Department: County Engineer
Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of the County Engineer for approval to submit an application to the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) for grant funds in the amount of $2,000,000, with no required local match, for the FY 2024 Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Camera Systems for Vision Zero Improvement Project in Precinct 2.
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Background and Discussion:
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the SMART Grants Program with $500,000,000 in
advanced appropriations, including $100,000,000 for FY 2024. This Notice makes available up to
approximately $50,000,000 for FY 2024 Stage 1 grants under the SMART Grants Program. This Notice is
expected to be the final Stage 1 NOFO under the current authorized funding for the SMART Grants
Program. The USDOT anticipates up to approximately $50,000,000 will be awarded for Stage 2 projects in a
future Notice of Funding Opportunity to be issued later in calendar year 2024.
The USDOT anticipates to award approximately 30 Stage 1 grants of up to $2,000,000 per award. The minimum award size is $250,000. The Department reserves the right to make more, or
fewer, awards. The USDOT also reserves the discretion to alter minimum and maximum award sizes upon
receiving the full pool of applications and assessing the needs of the program in relation to the priorities. Moreover, USDOT reserves the right not to award the full funding amount requested by an applicant.
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