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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

FY 2022 Competitive Funding 

Opportunity: Pilot Program for TransitOriented Development Planning 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFO). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

opportunity to apply for $13,160,021 in 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and FY 2022 

funding under the Pilot Program for 

Transit-Oriented Development Planning 

(TOD Pilot Program). As required by 

Federal public transportation law and 

subject to funding availability, funds 

will be awarded competitively to 

support comprehensive planning or sitespecific planning associated with new 

fixed guideway and core capacity 

improvement projects. FTA may award 

additional funding that is made 

available to the TOD Pilot Program prior 

to the announcement of project 

selections. 

DATES: Complete proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOV ‘‘APPLY’’ function by 

11:59 p.m. July 25, 2022. Any applicant 

intending to apply should initiate the 

process by registering on the Grants.Gov 

website immediately to ensure 

completion of registration before the 

submission deadline. Instructions for 

applying can be found on FTA’s website 

at https://www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot 

and in the ‘‘FIND’’ module of 

GRANTS.GOV. The GRANTS.GOV 

funding opportunity ID is FTA–2022– 

004–TPE–TODP. Mail and fax 

submissions will not be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

April McLean-McCoy, FTA Office of 

Planning and Environment, (202) 366– 

7429, or April.McLeanMcCoy@dot.gov. 

A TDD is available at 1–800–877–8339 

(TDD/FIRS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

A. Program Description 

B. Federal Award Information 

C. Eligibility Information 

D. Application and Submission Information 

E. Application Review Information 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

H. Other Information 

A. Program Description 

Section 20005(b) of the Moving Ahead 

for Progress in the 21st Century Act 

(MAP–21; Pub. L. 112–141, July 6, 

2012), with funding authorized by 49 

U.S.C. 5338(a)(2)(B), and section 30009 

of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 

enacted as the Infrastructure Investment 

and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117–58), 

authorizes FTA to award grants under 

the TOD Pilot Program. This funding 

opportunity is occurring under Federal 

Assistance Listing number 20.500. 

This program supports FTA’s strategic 

goals and objectives through the timely 

and efficient investment in public 

transportation. The TOD Pilot Program 

grants are competitively awarded to 

local communities to integrate land use 

and transportation planning with a new 

fixed guideway or core capacity 

improvement transit capital project as 

defined in Federal public transportation 

law (49 U.S.C. 5309(a)). (See Section C 

of this NOFO for more information 

about eligibility.) The TOD Pilot 

Program supports the President’s efforts 

to mobilize American ingenuity to build 

a modern infrastructure and an 

equitable future. In addition, through 

promotion of increased transportation 

access to environmental justice 

populations, equity-focused community 

outreach and public engagement of 

underserved communities and adoption 

of equity-focused policies, reduction of 

greenhouse gas emissions, and 

addressing the effects of climate change, 

the TOD Program and this NOFO 

advance the goals of Executive Order 

13985: Advancing Racial Equity and 

Support for Underserved Communities 

Through the Federal Government; 

Executive Order 13900: Protecting 

Public Health and the Environment and 

Restoring Science to Tackle Climate 

Crisis; and Executive Order 14008: 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

Abroad. Additionally, in support of the 

Federal House America Initiative led by 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, DOT, through this NOFO, 

is reviewing opportunities to prioritize 

TOD planning grants in areas of high 

incidence rates of homelessness, in the 

hope of providing opportunities for 

localities to address homelessness 

holistically through their planning 

processes. 

The TOD Pilot Program intends to 

fund comprehensive planning that 

supports economic development, 

increased transit ridership and value 

capture multimodal connectivity, 

accessibility, increased transit access for 

pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and 

mixed-use and mixed-income 

development near transit stations; 

delivers 40 percent of the overall 

benefits of the planning work to 

Historically Disadvantaged 

Communities (defined below); and 

addresses climate change, challenges 

facing environmental justice 

populations, and homelessness. The 

TOD Pilot Program also encourages the 

identification of infrastructure needs 

and engagement with the private sector. 

FTA is seeking comprehensive or sitespecific planning projects that cover an 

entire transit capital project corridor. To 

ensure that any proposed planning work 

both reflects the needs and aspirations 

of the local community and results in 

concrete, specific deliverables and 

outcomes, transit project sponsors must 

partner with entities with land use 

planning authority in the transit project 

corridor to conduct the planning work. 

B. Federal Award Information 

FTA intends to award all available 

funding in the form of grants to selected 

applicants responding to this NOFO. A 

total of $13,160,021 will be made 

available through this NOFO. The 

authorized funding level in the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is 

$13,157,184 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 

funds and $2,837 remaining from the FY 

2021 appropriation. Additional funds 

made available prior to project selection 

may be allocated to eligible projects. 

Only proposals from eligible recipients 

for eligible activities will be considered 

for funding. Due to funding limitations, 

applicants that are selected for funding 

may receive less than the amount 

originally requested and are thus 

encouraged to identify a scaled funding 

request in their application. 

In response to the last NOFO that 

closed on June 21, 2021, the TOD Pilot 

Program received applications for 24 

eligible projects requesting a total of 

$16,401,500. Of the 24 eligible 

applications received, (20) projects were 

funded at a total of $11,026,500. 

FTA will grant pre-award authority to 

incur costs for selected projects 

beginning on the date FY 2022 project 

selections are announced on FTA’s 

website. Funds are available for 

obligation for four fiscal years after the 

fiscal year in which the competitive 

awards are announced. Funds are 

available only for projects that have not 

incurred costs prior to the 

announcement of project selections. 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

Applicants to the TOD Pilot Program 

must be a State or States, U.S. Territory, 

or local governmental authorities and 

FTA grant recipient (i.e., existing direct 

or designated recipients) as of the 

publication date of this NOFO. An 

applicant must be the project sponsor of 

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defined below in Section C, subsection 

3, or an entity with land use planning 

authority in the project corridor of an 

eligible transit capital project. Except in 

cases where an applicant is both the 

sponsor of an eligible transit project and 

has land use authority in at least a 

portion of the transit project corridor, 

the applicant must partner with the 

relevant transit project sponsor or at 

least one entity in the project corridor 

with land use planning authority. 

Documentation of this partnership must 

be included with the application; see 

Section D, subsection 2 of this NOFO for 

further information. 

Only one application per transit 

capital project corridor may be 

submitted to FTA. Multiple applications 

submitted for a single transit capital 

project corridor indicate that 

partnerships are not in place, and FTA 

may reject all of the applications. FTA 

will accept multiple applications for the 

same corridor if each application is a 

site-specific application, the 

applications are submitted by separate 

applicants with different land-use 

authorities, and a given application does 

not overlap with any other application 

that would cover the same site. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

The maximum Federal funding share 

is 80 percent. 

Eligible sources of non-Federal match 

include the following: Cash from nonFederal sources (other than revenues 

from providing public transportation 

services); revenues derived from the sale 

of advertising and concessions; amounts 

received under a service agreement with 

a State or local social service agency or 

private social service organization; 

revenues generated from value capture 

financing mechanisms; funds from an 

undistributed cash surplus; replacement 

or depreciation cash fund or reserve; or 

new funding. In-kind contributions are 

permitted. Transportation Development 

Credits (formerly referred to as Toll 

Revenue Credits) may not be used to 

satisfy the non-Federal match 

requirement. 

3. Other Eligibility Criteria 

i. Eligible Transit Projects 

Any comprehensive or site-specific 

planning work proposed for funding 

under the TOD Pilot Program must be 

associated with an eligible transit 

capital project. To be eligible, the 

proposed transit capital project must be 

a new fixed guideway project or a core 

capacity improvement project, as 

defined by Federal public transportation 

law (49 U.S.C. 5302(8)). 

A fixed guideway is a public 

transportation facility: 

(A) Using and occupying a separate 

right-of-way for the exclusive use of 

public transportation; 

(B) using rail; 

(C) using a fixed catenary system; 

(D) for a passenger ferry system; or 

(E) for a bus rapid transit system. 

A new fixed guideway capital project 

is defined in (49 U.S.C. 5309(a)) to be: 

(A) A new fixed guideway project that 

is a minimum operable segment or 

extension to an existing fixed guideway 

system; or 

(B) a fixed guideway bus rapid transit 

project that is a minimum operable 

segment or an extension to an existing 

bus rapid transit system. 

A fixed guideway bus rapid transit 

project is defined in (49 U.S.C. 5309(a)) 

as a bus capital project: 

(A) In which the majority of the 

project operates in a separated right-ofway dedicated for public transportation 

use during peak periods; 

(B) that represents a substantial 

investment in a single route in a defined 

corridor or subarea; and 

(C) that includes features that emulate 

the services provided by rail fixed 

guideway public transportation systems, 

including: 

(i) Defined stations; 

(ii) traffic signal priority for public 

transportation vehicles; 

(iii) short headway bidirectional 

services for a substantial part of 

weekdays and weekend days; and 

(iv) any other features the Secretary 

may determine are necessary to produce 

high-quality public transportation 

services that emulate the services 

provided by rail fixed guideway public 

transportation systems. 

A core capacity improvement project 

is defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309(a) to mean 

a substantial corridor-based capital 

investment in an existing fixed 

guideway system that increases the 

capacity of the corridor by not less than 

10 percent. The term does not include 

project elements designed to maintain a 

state of good repair of the existing fixed 

guideway system. 

Comprehensive or site-specific 

planning work in a corridor for a transit 

capital project that does not meet the 

statutory definitions above of either a 

new fixed guideway project or a core 

capacity improvement project is not 

eligible under the TOD Pilot Program. 

ii. Eligible Activities 

As outlined in the Application 

Review Information section below, any 

comprehensive or site-specific planning 

funded under the TOD Pilot Program 

must address all six factors set forth set 

in Section 20005(b)(2) of MAP–21, as 

amended by section 30009 of the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 

Additionally, the comprehensive or sitespecific planning effort must advance 

the metropolitan planning 

organization’s metropolitan 

transportation plan. Applicants must 

establish performance criteria for the 

planning effort. 

The following are examples of the 

types of substantial deliverables that 

may result from the comprehensive or 

site-specific planning work. Substantial 

deliverables are reports, plans and other 

materials that represent the key 

accomplishments of the comprehensive 

planning effort and that must be 

submitted to FTA as each is completed. 

Substantial deliverables may include, 

but are not restricted to, the following: 

i. A comprehensive plan report that 

includes corridor development policies 

and station development plans 

comprising the corridor or the specific 

site, a proposed timeline, and 

recommended financing strategies for 

these plans; 

ii. A strategic plan report that 

includes corridor specific planning 

strategies and program 

recommendations to support 

comprehensive planning; 

iii. Revised TOD-focused zoning 

codes and/or resolutions; 

iv. A report evaluating and 

recommending financial tools to 

encourage TOD implementation such as 

land banking, value capture, and 

development financing; 

v. Policies to encourage TOD, 

including actions that reduce regulatory 

barriers that unnecessarily raise the 

costs of housing development or impede 

the development of affordable housing; 

vi. Policies to encourage TOD, 

including actions that increase access to 

environmental justice populations, 

reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and 

the effects of climate change, or 

vii. Local or regional resolutions to 

implement TOD plans and/or establish 

TOD funding mechanisms; 

viii. Policies to prioritize TOD in 

areas with high incidence rates of 

homelessness for localities to address 

homelessness holistically through their 

planning processes; 

iii. Ineligible Activities 

FTA will not make awards for the 

following activities: 

i. Transit project development 

activities that would be reimbursable 

under an FTA capital grant, such as 

project planning, the design and 

engineering of stations and other 

facilities, environmental analyses 

needed for the transit capital project, or 


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costs associated with specific joint 

development activities; and 

ii. Capital projects, such as land 

acquisition, construction, and utility 

relocation. 

D. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

Applications must be submitted 

electronically through GRANTS.GOV. 

The application is only available on 

Grants.gov and must be submitted 

electronically through grants.gov. 

General information for submitting 

applications through GRANTS.GOV can 

be found at https://www.transit.dot.gov/ 

howtoapply along with specific 

instructions for the forms and 

attachments required for submission. 

The Standard Form (SF) 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance, 

which must be included with every 

application, can be downloaded from 

GRANTS.GOV. The supplemental form 

for the FY 2022 TOD Pilot Program can 

be downloaded from GRANTS.GOV or 

the FTA website at https://

www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Failure to submit information as 

requested can delay review or disqualify 

the application. Proposals must include 

a completed SF–424 Mandatory form 

and the following attachments to the 

completed SF–424: 

i. A completed Applicant and 

Proposal Profile supplemental form for 

the TOD Pilot Program (supplemental 

form) found on the FTA website at 

https://www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot. 

The information on the supplemental 

form will be used to determine 

applicant and project eligibility for the 

program, and to evaluate the proposal 

against the selection criteria described 

in part E of this notice; 

ii. A map of the proposed study area 

showing the transit project alignment 

and stations, major roadways, major 

landmarks, and the geographic 

boundaries of the proposed 

comprehensive planning activities; 

iii. Documentation of a partnership 

between the transit project sponsor and 

an entity in the project corridor with 

land use planning authority to conduct 

the comprehensive planning work, if the 

applicant does not have both of these 

responsibilities. Documentation may 

consist of a memorandum of agreement 

or letter of intent signed by all parties 

that describes the parties’ roles and 

responsibilities in the proposed 

comprehensive planning project; and 

iv. Documentation of any funding 

commitments for the proposed 

comprehensive or site-specific planning 

work. 

Information such as the applicant’s 

name, Federal amount requested, local 

match amount, and description of the 

study area, are requested in varying 

degrees of detail on both the SF–424 

form and supplemental form. 

Applicants must fill in all fields unless 

stated otherwise on the forms. 

Applicants should use both the ‘‘Check 

Package for Errors’’ and the ‘‘Validate 

Form’’ buttons on both forms to check 

all required fields and ensure that the 

Federal and local amounts specified are 

consistent. In the event of errors with 

the supplemental form, FTA 

recommends saving the form on your 

computer and ensuring that JavaScript 

is enabled in your PDF reader. The 

information listed below must be 

included on the SF–424 and 

supplemental forms for TOD Pilot 

Program funding applications. 

The SF–424 and supplemental form 

will prompt applicants to address the 

following items: 

1. Provide the name of the lead 

applicant and, if applicable, the specific 

co-sponsors submitting the application. 

2. Provide the applicant’s Dun and 

Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number. 

3. Provide contact information 

including: Contact name, title, address, 

phone number, and email address. 

4. Specify the Congressional district(s) 

where the planning project will take 

place. 

5. Identify the project title and project 

scope to be funded, including 

anticipated substantial deliverables and 

the milestones at when they will be 

provided to FTA. 

6. Identify and describe an eligible 

transit project that meets the 

requirements of Section C, subsection 3 

of this notice. 

7. Provide evidence of a partnership 

between the transit project sponsor and 

at least one agency with land use 

authority in the transit capital project 

corridor, as described earlier in this 

subsection. 

8. Address the six factors set forth in 

MAP–21 Section 20005(b)(2). 

9. Address each evaluation criterion 

separately, demonstrating how the 

project responds to each criterion as 

described in Section E. 

10. Provide a line-item budget for the 

total planning effort, with enough detail 

to indicate the various key components 

of the comprehensive planning project. 

11. Identify the Federal amount 

requested. 

12. Document the matching funds, 

including amount and source of the 

match (may include local or private 

sector financial participation in the 

project). Describe whether the matching 

funds are committed or planned and 

include documentation of the 

commitments. 

13. Provide explanation of the 

scalability of the project. 

14. Address whether other Federal 

funds have been sought or received for 

the comprehensive or site-specific 

planning project. 

15. Provide a schedule and process for 

the development of the comprehensive 

plan that includes anticipated dates for 

incorporating the planning work effort 

into the region’s unified planning work 

program, completing major tasks and 

substantial deliverables, and completing 

the overall planning effort. 

16. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work advances 

the metropolitan transportation plan of 

the metropolitan planning organization. 

17. Propose performance criteria for 

the development and implementation of 

the comprehensive or site-specific 

planning work. 

18. Identify potential State, local or 

other impediments to the 

implementation of the comprehensive 

plan or site-specific plan, and how the 

work will address them. 

19. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work addresses 

climate change and elevates challenges 

facing environmental justice 

populations. 

20. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work allows 40 

percent of the overall benefits to flow to 

Historically Disadvantaged 

Communities (defined below). 

21. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work 

prioritizes TOD plans in areas with high 

incidence rates of homelessness and 

addresses homelessness holistically 

through their planning processes. 

22. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work addresses 

the historic displacement of historically 

disadvantaged populations and how it 

seeks to mitigate the displacement or 

improve the conditions for populations 

at risk of displacement, if possible. In 

addition, how will local residents 

surrounding the comprehensive or sitespecific planning work will include 

community engagement, especially 

those that have been historically 

excluded. 

23. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work includes 

value capture elements. 

24. Describe the community input 

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specific planning work, and identify 

infrastructure needs associated with the 

eligible project. 

25. Describe how the comprehensive 

or site-specific planning work 

incorporates affordable housing or other 

mixed-income elements. 

3. Unique Entity Identifier and System 

for Award Management (SAM) 

Each applicant is required to: (1) Be 

registered in SAM before submitting an 

application; (2) provide a valid unique 

entity identifier in its application; and 

(3) continue to maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information at 

all times during which the applicant has 

an active Federal award or an 

application or plan under consideration 

by FTA. FTA may not make an award 

until the applicant has complied with 

all applicable unique entity identifier 

and SAM requirements. If an applicant 

has not fully complied with the 

requirements by the time FTA is ready 

to make an award, FTA may determine 

that the applicant is not qualified to 

receive an award and use that 

determination as a basis for making a 

Federal award to another applicant. 

These requirements do not apply if the 

applicant is excepted from registration 

per 2 CFR 25.110. SAM registration 

takes approximately 3–5 business days, 

but FTA recommends allowing ample 

time, up to several weeks, for 

completion of all steps. For additional 

information on obtaining a unique 

entity identifier, please visit 

www.sam.gov. 

4. Submission Dates and Times 

Project proposals must be submitted 

electronically through http://

www.GRANTS.GOV by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time July 25, 2022. 

GRANTS.GOV attaches a time stamp to 

each application at the time of 

submission. Proposals submitted after 

the deadline will only be considered 

under extraordinary circumstances not 

under the applicant’s control. 

Applications are time and date stamped 

by GRANTS.GOV upon successful 

submission. Mail, email, and fax 

submissions will not be accepted. 

Within 48 hours after submitting an 

electronic application, the applicant 

should receive two email messages from 

GRANTS.GOV: (1) Confirmation of 

successful transmission to 

GRANTS.GOV; and (2) confirmation of 

successful validation by GRANTS.GOV. 

FTA will then validate the application 

and will attempt to notify any 

applicants whose applications could not 

be validated. If the applicant does not 

receive confirmation of successful 

validation or a notice of failed 

validation or incomplete materials, the 

applicant must address the reason for 

the failed validation, as described in the 

email notice, and resubmit before the 

submission deadline. If making a 

resubmission for any reason, include all 

original attachments regardless of which 

attachments were updated and check 

the box on the supplemental form 

indicating this is a resubmission. An 

application that is submitted at the 

deadline and cannot be validated will 

be marked as incomplete, and such 

applicants will not receive additional 

time to re-submit. 

FTA urges applicants to submit their 

applications at least 96 hours prior to 

the due date to allow time to receive the 

validation messages and to correct any 

problems that may have caused a 

rejection notification. GRANTS.GOV 

scheduled maintenance and outage 

times are announced on the 

GRANTS.GOV website at http://

www.GRANTS.GOV. Deadlines will not 

be extended due to scheduled 

maintenance or outages. 

Applicants are encouraged to begin 

the registration process on the 

GRANTS.GOV site well in advance of 

the submission deadline. Registration is 

a multi-step process, which may take 

several weeks to complete before an 

application can be submitted. Registered 

applicants may still be required to take 

steps to keep their registration up to 

date before submissions can be made 

successfully: (1) Registration in SAM is 

renewed annually and (2) persons 

making submissions on behalf of the 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR) must be authorized in 

GRANTS.GOV by the AOR to make 

submissions. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

See Section C of this NOFO for 

detailed eligibility requirements. FTA 

emphasizes that any comprehensive or 

site-specific planning projects funded 

through the TOD Pilot Program must be 

associated with an eligible transit 

project, specifically a new fixed 

guideway project or a core capacity 

improvement project as defined in 

Federal transit statute, 49 U.S.C. 

5309(a). Projects are not required to be 

funded through the Capital Investment 

Grant Program. Funds must be used 

only for the specific purposes requested 

in the application. Funds under this 

NOFO cannot be used to reimburse 

projects for otherwise eligible expenses 

incurred prior to FTA’s announcement 

of project selections and issuance of preaward authority. Refer to Section C.3., 

Eligible Projects, for information on 

activities that are allowable in this grant 

program. Allowable direct and indirect 

expenses must be consistent with the 

Government-wide Uniform 

Administrative Requirements and Cost 

Principles (2 CFR part 200) and FTA 

Circular 5010.1E. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Applicants are encouraged to identify 

scaled funding options in case 

insufficient funding is available to fund 

a project at the full requested amount. 

If an applicant indicates that a project 

is scalable, the applicant must provide 

an appropriate minimum funding 

amount that will fund an eligible project 

that achieves the objectives of the 

program and meets all relevant program 

requirements. The applicant must 

provide a clear explanation of how the 

project budget would be affected by a 

reduced award. FTA may award a lesser 

amount regardless of whether a scalable 

option is provided. 

All applications must be submitted 

via the GRANTS.GOV website. FTA 

does not accept applications on paper, 

by fax machine, email, or other means. 

For information on application 

submission requirements, please see 

Section D.1., Address to Request 

Application and Section D.4., 

Submission Dates and Times. 

FTA encourages applicants to 

demonstrate whether they have 

considered climate change and 

environmental justice in terms of the 

transportation planning process or 

anticipated design components with 

outcomes that address climate change 

(e.g., resilience or adaptation measures). 

The application should describe what 

specific climate change or 

environmental justice activities have 

been incorporated, including whether a 

project supports a Climate Action Plan, 

whether an equitable development plan 

has been prepared, and whether tools 

such as the Environmental Protection 

Agency’s (EPA) EJSCREEN at: https://

www.epa.gov/ejscreen or DOT’s 

Historically Disadvantaged Community 

tool at: https://usdot.maps.arcgis.com/ 

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8b44525b04c7ce748a3674a have been 

applied in project planning. Applicants 

could also address how a project is 

related to housing or land use reforms 

to increase density to reduce climate 

impacts. The application should also 

describe specific and direct ways the 

project will mitigate or reduce climate 

change impacts including any 

components that reduce emissions, 

promote energy efficiency, incorporate 

electrification or low emission or zero 

emission vehicle infrastructure, increase 

resiliency, recycle or redevelop existing 

infrastructure or if located in a 

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consistent with the Federal Flood Risk 

Management Standard, to the extent 

consistent with current law. 

Applicants should identify any 

Environmental Justice (EJ) populations 

located within the proposed service area 

and describe anticipated benefits to that 

population(s) should the applicant 

receive a grant under this program. A 

formal EJ analysis that is typically 

included in transportation planning or 

environmental reviews is not requested. 

E. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

Project proposals will be evaluated 

primarily on the responses provided in 

the supplemental form. Additional 

information may be provided to support 

the responses; however, any additional 

documentation must be directly 

referenced on the supplemental form, 

including the file name where the 

additional information can be found. 

Applications will be evaluated based on 

the quality and extent to which the 

following evaluation criteria are 

addressed. 

a. Project Factors 

Whether the project funded under the 

TOD Pilot Program addresses all six 

factors set forth in Section 20005(b)(2) 

of MAP–21, as amended by section 

30009 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure 

Law: 

i. Enhances economic development, 

ridership, and other goals established 

during the project development and 

engineering processes; 

ii. facilitates multimodal connectivity 

and accessibility; 

iii. increases access to transit hubs for 

pedestrian and bicycle traffic; 

iv. enables mixed-use development; 

v. identifies infrastructure needs 

associated with the eligible project; and 

vi. includes private sector 

participation. 

b. Demonstrated Need 

FTA will evaluate each project to 

determine the need for funding based on 

the following factors: 

i. How the proposed work will 

advance TOD implementation in the 

corridor and region; 

ii. Justification as to why Federal 

funds are needed for the proposed work; 

iii. Extent to which the transit project 

corridor could benefit from TOD 

planning. 

iv. Extent to which TOD planning will 

address climate change and challenges 

facing environmental justice 

populations. 

c. Strength of the Work Plan, Schedule 

and Process 

FTA will evaluate the strength of the 

work plan, schedule and process 

included in an application based on the 

following factors: 

i. Potential state, local or other 

impediments to the implementation of 

the comprehensive or site-specific plan, 

and how the workplan will address 

them; 

ii. Extent to which the schedule 

contains sufficient detail, identifies all 

steps needed to implement the work 

proposed, and is achievable; 

iii. The proportion of the project 

corridor covered by the work plan; 

iv. Extent of partnerships, including 

how community stakeholders will 

engage and consider the needs of those 

traditionally underserved by existing 

transportation systems, such as lowincome and minority households, who 

may face challenges accessing 

employment and other services. 

v. The partnerships’ technical 

capability to develop, adopt and 

implement the comprehensive plans, 

based on FTA’s assessment of the 

applicant’s description of the policy 

formation, implementation, and 

financial roles of the partners, and the 

roles and responsibilities of proposed 

staff; 

vi. Extent to which this TOD planning 

effort increases access for environmental 

justice populations and allows them to 

participate in this TOD planning effort; 

vii. Extent to which the 

comprehensive planning work will 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions and 

the effects of climate change; 

viii. How the performance measures 

identified in the application relate to the 

goals of the comprehensive planning 

work. 

d. Funding Commitments 

FTA will assess the status of local 

matching funds for the planning work. 

Applications demonstrating that 

matching funds for the proposed 

comprehensive planning work are 

already committed will receive higher 

ratings from FTA on this factor. 

Proposed comprehensive planning 

projects for which matching funding 

sources have been identified, but are not 

yet committed, will be given lower 

ratings under this factor by FTA, as will 

proposed comprehensive planning 

projects for which in-kind contributions 

constitute the primary or sole source of 

match. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

A technical evaluation committee will 

verify each proposal’s eligibility and 

evaluate proposals based on the 

published evaluation criteria. FTA may 

request additional information from 

applicants, if necessary. Taking into 

consideration the findings of the 

technical evaluation committee, the 

FTA Administrator will determine the 

final selection of projects for program 

funding. 

After applying the above criteria, in 

support of the President’s January 20, 

2021, Executive Order on Protecting 

Public Health and the Environment and 

Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate 

Crisis, the FTA Administrator will 

consider applications that may provide 

other air quality benefits as part of the 

application review. Applicants should 

identify any nonattainment or 

maintenance areas under the Clean Air 

Act in the proposed service area. 

Nonattainment or maintenance areas 

should be limited to the following 

applicable National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards criteria pollutants: 

Carbon monoxide, ozone, and 

particulate matter 2.5 and 10. The EPA’s 

Green Book (available at https://

www.epa.gov/green-book) is a publiclyavailable resource for nonattainment 

and maintenance area data. This 

consideration will further the goals of 

the Executive Order, including the goal 

to prioritize environment justice and 

historically disadvantaged communities. 

In further support of Executive Order 

14008, FTA will give priority 

consideration to applications that create 

significant community benefits relating 

to the environment, including those 

projects that address greenhouse gas 

emissions and climate change impacts. 

FTA encourages applicants to 

demonstrate whether they have 

considered climate change and 

environmental justice in terms of the 

transportation planning process or 

anticipated design components with 

outcomes that address climate change 

(e.g., resilience or adaptation measures). 

The application should describe what 

specific climate change or 

environmental justice activities have 

been incorporated, including whether a 

project supports a Climate Action Plan, 

whether an equitable development plan 

has been prepared, and whether tools 

such as EPA’s EJSCREEN at: https://

www.epa.gov/ejscreen or DOT’s 

Historically Disadvantaged Community 

tool at: https://usdot.maps.arcgis.com/ 

apps/dashboards/d6f90dfcc

8b44525b04c7ce748a3674a have been 

applied in project planning. Applicants 

should also address how a project is 

related to housing or land use reforms 

to increase density to reduce climate 

impacts. The application should also 

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project will mitigate or reduce climate 

change impacts including any 

components that reduce emissions, 

promote energy efficiency, incorporate 

electrification or low emission or zero 

emission vehicle infrastructure, increase 

resiliency, recycle or redevelop existing 

infrastructure or if located in a 

floodplain be constructed or upgraded 

consistent with the Federal Flood Risk 

Management Standard, to the extent 

consistent with current law. 

In addition, FTA will consider 

benefits to EJ communities when 

reviewing applications received under 

this program. Applicants should 

identify any EJ populations located 

within the proposed service area and 

describe anticipated benefits to that 

population(s) should the applicant 

receive a grant under this program. A 

formal EJ analysis that is typically 

included in transportation planning or 

environmental reviews is not requested. 

Among the factors, in determining the 

allocation of program funds FTA may 

consider geographic diversity, diversity 

in the size of the grantees receiving 

funding, or the applicant’s receipt of 

other competitive awards. Respectively, 

FTA will evaluate the proposals to 

determine the extent that the proposed 

project will address affordable housing 

needs, provide equitable housing 

choices for environmental justice 

populations, and avoid displacement of 

low-income households and existing 

small businesses. 

In support of Executive Order 14008, 

and consistent with OMB’s Interim 

Guidance for the Justice40 Initiative, 

Historically Disadvantaged 

Communities include (a) certain 

qualifying census tracts, (b) any Tribal 

land, or (c) any territory or possession 

of the United States. DOT is providing 

a mapping tool to assist applicants in 

identifying whether a project is located 

in a Historically Disadvantaged 

Community at: https://usdot.maps.

arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/d6f90dfcc

8b44525b04c7ce748a3674a. Use of this 

map tool is optional; applicants may 

provide an image of the map tool 

outputs, or alternatively, consistent with 

OMB’s Interim Guidance, applicants can 

supply quantitative, demographic data 

of their ridership demonstrating the 

percentage of their ridership that meets 

the criteria described in Executive Order 

14008 for disadvantage. Examples of 

Historically Disadvantaged 

Communities that an applicant could 

address using geographic or 

demographic information include low 

income, high and/or persistent poverty, 

high unemployment and 

underemployment, racial and ethnic 

residential segregation, linguistic 

isolation, or high housing cost burden 

and substandard housing. Additionally, 

in support of the Justice40 Initiative, the 

applicant also should provide evidence 

of strategies that the applicant has used 

in the planning process to seek out and 

consider the needs of those traditionally 

disadvantaged and underserved by 

existing transportation systems. For 

technical assistance using the mapping 

tool, please contact GMO@dot.gov. 

Prior to making an award, FTA is 

required to review and consider any 

information about the applicant that is 

in the Federal Awardee Performance 

and Integrity Information Systems 

(FAPIIS) accessible through SAM. An 

applicant may review and comment on 

information about itself that a Federal 

awarding agency previously entered. 

FTA will consider any comments by the 

applicant, in addition to the other 

information in the designated integrity 

and performance system, in making a 

judgment about the applicant’s integrity, 

business ethics, and record of 

performance under Federal awards 

when completing the review of risk 

posed by applicants as described in the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

Uniform Requirements for Federal 

Awards (2 CFR 200.205). 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

1. Federal Award Notices 

(a) The FTA Administrator will 

announce the final project selections on 

the FTA website. Project recipients 

should contact their FTA Regional 

Offices for additional information 

regarding allocations for projects under 

the TOD Pilot Program. 

i. Pre-Award Authority 

FTA will issue specific guidance to 

recipients regarding pre-award authority 

at the time of selection. FTA does not 

provide pre-award authority for 

competitive funds until projects are 

selected and even then, there are 

Federal requirements that must be met 

before costs are incurred. Funds under 

this NOFO cannot be used to reimburse 

applicants for otherwise eligible 

expenses incurred prior to FTA award 

of a Grant Agreement until FTA has 

issued pre-award authority for selected 

projects, or unless FTA has issued a 

‘‘Letter of No Prejudice’’ for the project 

before the expenses are incurred. For 

more information about FTA’s policy on 

pre-award authority, please see the most 

recent Apportionment Notice at: https:// 

www.transit.dot.gov. 

ii. Grant Requirements 

If selected, awardees will apply for a 

grant through FTA’s Transit Award 

Management System (TrAMS). 

Recipients of TOD Pilot Program funds 

are subject to the grant requirements of 

the Section 5303 Metropolitan Planning 

program, including those of FTA 

Circular 8100.1C and Circular 5010.1E. 

All competitive grants, regardless of 

award amount, will be subject to the 

Congressional Notification and release 

process. Technical assistance regarding 

these requirements is available from 

each FTA regional office. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

i. Planning 

FTA encourages applicants to notify 

the appropriate metropolitan planning 

organizations in areas likely to be served 

by the funds made available under this 

program. Selected projects must be 

incorporated into the unified planning 

work programs of metropolitan areas 

before they are eligible for FTA funding 

or pre-award authority. 

ii. Standard Assurances 

The applicant assures that it will 

comply with all applicable Federal 

statutes, regulations, executive orders, 

directives, FTA circulars, and other 

Federal administrative requirements in 

carrying out any project supported by 

the FTA grant. The applicant 

acknowledges that it is under a 

continuing obligation to comply with 

the terms and conditions of the grant 

agreement issued for its project with 

FTA. The applicant understands that 

Federal laws, regulations, policies, and 

administrative practices might be 

modified from time to time and may 

affect the implementation of the project. 

The applicant agrees that the most 

recent Federal requirements will apply 

to the project, unless FTA issues a 

written determination otherwise. The 

applicant must submit the Certifications 

and Assurances before receiving a grant 

if it does not have current certifications 

on file. 

iii. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 

FTA requires that its recipients 

receiving planning, capital, and/or 

operating assistance that will award 

prime contracts exceeding $250,000 in 

FTA funds in a Federal fiscal year 

comply with Department of 

Transportation Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE) program regulations 

(49 CFR part 26). Applicants should 

expect to include any funds awarded, 

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procurements, in setting their overall 

DBE goal. 

3. Reporting 

Post-award reporting requirements 

include submission of Federal Financial 

Reports and Milestone Progress Reports 

in FTA’s electronic grants management 

system on a quarterly basis. Applicants 

should include any goals, targets, and 

indicators referenced in their 

application to the project in the 

Executive Summary of the TrAMS 

application. Awardees must also submit 

copies of the substantial deliverables 

identified in the work plan to the FTA 

regional office at the corresponding 

milestones. 

As part of completing the annual 

certifications and assurances required of 

FTA grant recipients, a successful 

applicant must report on the suspension 

or debarment status of itself and its 

principals. If the award recipient’s 

active grants, cooperative agreements, 

and procurement contracts from all 

Federal awarding agencies exceeds 

$10,000,000 for any period of time 

during the period of performance of an 

award made pursuant to this Notice, the 

recipient must comply with the 

Recipient Integrity and Performance 

Matters reporting requirements 

described in Appendix XII to 2 CFR part 

200. 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For program-specific questions, please 

contact April McLean-McCoy, Office of 

Planning and Environment, (202) 366– 

7429, email: April.McLeanMcCoy@

dot.gov. A TDD is available at 1–800– 

877–8339 (TDD/FIRS). Any addenda 

that FTA releases on the application 

process will be posted at https://

www.transit.dot.gov/TODPilot. To 

ensure applicants receive accurate 

information about eligibility or the 

program, the applicant is encouraged to 

contact FTA directly, rather than 

through intermediaries or third parties. 

FTA staff may also conduct briefings on 

the FY 2022 competitive grants 

selection and award process upon 

request. Contact information for FTA’s 

regional offices can be found on FTA’s 

website at http://www.transit.dot.gov. 

For issues with GRANTS.GOV, please 

contact GRANTS.GOV by phone at 1– 

800–518–4726 or by email at support@

grants.gov. Contact information for 

FTA’s regional offices can be found on 

FTA’s website at http://www.fta.dot.gov. 

H. Other Program Information 

This program is not subject to 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ 

Nuria I. Fernandez, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans and Community Oversight 

and Engagement Board, Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C. app. 2, that the Veterans and 

Community Oversight and Engagement 

Board (the Board) will meet on June 21– 

22, 2022, at 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, 

Building 500, Room 1281, Los Angeles, 

CA. The meeting sessions will begin and 

end as follows: 

Date(s) Time(s) 

June 21, 2022 ................. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.— 

Pacific Standard Time 

(PST). 

June 22, 2022 ................. 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.— 

PST. 

Sessions are open to the public, 

except during the time the Board is 

conducting tours of VA facilities, 

participating in off-site events, and 

participating in workgroup sessions. 

Tours of VA facilities are closed, to 

protect Veterans’ privacy and personal 

information, in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

The Board was established by the 

West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 

on September 29, 2016. The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and make 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on identifying the goals 

of the community and Veteran 

partnership; improving services and 

outcomes for Veterans, members of the 

Armed Forces, and the families of such 

Veterans and members; and on the 

implementation of the Draft Master Plan 

approved by the Secretary on January 

28, 2016, and on the creation and 

implementation of any successor master 

plans. 

On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, from 8:30 

a.m. to 11:45 a.m. PST, the Board will 

meet in open session with key staff of 

the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare 

System (VAGLAHS). The Advisory 

Committee Management Office will 

present FACA 101 training. The agenda 

will include opening remarks from the 

Committee Chair, Executive Sponsor, 

and other VA officials. There will be a 

general update from the Director of the 

Veterans Administration Greater Los 

Angeles Healthcare System 

(VAGLAHS). From 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. PST, the Board will convene with 

a closed tour of the VA Greater Los 

Angles Healthcare System. Tours of VA 

facilities are closed to protect Veterans’ 

privacy and personal information, in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

On Wednesday, June 22, 2022, the 

Board will reconvene in open session at 

11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Building 

500, Room 1281, Los Angeles, CA, and 

receive a comprehensive presentation 

from the Community Engagement and 

Reintegration Services (CERS) team 

from VAGLAHS. The Office of Strategic, 

Facility & Master Planning, VAGLAHS 

will provide a Master Plan 2022 update, 

followed by a detailed Principal 

Developer update by the West Los 

Angeles Collective to include plans and 

vison for the Town Center. The Board 

will receive a briefing from the VA 

Office of Inspector General (OIG) on the 

results of the two OIG audit reports. 

Brentwood Schools and UCLA 

leaseholders have been invited to 

provide updates on their leases and 

contributions to date, for Veterans. The 

Board’s subcommittees on Outreach and 

Community Engagement with Services 

and Outcomes, and Master Plan with 

Services and Outcomes will provide an 

out brief to the full Board and update on 

draft recommendations to be considered 

for forwarding to the Secretary. 

Time will be allocated for receiving 

public comments on June 22, at 11:15 

a.m. PST. Public Individuals wishing to 

make public comments should contact 

Chihung Szeto at (562) 708–9959 or at 

Chihung.Szeto@va.gov and are 

requested to submit a 1–2-page 

summary of their comments for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

In the interest of time, each speaker will 

be held to 5-minute time limit. The 

Board will accept written comments 

from interested parties on issues 

outlined in the meeting agenda, from 

June 22 through June 29, 2022. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should contact 

Mr. Eugene W. Skinner, Jr. at (202) 631– 

7645 or at Eugene.Skinner@va.gov. 

Dated: May 22, 2022. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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