Okaloosa County BOCC — May 4, 2013 — reading text

transportation plan was developed and approved through a process that included participation by: (a) Seniors, (b) Individuals with disabilities, (c) Representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) providers, (d) Representatives of public, private, and nonprofit human services providers, and (e) Other members of the public; and (3) To the maximum extent feasible, the services funded by 49 U.S.C. 5310, as amended by MAP-21, will be coordinated with transportation services funded by other Federal departments and agencies, including any transportation activities carried out by a recipient of a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, c. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5310(e)(2)(B), as amended by MAP-21, your Applicant certifies that if it allocates funds received under 49 U.S.C. 5310, as amended by MAP-21, to Subrecipients, it will have allocated those funds on a fair and equitable basis, d. Your Applicant will transfer a facility or equipment financed with funding made available or appropriated for a grant under 49 U.S.C. 5310, as amended by MAP-21, to any other recipient eligible to receive assistance under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, as amended by MAP-21, only if: (1) The recipient in possession of the facility or equipment consents to the transfer, and (2) The facility or equipment will continue to be used as required under 49 U.S.C. 5310, as amended by MAP-21, and e. The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5307, as amended by MAP-21, as determined by FTA, will apply to the Formula Grants for the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities, authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5310, as amended by MAP-21, and 2. FTA has determined certain requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5307, as amended by MAP-21, to be appropriate for which some require Certifications. Therefore, as specified under 49 U.S.C. 5307(c)(1), as amended by MAP-21, your Applicant certifies that: a. Your Applicant has or will have, and will require each Subrecipient to have, the: (1) Legal capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (2) Financial capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (3) Technical capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (4) Necessary capacity to carry out the safety aspects of its proposed Projects, and (5) Necessary capacity to carry out the security aspects of its proposed Projects, b. Your Applicant has or will have, and will require each Subrecipient to have, Packet Pg. 356  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, c. Your Applicant will maintain, and will require each Subrecipient to maintain its Project equipment and facilities adequately, d. When carrying out a procurement under the Formula Grants for the Enhanced Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, your Applicant will, and will require each Subrecipient to: (1) Comply with the general provisions for FTA programs of 49 U.S.C. 5323, as amended by MAP-21, and (2) Comply with the third party procurement requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5325, as amended by MAP-21, e. Your Applicant: (1) Has or will have and, as necessary, will require each Subrecipient to have the amount of funds required for the local share by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d), as amended by MAP-21, (2) Will provide and, as necessary, will require each Subrecipient to provide the local share funds from approved non-Federal sources, except as permitted by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d), as amended by MAP-21, and (3) Will provide and, as necessary, will require each Subrecipient to provide the local share funds when needed, f. Your Applicant has complied or will comply with, and will require each Subrecipient to comply with: (1) The Metropolitan Planning requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5303, as amended by MAP-21, and (2) The State Planning requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5304, as amended by MAP-21, and g. To the extent applicable, your Applicant will comply with, and require its Subrecipients to comply with the requirements for a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan provided by 49 U.S.C. 5329(d), as amended by MAP-21, to the extent FTA so requires. B. Formula Grants for the Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program. You must select the Certification in Group 16.B if your State Applicant seeks funding for its Formula Grants for the Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Project financed with funds made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5310 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year. In administering this program, MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements supersede inconsistent former requirements. 1. The following Certification for the Formula Grants for the Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program are required by former 49 U.S.C. 5310 in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, except as Packet Pg. 357  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply instead. Therefore, except as FTA determines otherwise in writing, on behalf of your State Applicant, you certify that: a. Each of your State Applicant’s Subrecipients is: (1) A private nonprofit organization, if the public transportation service that Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) would undertake public transportation capital projects planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities is: (a) Unavailable, (b) Insufficient, or (c) Inappropriate, (2) A State or local governmental authority that: (a) Is approved by a State to coordinate services for seniors and individuals with disabilities, or (b) Certifies that: 1 There are not any nonprofit organizations readily available in the area to provide public transportation capital projects planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities, and 2 When public transportation is: a Insufficient, b Inappropriate, or c Unavailable, b. The Projects your State Applicant has selected or will select for funding made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5310 are included in a public transit-human services transportation plan that has been: (1) Locally developed, and (2) Coordinated, c. That public transit-human services transportation plan was developed and approved through a process that included participation by: (1) Elderly Individuals, (2) Individuals with disabilities, (3) Representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation providers, (4) Representatives of human services providers, and (5) Other members of the public, d. To the maximum extent feasible, the services funded will be coordinated with transportation services funded by other Federal departments and agencies, including any transportation activities carried out by a recipient of a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, e. If your State Applicant allocates funds received under former 49 U.S.C. 5310 to Subrecipients, your State Applicant will have allocated those funds on a fair and equitable basis, f. The Program of Projects your State Applicant has submitted or will submit contains or will contain an assurance that the Program provides for the Packet Pg. 358  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES maximum feasible coordination of transportation services funded by former 49 U.S.C. 5310 with transportation services funded by other Government sources, and g. Your Applicant will comply with the requirements of former 49 U.S.C. 5307 that FTA determined will apply to the former Formula Grants for the Special Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program, 2. The following Certification for the Special Needs of Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities 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 State Applicant, you certify that: a. Your State Applicant and each of its Subrecipients have or will have the: (1) Legal capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (2) Financial capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (3) Technical capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, (4) Necessary capacity to carry out the safety aspects of its proposed Projects, and (5) Necessary capacity to carry out the security aspects of its proposed Projects, b. Your State Applicant and each Subrecipient has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, c. Your State Applicant and each of its Subrecipients will maintain its Project equipment and facilities adequately, d. When carrying out a procurement under 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 instead, your Applicant will, and will require each Subrecipient to, do the following: (1) Use competitive procurement (as defined or approved by FTA), as required by 49 U.S.C. 5325(a), (2) Not use exclusionary or discriminatory specifications in its procurements, as required by 49 U.S.C. 5323(h), (3) As provided by the MAP-21 cross-cutting requirement, “Buy America,” comply with 49 U.S.C. 5323(j), as amended by MAP-21, (4)