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1 oM <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: October 4, 2018 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of a Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) with the Florida <br />Department of Transportation (FDOT) for a 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 16, 2018. <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 funds, 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 />In 2016, FDOT awarded the County with a Service Development grant to expand GoLine service <br />hours on Saturdays. That grant provided $500,000 in funding over a two-year period. With those <br />funds, Saturday service hours were increased in December 2016 from six hours (9 am — 3 pm) to <br />nine hours (8 am — 5 pm). Due to the expansion of Saturday service hours, GoLine ridership on <br />Saturdays increased from 82,516 passengers in FY 2016 (before the expansion) to 103,446 <br />passengers in FY 2017 and 128,277 passengers in FY 2018. <br />At this time, FDOT is providing the County with $300,000 in additional funding to continue the <br />expanded Saturday hours for a third year. To receive the Service Development Grant funds, the <br />County must enter, into a Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) with FDOT, a copy of <br />which is attached to this staff report (Attachment #2). <br />C:\Users\lcgistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@900CA4E6\@BCL@900CA4E6.docx 118 <br />