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YC <br /> AGENDACONSENT <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br /> IWAW <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br /> M <br /> T HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> _,, P 41- �e_4-4�-,"f - <br /> >ng, AICP; mmunity evelopment Director <br /> THROUGH: Phil Matson,AICP; MPO Staff Director <br /> FROM: Brian Freeman,AICP; Senior Transportation Planner r3-r <br /> DATE: May 3, 2013 <br /> SUBJECT: Request for the Board of County Commissioners to Enter into a Public <br /> Transportation Supplemental Joint Participation Agreement (SJPA)with the <br /> Florida Department of Transportation for Transit Funding <br /> It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of <br /> County Commissioners at its regular meeting of May 14, 2013. <br /> DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br /> For the past several years,Indian River County has applied for and received mass transit operating <br /> assistance from the Florida Department of Transportation(FDOT). Those FDOT funds, combined <br /> with local funds, serve as the required match towards federal transit operating assistance received <br /> under 49 USC Ch.53,Section 5307(also known as the Urbanized Area Formula Grant program)and <br /> Section 5311 (also known as the Nonurbanized Area Formula Grant program). Those state and <br /> federal grant funds are passed through to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), Indian River <br /> County's designated transit service provider. SRA operates the GoLine (fixed-route) and the <br /> Community Coach (demand response) transit services. <br /> In FY 2011/12,FDOT allocated$900,000 to the County in the form of a new Service Development <br /> grant.A requirement of the Service Development program is that a portion of the grant must be used <br /> to fund a service improvement,while the remainder can be applied towards existing service.In this <br /> case,MPO staff coordinated with SRA staff to perform an analysis of possible service improvements <br /> as well as potential efficiency improvements that could be made to existing routes.As a result of that <br /> analysis,Saturday transit service was expanded from 5 routes to 12 routes.In addition,transit service <br /> was increased to full-day service on all holidays except New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and <br /> Christmas. Through March 31, 2013, $230,683 of the grant has been expended. <br /> FACommunity Development\Users\MPO\Transit\Grants\Service Development\Saturday ExpansionWPA#1\bee staff report.doc 1 <br /> 20 <br />