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County Administrator's Report 13. 9.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Budget & Finance Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund - Joy D. Blackmon, P.E., Public Works Department Director
That the Board take the following action regarding the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund:
A. Approve, adopt and authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution authorizing the execution of a Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund Grant Agreement with the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, which authorizes the County Administrator or Assistant County Administrator to be named as the Board's Registered Agents in Florida, and authorize the County Administrator or Assistant County Administrator to execute the Grant Agreement on behalf of the Board;
B. Approve and authorize the County Administrator to sign the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip & Equipment Grant Application Form;
C. Approve and authorize the County Administrator to sign the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement; and
D. Approve and authorize the County Administrator to sign the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip & Equipment Grant Standard Assurances.
[Funding: The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged provides funding for the CTC, available in Fund 104, "Mass Transit".
The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged is expected to provide 90% of the funding, in the amount of $589,116, towards the total expected cost of $654,573. This Grant requires a 10% match. This amount, $65,457.30, is partially funded through Voluntary Dollar Contributions, fare box proceeds, and monetary value of in-kind match, as outlined in the Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement.] |
| BACKGROUND: |
Meeting in regular session on April 29, 2014, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved and authorized the Chairman to sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged, allowing the BOCC to become the Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) for Escambia County.
The attached Resolution states that the Board has the authority to enter into the Grant Agreement, and authorizes the County Administrator or Assistant County Administrator to act as the Board's Registered Agents in Florida, to sign any and all assurances, warranties, certifications and any other documents which may be required in connection with the agreement or subsequent agreements, including but not limited to the Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement. The Mass Transit Director is authorized to sign the reimbursement agreements.
The purpose of the attached Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement is to provide non-sponsored transportation trips and/or capital equipment to the non-sponsored, transportation-disadvantaged in accordance with the Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund in Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, Rule 41-2, Florida Administrative Code, Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged policies, the Program Manual for the Trip & Equipment Grant for non-sponsored trips and/or capital equipment as revised on April 2, 2014, and as further described in this Agreement and in Exhibits A, B, and C attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, hereinafter called the Project; and, for the Commission to provide non-sponsored financial assistance to the Grantee and state the terms and conditions upon which such non-sponsored trips will be provided and the understanding as to the manner in which the Project will be undertaken and completed.
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| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged provides funding for the CTC, available in Fund 104, "Mass Transit".
The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged is expected to provide 90% of the funding, in the amount of $589,116 towards the total expected cost of $654,573. This grant requires a 10% match. This amount, $65,457.30, is partially funded through Voluntary Dollar Contributions, fare box proceeds, and monetary value of in-kind match, as outlined in the Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement. |
| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
| Kristin Hual, Assistant County Attorney, has reviewed and signed the Resolution, the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip and Equipment Grant Agreement, the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip and Equipment Grant Standard Assurances, and the Transportation Disadvantaged Trip and Equipment Grant Application Form.
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| PERSONNEL: |
| N/A |
| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
| N/A |
| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
| Upon approval of this recommendation, the Chairman will sign the Resolution, and the County Administrator or Assistant County Administrator will sign and execute the Trip & Equipment Grant Agreement. Traffic and Transportation Operations staff will act as liaison between the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged and as contact person for the BOCC and Escambia County transportation-disadvantaged clients/riders.
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