Title
Federal Grants Update
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Financially Sound Government
(4A: Provide Funding and Organizational Framework to Ensure Continual Economic Improvements)
MEETING DATE: September 12, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development
CONTACT: Anthony V. Cao, Transit Administrator
ITEM SUMMARY:
• A Title VI Plan, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program, and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program are all required in order to submit an FTA grant application.
• The City of McKinney is working in tandem with FTA Region 6 and FTA’s Civil Rights Office to ensure all requirements are met before submitting FY16 and FY17 grant applications.
• The City’s Title VI Plan has been internally approved and is pending FTA review.
• The City is waiting for FTA guidance on whether or not it needs a DBE Goal. A DBE Program is complete and is under the City Attorney’s review.
• Since the City has less than 50 transit employees, it is not required to have an EEO Plan.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• FTA’s applications and awards management portal (TrAMS) shuts down at the end each fiscal year.
• TrAMS opens back up October or November at the beginning of the new fiscal year.