To: Dr. Beverly Brown, Community & Economic Development Committee Chairperson
From: Derek Bradshaw, Director
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RE: Approval of an agreement between Genesee County and the Mass Transportation Authority, in the amount of $98,502.00, to provide transit planning; this agreement is fully grant funded
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 Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission Director, Derek Bradshaw, 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 $98,502 in federal funding is attached. This funding is represented in the FY 2027 GCMPC draft budget.
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 2027 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.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Transit studies funded in the upcoming year will identify solutions to address current and future transit challenges and the ability to pursue alternative fuel grant opportunities which will help to achieve Genesee County’s priority of healthy, livable & safe communities.
resolution
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, 2026, through September 30, 2027, in the amount of $98,502.00, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the September 16, 2026 meeting of the Community and Economic Development Committee of the Board), and the Director of the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission is authorized to execute the Pass Through Agreement on behalf of Genesee County.