Agenda Item Wording:
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Project List For Grant Funding - Authorization to submit a $25.7 million project list to Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) to be prioritized for upcoming SB125 funding which is transit related funding.
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Deadline for Action: 12/15/2023 - TCAG ratification
Submitting Department: Administration - Transit Division
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Angelina DeRossett, Transit Manager, Angelina.DeRossett@Visalia.City
(559) 713-4591
Nick Mascia, Assistant City Manager, Nick.Mascia@Visalia.City, (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends authorization for Transit staff to submit a list of Capital Improvement projects to Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) to be considered and prioritized at the upcoming December 15th TCAG board meeting under SB125 funding.
Background Discussion:
In September of 2023 the state released information regarding new funding (SB125) that will be distributed to the local MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG). Tulare County has been allocated $56,000,000 that TCAG will use for priority transit capital improvements projects in the region. The funding will be distributed over a four (4) year funding period beginning in the calendar year 2024 (FY23-24). Staff was asked to work together with the Tulare County Regional Transit Agency (TCRTA) - the other Transit agency in our region, to develop a project list for transit priority projects. Visalia Transit staff worked to put together a list of projects to submit to TCAG for funding from the new SB125 monies for a total of $25,728,262 requested. Those projects are as follows:
Project Title
Project Description
Project cost
Funds requested
Funding Year requested
Battery Electric Bus Replacements
Replace 6 Fixed Route CNG buses with BEBs and purchase/install required chargers.
$8,600,000
$8,600,000
CY2024
Battery Electric Bus Replacements
Replace 5 Fixed Route CNG buses with B...
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