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ANALYSIS According to state regulations, the block grant funds may be used for eligible capital and operating costs of public transit providers. Projects are to be consistent with applicable approved local government comprehensive plans. For capital projects, State participation is limited to 50% of the nonfederal share. As with the FTA Section 9 program, only public agencies may be designated recipients of block grant funds, although a nonprofit provider may receive block grant funds through a designated recipient. Under these restrictions, the Indian River County Council on Aging' has requested that the Board of County Commissioners apply for the block grant funds on its behalf. Like the JPA for transit operations funding, the JPA for capital funding is an agreement between-FDOT and Indian River County, and specifies the requirements which the County must meet in order to receive Public Transit Block Grant funding. One of the most important of these requirements is that the County submit a Transit Development Plan to FDOT. The Indian River County MPO recently developed a Transit Development Plan for the entire MPO area, and submitted the plan to FDOT in September 1995, for use with this Public Transit Block Grant., By May 1996, the County must_.also publish in the newspaper the productivity and performance measures established for the transit system. The Council on Aging will provide these data along with other required reports of local transit service. There are also equal employment and disadvantaged business requirements in the JPA. While no formal plan is required of the County, the County is to ensure that disadvantaged persons and businesses are afforded the maximum opportunity 'to participate in employment or contracting. As the transit service provider, the Council on Aging has prepared plans to meet the equal employment and disadvantaged business requirements and submitted these plans to the Federal Transit Administration. The attached resolution authorizes ,the Chairman to sign the capital funding Joint Participation Agreement with;ZDOT. Upon the Board's approval of the JPA and adoption%,of the res9lution, County staff will transmit the JPA; to' FDOT. ' RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached Public Transportation Joint Participation Agreement and adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Chairman to sign the agreement. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously adopted Resolution No. 96-16 authorizing a Public Transportation Joint Participation Agreement with Florida Department of Transportation, as recommended in the memorandum. AGREEMENT ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD 34 January 23, 1996