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Exhibit A <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, Vp; <br />Cornmuruty, Development Director <br />THROUGH: Phil Matson; MPO Staff Director <br />FROM: Brian Freeman, A1CP; Senior Transportation Plainer (3 r <br />DATE: May 27, 2016 <br />ARE gla 44DI.sv <br />SUBJECT: Request for Approval to Enter into a Public Transportation Supplemental Joint. <br />Participation Agreement (SJPA) with the Florida Department of Transportation <br />(FDOT) to Continue Bus Service to the Indian River State College Main Campus <br />(Fort Pierce) <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 June 7, 2016. <br />DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br />For the past several years, the county has applied for and received transit operating assistance under <br />the Florida. Department of Transportation (FDOT) Corridor Grant program. These grant funds have <br />been passed through to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), Indian River County's transit service <br />provider. <br />FDOT Corridor Grant funds may be used for improving transit operations, such as realigning routes <br />or increasing coverage areas. On May 22, 2014, the county was approved for an FDOT Corridor <br />Grant which provided fundi.nQ for hourly intercount>- transit service to The Indian River State College <br />(IRSC) Main Campus in Fort Pierce. This service is provided through GoLine Route 15, which <br />connects with three other GoLine routes (Routes 6, 7; and 14) at the Oslo Plaza shopping center. <br />With a simple transfer; riders coming from the IRSC Mueller Campus; the Main Transit Hub, the <br />Indian River Mall, Vero Beach Highlands, and other locations may travel to the IRSC Main Campus <br />in Fort Pierce. <br />Through this grant, intercounty transit service to St.. Lucie County .is 100% funded by FDOT with no <br />local contribution. When the grant was initially approved in 2014, FDOT provided $206,006 in <br />F:\Communin' Development\(Jsers\) 4PO\Transit\Grants\Corridor\ExpressS PA #ll\U t staff repon.doax <br />ARE fto 3 Page 24 <br />P89 <br />