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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Phillip J. Matson, AICP; Community Development Director <br />Brian Freeman, AICP; MPO Staff Director <br />FROM: Jon Howard; Senior Transportation Planner <br />DATE: January 13, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of a Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) with the Florida <br />Department of Transportation (FDOT) for a Public Transportation Block Grant <br />It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board <br />of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of January 19, 2021. <br />DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br />Each year, Indian River County receives public transportation operating assistance through the <br />Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Public Transportation Block Grant program. The <br />FDOT Block Grant funds are combined with local funds as a match towards federal transit <br />operating assistance received under 49 USC Ch. 53, Section 5307 (also known as the Urbanized <br />Area Formula Grant program) and Section 5311 (also known as the Rural Area Formula Grant <br />program). These state and federal grant funds are passed through to the Senior Resource <br />Association (SRA), Indian River County's designated transit service provider. SRA operates the <br />GoLine (fixed -route) and the Community Coach (demand response) transit services. <br />For FY 2020/21, $597,199 has been allocated through the state Block Grant program to the <br />county. Because the Block Grant has a 50% match requirement, the county is required to provide <br />a local match of $597,199. As was the case in previous years, matching funds will come from the <br />County's normal transit allocation. Together, the Block Grant funds and local funds will be applied <br />as a local/state match towards $1,194,398 in federal operating assistance through the Section <br />5307 program ($1,117,042) and the Section 5311 program ($77,356). <br />Every dollar the county invests in transit operating costs brings a return of three additional dollars <br />in combined federal and state transit operating assistance. In this case, the county's investment <br />of $597,199 will result in $1,194,398 in federal and $597,199 in state transit operating assistance <br />(the combined federal/state amount is $1,791,597). <br />19 <br />