TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Susan Goebel-Canning, Public Works Director
THROUGH: Mark R. Lauzier, City Manager
DATE: August 21, 2018
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PRESENTATION OF CITY OF DELRAY BEACH ROADWAY PROJECTS RECEIVING GRANTS THROUGH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY.
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Presentation of grant funding, project description and timing of design and construction for City of Delray Beach (City) roadway projects receiving grant funding through the Palm Beach County Transportation Planning Agency.
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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. Applications are ranked and recommended for funding by the TPA Advisory Committees and the TPA Board. Scoring criteria is based on the Goals, Objectives and Values of Directions 2040 and the Palm Beach TPA's Long Range Transportation Plan. Project applications recommended for funding are included in the TPA's Project Priority List for funding four to five years following application.
The Long Range Transportation Plan Directions 2040 carved out future allocations of TPA Surface Transportation funds to be used at the TPA'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 $20 million is allocated annually to fund projects in the Local Initiatives Program. Funded projects are either implemented by the applicant and funded through a grant reimbursement agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) or are implemented directly by FDOT. Funding requests for individual projects are limited to $250,000 to $5 million.
Established by MAP-21, the federal Transportation Alternatives...
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