TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Environmental Services Director
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: February 21, 2017
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PROPOSED GRANT APPLICATIONS TO THE PALM BEACH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO) FOR THE 2017 LOCAL INITIATIVE (LI) AND TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (TAP)
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve the submittal of grant applications for the 2017 Local Initiative and Transportation Alterntative Program to the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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Background:
The Palm Beach MPO administers two competitive grant application processes annually for the funding of projects located within Palm Beach County. The grant 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. 2017 project applications to be recommended for funding will be included in the MPO's Project Priority List for Fiscal Years 2019 - 2023 which is anticipated for MPO adoption in mid-2017. 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 potential funding for the better lower-cost, non-regionally significant transportation projects that our communities want and our economies need.
Approximately $18 Million has been allocated annually to fund projects under the Local Initiatives (LI) Program. Established by MAP-21, the federal Transportation Alternatives Program is a cost-reimbursement program where projects are selected by the MPO but administered by the Florida Department of Transpor...
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