Okaloosa County BOCC — February 18, 2014 — 2014 Certs and Assurances — reading text

otherwise in writing. The following Certifications for the Bus and Bus Related Equipment and Facilities Grant Program (Discretionary) funding are required by former 49 U.S.C. 5309(c)(2), which applies the requirements of former 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1)(A), (B), (C), and (H) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year to this Program except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply. Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on behalf of your Applicant, you certify that:  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES 1. It has or will have the following to carry out its proposed Project(s), including the safety and security aspects of those Project(s): a. Legal capacity, b. Financial capacity, and c. Technical capacity, 2. It has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, 3. It will maintain its Project equipment and facilities adequately, and 4. It has complied or will comply with, and will require each Subrecipient to comply with, 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304. GROUP 15. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS PROGRAMS, PASSENGER FERRY GRANT PROGRAM, AND JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE (JARC) FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM. The Certifications in Group 15 are required for funding under: 15.A. The Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program financed with funds appropriated or made available for 49 U.S.C. 5307, as amended by MAP-21, which among other things, authorizes funding for Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Projects and Project Activities, 15.B. The Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program financed with funds appropriated or made available for former 49 U.S.C. 5307 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply, 15.C. The Passenger Ferry Grant Program financed with funds appropriated or made available for 49 U.S.C. 5307(h), as amended by MAP-21, and 15.D. The Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Formula Grant Program financed with funds appropriated or made available for former 49 U.S.C. 5316 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply. Before FTA may provide funding for your Applicant’s Project under any of the Programs listed above, in addition to other Certifications and Assurances you must select on its behalf, you must also select the Certifications in Group 15, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing. Your Applicant is ultimately responsible for compliance with the Certifications and Assurances selected on its behalf that apply to its Project, itself, any Subrecipient, or other Third Party Participant in its Project, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing. For this reason, we strongly encourage your Applicant to take appropriate measures, including, but not limited to, obtaining sufficient documentation from each Subrecipient and other Third Party Participants to assure the validity of the applicable Certifications and Assurances selected on behalf of your Applicant.  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES Any provision of the Certifications in Group 15 that does not apply will not be enforced. 15.A. Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program under MAP-21. If your Applicant seeks FTA funding for its Project under the Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program, 49 U.S.C. 5307, as amended by MAP-21, the Certifications in Group 15.A apply to your Applicant, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing. The following Certifications for the Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program funding appropriated or made available in FYs 2013 and 2014 are required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(c)(1). Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on behalf of your Applicant, you certify that: 1. It has or will have the following to carry out its proposed Project(s), including the safety and security aspects of the proposed Project(s): a. Legal capacity, b. Financial capacity, and c. Technical capacity, 2. It has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, 3. It will maintain its Project equipment and facilities adequately, 4. It will ensure that, during non-peak hours for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a Project financed under 49 U.S.C. 5307, the following individuals will be charged a fare not exceeding fifty (50) percent of the peak hour fare: a. Any senior, b. Any individual who, because of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other incapacity or temporary or permanent disability (including an individual who is a wheelchair user or has semi-ambulatory capability), cannot use a public transportation service or a public transportation facility effectively without special facilities, planning, or design, c. Any individual presenting a Medicare card issued to that individual under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), or d. Any individual presenting a Medicare card issued to that individual under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), 5. When carrying out a procurement under 49 U.S.C. 5307, it will comply with the: a. General Provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5323, and b. Third Party Contract Provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5325, 6. It has complied with or will comply with 49 U.S.C. 5307(b), because it: a. Has made or will make available to the public information on amounts of its funding available to it under 49 U.S.C. 5307, b. Has developed or will develop, in consultation with interested parties, including private transportation providers, a proposed Program of Projects for activities to be funded, c. Has published or will publish a Program of Projects in a way that affected  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES individuals, private transportation providers, and local elected officials will have an opportunity to examine and submit comments on the proposed Program of Projects and its performance as an Applicant or Recipient, d. Has provided or will provide an opportunity for a public hearing to obtain the views of individuals on the proposed Program of Projects, e. Has ensured or will ensure that the proposed Program of Projects provide for coordination of transportation services funded by FTA under 49 U.S.C. 5336 with transportation services supported by other United States Government sources, f. Has considered or will consider the comments and views received, especially those of private transportation providers, in preparing its final Program of Projects, and g. Has made or will make the final Program of Projects available to the public, 7. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d), it: a. Has or will have the amount of funds required for the local share, b. Will provide the local share funds from sources approved by FTA, and c. Will provide the local share funds when needed, 8. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(c)(1)(H), it will comply with: a. The Metropolitan Transportation Planning requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5303, and b. The Statewide and Nonmetropolitan Transportation Planning requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5304, 9. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(c)(1)(I), it has a locally developed process to solicit and consider public comment before: a. Raising a fare, or b. Implementing a major reduction of public transportation, 10. Each fiscal year: a. At least one (1) percent of the amount of the 49 U.S.C. 5307 funding apportioned to the urbanized area must be expended for public transportation security Projects as described in 49 U.S.C. 5307(c)(1)(J)(i) including: (1) Increased lighting in or adjacent to a public transportation system (including bus stops, subway stations, parking lots, and garages), (2) Increased camera surveillance of an area in or adjacent to that system, (3) Providing emergency telephone line or lines to contact law enforcement or security personnel in an area in or adjacent to that system, and (4) Any other Project intended to increase the security and safety of an existing or planned public transportation system, or b. The Designated Recipients in its urbanized area certify that such expenditures for transportation security Projects are not necessary (Information about the intentions of your Designated Recipients in your Applicant’s urbanized area must be recorded in the “Security” tab page of the TEAM-Web “Project Information” window when it submits its Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program application in TEAM-Web), 11. If it serves an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census: a. Each fiscal year, it will ensure that at least one (1) percent of the amount apportioned to the urbanized area is spent for Associated Transit Improvements,  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES as defined in 49 U.S.C. 5302(1), b. It will include in its quarterly report for the fourth quarter of the preceding Federal fiscal year: (1) A list of its Associated Transit Improvement Projects or Project Activities during that Federal fiscal year using those 49 U.S.C. 5307 funds, or (2) Sufficient information to demonstrate that the Designated Recipients in its urbanized area together have spent one (1) percent of the funding apportioned to the area for Associated Transit Improvement Projects or Project Activities, or have included the same information in a separate report attached in TEAM-Web, and c. The report of its Associated Transit Improvement Projects or Project Activities is or will be incorporated by reference and made part of its Certifications and Assurances, and 12. It will comply with the final Federal regulations, when issued, that implement the safety requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 5329(d). B. Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program before MAP-21 Became Effective. You must select the Certification in Group 15.B if your Applicant seeks funding under the Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program financed with funds appropriated or made available for former 49 U.S.C. 5307 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year. In administering this program, MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements supersede inconsistent former requirements. The following Certifications for the Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program are required by former 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply instead. Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on behalf of your Applicant, you certify that: 1. It has or will have the following to carry out its proposed Project(s), including the safety and security aspects of Project(s): a. Legal capacity, b. Financial capacity, and c. Technical capacity, 2. It has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, 3. It will maintain its Project equipment and facilities adequately, 4. It will ensure that for transportation using or involving a facility or equipment of a Project financed under former 49 U.S.C. 5307 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, the following individuals will be charged a fare not exceeding fifty (50) percent of the peak hour fare: a. Any elderly individual, b. Any handicapped individual, as described in 49 CFR part 27, c. Any individual