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AI# 12866  Regular City Council Meeting 5.19. 09/24/2024:

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Agenda Item

Resolution - Public Transit Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a FY 2025 Section 5304 Planning Grant, TxDOT PLN 2504 (05) 039_22, Project ID 51008040525, with the Texas Department of Transportation, for preliminary engineering, initial design and environmental work for the administrative/maintenance facility, downtown transfer facility, and mobility hubs.

Item Summary

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is allocating a FY 2025 Section 5304 planning grant in the amount of $479,096 for preliminary engineering, initial design, and environmental work for the administrative/maintenance facility, downtown transfer facility, and mobility hubs. The FY 2025 Section 5304 Planning Grant reallocates funds that were awarded in a previous grant agreement, TxDOT PLN 2303 (05) 040_22, Project ID 51008030523, which was  approved in September 2022, and extends the grant time period.   The preliminary engineering, initial design, and environmental work will be conducted by a consultant that will be hired through a competitive procurement process.  The consultant will use the data from the Facility Feasibility Study and the Comprehensive Operational Analysis to determine what is suitable for the proposed locations of each facility.    Citibus currently occupies the greater part of 2 square blocks in Downtown Lubbock with its administrative and maintenance facilities, and bus yard. The administrative facility was renovated for transit operation in the early 1980s, and small upgrades have been done incrementally as funding was made available.  The bus yard was renovated in 1999 and expanded in 2009, and security enhancements and surveillance were installed in 2009. The Citibus transfer facility was built in 1994, and is located on a city block in the center of Downtown Lubbock.    The agreement is effective when fully executed by both parties, or on September 5, 2024, whichever is later, and shall remain in effect until August 31, 2025.   TxDOT requires all grants to be executed electronically.

Fiscal Impact

Acceptance of this grant will result in no additional cost to the City of Lubbock. The City of Lubbock/Citibus has been awarded 95,819 Transportation Development Credits (TDC’s) to serve as the local match, and the TDC’s are included in the grant agreement.

Staff/Board Recommending

Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager Chris Mandrell, General Manager of Citibus Lubbock Public Transit Advisory Board

Attachments Resolution - TxDOT FY 25 Section 5304 Planning Grant TxDOT FY 25 Section 5304 Planning Grant

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