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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (KDOT) IN THE AMOUNT OF $415,194 FOR THE FUNDING OF THE COORDINATED TRANSIT DISTRICT #12 WHICH INCLUDES THE SEDGWICK COUNTY RURAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
Presented by: Annette Graham, LSCSW, Director, Sedgwick County Department on Aging.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the grant application, and if awarded authorize acceptance of the grant and any related documents, establish budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this request and implementation of the staffing table changes identified in the Personnel Considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: This is a one-year grant renewal that would provide continued funding for specialized general public transportation to rural Sedgwick County citizens. Total program budgeted costs are $415,194 which includes awards to Harvey and Butler County's Rural programs administered through Sedgwick County as the State designated Coordinated Transit District #12. The grant application, as awarded, would provide Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) 5311 funding for operations at 50% of request with local match of 50%; and for administration costs at 80% with a 20% local match. Aging Mill Levy funds were budgeted and approved in the 2015 department budget by the BOCC on 8/13/2014 which included match for the Rural 5311 program. This application includes two additional part-time (0.5 FTE) driver positions based on recommendations from the State.
Program service areas are available in all incorporated cities including Andale, Bentley, Cheney, Clearwater, Colwich, Garden Plain, Mount Hope, Sedgwick, Peck and Viola, as well as 18 unincorporated areas. The renewal will continue to fund a volunteer-based transportation program provided in Bentley, Mount Hope and Clearwater as part of our Coordinated Transit Plan (CTP) and included in the Long Range Transportation Plan (MOVE2040). The first agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) was initiated by Sedgwick County in 1995. Grant application deadline is November 21, 2014 at 3:00 P.M.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2015
Grant period ends: June 30, 2016
Source of funding
Grant: $316,754 - Federal Transit Administration: Operations 50%, Administration 80% (including Harvey and Butler County awards);
$90,440 State KDOT funds;
$8,000 program income.
TOTAL SOURCES: $415,194
Uses of funding
Personnel: $80,636
Contractual services: $332,708
Commodities: $1,850
TOTAL USES: $415,194
Source of matching funds: 34001-205 Aging Mill Levy
Budget Authority Adjustment: None requested
Personnel considerations: Grant proposal includes a request for 2 additional 0.5 part time positions, each part time position not to exceed 1,000 hours at minimum wage.
Expected measurable outcomes: 6,008 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 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) 49 U.S.C. ยง 5311 and public transportation for non-urbanized areas under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA), 20.509. The grant has been reviewed by the Sedgwick County Counselor's Office. Approval is by simple majority vote.