Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into an Agreement with the Regional Transportation Council for Award of Transportation Development Credits for Expenses Related to the City’s Transit Program
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic & Economic Growth
(1A: Establish regional and infrastructure incentives to increase economic growth)
MEETING DATE: September 16, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Housing & Community Development, Transit Services
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, Director of Engineering
Jasmine Stillwell, Transit Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) for the Award of Transportation Development Credits for Expenses related to the City’s Transit program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
- The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) is the regional transportation policy body associated with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), our regional Metropolitan Planning Organization, and is comprised primarily of local elected officials.
- The City of McKinney has previously been awarded Transportation Development Credits (TDC’s) by NCTCOG for adopting policies, programs, and projects that reflect regional priorities and support Mobility 2045 goals.
- A TDC is a financial accounting tool approved by the Federal Highway Administration that allows states to use federal funding on projects without the typical requirement of a cash match. In other words, cities can leverage awarded TDCs, if approved, to offset their obligated local match for a project.
- The City has used the TDCs as the required local match for the Surveillance/Security Equipment associated with the City’s transit program.
- An agreement has been prepared by the NCTCOG for execution by the City of McKinney for the use of the TDCs on the projects.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
- The agreement will allow the City to leverage TDCs in lieu of an estimated $9,741 local match for $48,702 in federal grant funding for transit expenses.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A