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CONSENT AGENDA INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: JA 1 Stan Boling, A , Community Development Director THROUGH: Phil Matson, £''' P; MPO Staff Director4‘n FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner a DATE: October 10, 2014 SUBJECT: Request for the Board of County Commissioners to Enter into a Public Transportation Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) with the Florida Department of Transportation (Formula Grants for Rural Areas) It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of October 21, 2014. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS For the past several years, the County has applied for and received transit operating assistance under 49 USC Ch. 53, Section 5311 (also known as the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program) through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). These grant funds have been passed through to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), Indian River County's designated transit service provider. According to federal regulations, Formula Grants for Rural Areas funds may be used to provide transit service to rural or small urban areas. Such transit service includes fixed route service (GoLine) and demand -response service (Community Coach). For FY 2014/15, $71,943 in Section 5311 funds is allocated to the county. In this case, the grant has a 50% nonfederal match requirement for operating assistance. Matching funds will consist of $35,971.50 from the state Public Transportation Block Grant and $35,971.50 from the County's normal transit allocation. No additional local funds are necessary. While Section 5311 funds are federal grant funds, FDOT administers the Section 5311 program within the state of Florida. In order to receive these funds, the BCC must enter into a Joint F:\Community Development\Users\MPO\Transit\Grants\5311\1415\jpa staff report.docx 1 48