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Exhibit A <br /> CONSENT <br /> AGENDA <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br /> DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> Stan Boling, AICPie ommunity Development Director <br /> THROUGH: Phil Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Directorpl\ <br /> FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner r (-- <br /> DATE: October 9, 2014 <br /> SUBJECT: Request for the Board of County Commissioners to Enter into a Public <br /> Transportation Joint Participation Agreement (JPA) with the Florida <br /> Department of Transportation(Public Transportation Block Grant) <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 October 21, 2014. <br /> DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br /> For the past several years, Indian River County has applied for and received mass transit operating <br /> assistance through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)Public Transportation Block <br /> Grant program. Each year, the County combines Block Grant funds with local funds as a match <br /> towards federal transit operating assistance received under 49 USC Ch. 53, Section 5307 (also <br /> known as the Urbanized Area Formula Grant program)and Section 5311 (also known as the Rural <br /> Area Formula Grant program). These state and federal grant funds are passed through to the Senior <br /> Resource Association (SRA), Indian River County's designated transit service provider. SRA <br /> operates the GoLine(fixed-route) and the Community Coach (demand response)transit services. <br /> For FY 2014/15,$457,662 has been allocated through the state Block Grant program to the county. <br /> Because the Block Grant has a 50% match requirement, the county is required to provide a local <br /> match of$457,662.As was the case in previous years,matching funds will come from the County's <br /> normal transit allocation. Together, the Block Grant funds and local funds will be applied as a <br /> local/state match towards$915,324 in federal operating assistance through the Section 5307 program <br /> ($843,381)and the Section 5311 program($71,943).As a result,the county will receive$1,372,986 <br /> in combined federal and state transit operating assistance. <br /> f%Community DevelopmeaPUsers\MPONTrensit\Groots1Bluck‘2015-2019,201 5 staff report clocx <br /> AR 51(7 3(5 <br /> Page 19 <br />