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Federal Transit Administration Federal Agency Update A Public Real Estate Symposium Mamie Smith-Fisher, SR/WA FTA Real Estate Manager [email protected] Federal Transit Administration Federal Agency Update American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – ARRA Update Livability and Sustainable Initiative FTA Real Estate Course II and Course I Proposed Compliance Review Procedures FTA TPM ver3.1 2 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009 - Update Transit Funding in ARRA Urban Formula $5.97B } allocated thru Non-Urban Formula $760 M} Sec 5340 Fixed Guideway Mod $742 M New Starts/Small $742 M Tribal Grants $ 17 M Discretionary Energy $100 M Discretionary Multimodal $1.4985B (New) Administration/Oversight $ 64 M Total (Transit Only) $8.4 B FTA TPM ver3.1 3 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Funds Obligated Funds Awarded 87% of the $8.4 B – 691 Grants and $7.2 B – 210 Grants pending review - $1.04 B or 12.48% Total 901 Grants Awarded or $8.2 B Approximately 1.15% remaining funds FTA TPM ver3.1 4 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009 - Update ARRA Certifications – Certs required by 1201, 1511, and 1607 – webpage: www.fta.dot.gov/economicrecovery – Contact your FTA Regional Office with your questions FTA TPM ver3.1 5 FTA Regional Offices Region One: Cambridge, MA (617)494-2055 Region Two: New York, NY (212)668-2136 Region Three: Philadelphia, PA (215) 656-7100 Region Four: Atlanta, GA (404)-865-5600 Region Five: Chicago, IL (312) 353-2789 Region Six: Fort Worth, TX (817) 978-0550 Region Seven: Kansas City, MO (816) 329-3920 Region Eight: Denver, CO (720-) 963-3300 Region Nine: San Francisco, CA (415) 744-2726 Region Ten: Seattle, WA (206) 220-7954 FTA TPM ver3.1 6 FTA Livability Initiative DOT- HUD-EPA Partnership – Six guiding “livability principles” Provide more transportation choices Promote equitable, affordable housing Enhance economic competitiveness Support existing communities Coordinate policies and leverage investment Value communities and neighborhoods FTA TPM ver3.1 7 FTA Livable Initiative Implement of the Principles – Continue work to identify and propose solution to institutional and legal barriers – Look at areas that are already successfully applying the Partnership principles Develop programs of training and technical assistance to improve the institutional capacity of State/local officials to produce Sustainable Communities FTA TPM ver3.1 8 FTA Livable Initiative New Starts and Small Starts Programs – Federal government’s primary financial resource for supporting locally planned, implemented, and operated transit capital project. FTA-HUD Working Group FTA is working with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to better coordinate affordable housing and transit through joint planning, and demonstration projects, and research on best practices of TOD and affordable housing. Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (JARC) provides low-income workers and students with transportation services to jobs, employment centers and educational institutions. FTA TPM ver3.1 9 FTA Livability Initiative Transit -Oriented Development and Joint Development - TOD – Multi—use, multi-density development – Pedestrian friendly – Reliable transit – frequent headways, ontime performance with jobs and housing within ½ mile of the station FTA TPM ver3.1 10 FTA Livability Initiative Joint Development – TOD is a specific form of “joint development”. Joint development may take place on, above or adjacent to transit agency property and involves the common use of property for transit and non-transit purposes. – Property is uses in which FTA has an interest for construction of a project undertaken jointly by an FTA grantee and another party. FTA TPM ver3.1 11 Compliance Review Procedures Proposed Proposed - Program Review and Quality Enhancement - Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Criteria for Selection – Difficulty of real estate component – Alleged inconsistencies – Size of the real estate component – Random Sample – Rotate thru all Regions FTA TPM ver3.1 12 New Advance FTA Real Estate Course- Status FTA Real Estate Requirement Course II – Currently in development –Pilot Anticipated – September 2010 – 2-day, 6 initial classes anticipated – Contents: title, deeds, leases, and encumbrances, business relocation video to help with problem solving contaminated properties, and developing appraisals scope of work. FTA TPM ver3.1 13 FTA Real Estate Requirement Course I NTI Course Schedule for 2010 – Denver, Co., February 10-11 – Ft. Worth, TX, March 23-24 – Portland, OR, April 7-8 – San Juan, Puerto Rico- date TBD Changes in the course Adding the types of disposition methods Less of Transit Orient Development FTA TPM ver3.1 14 Thank You Mamie Smith-Fisher, SR/WA FTA Real Estate Manager FTA TPM ver3.1 15 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009 FTA TPM ver3.1 16 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009 FTA TPM ver3.1 17