To: Dale K. Weighill, Community & Economic Development Committee Chairperson
From: Derek Bradshaw, Director
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RE: Pass Through Agreement between the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission (GCMPC) and the Mass Transportation Authority (MTA)
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff is requesting approval of the pass-through agreement between the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission (GCMPC) and the Mass Transportation Authority (MTA). Staff is also requesting approval for Commissioner Ellenburg to sign the agreement.
BACKGROUND:
Every year the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides an allocation of federal transit planning funds to GCMPC. GCMPC passes through a portion of these funds to the MTA for transit planning activities related to the implementation of the Genesee County Unified Work Program (UWP). The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) requires a formal agreement between GCMPC and the MTA in order for the MTA to be reimbursed for work completed.
DISCUSSION:
An agreement between MTA and GCMPC in the amount of $97,671 in federal funding is attached. This funding is represented in the FY 2024 GCMPC draft budget (account number 2324-734.01-804.000).
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
This agreement will have no impact on human resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funding related to this agreement to be passed through to the MTA is represented in the FY 2024 GCMPC draft budget.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
This agreement will have no impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
This agreement will have no impact on technology.
IMPACT ON INDIRECT COSTS:
This agreement will have no impact on indirect costs as the funding in the agreement is being passed through to the MTA.
IMPACT ON OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE AGENCIES:
Funding related to this agreement will be passed through to the MTA for transit planning activities related to the implementation of the Genesee County Unified Work Program (UWP).
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of Planning to authorize entering into a Pass Through Agreement between Genesee County, through the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission (GCMPC), and the Mass Transportation Authority (MTA), whereby the GCMPC will pass-through Federal Transit Administration transit planning funds to the MTA, for the term commencing October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, in the amount of $97,671.00, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the September 6, 2023 meeting of the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the Pass Through Agreement on behalf of Genesee County.