DEPARTMENT: Social Services-Housing & Community Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute 2025 Federal Transit Administration Annual List Of Certifications And Assurances
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of 2025 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Annual List of Certifications and Assurances.
SUMMARY
By Resolution No. 23-305 (July 18, 2023), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the County Manager to execute a Section 5310 Elderly and Disabled Assistance grant with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to improve access to transportation service and public transportation alternatives to seniors, persons with disabilities and individuals who are system involved and transportation dependent.
Before the FTA may award federal assistance for public transportation in the form of a federal grant, cooperative agreement, loan, line of credit, or loan guarantee, it requires applicants to complete certain pre-award certifications and assurances ("Certifications and Assurances"), including affirmations from the applicant's attorney that the applicant has the authority under the applicable law to make and comply with those Certifications and Assurances, and that in the attorney's opinion, the County authorized representative has legally made those Certifications and Assurances which are legal and binding obligations on the County. The Certifications and Assurances are required annually, encompassing a wide range of funding programs overseen by the FTA.
The Community Services Division Contracts Unit staff have reviewed and determined that Dakota County is capable of following applicable federal guidance, and complying with the Certifications and Assurances as applicable to each application an authorized County representative makes to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in the federal fiscal year, as set forth in 2025 FTA Certifications and Assurances. (Attachment: 2025 FTA Certifications and Assuran...
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