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Part II
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Announcement of Competitively Selected Fiscal Year 2001 Projects for
the Job Access and Reverse Commute Competitive Grant Program; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Announcement of Competitively Selected Fiscal Year 2001 Projects
for the Job Access and Reverse Commute Competitive Grant Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit
Administration (FTA), announces the selection of competitively
submitted proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 funding under the Job
Access and Reverse Commute Grants program funding, authorized under
section 3037 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA-21) Pub. L. 105-178. The Notice also provides information on how
to proceed with the submission of a final application. Projects were
competitively selected from projects submitted to FTA in (FY) 2000.
Funding limitations in (FY) 2000 prevented FTA from funding or fully
funding a number of qualified projects in that fiscal year.
This announcement is available on the DOT's FTA website.
DATES: All applications for selected projects must be completed and
filed with the appropriate FTA Regional Offices by April 1, 2001. If
there are extenuating circumstances that prevent filing an electronic
application by that time, please contact the appropriate FTA regional
administrator for a filing extension. Failure to file may mean that
funding selection decisions may be rescinded. FTA regional offices will
provide guidance on how to file electronic applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The appropriate FTA Regional
Administrator for application-specific information and issues (Appendix
A). For general program information, refer to the Job Access and
Reverse Commute Competitive Grants Notice, 65 Fed. Reg. 13210 et seq.,
March 10, 2000. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS). The
notice can also be accessed through FTA's web site.
Background
In (FY) 2001, the Congress provided $99,780,000 for the Job Access
and Reverse Commute Grants program. Congress designated $75,240,000 of
this funding for projects in specified states, localities and, in some
cases, to specific organizations. These designations are listed in
Appendix B.
FTA has decided that the remaining (FY) 2001 selections would be
chosen from meritorious proposals submitted in (FY) 2000 that were only
partially funded or not funded because of funding limitations in (FY)
2000. The (FY) 2000 selections were announced in the Federal Register
on October 16, 2000 and may be found on the FTA website.
FTA has made this decision because project proposals submitted in
(FY) 2000 far exceeded FTA's funding resources available for major
urbanized areas with populations greater than 200,000 and for small
urban and rural areas with populations of less than 50,000.
Additionally, FTA wishes to continue timely support of meritorious
projects previously funded by FTA. Selecting proposals at this time
rather than issuing a new (FY) 2001 solicitation will significantly
speed project implementation. To afford a full opportunity to all
interested parties to participate in the Job Access and Reverse Commute
Grants program, FTA intends to issue a new solicitation for (FY) 2002
funding in the near future. This will permit FTA to announce proposal
selections at the beginning of (FY) 2002 rather than at the end of the
year as has occurred in the past. We believe this will improve program
timing and make program announcements more predictable in the future.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
program is intended to establish an area-wide regional planning
approach to job access challenges. This is accomplished through a
coordinated transportation/human services planning activity developed
as part of or in conjunction with the established transportation
planning process conducted by MPOS in metropolitan areas and under
state guidance in rural and small urban areas. Projects derived from
this process support the implementation of a variety of transportation
services that may be needed to connect welfare recipients to jobs and
related employment activities. All projects funded under the Job Access
and Reverse Commute Grants program must be derived from this area-wide
planning process.
The Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants program has two major
goals: to provide transportation services in urban, suburban and rural
areas to assist welfare recipients and low income individuals in
gaining access to employment opportunities; and to increase
collaboration among transportation providers, human service agencies,
employers, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), states, and
affected communities and individuals.
The following table lists the successful competitive applicants for
fiscal year 2001, by state:
Fiscal Year 2001 Competitive Projects
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State Locality Applicant (Sub-applicant) FTA Funds
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Alabama......... Montgomery.............. City of Montgomery.......... $250,000
California...... Oakland................. AC Transit.................. 130,108
California...... Napa.................... Napa County Transportation 62,500
Planning Agency.
California...... Sacramento.............. CALTRANS.................... 500,000
California...... Sacramento.............. Sacramento County Public 96,395
Works Agency.
California...... San Diego............... San Diego Association of 800,000
Governments.
California...... San Francisco Metro Area Metropolitan Transportation 316,500
Commission.
California...... Ukiah................... Mendocino Transit Authority. 79,368
California...... Woodland................ YOLOBUS..................... 137,440
Colorado........ Breckenridge............ Summit County (Summit Stage) 75,000
Colorado........ Denver.................. Regional Transportation 100,000
District.
Connecticut..... New Britain, Bristol, Connecticut Department of 857,786
Plainville. Transportation (North
Central Region).
Connecticut..... Bridgeport.............. Connecticut Department of 309,623
Transportation (Southwest
Region).
Connecticut..... Bridgeport, New Haven... Connecticut Department of 473,000
Transportation (South
Central Region).
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Connecticut..... Groton, Mystic, Connecticut Department of 127,714
Montville, New London, Transportation (Eastern
Norwich, Pawcatuck, Region).
Foxwoods.
Delaware........ Sussex County........... Delaware Department of 95,000
Transportation.
Delaware........ Wilmington Metro Area... Delaware Department of 432,500
Transportation.
Florida......... Clearwater--Tampa Metro Pinellas County MPO 2,400,000
Area. (Pinellas Suncoast Transit
Authority, Pasco County).
Florida......... Jacksonville............ Jacksonville Transportation 930,000
Authority.
Georgia......... Atlanta................. Georgia Department of 150,000
Transportation (Hall
County: rural).
Illinois........ Chester................. Interagency Transportation 93,868
Consortium.
Illinois........ Chicago................. Chicago Area Transportation 136,314
Study (Chicago Transit
Authority).
Illinois........ Chicago................. Chicago Area Transportation 92,934
Study (Metra).
Illinois........ Chicago Metro Area...... Chicago Area Transportation 362,445
Study (PACE).
Illinois........ Karnak.................. Massac County (Shawnee 53,600
Development Council).
Illinois........ Rock Island............. Rock Island County 316,368
Metropolitan Mass Transit.
Indiana......... South Bend.............. South Bend Public 245,919
Transportation Group.
Kentucky........ Louisville.............. Transit Authority of River 1,097,400
City.
Massachusetts... Boston.................. Massachusetts Bay 601,900
Transportation Authority.
Massachusetts... Haverhill............... Merrimack Valley Regional 500,000
Transit Authority.
Michigan........ Barry................... Michigan Department of 44,000
Transportation (Barry
County).
Michigan........ Benzie County--Leelanau. Michigan Department of 45,000
Transportation (Benzie
County--Leelanau).
Michigan........ Berrien, Cass, Van Buren Michigan Department of 150,000
Transportation (Berrien--
Cass--Van Buren).
Michigan........ Charlevoix, Emmet....... Michigan Department of 17,500
Transportation (Charlevoix--
Emmet).
Michigan........ Detroit................. Southeastern Michigan 200,000
Council of Governments
(City of Detroit Department
of Transportation).
Michigan........ Eaton................... Michigan Department of 58,939
Transportation (Eaton
County).
Michigan........ Ionia County............ Michigan DOT (Ionia County). 81,570
Michigan........ Lake Mason, Oceana Michigan Department of 150,000
Counties. Transportation (Lake--
Mason--Oceana Counties).
Michigan........ Lansing................. Capital Area Transportation 26,000
Authority.
Michigan........ Midland................. Michigan Department of 71,281
Transportation (Midland
County).
Nebraska........ Buffalo County.......... Nebraska Department of Roads 131,925
(Buffalo County Community).
New York........ New York City........... MTA/Human Resource 477,568
Administration.
New York........ New York City........... Non-Profit Assistance Corp.. 929,040
New York........ New York City........... Phipps Community Development 760,284
Corp.
New York........ New York City........... Project Renewal............. 400,577
New York........ New York City Metro-- Westchester County.......... 55,000
Westchester.
New York........ New York City Metro-- Westchester County 175,320
Westchester. Department of
Transportation (Westchester
Community Opportunity
Program).
North Dakota.... Fort Yates.............. Sitting Bull College........ 79,208
Ohio............ Akron................... Metro Regional Transit 33,378
Authority.
Ohio............ Lorain.................. Lorain County Transit....... 300,000
Ohio............ Muskingum............... Ohio Department of 142,582
Transportation (Muskingum
Transit Authority).
Ohio........... Pike County............. Ohio Department of 36,921
Transportation (Pike County
Community Action Committee).
Ohio............ Youngstown.............. Western Reserve Transit 50,000
Authority.
Oregon.......... Baker City.............. Oregon Department of 28,600
Transportation (Community
Connection of Baker County).
Oregon.......... LaGrande................ Oregon Department of 16,500
Transportation (Community
Connection of Union County).
Oregon.......... Redmond................. Oregon Department of 110,000
Transportation (Central
Oregon Intergovernmental
Council).
Pennsylvania.... Indiana................. Indiana County Transit 51,580
Authority.
Tennessee....... Knoxville............... Knoxville-Knox County 200,000
Community Action Committee.
Tennessee....... Memphis................. Memphis Area Transit 275,000
Authority.
Texas........... Austin, Colorado Texas Department of 150,000
Counties. Transportation (Colorado
Valley).
Texas........... Dallas-Fort Worth....... North Central Texas Council 1,500,000
of Governments.
Texas........... El Paso................. City of El Paso............. 720,000
Texas........... Fort Worth.............. Fort Worth Transit.......... 240,000
Texas........... Guadalupe, Comal Texas Department of 150,000
Counties. Transportation (Alamo Area
Council of Governments).
Texas........... Hunt, Rockwell, Dallas Texas Department of 200,000
Counties. Transportation (The
Connection).
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Banquete, Driscoll. Transportation (Institute
for Urban Development).
Virginia........ Richmond................ Greater Richmond Transit 1,000,000
Company.
Washington...... Seattle................. Puget Sound Regional Council 2,780,000
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Pre-Award Authority
FTA is providing pre-award spending authority for this program
which permits successful applicants to incur costs on eligible projects
without prejudice to possible Federal participation in the cost of the
project or projects. However, in exercising pre-award authority,
successful applicants must comply with all Federal requirements.
Failure to do so will render a project ineligible for FTA financial
assistance. Successful applicants must consult the appropriate regional
office regarding the eligibility of the project for future FTA funds or
the applicability of the conditions and Federal requirements. Pre-award
spending authority is provided to projects selected and announced by
this notice effective October 23, 2000. Congressionally designated
projects are likewise granted pre-award authority effective October 23,
2000. The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (FY 2001 DOT Appropriations
Act) (Pub. L. 106-346) was signed into law by President Clinton on
October 23, 2000.
Certifications and Assurances Requirements
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5323(n), certifications and assurances
have been compiled for the various FTA programs. Before FTA may award a
Federal grant, each successful applicant must provide to FTA all
certifications and assurances required by Federal laws and regulations
applicable to itself and its project. A state providing certifications
and assurances on behalf of its prospective subrecipients should obtain
sufficient documentation from those subrecipients needed to provide
informed certifications and assurances. A successful applicant for
funds under the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants program will be
required to comply with the requirements of the FTA's Annual
Certifications and Assurances. It is important that each successful
applicant be familiar with all certifications and assurances as they
are a prerequisite for receiving FTA financial assistance. All
successful applicants are advised to read the entire text of those
Certifications and Assurances to be confident of their responsibilities
and commitments.
The signature page accompanying the Certifications and Assurances
contains the current fiscal year's certifications and, when properly
attested to and submitted to FTA, assures FTA that the applicant
intends to comply with the requirements for the specific program
involved. FTA will not award any federal assistance until the
successful applicant provides assurance of compliance by selecting
Category I on the signature page and all other categories applicable to
itself and its project.
FTA's (FY) 2001 Certifications and Assurances Notice is expected to
be published in the Federal Register on or about January 18, 2001.
Copies may also be obtained from FTA regional
offices. Applicants that need further assistance should contact the
appropriate FTA regional office (see Appendix A) for further
information.
U.S. Department of Labor Certification
As a condition of release of Federal funds for this program,
Federal Transit law requires that applicants must comply with 49 U.S.C.
5333(b), administered under the Department of Labor's (DOL) Mass
Transit Employee Protection Program. These employee protections include
the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits under existing
collective bargaining agreements, the continuation of collective
bargaining rights, the protection of individual employees against a
worsening of their positions related to employment, assurances of
employment to employees of acquired mass transportation systems,
priority of reemployment, and paid training or retraining. Generally,
DOL processes the employee protection certification required under
Section 5333(b) in accordance with the procedural guidelines published
at 29 CFR 215.3. However, for the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
program, DOL has proposed to apply appropriate protections without
referral for Job Access and Reverse Commute Grant applications serving
populations under 200,000 and to utilize the guidelines for Job Access
and Reverse Commute Grant applications serving populations of 200,000
or more. FTA will submit the grant application to DOL for
certification.
Grant funds will NOT be released without DOL certification. Where
there are questions regarding the DOL certification process and/or
information needed by DOL to obtain a labor certification, successful
applicants must contact the appropriate FTA regional office (See
Appendix A). Additionally, guidance is provided on the World Wide Web
at [http://www.fta.dot.gov].
Completed Application
All successful applicants must now proceed to complete their grant
application by fully documenting all the Job Access and Reverse Commute
Grants program requirements that were not fully documented when the
original grant proposal was submitted. FTA regional offices will advise
applicants by letter of any remaining outstanding items, as well as
stipulations specific to the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grant
projects that need to be addressed and/or fully documented prior to
grant approval.
Successful applicants will be notified in writing by the FTA
regional offices with further guidance.
Issued on: January 16, 2001.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Acting Administrator.
Appendix A--FTA Regional Offices
Region I
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and
Massachusetts. Richard Doyle, FTA Regional Administrator, Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center, Kendall Square, 55 Broadway,
Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142-1093, (617) 494-2055
Region II
New York, New Jersey, and Virgin Islands. Letitia Thompson, FTA
Regional Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY
10004-1415, (212) 668-2170
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Region III
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and
District of Columbia. Susan Schruth, FTA Regional Administrator,
1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4124, (215)
656-7100
Region IV
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and Puerto Rico. Jerry Franklin, FTA
Regional Administrator, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Suite 17T50,
Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562-3500
Region V
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Joel
Ettinger, FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, Suite
2410, Chicago, IL 60606-5232, (312) 353-2789
Region VI
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Robert
Patrick, FTA Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 8A36,
Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978-0550
Region VII
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional
Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, Kansas City, MO 64106,
(816) 329-3920
Region VIII
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota. Lee
Waddleton, FTA Regional Administrator, Columbine Place, 216 16th
Street, Suite 650, Denver, CO 80202-5120, (303) 844-3242
Region IX
California, Hawaii, Guam, Arizona, Nevada, American Samoa, and the
Northern Mariana Islands. Leslie Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator,
201 Mission Street, Suite 2210, San Francisco, CA 94105-1839, (415)
744-3133
Region X
Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Helen Knoll, FTA Regional
Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite
3142, Seattle, WA 98174-1002, (206) 220-7954
Appendix B--(FY) 2001 Projects Designated by Congress
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FY 2001 funds
State allocated Location/description
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Alabama................... $249,450 Mobile, Alabama.
Alabama................... 1,995,600 Troy State University,
Alabama--Rosa Parks
Center.
Alabama................... 1,496,700 State of Alabama.
Alabama................... 848,130 Easter Seals West Alabama
work transition
programs.
Alaska.................... 59,868 Mantanuska-Susitna
borough, M.A.S.C.O.T,
Alaska.
Alaska.................... 399,120 Sitka, Alaska transit
expansion program.
Alaska.................... 498,900 Central Kenai Peninsula
public transportation.
Arizona................... 997,800 Tucson, Arizona.
Arkansas.................. 3,991,200 State of Arkansas.
California................ 498,900 Alameda and Contra-Costa
counties, California.
California................ 2,993,400 Fresno, Tulare, Kings and
Kern Counties,
California.
California................ 3,492,300 Los Angeles, California.
California................ 149,670 Monterey, California.
California................ 997,800 Sacramento, California.
California................ 274,395 San Francisco,
California.
California................ 498,900 Santa Clara County,
California.
Colorado.................. 74,835 Archuleta County,
Colorado.
District of Columbia...... 997,800 District of Columbia.
Florida................... 1,995,600 Broward County, Florida.
Florida................... 598,680 Hillsborough County,
Florida.
Georgia................... 498,900 Chatham, Georgia.
Illinois.................. 997,800 Chicago, Illinois.
Illinois.................. 498,900 DuPage County, Illinois.
Illinois.................. 149,670 Southern Illinois RIDES.
Illinois.................. 997,800 State of Illinois.
Indiana................... 997,800 Indianapolis, Indiana.
Iowa...................... 1,596,480 Des Moines, Dubuque,
Sioux City, Delaware and
Jackson Counties, Iowa.
Kansas.................... 997,800 Kansas City, Kansas.
Maine..................... 498,900 State of Maine.
Maine..................... 898,020 York County, Maine.
Maryland.................. 2,394,720 State of Maryland.
Massachusetts............. 399,120 Athol/Orange Community
Transportation,
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts............. 349,230 Western Massachusetts.
Michigan.................. 249,450 North Oakland County,
Michigan.
Missouri.................. 748,350 OATS job access programs,
Missouri.
Missouri.................. 149,670 Meramec Community Transit
programs, Missouri.
Nevada.................... 997,800 Washoe County, Nevada.
New Hampshire............. 339,252 State of New Hampshire.
New Mexico................ 249,450 Dona Ana County, New
Mexico.
New Mexico................ 259,428 Las Cruces, New Mexico.
New Mexico................ 1,995,600 State of New Mexico.
New York.................. 249,450 Capital District
Authority, New York.
New York.................. 249,450 Broome County Transit,
New York.
New York.................. 498,900 Buffalo, New York.
New York.................. 498,900 Nassau County, New York.
New York.................. 299,340 Rochester, New York.
New York.................. 444,021 Suffolk County, New York.
New York.................. 199,560 Sullivan County, New
York.
New York.................. 299,340 Tompkins County, New
York.
New York.................. 199,560 Ulster County, New York.
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Ohio...................... 748,350 Central Ohio.
Oklahoma.................. 4,490,100 State of Oklahoma.
Oregon.................... 1,835,952 Portland, Oregon.
Pennsylvania.............. 399,120 Greater Erie Community
Action Committee,
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.............. 2,993,400 SEPTA, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.............. 1,995,600 Pittsburgh Port Authority
of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island.............. 99,780 Rhode Island community
food bank
transportation.
Rhode Island.............. 997,800 Rhode Island Public
Transit Authority.
Tennessee................. 1,995,600 State of Tennessee.
Texas..................... 548,790 Corpus Christi RTA,
Texas.
Vermont................... 1,496,700 State of Vermont.
Virginia.................. 498,900 Tysons Corner/Dulles
Corridor, Virginia.
Virginia.................. 4,490,100 Commonwealth of Virginia.
Washington................ 1,995,600 State of Washington.
West Virginia............. 1,496,700 State of West Virginia.
Wisconsin................. 4,689,660 State of Wisconsin.
1,995,600 Ways to Work family loan
program, Southeastern
U.S.
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