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a.

Urban Consolidated Transportation Service Agency (CTSA) Operating and Programming Budget (OPB) [APPROVE]

b.

Rural Consolidated Transportation Service Agency (CTSA) Operating and Programming Budget (OPB) [APPROVE]

Fresno COG, as the Designated Recipient of FTA Section 5310 funding, issued a formal call-for-projects on April 11, 2019 for the Fresno Large Urban Area FTA Section 5310 funding.  The available funding this cycle for the Fresno Large Urban Area is $828,509.  Four applications were received requesting $1,220,665.  Fresno COG is responsible for mobilizing a committee of members of the SSTAC to review applications and select projects through a competitive process.  Members Bill Hyatt and Amy Hance formed the committee.  Their recommendations for projects and amounts are as follows:

APPLICANT                                                                               RECOMMENDATION

Fresno Area Express                                                                 $257,030
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission                                $257,030
United Cerebral Palsy of Central California                                   $257,030
WestCare California                                                                     $57,419

                                                                         TOTAL             $828,509

Additional information about the projects funded are attached herein.

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