Exhibit 4 - CapitalEdge OverviewExhibit 4
CapitalEdge, LLC
2018-2020 Overview
Formula Grants
The 2011 budget agreement imposed tight discretionary spending caps that led to major cuts in
most for local government grant programs. The City fought hard to reverse those cuts even as
the President’s budget repeatedly call for further cuts, consolidation of some programs into state
block grants, or the elimination of some programs.
CDBG
FY 2017 .......................$899,772
FY 2018 .......................$991,386
FY 2019 .......................$993,188
FY 2020 .......................$1,051,794
HOME
FY 2017 .......................$349,516
FY 2018 .......................$491,381
FY 2019 .......................$456,752
FY 2020 .......................$505,955
UASI (metro area)
FY 2017 .......................$14,802,200
FY 2018 .......................$14,800,000
FY 2019 .......................$16,900,000
FY 2020 .......................$16,900,000
Byrne JAG
FY 2017 .......................$25,004
FY 2018 .......................$24,761
FY2019 ........................$25,574
FY 2020 .......................$26,329
Transportation
Surface Transportation Program / Surface Transportation Block Grant
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 created the Surface Transportation
Block Grant’s (STBG) predecessor program, the Surface Transportation Program, and set the
share of program funding sub-allocated to metropolitan planning organizations at 62.5 percent.
• The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 2012 (MAP-21) decreased the
local share of STP funds to 50 percent.
Exhibit 4
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act) changed the name of the
program to STBG, grew the STBG program, and incrementally increased the local share from 50
percent in FY 2015 to 55 percent in FY 2020.
In addition, as part of a bipartisan agreement to infuse additional funding into infrastructure in
FY 2018 and FY 2019, Congress appropriated additional funds for federal-aid highways.
• As a result of local government advocacy, including Denton, those additional highway
funds were allocated via STBG, including sub-allocation to metropolitan planning
organizations.
The cumulative result of these policies was a 49 percent increase in STBG funding to the Denton-
Lewisville Urbanized Area.
The House-passed surface transportation reauthorization bill (HR 2) would increase the MPO
share of STBG to 60 percent; CapitalEdge advocated strongly for this increase and for other local
friendly policies in the bill, such as an increase in funding for the Transportation Alternatives
Program.
$6,412,181
$6,657,944 $7,467,270
$9,053,414
$7,639,535
$1,413,879
$9,574,083
$7,653,571
$1,920,512
$8,896,270
$8,314,880
$581,390
$0
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
FY 2015FY 2016FY 2017FY 2018
Total
FY 2018
Base
FY 2018
Extra
FY 2019
Total
FY 2019
Base
FY 2019
Extra
FY 2020
Total
FY 2020
Base
FY 2020
Extra
Denton-Lewisville Urbanized Area STBG Allocations
Exhibit 4
Contract Tower Program
The City’s delegation has become strong supporters of the Contract Tower Program and oppose
FAA proposals to cut back or eliminate the program. It would cost the City over $1 million
annually to staff the tower in the absence of the Contract Tower Program.
CARES Act
The City advocated for funding to local governments and their partners to address the public
health, fiscal, and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act provided over $2.2
trillion in relief funding, including supplemental funding for a wide array of programs, including
CDBG, HOME, ESG, and Byrne JAG.
Although the CARES Act $150 billion fiscal relief program was limited to states and to cities and
counties with a population over 500,000, the City’s efforts were critical to ensuring that the
County submitted all necessary paperwork to the Treasury Department and to ensuring the
County shared a portion with the City.
CARES Act funding allocated directly to the City includes:
CDBG ..........................$618,736
Byrne JAG ...................$82,398
In addition, as a result of being fully informed about the CARES Act, the City was able to make
sure its local partners were aware of CARES Act funding opportunities.
Lake Lewisville
BLM Mineral Lease
The City and its local partners successfully opposed a BLM proposal to lease mineral rights at
Laker Lewisville.
Lewisville Dam
The City worked with the Corps of Engineers and its congressional delegation for a $55 million of
emergency supplemental funding to reconstruction of Lewisville Dam, accelerating work on the
project.
Subsequently, the City successfully opposed the reallocation of funding for reconstruction of the
dam to other projects.