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Good Morning - please see joint comments below: <br />General: <br />1. Financials: the application amount (8973,815) does not match the Governors <br />Apportionment ($973,816) <br />2. Application Title: please add the proposed activities (re. operating & capital) and <br />transit agency name. <br />3. Pre -award authority: was selected, FYI - the pre -award authority effective date of 1/ <br />20/20 for ARP, no expenses can occur prior to this date <br />4. Period of Performance/Application End Date: should be set to the next March 30 a <br />minimum of 5 years beyond the latest milestone date in the application. The latest <br />milestone appears to be 3/1/24, making the period of performance end date 3/30/29. <br />Please note that if the milestone dates change, the period of performance may also <br />need to be adjusted accordingly and for ARP, all funds must be disbursed by 9/30/29. <br />5. <br />Part 2 Application: <br />1. Project Title: please also describe project activities (i.e. capital & operating) <br />2. Executive Summary. <br />a. Please see financial comment. If any adjustments to budget are made, please also <br />make them here. <br />b. The dates described in the executive summary (10/1/22) do not match the ALI <br />milestones, for example, the capital activities have a milestone ending on 3/1/24. It is <br />not necessary to include such dates in the executive summary. <br />c. Please also briefly describe proposed capital activities. <br />d. Please add the 5 OMB executive summary requirements, which FTA is incorporating <br />into all applications. Please also keep these 5 topics together and provide a concise, <br />plain language description for each: 1) Purpose of Award, 2) Activities to be Performed, <br />Comment 3) Expected Outcomes, 4) Intended Beneficiaries, & 5) subrecipient activities if <br />applicable. More information may be found here: hffps://wtAv.transit.dot.gov/sites/ <br />fta.dot.gov/files/2021-08/Sample-Executive-Summaries-for-ARP-Grants-8-20-21. pdf <br />e. ALI 11.42.01 would be considered a capital project that triggers certification <br />requirements. Please confirm whether or not your agency has furlough any employees, <br />including any subrecipients and/or contractors of public transportation. If any applicable <br />furloughs have occurred, capital expenses would be ineligible. If no furloughs are <br />confirmed, please add the following statement The Recipient certifies that it, and its <br />subrecipients and contractors that are providers of public transportation, have not <br />furloughed any employees since March 27, 2020 (the enactment date of the CARES <br />Act) . <br />f. It is not clear what Insurance Statement: insurance is not applicable for this project. <br />should this be deleted? <br />g. Please replace the TIP/STIP paragraph with the exact statement from the ARP <br />toolkit: Per ARP, the project(s) in this application is/are not required to be programmed <br />in the Long -Range Transportation Plan, Statewide Transportation Plan, or Statewide <br />Transportation Improvement Program. <br />h. A public hearing is not required for projects that do not involve a substantial change <br />to the function, location, or capacity of an asset. Please clarify whether or not this <br />project will result in any substantial changes to function, location or capacity. <br />Part 3 Project Information: <br />1. Project Description: <br />a. Please add the funding type (i.e. ARP 5307), amount, and brief description of capital <br />and operating activities proposed. <br />2 Project Location (Urbanized Areas) <br />a. Please also add UZA Code 120000, Area Name Florida. <br />3. Program Plan Information <br />i. Please confirm whether not this project will result in any substantial changes to <br />142 <br />