Okaloosa County BOCC — September 16, 2014 — FDOT Block grant FY15 — reading text

available for operations in the year immediately preceding this agreement. State participation in eligible public transit operating costs may not exceed fifty (50) percent of such costs or an amount equal to the total revenue, excluding farebox, charter, and advertising revenue and federal funds, received by the provider for operating costs, whichever amount is less. The Agency shall require the independent auditor, retained to perform the audit as required by the Single Audit Act of 1984, to specifically test and certify that these limitations (...funds shall not exceed local revenue...funds shall not be expended for depreciation or amortization of capital assets...funds shall not supplant local tax revenues made available for operations in the previous year) of the block grant program as delineated in Chapter 341.052 F.S., have been adhered to. The Agency shall provide the Department with two (2) copies of its most current adopted budget by March 1. Unless the adopted budget uses a format consistent with the National Transit Database (NTD) report, the copy provided to the Department will indicate how the projections for total local revenue, local tax revenue made available for operations, and depreciation and amortization costs, as they will appear in the NTD report, can be identified. The Agency shall publish in the local newspaper of its area, in the format prescribed by the Department, the productivity and performance measures established for the transit providers most recently completed fiscal year and the prior fiscal year. This report shall be approved by the Department of Transportation prior to its publication. This report shall be submitted to the Department no later than November 15 of each year, and published either by December 31 or no later than twenty eight (28) calendar days of the Department's written approval of the report. The Agency shall furnish an affidavit of publication to the Department within twenty eight (28) calendar days of publication. The Agency shall submit a Transit Development Plan (TDP) or annual update to the Department by September 1 of each year. As a separate part of the transit development plan or annual report, the Agency will address potential enhancements to productivity and performance which would have the effect of increasing farebox ratio pursuant to FS 341.071 (2). A TDP shall conform to the requirements in Rule 14-73, available at: http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter14.pdf. Safety Requirements Bus Transit System - In accordance with Florida Statute 341.061, and Rule 14-90, Florida Administrative Code, the Agency shall submit, and the Department shall have on file, an annual safety certification that the Agency has adopted and is complying with its adopted System Safety and Security Program Plan pursuant to Rule Chapter 14-90 and has performed annual safety inspections of all buses operated. 728-030-406 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION . OGC - 04/14 Exhibit D Exhibit D FEDERAL and/or STATE resources awarded to the recipient pursuant to this agreement should be fisted below. If the resources awarded to the recipient represent more than one Federal or State program, provide the same information for each program and the total resources awarded. Compliance Requirements applicable to each Federal or State program should also be listed below. If the resources awarded to the recipient represent more than one program, list applicable compliance requirements for each program in the same manner as shown here: @ (e.g., What services or purposes the resources must be used for) e@ (e.g., Eligibility requirements for recipients of the resources) @ (Etc...) NOTE: Instead of listing the specific compliance requirements as shown above, the State awarding agency may elect to use language that requires the recipient to comply with the requirements of applicable provisions of specific laws, rules, regulations, etc. The State awarding agency, if practical, may want to attach a copy of the specific law, rule, or regulation referred to. FEDERAL RESOURCES Federal Agency Catal er: mestic Assistance (Number & Titl Amount C ance Requi t 1, 2. 3. STATE RESOURCES State Agency Sf inanci is Ti Amount FDOT 56.010 - Public Transit Block Grant Program $440,269 lian uire 1. See attachment 2. See exhibit C 3. tehin SOI s fo! Federal Agency atalog of | ic Assi i Amount NOTE: Section .400(d) of OMB Circular A-133, as revised, and Section 215.97(5}(a), Florida Statutes, require that the information about Federal Programs and State Projects included in this exhibit be provided to the recipient. ATTACHMENT 1 Program Objectives: Program Procedures: Compliance Requirement: Activities Allowed: Allowable Costs: The Public Transit Block Grant Program was enacted by the Florida Legislature to provide a stable source of funding for pubfic transit. Block grant funds are to be used for eligible capital and operating costs of public transportation providers and transit service development and transit corridor projects. (FDOT Procedure Topic Number 725-030-030-f) Public Transit Block Grant Program funds are to be awarded to those public transit providers eligible to receive funding from the Federal Transit Administrationés Section 5307 and 5311 programs and to Community Transportation Coordinators (CTC). A CTC Is 2 transportation entity so designated by the Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD) as provided for in Chapter 427, Florida Statutes, to serve the transportation disadvantaged population within a designated service area. The FDOT will distribute 85 percent of the funds to Section 5307 providers and te Section 5311 providers who are not CTC as defined in this procedure. The CTD will distribute 15 percent of the funds to CTCs according to their own procedures. (FDOT Procedure Topic Number 725-030-030-f, Section 1.4) Federal Transit Administrationés Section 5307 Program funds may be granted to public agencies in urbanized areas with a population of 50,000 or more. Such an agency becomes eligible to receive block grant funds when the annual element of its Transportation Improvement Program contains a block grant project. (FDOT Procedure Topic Number 725-030-030-f) Federal Transit Administrationés Section 5311 Program funds may be granted for the purpose of providing public transportation outside the urbanized area. (FDOT Procedure Topic Number 725-030-030-f) In developing audit procedures to test compliance with the requirements for a state project, the auditor should first look to Part Two, Matrix of Compliance Requirements, to identify which of the 10 types of compliance requirements described in Part Three of the Compliance Supplement are applicable and then iook to Parts Three and Four for the details of the requirements. Block grant funds may be used for eligible capital and operating costs of public transit providers. Funds may also be used for transit service development and transit corridor projects. Projects shali be consistent with applicable approved local government comprehensive plans. Local tax revenue made available for operating costs shall not be supplanted by block grant funds. (FDOT Procedure Topic Number 725-030-030-f, Section 1.2 and 1,3) All projects must be consistent, to the maximum extent feasible, with the approved lacal government comprehensive plans of the units of local government in which the project is located.(Section 341.052(2),(c), Florida Statutes) If an audit reveals that an eligible provider expended block grant funds on unauthorized uses, the provider must repay to FOOT an amount equal to funds expended for unauthorized uses. (Section 341.052(7),{c), Florida Statutes) Cost for which public transit block grant program funds may be expended inciude:- 1) Cost of public bus transit and local public fixed guideway capital projects. 2)-Costs of public bus transit service development and transit corridor projects. Whenever block grant funds are used for a service development project or a transit corridor project, the use of such funds Is governed by Section 341.051, Florida Statutes. Local transit service devetopment projects and transit corridor prajects currently operating under contract with FROT shall continue to receive state funds according to the contract until such time as the contract expires. Transit corridor projects, wholly within one county, meeting or exceeding performance criteria as described in the contract shail be continued by the transit provider at the same or higher level of service until such time as FDOT, the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the service provider agree to discontinue the service. The provider may not increase fare for service in transit corridor projects wholly within one county without the consent of FDOT, 3) Cost of public bus transit operations. {Section 341.052(2), Florida Statutes)