Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute The Second Amendment To And Restatement Of The Transportation System Surtax Interlocal Agreement Among Broward County, The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization And Various Municipalities.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
In a General Election on November 6, 2018 a 30-year 1% transportation surtax was levied after approval by referendum and to be expended for authorized transportation and transit projects referred to as “Transportation Surtax”. Subsequently, the County, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Broward County Municipalities entered into a Transportation System Surtax Interlocal Agreement, which provided for a cooperative and organized process for the Municipalities to submit projects for evaluation and funding with Transportation Surtax proceeds.
On September 12, 2019, the Transportation System Surtax Interlocal Agreement was amended to provide for the MPO's evaluation and ranking of municipal capital projects and the County's evaluation and ranking of municipal rehabilitation and maintenance projects (the "First Amendment").
On February 28, 2020, the MPO completed its review and ranking of municipal capital projects for the first funding cycle and provided its recommendations to prioritize funding for 110 municipal capital projects for the County's fiscal year ("FY") 2020. They also completed their evaluation, ranking, and approval of municipal rehabilitation and maintenance projects for FY2020.
On June 18, 2020, the County Commission approved Transportation Surtax funding for FY2020 (which included funding carried forward from FY2019) and on September 22, 2020, the County Commission approved more than $43 million in Transportation Surtax funding for community shuttle service and municipal capital projects for FY2021 and approved the FY2021 five-year capital plan.
At this time, the parties to the current Interlocal Agreement believe it to be beneficial to fully restate the Interlocal Agreement, as set forth in the attached second amendment including to:
i. Document the completion of the MPO's first cycle of evaluating and ranking municipal capital projects to be funded with Transportation Surtax proceeds,
ii. Document the allocation of FY2019, FY2020, and FY2021 Transportation Surtax proceeds for approved municipal capital projects,
iii. Set forth the MPO's criteria going forward for evaluating, ranking, and recommending funding for municipal capital projects in future County annual five-year capital improvement plans,
iv. Outline the County's general process for evaluation and ranking of municipal rehabilitation and maintenance projects and document completion of that process for FY2020,
v. Document the allocation of FY2019 and FY2020 Transportation Surtax proceeds for approved municipal rehabilitation and maintenance projects, and
vi. Document an agreed upon process for funding municipal capital projects, including the timing of funding and the process for adjusting County annual five-year capital improvement plans.
Once this Agreement has been signed by all parties, the County will begin developing project specific funding agreements that will need to be approved by all parties as well, before projects are eligible for funding reimbursement.
Fiscal Impact:
Approval of this Agreement is a necessary step in order to secure Surtax funding for the City’s approved Surtax Cycle 1 projects.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Azita Behmardi, City Engineer
Shiv Newaldass, Director, Development Services
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager/Sustainable Development