HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.19.22 RE_ Board Correspondence - FW_ Federal grant program (RAISE)
From:Pack, Joshua
To:Paulsen, Shaina; BOS
Cc:Nuzum, Danielle; Edwards, Terry; Hightower, Scott
Subject:RE: Board Correspondence - FW: Federal grant program (RAISE)
Date:Tuesday, April 19, 2022 4:46:32 PM
Good afternoon – due to a request from a Board member, I wanted to briefly provide information to the entire Board on this grant program. I will respond to the person that
sent the email directly through another email.
The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program provides an opportunity for the Federal Government to invest in
road, rail, transit, and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. The RAISE program is a new version of the previously named BUILD and TIGER grant
programs that began during the Great Recession.
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The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 2022 program was issued on January 28, 2022. Applications were due last Thursday, April 14.
California has had seven projects qualify for this funding from 2019 thru 2021. Of those seven projects, four have been major interchange projects in urbanized areas and
three have been alternative transportation (bicycle/pedestrian/transit) projects in similar urbanized areas. All have been significant grant awards ranging from $9-$24 million,
and all have significant matching contributions from other local revenue sources. Many of these projects relied on regional transportation agencies to act as the primary
project sponsor. For more information on the program and projects that have been funded in previous cycles, please click HERE.
Butte County Public Works doesn’t deliver the type of projects or programs or have the local matching funding contributions that compete well with the grant’s primary
objectives as listed above. Due to our current workload and the substantial time commitment necessary to prepare grant applications for projects that would likely be
unsuccessful, Public Works made the decision not to apply for this grant funding during this most recent funding cycle.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to reach out to me directly and I’d be happy to chat more. - Josh
From: Paulsen, Shaina <SPaulsen@buttecounty.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:24 AM
To: BOS <BOS@buttecounty.net>
Cc: Pack, Joshua <jpack@buttecounty.net>; Nuzum, Danielle <DNuzum@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Board Correspondence - FW: Federal grant program (RAISE)
Please see Board Correspondence.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120
From: Vercruyssen, Rene <Rene.Vercruyssen@kniferiver.com>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2022 10:27 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Federal grant program (RAISE)
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I see that the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan includes a grant request opportunity under the RAISE program. What is Butte County’s process to review County
road projects that fit the criteria of this program? How many County projects qualify? How many of those have been or are being prepared for grant requests? And finally,
what is the estimated total dollar amount of the requests Butte County is preparing under the RAISE program?
I would like to submit these questions to the Butte County Board of Supervisors. How best to do that?
Thank you,
René Vercruyssen
Knife River Construction
Knife River Construction
Rebuilding our roads