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span of six hours (9 am — 3 pm). The TDP recommends increasing Saturday service hours incrementally to 8 am — 6 pm. To receive the Service Development Grant funds, the County must enter into a Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) with FDOT, a copy of which is attached to this staff report (Attachment 42). As is the case with FDOT's Public Transportation Block Grant program, this grant has a 50% local match requirement. Because this grant is replacing a recently expired grant, matching funds are available in the County's normal transit allocation. Like the Block Grant, both the local contribution and the FDOT funds can be combined as a local/state match towards federal operating assistance through the federal Section 5307 program, which is the county's largest funding source for transit. ANALYSIS As with the FTA Section 5307 grant program, only public agencies may be designated recipients of Service Development Grant funds, although the funds may be passed through to a nonprofit provider. Under these restrictions, SRA has requested that the Board of County Commissioners apply for state Service Development Grant funds on its behalf. The attached Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) is an agreement between FDOT and Indian River County specifying the requirements which the County must meet in order to receive Service Development Grant funds. In this case, the funds are to be used to maintain existing levels of service while also expanding service hours on Saturdays. The attached resolution (Attachment #1) authorizes the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners to execute the JPA for Service Development Grant funds. Upon the Board's adoption of the resolution and the Chairman's execution of the JPA, County staff will transmit the JPA to FDOT. Once the JPA has been executed by FDOT, the funds will be transmitted to the County and passed along to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), the County's public transportation provider, so that the SRA can continue providing fixed route and demand -response transit service. The provision of such service is consistent with the findings of the MPO's adopted 10 -year Transit Development Plan and 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan. FUNDING Funding in the amount of $166,667 is budgeted and available in the General Fund/Community Transportation Coordinator account (Account Number 00111041-088230). These funds are part of the allocation given to the Senior Resource Association to provide transit service in the county. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached Public Transportation Joint Participation Agreement and adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Chairman to sign the agreement. F \Community Development\Users\MPO\Transit\Gran ts\Service Development\1617\bcc staff report.docx 2 87