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Memorandum of Understanding for the Sub-Allocation of Federal Transit Administration Formula Grants to the Raleigh Urbanized Area
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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Each year, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) apportions formula grant funding for use within the Raleigh Urbanized Area (UZA) to a locally selected and federally recognized designated recipient. These funds include the Section 5307, 5339 and 5340 programs. The City of Raleigh is and expects to continue to function as the designated recipient of these formula grants for the Raleigh UZA. The designated recipient is responsible for coordinating with the other providers of public transportation services in the Raleigh UZA and the MPO to develop a sub-allocation method for distributing annual formula funds received from the FTA. The MPO is also required to concur in the designated recipient's annual sub-allocation of formula grants to eligible providers.
In April 2016, the City of Raleigh, Town of Cary and GoTriangle entered into a five (5)-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that detailed an agreed upon method and process for the sub-allocation of federal formula transit grants provided to the Raleigh UZA. Historically, this MOU was updated every five (5) years with an assigned period of performance term of five (5) years to provide a level of consistency and financial planning certainty to the providers receiving the funds. Although the MOU was last updated in 2016, the need to update the MOU in 2017 has arisen for the following reasons:
1) Wake County should be added to the MOU, as it began reporting service metrics to the National Transit Database in fiscal year (FY) 2015, which are now reflected in the federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 apportionment to the Raleigh UZA;
2) CAMPO should be added as a party to further institutionalize its role in administering the annual sub-allocation calculations and concurring with the designated recipient on the split of funds among the parties;
3) Includ...
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