To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: CAMERON HARDING, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR
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APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH 2024 TITLE VI PROGRAM PLAN FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ASSISTED PROJECTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
As a recipient of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Federal Funds, the City is required to adopt new and updated measures to ensure compliance with applicable Federal Regulations contained in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other subsequent regulations which ban discriminatory actions. The FTA requires the City to update the Title VI Policy every three years. Approval of the City's new Title VI Policy is due to the FTA by April 1, 2024.
The recommended Title VI Program Plan addresses how the City will ensure non-discrimination in its Federal financially assisted projects and contracts and includes the Title VI Program Plan, the Limited English Proficiency Program Plan, and other related exhibits.
BACKGROUND
The City is eligible to receive annual transit funding capital allocations from the FTA under the annual urbanized area formula (Section 5307 funds), and is also eligible for other FTA grant funds. The City receives approximately $900,000 annually from the FTA under the Section 5307 Funds for the Transit Division and its operations. The Transit Division has used FTA funds for transit vehicle replacements, bus stop amenities improvements, and for a significant portion of the new Transit Center Construction project.
The FTA requires that the Title VI Policies are updated every three years. In October 2017, the City Council approved an update to the Title VI Plan for the FTA assisted contracts, which were revised based on changes included in FTA Circular 4702.1B.
Since 2017, the FTA requested revisions to the Title VI Plan document in its TRAMs grants management system in 2019 and 2021, which were incorporated to the City's Title IV Plan. In May of 2022, the FTA issued a letter requesting revisio...
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