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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: June 7, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: Approval of a Scope of Services with the Center for Transportation Research for <br />the 2023 Transit Development Plan (TDP) Major Update <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 21, 2022. <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. <br />Providing over $600,000 annually, the Block Grant program is one of the more significant sources <br />of funding assistance for the County's public transportation system. <br />In order to qualify for state Public Transportation Block Grant funds, agencies in the state of <br />Florida must adopt a Transit Development Plan major update every five years. Indian River <br />County's next TDP major update is scheduled to be submitted to FDOT by September 1, 2023. To <br />meet that deadline, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has included a TDP major <br />update task in its Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). As indicated in the UPWP, consultant <br />services will be used to assist in the development of the major update. The Center for Urban <br />Transportation Research (CUTR) has been selected to perform the major update. Based out of the <br />University of South Florida, CUTR has previously prepared TDP major updates for Indian River <br />County in 2008 and 2013. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The scope of services for the development of the Transit Development Plan major update contains <br />tasks to identify and evaluate existing transit services and resources, determine short range transit <br />and mobility needs, formulate transit goals and accompanying objectives, identify transit <br />alternatives, select preferred alternatives, and develop an implementation plan. As structured, the <br />scope of services directs the consultant to consider policy initiatives, funding constraints, the <br />C:\Granicus\Legistar5\L5\Temp\961e8f9f-3a9c-46b-Mb-bb9lVfl318b.docx 217 <br />