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Agenda Item 3.2.1

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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
Memorandum
To: 

Board of Directors

From:

Madilyn Jacobsen, Transportation Planner

Meeting Date:

September 22, 2021

Subject:

Monterey-Salinas Transit State of Good Repair Funds


RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT Resolution 2021-11 allocating $853,438 of Fiscal Year 2021-22 SB 1 State of Good Repair funds to Monterey-Salinas Transit to help fund future bus procurement and install a back-up generator at the administrative office. 
SUMMARY:
Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) established the State of Good Repair program to fund eligible transit maintenance, rehabilitation and capital project activities that maintain the public transit system.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This action will allow Monterey-Salinas Transit to secure $853,438 in State of Good Repair funds available for Monterey County for Fiscal Year 2021-22. 
DISCUSSION:

Senate Bill 1 is a landmark transportation bill adopted in 2017 that will provide over $50 billion in new transportation funding over the next decade to repair highways, bridges and local roads, to make strategic investments in congested commute and freight corridors, and to improve transit service. The State of Good Repair Program provides approximately $105 million annually to transit operators in California for capital projects. The Program is funded under a portion of the new Transportation Improvement fee on vehicle registrations due on or after January 1, 2018. The Program investments will benefit the public by providing transportation agencies with a consistent and dependable revenue source to invest in the upgrade, repair and improvement of transit infrastructure, and in turn improvement of transit service. 

 

As a transportation planning agency, the Transportation Agency is an eligible recipient of Program funds for Monterey County, and can act as a lead agency on eligible projects or as a "contributing agency" that can pass funds to MST to support an eligible project. Program funds are allocated to regional transportation planning agencies and to transit operators using the State Transit Assistance distribution formula, which allocates funding to transportation planning agencies based on population (PUC 99313) and to transit operators based on transit operator revenues (PUC 99314). The Transportation Agency's allocation of Program funds is $650,927 and MST's allocation is $202,511 for a Monterey County total of $853,438. 

 

Staff recommends that the Transportation Agency act as a "contributing sponsor" and release its FY 2021-22 State of Good Repair allocation to MST to support future bus procurement and purchase and install a back-up generator at MST's administrative office (attachment).

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Resolution 2021-11 Approving State of Good Repair Allocation
MST Project List - FY 2021-22