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<br />R-08-12 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $2,173,200 IN <br />CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) GRANT FUNDS <br />TO THE TRANSPORT A TION DISTRICT COMMISSION OF HAMPTON <br />ROADS FOR THE PURCHASE AND OPERATION OF TWO SHUTTLE BUSES <br />IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR A THREE-YEAR PERIOD. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, on October 10, 2006, accepted a Congestion <br />Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant in the amount of $2,173,200 from the <br />Commonwealth of Virginia for the purchase of two buses and the operation of a shuttle <br />service in the Downtown area for a period of three years; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, when a locality does not operate its own transit agency, the CMAQ <br />grant permits the locality receiving the grant and an independent transit agency to arrive <br />at an understanding as to the purpose of the grant and the use of the funds by the transit <br />agency; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads, <br />operating as Hampton Roads Transit (HR T) and the City have developed a letter <br />outlining such an understanding; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, under said letter, HRT will be responsible for carrying out the <br />purpose of the CMAQ grant under the City's guidance and in compliance with the letter <br />of understanding. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that it hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee to <br />execute a letter of understanding between the City and the Transportation District <br />Commission of Hampton Roads concerning the utilization of CMAQ funds to be <br />transferred by the City to the Commission. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, after the execution of the letter of <br />understanding, it hereby authorizes the transfer of CMAQ grant funds in the amount of <br />$2,173,200 to the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads to be used only <br />for the purposes authorized by the grant and in compliance with said letter of <br />understanding. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on March 25, 2008. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />