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Exhibit A <br /> CONSENT <br /> AGENDA <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Jason Brown; County Administrator <br /> DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> Stan Boling, AICP; Semmunity Development Director <br /> THROUGH: Phil Matson,AICP; MPO Staff Director(rail\ <br /> FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner <br /> DATE: September 23, 2016 <br /> SUBJECT: Request for Approval to Enter into a Public Transportation Joint Participation <br /> Agreement (JPA) with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for a <br /> Service Development 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 4, 2016. <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 fiinds, 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). <br /> Those local, state and federal funds are then passed through to the Senior Resource Association <br /> (SRA), Indian River County's designated transit service provider. SRA operates the GoLine(fixed <br /> route) and the Community Coach (demand response)transit services. <br /> Recently,a Service Development grant to the county expired.That grant was used to expand service <br /> on Saturdays and during evening hours on weekdays. In place of the recently expired grant,FDOT <br /> has awarded a new Service Development grant in the amount of$500,000 over a three-year period, <br /> beginning in FY 2016/17. <br /> While the new MOT funding can be applied towards existing service,a portion of it must be used to <br /> fund a service improvement. In this case,service hours will be expanded on Saturdays, which is a <br /> recommendation of the Transit Development Plan(TDP).Currently,Saturday service is limited to a <br /> F Communtiy Devclopmenr,UsersMPO',I ransinGrants•Service Development116 I 7thcc staff report duo; <br /> b1)C790 114 Page 9 <br />