City Council

(24)\n25-0416\nTRANSPORTATION and BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEES’\nREPORT relative to awarded funding from the Los Angeles County\nMetropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) from Cycle 2 of the Metro\nActive Transport, Transit and First/Last Mile (MAT) Program.\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. AUTHORIZE the respective lead City department to:\na. Execute any necessary funding, cooperative agreement,\nor contractual documents, subject to the approval of the\nCity Attorney as to form and legality, for accepting the\nfunding from Cycle 2 of the MAT Program.\nb. Establish a new appropriation account in the amount of\n$40,850,000 within the Transportation Grant Fund No.\n655/94, as a front-funding source for this reimbursable\ngrant.\n2. ADD position authorities for staffing resources for design and\nconstruction support of the awarded MAT Cycle 2 projects :\na. Ten Department of Public Works (PW) positions.\ni. Design and Construction Support:\n1. One Senior Civil Engineer\n2. Two Civil Engineers\n3. Three Civil Engineering Associate IIIs\nii. Construction Inspection:\n1. One Senior Construction Inspector\n2. Three Construction Inspectors\nFiscal Impact Statement:\nThe Department of Transportation and Bureaus of Engineering and\nContract Administration report that additional City staff resources are\nnecessary to ensure timely design and delivery of projects, and to\nensure continued funding of future project phases by Metro. Grant\nfunding acceptance is contingent upon dedicated staffing to design\nand deliver projects. Local match was neither required nor proposed\nfor these projects. The MAT Cycle 2 grant will fund the requested PW\npositions throughout the four fiscal years shown in Table 2. The\ninformation in Table 2 depicts an estimate of needed staff salary\nfunding based on the anticipated number of PW positions engaged\nper the anticipated project schedule. This estimate of funding\namounts is subject to change based on deviations to the project\nschedule and/or deviations to the level of effort anticipated for these\nprojects. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief\nLegislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.