Submitted By: Tye Chighizola
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Presentation By: Tammi Haslam
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Department: Growth Management
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Budget Resolution 2023-128 to accept and appropriate $552,000 in Public Transportation Grant Agreement funds from the Florida Department of Transportation and $552,000 in local matching funds to support the Ocala/Marion County Public Transit System, SunTran, for a total amount of $1,104,000
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Fiscally Sustainable, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) provides annual grant funding to communities that will pay operating assistance up to 50% for fixed route public transit systems. FDOT has entered into a Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) with the City of Ocala to provide operational funding for SunTran. The City has been awarded $552,000, pending approval of the PTGA, which requires a $552,000 local match.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The funding will be used toward the daily operation of SunTran. This includes, but is not limited to paying RATP Dev to run the daily operations of SunTran, staff salaries for working on the federal and state grants that fund SunTran, fuel for the buses, utilities for the SunTran Administration & Maintenance Facility, operating supplies, etc.
On July 1, 2019, the City of Ocala and Marion County entered into an Interlocal Agreement to establish their respective funding commitments (City of Ocala - 75% / Marion County - 25%) of necessary local funds to operate SunTran
FISCAL IMPACT:
The city budgeted $414,000 as its local match in account 494-381-000-000-19-38091 this fiscal year. This will also count toward the match of a Federal Transit Administration 5307 Grant application the staff is developing. Marion County also budgeted its local match of $138,000 in the current fiscal year.
PROCUREMENT REVIEW: N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: This Agreement will be r...
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