TO: Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John Titkanich, Jr.; County Administrator
THROUGH: Brian Freeman, AICP; MPO Staff Director
FROM: Mark Vietze, Senior Planner
DATE: August 4, 2025
SUBJECT: Approval of a Public Transportation Grant Agreement (PTGA) with the Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) for a Public Transportation Block Grant
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BACKGROUND
Each year, Indian River County receives public transportation operating assistance through the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Public Transportation Block Grant program. The FDOT Block Grant funds are combined with local funds as a match towards federal transit operating assistance received under 49 USC Ch. 53, Section 5307 (also known as the Urbanized Area Formula Grant program) and Section 5311 (also known as the Rural Area Formula Grant program). These state and federal grant funds are passed through to the Senior Resource Association (SRA), Indian River County’s designated transit service provider. SRA operates the GoLine (fixed-route) and the Community Coach (demand response) transit services.
For FY 2025/26, $727,055 has been allocated through the state Block Grant program to the county. Because the Block Grant has a 50% match requirement, the county is required to provide a local match of $727,055. As was the case in previous years, matching funds will come from the County’s normal transit allocation. Together, the Block Grant funds and local funds ($1,454,110) will be applied as a local/state match towards federal operating assistance through the Section 5307 program.
ANALYSIS
As with the FTA Section 5307 grant program, only public agencies may be designated recipients of Block Grant funds pursuant to state regulations. Also, activities funded with Block Grant funds must be consistent with applicable approved local government comprehensive and transit plans. In this case, the provision of transit servic...
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