Submitted By: Tye Chighizola
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Presentation By: Tye Chighizola
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Budget Resolution 2024-151 to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget to accept and appropriate funding from the Federal Transit Administration for a low or no emission grant in the amount of $16,166,822
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, Operational Excellence
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND: The Ocala City Council held a public hearing on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, to review and receive comments on the $16,166,822 Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No Emission Project Grant. In late June, the City and FTA executed the grant. The grant includes a match of $4,041,706 from toll revenue credits from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The Low or No Emission Grant requires no City/County match.
The grant funds will enable the City of Ocala to make significant strides toward achieving its strategic goals. These include enhancing service by improving current fixed route services?, adding new microtransit services,? and promoting operational improvements by initiating the electrification of the SunTran fleet, thereby reducing the carbon footprint and operating costs.
The project budget includes the following allocations: the purchase of five 35-foot battery electric buses (?BEBs)?;? the purchase of 26 battery-electric small cutaway vans; bus and small cutaway configuration; construction of a battery-electric transit maintenance facility; the purchase of five depot chargers for 35-foot BEBs; the purchase of 22 depot chargers for 26 battery-electric small cutaway vans; the purchase of four depot superchargers for 26 battery-electric small cutaway vans; upgrades to the power infrastructure; installation of depot chargers; workforce development activities; the hiring of a project manager; and technical support.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS: T...
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