Project Grant PR2022008

THIS IS AN FFY 2022 EMERGENCY RELIEF SECTION 5324 APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $482000 ALLOCATED ON FFY 2018 AS PART OF THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE MARIA SECTION OF STATUTE 49 USC 5324 (D2018EMER029). ALL FUNDS ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THE REPAIR OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL DUE TO HURRICANE MARIA.PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BEGIN THE REHABILITATION OF GUAYNABO TRANSIT TERMINAL FACILITIES DAMAGED BY HURRICANE MARIA.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL ROOF WILL BE REMOVED UNDER THIS GRANT AT A TOTAL COST OF $482000 WITH 90% FTA /10% TRANSPORTATION CREDITS SHARES OF THIS COST. A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE MAIN TRANSIT BUILDING WAS PERFORMED AS A FIRST STEP TO DETERMINE THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION OF THE STEEL AND CONCRETE BUILDING COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY 74000 SQ. FT. ALL OF THE ROOF WILL HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED AND TOTALLY REBUILT AND NOT JUST REPAIRED GIVEN ITS POOR CONDITION. THE TERMINAL BUILDING ROOF SUPERSTRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO BE STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE FOR THE MOST PART. ADDITIONAL REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENTS POINTED OUT IN THE FTA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT INVOLVE THE MAIN TRANSIT BUILDING DECKS AND PERIMETER FENCES BUT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THIS GRANT INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF THE ROOF SUPERSTRUCTURE (ALI 11.34.02 - $464000 INCLUDING $46400 TRANSPORTATION CREDITS); AND ENGINEERING SUPERVISION OF THE DEMOLITION PROCESS TO ASSURE SAFE CONDITIONS AND DISPOSAL ARE KEPT (ALI 11.71.11- $18000 INCLUDING $1800 TRANSPORTATION CREDITS). THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE ROOF DEMOLITION IS $1287447.25 ( PLEASE SEE INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE (ICE) IN APPLICATION DOCUMENTS. SINCE THE FUNDS ASSIGNED SO FAR UNDER SECTION 5324 COVER ONLY PART OF THE DEMOLITION COST AND THE MUNICIPALITY WILL ALSO USE SECTION 5307 REMAINING FUNDS THROUGH BUDGET REVISIONS FROM GRANTS PR-90-X352 ($254752 FTA + $63688 LOCAL FUNDS) PR-2018-003-01 ($242640 FTA + $60660 LOCAL FUNDS) AND PR-2019-039 ($156308 FTA + $39077 LOCAL FUNDS). THE ATTACHED ICE REFLECTS THE USE OF FUNDS ASSUMING A TWO STEP AWARD AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MUNICIPALITY NEEDS TO REBUILD THIS TERMINAL FOR WHICH IT HAS REQUESTED THE SAN JUAN MPO TO PROGRAM FUNDS UNDER THE STIP FOR THIS PURPOSE FOR 2022 AND 2023. THE PART OF THIS TERMINAL BUILDING THAT WAS FTA FUNDED WAS COMPLETED IN 1984 AND HAS EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE OF 25 YEARS SPECIFIED IN CIRCULAR FTA 5010 AT TE TIME IT WAS BUILT. THE MUNICIPALITY EXPANDED THE TERMINAL BUILDING IN 2003 WITH MUNICIPAL FUNDS ONLY. ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE REQUESTED FROM THE SECTIONS 5324 OR 5307 TO CARRY OUT REHABILITATION WORK AT THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL NOT CONSIDERED IN THIS GRANT APPLICATION AND FOR WHICH FUNDS WERE INSUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE REPAIRS POINTED OUT IN THE FTA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT. BIDS FOR THE ROOF DEMOLITION WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN 30 DAYS UPON APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT AND THE AFOREMENTIONED BUDGET REVISIONS . THE RECEIPT OF BIDS AND AWARD OF THE SAME SHOULD TAKE 60 TO 90 DAYS. THE DEMOLITION PROCESS SHOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS. THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED WITH OR WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ER FUNDING AND THE TERMINAL FACILITY WILL BE OPERATIONAL AFTER DEMOLITION AND BEFORE REHABILITATION.EXPECTED OUTCOMES:AS THIS IS ONLY AN INITIAL PHASE OF THE REHABILITATION OF THE TERMINAL ITS OUTCOME WILL BE LIMITED TO REMOVE IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT THE ROOF POSES BY DEMOLISHING THE SAME. EVENTUALLY THE TERMINAL WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REBUILT AS IT IS BROUGHT TO CURRENT BUILDING CODES AND PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY INCLUDING SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO CHARGE ELECTRIC BUSES TO BE ACQUIRED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.THERE ARE NO SUBRECIPIENTS.DAMAGES TO NINE TRANSIT BUSES AND ONE PARATRANSIT CUTAWAY BUS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION WHICH WERE REPAIRED WITH INSURANCE PROCEEDS.IN ADDITION THE MUNICIPALITY HAS OBTAINED FTA FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $488000 FROM AWARD PR-2018-003-01FOR THE REMODELING OF THE ENTRANCE AND ADA ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS TERMINAL. THIS REMODELING WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE THE TERMINAL ROOF HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.THIS PROJECT ONLY INCLUDES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS/PERMANENT REPAIRS WITH NO FUNCTIONAL LOCATION OR CAPACITY CHANGE AND IT IS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DECLARED DISASTER. THEREFORE NO TIP/STIP DOCUMENTATION IS NEEDED PER EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTSINSURANCE CLAIM TO COLLECT FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL HAS BEEN FILED BUT PROCEEDS HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED.A COPY OF THE INSURANCE POLICY COVERING ALL MUNICIPAL PROPERTY IS ENCLOSED IN THE APPLICATION DOCUMENTS AND THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL IS LISTED AT THE END OF PAGE 84 OF SAID DOCUMENT.ALL WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES SET OUT IN FTA CIRCULAR 4220.1F.ALL POSSIBLE WINNING BIDDERS WILL BE CHECKED IN THE SAM DATABASE TO VERIFY THEY ARE NOT BARRED FROM CONTRACTING FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.THE MUNICIPALITY CERTIFIES THAT EXPENSES THAT INCLUDE EMERGENCY REPAIRS ANY PERMANENT REPAIR RECONSTRUCTION RESTORATION RETROFITTING OR REPLACEMENT OF TRANSIT FACILITIES AND ASSETS WERE IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF THE STORM AND USED FOR TRANSIT-RELATED PURPOSES.THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUAYNABO CERTIFIES THAT THE EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECT DOES NOT INVOLVE SUBSTANTIAL FUNCTIONAL LOCATIONAL OR CAPACITY CHANGES OF THE TRANSIT ASSET AND THAT THE LOCAL SHARE IS AVAILABLE.THE MUNICIPALITY HAS NOT APPLIED FOR NOR RECEIVED FUNDING FROM FEMA FOR THIS PROJECT.THE PROJECT SITE IS NO WITHIN A FLOOD HAZARD AREA.