TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Caryn Gardner-Young, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: January 16, 2018
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APPROVE RESOLUTION 06-18 ENDORSING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) DELIVERY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE FACILITIES ON HOMEWOOD BOULEVARD AND GEORGE BUSH BOULEVARD.
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Approve Resolution 06-18 endorsing the FDOT delivery of funding for the construction of sidewalk and bicycle facilities on Homewood Boulevard and George Bush Boulevard, and authorization of the Mayor or City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
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Background:
The Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency (TPA) 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 Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) posts online application materials. Applications are ranked 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 fed...
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