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CONSENT <br />1 <br />AGENDA <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director <br />Phillip J. Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Director <br />FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner <br />DATE: April 6, 2017 <br />SUBJECT: Contract with the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the <br />University of South Florida for Public Transportation Assistance <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 April 18, 2017. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />The Senior Resource Association (SRA) is Indian River County's Community Transportation <br />Coordinator (CTC) and public transportation operator. In this capacity, SRA operates the GoLine <br />fixed -route system and the Community Coach paratransit system. Indian River County is the <br />designated recipient for federal and state grant funding for public transportation within the county. <br />Both the State Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD) and the Federal Transit <br />Administration (FTA) require competitive procurement of third party contracts for operating and <br />maintaining public transportation. <br />For the role of Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC), which manages services for the <br />Transportation Disadvantaged (TD) within the county, the State Commission for the Transportation <br />Disadvantaged (CTD) requires a competitive selection process every five years. The CTC is <br />responsible for providing paratransit (door-to-door) transit trips, mostly for medical clientele, <br />through Community Coach. The deadline for the next CTC selection is June 30, 2018. <br />Every three years, the Federal Transit Administration conducts a thorough review of the County's <br />public transportation system. This is known as a triennial review. During the most recent triennial <br />review, which occurred during 2016, FTA determined that the County needed to engage in a more <br />detailed competitive procurement for the operation of its public transportation system (both GoLine <br />and Community Coach). Other than this finding, the review commended the County's operation of <br />the public transportation system. County staff has proposed, and FTA has concurred, that this <br />C:\Users\GRANIC—I \AppDataTocal\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 7\@BCL@4805918E\@BCL@4805918E.docx <br />P45 <br />