Okaloosa County BOCC — May 4, 2013 — reading text

MAP-21.)  Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas Project financed with funding made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year,  Separate Certifications and Assurances have been established in Group 18 for an Indian tribe that is an Applicant for “Tribal Transit” Project financed with funding made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5311(c)(1) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year.  Appalachian Development Public Transportation Assistance Project financed with funding made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5311(c)(2), as amended by MAP-21, or  Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Project financed with funding made available or appropriated for section 3038 of TEA-21, as amended by section 3039 of SAFETEA- LU, 49 U.S.C. 5310 note. In administering these programs, MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements supersede inconsistent former requirements. These four programs have or are likely to have funding available during FY 2013. Accordingly, if your Applicant seeks funding made available or authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5311 or former section 3038 of TEA-21, you should provide these Certifications in Group 17, on behalf of your Applicant, to assure that FTA can select the type of funding it considers most suitable. Packet Pg. 363  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES Before FTA may provide funding made available or appropriated for any of these Projects, on behalf of your Applicant, you must have selected the Certifications in Group 17 and other Certifications and Assurances listed previously that are required for the funding your Applicant seeks. Any provision of the Certifications and Assurances in Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) Group 17 that does not apply will not be enforced. A. Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program. You must select the Certification in Group 17.A if your Applicant seeks funding for its Formula Grants for Rural Areas Project financed with funds made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5311(b), as amended by MAP-21. The following Certification applies to each State or State organization serving as your Applicant for funding made available or appropriated for the Rural Areas Formula Project authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5311(b), as amended by MAP-21. On behalf of your Applicant, you certify and assure that: 1. Your Applicant has or will have the: a. Legal capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, b. Financial capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, c. Technical capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, d. Necessary capacity to carry out the safety aspects of its proposed Projects, and e. Necessary capacity to carry out the security aspects of its proposed Projects, 2. Your Applicant has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, 3. Your Applicant’s Project equipment and facilities will be adequately maintained, 4. Your Applicant’s program has provided for a fair distribution of Federal funding made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5311(b), as amended by MAP-21 within the State, including Indian reservations, 5. Your Applicant’s program provides or will provide the maximum feasible coordination of public transportation service funded by 49 U.S.C. 5311(b), as amended by MAP-21, with transportation service funded by other Federal sources, 6. Your Applicant’s Projects in its Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program are included in: a. The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, and b. To the extent applicable, a Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program, 7. Your Applicant has or will have the amount of funds required for the local share, as required by 49 U.S.C. 5311(g), as amended by MAP-21, and a. Will provide the local share funds from approved non-Federal sources except as permitted by Federal law, and b. Will provide the local share funds when needed, Packet Pg. 364  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES 8. Your Applicant may transfer a facility or equipment acquired using a grant under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) to any other recipient eligible to receive assistance under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, if: a. The recipient in possession of the facility or equipment consents to the transfer, and Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) b. The facility or equipment will continue to be used as required under 49 U.S.C. 5311, as amended by MAP-21, and 9. Each fiscal year: a. Your Applicant will spend at least fifteen (15) percent of its 49 U.S.C. 5311 funding available that fiscal year to develop and support intercity bus transportation within the State, with eligible activities, including: (1) Planning and marketing for intercity bus transportation, (2) Capital grants for intercity bus facilities, (3) Joint-use facilities, (4) Operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements, user-side subsidies, and demonstration Projects, and (5) Coordinating rural connections between small public transportation operations and intercity bus carriers, or b. Your Applicant will provide to the Federal Transit Administrator a Certification of the Governor of the State that: (1) It has consulted with the affected intercity bus service providers about the intercity bus needs of the State, and (2) The State’s intercity bus service needs are being met adequately. B. Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas Program. You must select the Certification in Group 17.B if your Applicant seeks funding for its Formula Grant for Other Than Urbanized Areas Project financed with funds made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5311(b), 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 Certification applies to each State or State organization serving as your Applicant for funding made available or appropriated for the Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas Project authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, except as superseded by MAP-21 cross-cutting requirements that apply instead. On behalf of your Applicant, you certify and assure that: 1. Your Applicant has or will have the: a. Legal capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, b. Financial capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, c. Technical capacity to carry out its proposed Projects, d. Necessary capacity to carry out the safety aspects of its proposed Projects, and Packet Pg. 365  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES e. Necessary capacity to carry out the security aspects of its proposed Projects, 2. Your Applicant has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of Project equipment and facilities, 3. Your Applicant’s Project equipment and facilities will be adequately maintained, 4. Your Applicant’s program has provided for a fair distribution of Federal funding Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) made available or appropriated for 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, within the State, including Indian reservations, 5. Your Applicant’s program provides or will provide the maximum feasible coordination of public transportation service funded by former 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, with transportation service funded by other Federal sources, 6. Your Applicant’s Projects in its Formula Grants for Rural Areas Program are included in: a. The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, and b. To the extent applicable, a Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program, 7. Your Applicant has or will have the amount of funds required for the local share, as required by 49 U.S.C. 5311(g) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year, and: a. Will provide the local share funds from approved non-Federal sources except as permitted by Federal law, b. Will provide the local share funds when needed, 8. Your Applicant may transfer a facility or equipment acquired using a grant under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) in effect in FY 2012 or a previous fiscal year to any other recipient eligible to receive assistance under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53, if: a. The Recipient in possession of the facility or equipment consents to the transfer, and b. The facility or equipment will continue to be used as required under 49 U.S.C. 5311 in effect in FY 2012, and 9. Each fiscal year: a. Your Applicant will spend at least fifteen (15) percent of its 49 U.S.C. 5311 funding available that fiscal year to develop and support intercity bus transportation within the State with eligible activities, including: (1) Planning and marketing for intercity bus transportation, (2) Capital grants for intercity bus shelters, (3) Joint-use stops and depots, (4) Operating grants through purchase-of-service agreements, user-side subsidies, and demonstration Projects, and (5) Coordinating rural connections between small public transportation operations and intercity bus carriers, or b. Your Applicant will provide to the Federal Transit Administrator a Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of the State that: (1) It has consulted with the affected intercity bus service providers about the intercity bus needs of the State, and Packet Pg. 366  8.15.a FTA FISCAL YEAR 2013 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES (2) The State’s intercity bus service needs are being met adequately. C. Appalachian Development Public Transportation Assistance Program. You must select the Certification in Group 17.C if your Applicant seeks funding for Attachment: FTA FFY13 Certifications and Assurances (1539 : 2013 FTA Certifications and Assurances) Appalachian Development Public Transportation Assistance Project financed with funds made available or appropriated for former 49 U.S.C. 5311(c)(2), as amended by MAP-21.