The California High-Speed Rail Authority application package for station area planning funds was released Summer 2011. This document was created to assist local agencies with submitting an application for funding a station area planning effort, focused on the area around the anticipated high-speed rail station within selected jurisdictions. Funding is available from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and from the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century (Prop. 1A). The California High-Speed Rail Authority is responsible for the ARRA funding as well as the Prop. 1A funding.