Referred to:  The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit Committee (Chairman Cahill and Legislators Archer, Corcoran, Delaune, Litts, Maio, and Uchitelle), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Archer, Bartels, Haynes, Maio, Parete, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit Committee, Brian B. Cahill, and Deputy Chair Herbert Litts, III offer the following:

WHEREAS, this Resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT); and

WHEREAS, Ulster County is a designated recipient of funding through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) allocations of funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act enacted on March 11, 2021, which directly allocated funding to UCAT based on urbanized area formula funding; and

 WHEREAS, funding from this grant would allow UCAT seek reimbursement for operating expenses incurred in response to COVID-19; and

 WHEREAS, the total funding available to UCAT is $1,310,895.00 at 100% federal share; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby supports and authorizes the grant application to the FTA for ARP Act funds; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the County Executive is hereby authorized to execute any required applications or agreements, and any amendments to any documents, to accept the funding agreement with the FTA,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                        NOES:

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit on ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$1,310,895.00 – ANTICIPATED 2021 COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS