Federal Transit Administration Federal Agency Update

A Public Real Estate Symposium

Mamie Smith-Fisher, SR/WAFTA Real Estate Manager

Mamie.Smith-Fisher@dot.gov

Federal Transit Administration

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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

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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009 - Update

Transit Funding in ARRA

Urban Formula $5.97B } allocated thru Non-Urban Formula $760 M} Sec 5340Fixed Guideway Mod $742 MNew Starts/Small $742 MTribal Grants $ 17 MDiscretionary Energy $100 M Discretionary Multimodal $1.4985B (New)Administration/Oversight $ 64 M

Total (Transit Only) $8.4 B

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 GroupFTA 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.

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FTA Livability Initiative

Transit -Oriented Development and Joint Development - TOD

– Multi—use, multi-density development– Pedestrian friendly– Reliable transit – frequent headways, on-

time performance with jobs and housing within ½ mile of the station

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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.

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Compliance Review ProceduresProposed

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

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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.

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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

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Thank You

Mamie Smith-Fisher, SR/WA

FTA Real Estate Manager

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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009

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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Of 2009