Vote: adopted

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A-2. REACT PROGRAM EXPANSION Approve the expansion of the MCDOT REACT program to three cities and authorize MCDOT to apply for $852,459 in reimbursement funding from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Five Year (FY2008-2012) Transportation Improvement Program. Funding will be requested during the budget development process for the next three years. The total cost of the REACT expansion project is $1,238,859. A local match of 31.19% or $386,400 is required. MCDOT will provide $96,600 cash match and the three cities will provide the remaining $289,800.Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditure of the funds is not prohibited by the budget law. The approval of this action requested does not alter the budget constraining the expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. To insure regional project coordination and following long-standing federal aid requirements, the MAG five year, annually updated Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) lists all planned transportation improvement projects in the MAG area for the current and subsequent four years. This REACT Program Expansion project is a MCDOT project appearing in the MAG TIP. REACT (Regional Emergency Action Coordinating Team) is a MCDOT team of specialists who assist local agencies within Maricopa County with traffic management during emergency or other special traffic situations. Team members are agency employees who provide additional part-time traffic ma nagement services when necessary during a traffic incident or event. The team was first established through AZTech™, a public/private transportation partnership in the Phoenix metropolitan area led by MCDOT. The team has now been operating successfully for several years, and has built a well-respected track record in providing traffic control during traffic incidents. A previous grant via the MAG program successfully established a similar successful program in the City of Surprise under the guidance of MCDOT. This REACT Program Expansion project will provide vehicles, equipment, and staff overtime compensation for teams in three additional cities: Glendale , Peoria , and Scottsdale . MCDOT will develop Intergovernmental Agreements with these cities and guide the establishment of each of the three city programs during the next three years. Thereafter the programs will be funded and administered by each of the expansion cities independent of MCDOT. The partners, including MCDOT, will share equally in the local match required; the respective local contributions are as follows: Glendale : $96,600 Peoria : $96,600 Scottsdale : $96,600 MCDOT: 96,000 Total: $386,400 MCDOT will provide operational services to the City of Peoria to facilitate establishment of the City’s REACT Team. In return, the City of Peoria will reimburse MCDOT with its full contribution of match funds. The funding is available on a reimbursement basis for the cost of $852,459. The department's indirect cost rate of 15.8% is unrecoverable. The department’s non-recoverable indirect cost is $134,692.The project will be in Supervisorial Districts 2,3,4, and 5 (C-91-09-137-M-00)