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Approve an ordinance authorizing acceptance of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Surface Transportation Block Grant and Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside project awards in the amount of $30,393,091 and confirming the City's commitment to provide the available local matching funds required for each awarded project; amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Transportation and Public Works Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to accept and appropriate $30,393,091 in grant funds from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Surface Transportation Block Grant and Transportation Set-Aside project awards; and amending the Austin Transportation and Public Works Capital Budget (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to transfer in and appropriate $30,393,091 in grant funds to support a wide range of transportation improvements. Funding: $30,393,091 is available from the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. A City funding match of $7,598,272 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works.
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Austin Transportation and Public Works
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $30,393,091 is available from Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. A City funding match of $7,598,272 is required and is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Transportation and Public Works Department's Capital Budget. Fiscal notes are attached.
Prior Council Action:
January 22, 2026 - Resolution No. 20260122-043, authorizing the submittal of potential transportation projects as candidates for the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization 2028-2031 Surface Transportation Block Grant, Transportation Set-Aside, and Carbon Reduction Program Call for Projects, was approved on an 11-0 vote.
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