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The Agency shall require the independent auditor, retained to perform the audit as required by the <br /> Single Audit Act of 1984, to specifically test and certify that these limitations (...funds shall not <br /> exceed local revenue...funds shall not be expended for depreciation or amortization of capital <br /> assets—funds shall not supplant-local tax revenues made available for operations in the previous <br /> year) of the block grant program as delineated in Chapter 341.052 F.S., have been adhered to. <br /> The Agency shall provide the Department with two (2) copies of its most current adopted budget <br /> together with two (2) copies of the Section 15 report at the same time the Section 15 report is <br /> submitted to the Federal Transit Administration or by March 1, whichever is earlier. Unless the <br /> adopted budget uses a format consistent with the Section 15 report, the copy provided to the <br /> Department will indicate how the projections for total local revenue, local tax revenue made <br /> available for operations, and depreciation and amortization costs, as they will appear in the Section <br /> 15 report, can be identified. <br /> The Agency shall publish in the local newspaper of its area, in the format prescribed by the <br /> Department, the productivity and performance measures established for the transit providers most <br /> recently completed fiscal year and the prior fiscal year. This report shall be approved by the <br /> Department of Transportation prior to its publication. This report shall be submitted to the <br /> Department no later than March 15 each year, and published either by May 1, or no later than <br /> twenty eight (28) calendar days of the Department's written approval of the report. The Agency <br /> shall furnish an affidavit of publication to the Department within twenty eight(28) calendar days of <br /> publication. <br /> The Agency shall submit a Transit Development Plan (TDP)to the Department by July 1 eachY ear. <br /> A TDP shall comply with the following elements at a minimum. <br /> 1. The TDP shall identify and list community goals and policies with respect to transportation <br /> and land use in general and specifically to transit service. <br /> 2. The TDP shall identify and quantify the community's need for transit service using <br /> demographic, socioeconomic, land use, transportation, and transit date as appropriate. <br /> There shall be an opportunity for the public to express the need for transit service <br /> improvements, such as but not limited to, Citizens Advisory Committees and workshops. <br /> 3. The TDP shall include an analysis of the service currently provided in the community by <br /> public and private transit service providers in terms of quality and quantity of service. The <br /> TDP shall present an analysis of any variation between the need identified and the service <br /> provided and present alternative methods of.addressing any deficiencies (and the costs and <br /> benefits of.each.) The process for selecting an alternative method implementation shall <br /> include an opportunity for public participation. <br /> Ian wry 3,20W <br />