Fresno Council of Governments allocate specified funds from the Local Transportation Fund and State Transit Assistance Fund to the County of Fresno.
REPORT
The Transportation Funding Claim appropriates available State Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds, in the form of Local Transportation Fund (LTF) and State Transit Assistance Fund (STA) allocations for the County's share of costs to provide transit services in unincorporated areas and for other transportation purposes. TDA statutes also provide for funding of regional transportation planning, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and as available, streets and roads.
Transit services for residents of the unincorporated areas are provided by Fresno Area Express (FAX) and Handy Ride, Clovis Transit (Roundup), the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA) and the Consolidated Transportation Services Agencies (CTSA's). CTSA's provide social services transit.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Not approving the recommended actions will delay disbursement of TDA funds to agencies providing transit service to County residents as well as disbursement of streets and roads funds made available to the County after transit needs are met.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Allocations are made using TDA funds apportioned to the County for predetermined purposes.
Article 3 funds (Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities) in the amount of $122,981 and Article 8a funds (Streets and Roads) in the amount of $3,632,773 received from the TDA will be deposited into the Department of Public Works and Planning - Road Fund 0010.
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