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Draft UPWP Shows Big Cut in MPO Planning Funds; staff recommend trimming contracts
Summary
The MPO’s draft FY2027–28 Unified Planning Work Program projects a 50% drop in federal planning allocation (from $405,000 to $198,000) driven by the 2020 census count; staff recommended removing several contract service agreements and shifting work in-house while noting receipt of a $1.4 million Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant for corridor work.
MPO staff presented a draft Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for FY2027–28 that projects a substantial reduction in the MPO’s federal planning allocation and proposes service‑level changes to address an expected shortfall.
Key points: staff said the MPO’s federal allocation declined from $405,000 in FY2024 to an estimated $198,000 for FY2027 because per‑capita federal planning funds are based on the 2020 census; the city’s March 2020 student departures lowered the urbanized area population used in the formula. To balance the draft…
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