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CONSIDERATION OF GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $194,000 FOR FUNDING OF THE SEDGWICK COUNTY RURAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
Presented by: Annette Graham, LSCSW, Director, Sedgwick County Department on Aging.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded authorize acceptance of the grant, and the establishment of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary: This is a one-year federal Section 5311 grant renewal that would provide continued funding for specialized general public transportation to rural Sedgwick County citizens. Service is available in all incorporated cities including Andale, Bentley, Cheney, Clearwater, Colwich, Garden Plain, Mt. Hope, Sedgwick and Viola as well as 18 unincorporated areas. The renewal would also continue funding a volunteer-based transportation program provided in Bentley, Mt. Hope, Garden Plain and Clearwater. The first agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation was initiated by Sedgwick County in 1995.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2012
Grant period ends: June 30, 2013
Source of funding
Grant: $97,000 - Federal Transit Administration (50%)
Required Match: $62,080 (32%)
Required Cash Match:
Required In-Kind Match:
Other funding: $34,920 - Kansas Department of Transportation (18%)
TOTAL SOURCES: $194,000
Uses of funding
Operational costs: $194,000
Personnel: $86,801
Contractual services: $50,000
Operational supplies: $23,799
Equipment: $14,000
Indirect administrative costs: $19,400
Capital projects cost: $0
TOTAL USES: $194,000
Source of matching funds: 34001-205 Aging Mill Levy
Budget Authority Adjustment: N/A
Personnel considerations: N/A
Expected measurable outcomes: 4,000 one-way trips to access medical care and other essential needs
Alternatives: Not approve the grant application.
Policy considerations: Without these funds this program would cease and affordable transportation would be unavailable to these communities.
Legal considerations: Program authority is established by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 49 U.S.C. § 5311 and public transportation for nonurbanized areas under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), 20.509. Approval is by simple majority vote.