TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Director Environmental Services
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: May 17, 2016
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2016 LOCAL INITIATIVE (LI) AND TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP) GRANT SUBMITTALS TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to submit four (4) grant applications and approve four (4) supporting resolutions for the 2016 Local Initiative and Transportation Alternative Programs funded through the Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization:
1) Alley Upgrades (Local Initiative) Resolution No. 19-16
2) Brant Bridge Improvements (Local Initiative) Resolution No. 20-16
3) Congress Avenue Complete Street (Local Initiative) Resolution No. 21-16
4) Delray Beach Greenway (Transportation Alternative Program) Resolution No.22-16
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Background:
The Palm Beach MPO administers two competitive application processes annually for the funding of projects located within Palm Beach County. The application process typically commences in January, when the MPO posts online application materials.
Applications are ranked and and recommended for funding by the MPO advisory committees and the MPO Board. Scoring criteria is based on the Goals, Objectives and Values of Directions 2040 and, the Palm Beach MPO's Long Range Transportation Plan. 2016 project applications to be recommended for funding will be included in the MPO's Project Priority List for Fiscal Years 2018-2022, anticipated for MPO adoption in mid-2016.
The latest Long Range Transportation Plan Directions 2040, carved out future allocations of MPO Surface Transportation funds to be used at the MPO's discretion. As a result, the Local Initiatives (LI) program was created as an annual application process to identify and evaluate for potential funding the better lower-cost, non-regionally significant transportation projects that our communities want and our economies need. Approximately $1...
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