It's been a year-long process -- and for RTD, they say they're awaiting $62 million in funds.
RTA says the intent of Senate Bill 125, which was supposed to distribute the funds, was to provide much-needed financial assistance to existing transit agencies that operate transit in revenue service, helping them overcome their fiscal operating and capital challenges.
Though it wasn't on the agenda at Thursday's SJCOG meeting, Clifford still advocated for RTD.
According to Clifford, a local tax measure gives them access to $19 million along with SB 125, which would give them $43 million, for that grand total of $62 million, which he said is just sitting in the bank.
"I've been a bus rider," Mayor Fugazi said. "I have students that ride RTD. I support RTD. But we also have to be fiscally responsible and if you're asking us to do something that does not follow the law, we can't do that."
Mayor Fugazi also says she wants this to be transparent to the public -- and so does Clifford. However, at this point, Clifford says they've exhausted all their alternatives.
"Monday, I have to call the attorneys and tell them to start writing the lawsuit and get ready to file it. I have no choice," Clifford said.
"The money is not gone," Mayor Fugazi said. "It is still there. It's still available, it just needs to follow the rules and meet the criteria. Once it does that, this board will happily approve it. But until such time, that ship has sailed on the last submission."
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