This grant provides $439345 of ARP FY21 section 5307 act funding for operating assistance to the city of columbuss transit system (columbus transit) for the period of january 1 2021 december 31 2022

This $439,345 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration provides operating assistance to the City of Columbus Transit system for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The grant funding comes from the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA #20.507) and will help support transit capital and operating expenses. Specifically, the grant will help offset lost fare revenue and increased fuel costs experienced by the City of Columbus Transit system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the annual appropriation alone was insufficient to cover eligible operating costs during this overlapping grant period.

Attachments to this application include the allocation table. The recipient agrees that if IT receives federal funding from the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) or through a pass-through entity through the robert T. Stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act a different federal agency or insurance proceeds for any portion of a project activity approved for FTA funding under this grant agreement IT will provide written notification to FTA and reimburse FTA for any federal share that duplicates funding provided by FEMA another federal agency or an insurance company. This operating assistance period will slightly overlap with the operating assistance period of another application (5307 annual appropriation). Grant number 6311-2021-3 (ARP) overlaps with 6311-2021-2 (5307 annual appropriation) due to the loss in revenue resultant from covid reduced fares and increase operating costs (FUEL) such that the 5307 annual appropriation available funding is insufficient to cover eligible operating expenses within the period. Our projects are not required to be in the tip or stip as they do not involve substantial changes to the function location or capacity of the asset(S) involved.