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Exhibit A <br />INDIAN RWER COUNTYj FLOREDA —1<4— <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP;4--'ommuwty Development Director <br />V <br />THROUGH: Phil Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Directore-11 <br />FROM: Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner <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 (FOOT) 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 />FACommunity Development\UsasNMPO: Transit\Grants\BlockA2015.2019MI 5 port.docx <br />3 <br />AR&5� 5 <br />Page 19 P84 <br />