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

presenting a Medicare card issued to that individual under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), or  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES 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 former 49 U.S.C. 5307 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, it will comply with the following provisions as amended by MAP-21: a. Competitive procurement (as defined or approved by FTA), as required by 49 U.S.C. 5325(a), b. The prohibition against exclusionary or discriminatory specifications in its procurements under 49 U.S.C. 5323(h), c. “Buy America” under 49 U.S.C. 5323(j), d. Applicable pre-award and post-delivery requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5323(m), e. Applicable railcar option restrictions of 49 U.S.C. 5325(e), and f. “Veterans Preference/Employment” under 49 U.S.C. 5325(k), 6. It will comply with other applicable requirements under 49 U.S.C. 5323 and 5325, 7. It: a. Has or will make available to the public information on amounts available to it under 49 U.S.C. 5307 and the Program of Projects it proposes to undertake, b. Will develop or has developed, in consultation with interested parties, including private transportation providers, a proposed Program of Projects for activities to be financed, c. Will publish or has published a proposed Program of Projects in a way that affected citizens, private transportation providers, and local elected officials have the opportunity to examine the proposed program and submit comments on the proposed program and the Applicant or Recipient’s performance, d. Will provide or has provided an opportunity for a public hearing in which to obtain the views of citizens on the proposed Program of Projects, e. Will ensure or has ensured that the proposed Program of Projects provides for the coordination of public transportation services assisted under 49 U.S.C. 5336 with transportation services assisted from other U.S. Government sources, f. Will consider or has considered comments and views received, especially those of private transportation providers, in preparing the final Program of Projects, and g. Will make or has made the final Program of Projects available to the public, 8. 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, 9. It has complied or will comply with, and will require each Subrecipient to comply with, 49 U.S.C. 5303, and 5304, 10. 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, 11. Each fiscal year: a. At least one (1) percent of the 49 U.S.C. 5307 funding apportioned to an urbanized area must be spent for public transportation security Projects (limited to capital Projects if it serves an urbanized area with a population of 200,000 or  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES more), 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) 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, or b. It will certify that such expenditures for transportation security Projects are not necessary (Information about its intentions 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), 12. If it serves an urbanized area with a population of at least 200,000 individuals: a. Each fiscal year, it will ensure that at least one (1) percent of the amount apportioned to the urbanized area is spent for Transit Enhancements, as defined in former 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(15), b. It will include in its quarterly report for the fourth quarter of the preceding Federal fiscal year: (1) A list of its Transit Enhancement Project Activities during that Federal fiscal year using those former 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 amount of funding that must be made available to them for Transit Enhancements or have included the same information in a separate report attached in TEAM-Web, and c. The report of its or the Designated Recipients’ Transit Enhancement Projects or Project Activities is or will be incorporated by reference and made part of its Certifications and Assurances, and 13. It will comply with the final Federal regulations, when issued, that implement the safety plan requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 5329(d). C. Passenger Ferry Grant Program. If your Applicant seeks FTA funding for its Project under the Passenger Ferry Grant Program, 49 U.S.C. 5307(h), the Certifications in Group 15.C apply to your Applicant, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing. The following Certifications for the Passenger Ferry Grant Program funding are required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(h) and (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,  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES 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(h), 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(h), 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. 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, 7. 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, 8. 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, and 9. . It will comply with the final Federal regulations, when issued, that implement the safety plan requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 5329(d). D. Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Formula Grant Program. If your Applicant seeks FTA funding for its Project under the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Formula Grant Program, former 49 U.S.C. 5316 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, the Certifications in Group 15.C apply to your Applicant, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing. 1. The following Certifications for the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Formula Grant Program are required by 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  FTA FISCAL YEAR 2014 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES that apply. Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on behalf of your Applicant, you certify that: a. It will make awards of JARC funding on a competitive basis following: (1) An areawide solicitation in cooperation with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization for applications for funding in compliance with former 49 U.S.C. 5316 if your Applicant receives funding under former 49 U.S.C. 5316(c)(1)(A), and (2) A statewide solicitation for applications for JARC funding in compliance with former 49 U.S.C. 5316 if your Applicant receives funding under former 49 U.S.C. 5316(c)(1)(B) or (C), b. Any allocations to Subrecipients of JARC funding authorized by former 49 U.S.C. 5316 will be distributed on a fair and equitable basis, c. As required by former 49 U.S.C. 5316: (1) The Projects it has selected or will select for former 49 U.S.C. 5316 funding must be derived from a public transit-human services transportation plan that has been: (a) Locally developed, and (b) Coordinated, and (2) That locally developed and coordinated plan was produced through a process that included: (a) Representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation providers, (b) Human service providers, and (c) Participation by the public, d. Before it transfers funds to a Project funded by former 49 U.S.C. 5336, that Project has been or will have been coordinated with private nonprofit providers of services as required under former 49 U.S.C. 5316(g)(2), e. Before using funds apportioned for Projects serving an area other than that for which funding was apportioned under former 49 U.S.C. 5316: (1) The State’s chief executive officer, or his or her designee, will have certified that all the JARC program objectives of former 49 U.S.C. 5316 are being met in the area from which the funding would be derived, and (2) If the State has a statewide program for meeting the JARC program objectives of former 49 U.S.C. 5316, the funds can be used for Projects anywhere in the State, and f. The requirements of former 49 U.S.C. 5307 will apply to the JARC Program, authorized by former 49 U.S.C. 5316, and 2. The following Certifications for the JARC 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. Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on its behalf, you certify that: a. It