INVEST ATLANTA Streetcar East Extension Engineering Eastside TAD PURPOSE: To approve an amount up to $300,000 from the Eastside TAD to leverage additional funding for design and engineering of the Atlanta Streetcar east extension. PROJECT NAME: Atlanta Streetcar East Extension Engineering PROJECT SPONSOR/ APPLICANT: Atlanta Beltline, Inc. (ABI) LOCATION: Eastside TAD and BeltLine TAD Council District: 2 NPU: M & N PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project will start preliminary engineering database development for the Atlanta Streetcar east extension. The project extents are Jackson Street on the Atlanta Streetcar A-Line alignment and Ponce de Leon Avenue on the Atlanta BeltLine East corridor. The alignment runs on Edgewood Avenue from Jackson Street to Randolph Street, then north to Auburn Avenue and connects to the BeltLine East corridor at Irwin Street, terminating at Ponce de Leon Avenue. This segment is approximately 2.06 miles in length. BACKGROUND: The Atlanta Streetcar System Plan (SSP) was adopted by Atlanta City Council in December 2015 and includes 53 miles of streetcar service. In 2015, ABI applied for Surface Transportation Board (STB) funds through ARC in partnership with GDOT. The grant application was approved, and in April 2016 ARC requested that GDOT flex $2.8M of these Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funds to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for two projects: • $800K allocated to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) work on the Crosstown Downtown corridor. This required a local match, which Invest Atlanta provided from the Westside TAD in April 2017. • $2M allocated to Atlanta Streetcar east extension engineering design. This requires $500K in local match and is the subject of this request. • The grant amount of $2.8M was officially awarded to the City (ABI as agent) on March 3, 2018. The extents of the project (see attached map) fall within the BeltLine TAD (approximately 0.86 miles or 42%) and the Eastside TAD (approximately 1.2 miles or 58%). As a result, ABI can contribute only the local match that falls within the BeltLine TAD and the remainder is what ABI is requesting from the Eastside TAD. The engineering design of the streetcar east extension will continue the progress that ABI has made towards implementing the BeltLine transit program. This work is critical in getting the first light-rail transit in the BeltLine corridor to further the realization of the complete Atlanta BeltLine transit mission. SOURCES AND USES: SOURCES USE OF FUNDS AMOUNT % PROJECT COST ARC – Surface Engineering Design Database Transportation Block Grant $2,000,000 80% Development from FHWA/FTA ABI/BeltLine TAD Engineering Design Database $200,000 8% Development Eastside TAD Engineering Design Database $300,000 12% Development TOTAL $2,500,000 100% PROJECT SCHEDULE: ACTIVITY DATE More MARTA Project Phasing Plan Approval (MARTA BOARD) June, 2019 Finalize Streetcar Project Implementation Schedule November, 2019 Obtain FTA Concurrence June, 2020 Procure Design Consultant Team September, 2020 Complete Preliminary Engineering June, 2022 Complete Final Engineering Design June, 2024 Procure and Start Streetcar Extension Construction September, 2024 Procure Streetcar Vehicles June, 2026 Commence Streetcar Operational Tests August, 2026 Streetcar Service Operations September, 2027 STREETCAR EAST EXTENSION LOCATION: .