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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: January 7, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Elliot Kampert
SUBJECT: Resolution and FY14 Section 5311 Application
DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Department of Growth Management requests that the Board
authorize the Chairman to sign all grant documents required for the submission of the FY14
Section 5311 Application to FDOT by the attached Resolution and to sign the subsequent Task
Order for contract transportation services with Okaloosa County Transit (C03-0927-GM).
BACKGROUND: This application is a request for up to $344,309 to supplement transportation
operating costs in rural areas of the county. Funds will be used to purchase paratransit trips and
to operate the WAVE in northern areas of the County. The grant requires a 50 percent local
match. Paratransit trip costs will be matched with funds from the Transportation Disadvantaged
Trust Fund and sponsoring agencies. WAVE operating costs will be matched with local funds, if
available. FDOT will generate a Notification of Funding grant award, at which time OCT will
be issued a Task Order for the grant amount to provide public transportation services.
RECOMMENDATION: The Department of Growth Management requests that the Board
approve the submission of the FY14 Section 5311 Application to FDOT, authorize the Chairman
to execute all future grant documents by the attached Resolution and for signature of the
subsequent Task Order.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator