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D. Request for Authorization to Execute Joint Participation reement w The Board reviewed memo from the Community Development Director, as follows: TO: James Chandler County Administrator FROM: Robert M. Keating, AICP & K Community Development Director DATE: June 2, 1989 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE JOINT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH FDOT It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of June 13, 1989. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS Recently, the planning department was 'contacted by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and informed that the county was eligible to apply for a portion of a $50,000 allocation that the District 4 office has received in the form of a Transportation Planning Grant. Since these funds are available .only to urban areas below 50,000 in population, Indian River and Martin are the only counties in District 4 eligible to receive the funds. Therefore, the county can expect to receive $25,000 if :it chooses to apply for the money. This money would be available to the county as a grant with no match required. Because of FDOT's budgetary constraints, a joint participation :agreement between the county and FDOT will need to be executed prior to June 30, 1989 in order for the funds to be available. If the Commission authorizes the chairman to execute such an agreement on the condition that the agreement is acceptable to the county attorney's office, then the timeframe should not be a problem. According to FDOT, the grant funds are to be used to address critical traffic circulation problems. In its correspondence to the planning department, FDOT identified several possible uses for the available funds. Based upon this list and discussions with FDOT staff, the planning and public works departments agreed on a general project scope for the funds. The staff proposes to use the funds to purchase computer equipment, a plotter, and permanent traffic count equipment. While the computer equipment would facilitate use of the transportation planning software currently being used by the planning department, the plotter would provide staff with the ability to plot the maps produced by the software. As for the permanent traffic count equipment, this would provide more and better data to both the county and FDOT on total volumes and seasonal variations. 13 BOOB JUN 1 1989