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Sep 22, 2026 · Trigger

Council hears the coordinated plan and passes the transit grant resolution on first reading, 5-0

Discussion item 4.1 on September 22, 2026 presented the ACT Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan and Section 5310 Program Management Plan; a City transit planner presented. Later in the meeting the council passed Resolution No. 09-22-26-1 on first reading, 5-0, authorizing applications for and acceptance of federal and state transit grants and the use of transportation development credits. The proposed FY 2026 program of projects uses Section 5307 funds for preventive maintenance, training and operating assistance ($5,180,343 total project cost) and Section 5339 funds for bus stop signs and vehicle rehabilitation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cole Stanley Tim Reid Don Tipps David Prescott Les Simpson

What the sources say

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The September 22, 2026 agenda listed discussion item 4.1, "Presentation of the Amarillo City Transit Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan and Section 5310 Program Management Plan," and item 7.7, the first reading of Resolution No. 09-22-26-1. Draft minutes (in the October 13 agenda packet, for approval) record that a City transit planner presented item 4.1 and that item 7.7 passed 5-0 on a motion by Councilmember Tipps seconded by Councilmember Reid, after the Grant/Compliance Coordinator presented it. ^[1]^[3]
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The FY 2026 proposed program of projects (September 22 packet, p. 324) lists Section 5307 funds for preventive maintenance ($720,553 federal, $900,693 total), training ($11,458 federal, $14,322 total) and operating assistance ($2,132,663 federal, $377,787 state and $1,754,878 local, $4,265,328 total), for a Section 5307 total of $5,180,343; and Section 5339 funds for passenger amenities (bus stop signs, $100,000 federal) and revenue vehicle rehabilitation and mid-life overhaul ($137,169 federal), with transportation development credits as the non-federal share. It states ACT "is the designated recipient of FTA funds for the Amarillo UZA and does not have any subrecipients." ^[2]
Section 5307 total project cost
$5,180,343
Operating assistance local
$1,754,878
Section 5339 total project cost
$296,462

Sources

1.City Council Regular Meeting agenda, September 22, 2026 — City of Amarillo, Sep 18, 2026 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authoredConsent item 6.30, FY 26/27 landfill engineering professional services. 'published' approximated as the Friday before the meeting. Minutes for this meeting were not posted on CivicClerk as of retrieval.
2.City Council Regular Meeting agenda packet, September 22, 2026 — City of Amarillo, Sep 18, 2026 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authored363-page packet from the City's CivicClerk portal (event 2906); 'published' approximated as the Friday before the meeting. Transmittal memos for consent items 6.29 (boiler, p. 211) and 6.34 (aeration basins, pp. 219-220).
3.City Council Regular Meeting agenda packet, October 13, 2026 — City of Amarillo, Oct 9, 2026 · retrieved Oct 10, 2026primarySubject-authored157-page packet; item 6.7 transmittal memo (pages 56-57) gives the funding summary 'Broadband Project - Professional Services - PRJ-620075.17400.62000'. 'published' approximated as for the agenda.