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Resolution for a Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement (SJPA) - Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Alternatives Analysis (B)
This item is a request to adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement between the City of Gainesville and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to receive $125,000 in funds for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Alternatives Analysis.
Explanation
On April 1, 2010, the City Commission adopted a resolution to accept funding of $125,000 for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Alternatives Analysis. On May 26, 2010, the Regional Transit System (RTS) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) entered into a Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) to accept the funding.
At that time, the City Commission directed RTS to submit a request to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to incorporate BRT design and operations into any Archer Road and Waldo Road corridor improvements and to seek local, state and federal funds to complete an Alternatives Analysis for the preferred BRT configuration in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New and Small Starts process. RTS has also followed the City Commission's directive to work with the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO) to define an overall system plan for BRT, express bus with park and ride lots, fixed-route, demand-response and commuter services and to relate those improvements to the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and Transit Development Plan (TDP). The City Commission approved the TDP on March 17, 2011. RTS has also developed an overall financial plan for future mobility relating to growth management, economic development and sustainability.
RTS desires to enter into a Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement (SJPA) with FDOT to receive this additional funding of $125,000 to further the Alternatives Analysis Study.
Fiscal Note
FDOT will provide funding in the amo...
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