R2013-78 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND AMENDMENT OF FY-2014 TRANSIT OPERATING ASSISTANCE GRANT AGREEMENT

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Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Public and Intermodal Transportation 100 West Randolph Street/Suite 6-600/Chicago, Illinois/60601 July 1, 2013 Paul McChancy Mass Transit Administrator Decatur Public Transit System City of Decatur 555 E. Wood Street Decatur, Illinois 62523 RE: FY2014 State Operating Assistance Application and Contract Grant No. OP-14-08-IL, Contract No. 4446 Dear Mr. McChancy: This is to acknowledge that the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Public& Intermodal Transportation has received City of Decatur's Fiscal Year 2014 Downstate Operating Assistance Program Application. Pursuant to Section 740/2-11 of the Downstate Public Transportation Act(30 ILCS 740, Article II), the Department is reviewing the information provided in your application and final approval will be forthcoming. In the meantime, if further review reveals any questions regarding the FY14 application, you will be notified under separate cover and asked to provide additional information. As part of the Division's Operating Assistance Streamlining Initiative, the Department is forwarding an electronic pdf version of your agency's FY 14 Downstate Operating Assistance Grant Agreement. The agreement provides the estimated State amount for your agency utilizing the formula found in the Downstate Act, 30 1LCS 740/2-2.04 for the purpose of identifying the maximum funding available for your agency and to eliminate the need for future amendments, even if your application budget supports a smaller eligible reimbursement amount. Please note under the Downstate Public Transportation Act, 30 ILCS 740/2-7(b), your agency's actual reimbursement will be 65% of its FY 2014 actual eligible operating expense up to the amount appropriated to the Illinois Department of Transportation relative to your agency in the State of Illinois FY 2014 Budget and is also subject to all other limitations in the agreement. Therefore, all payment requests must be based on, and be consistent with, either the estimated expense approved in your application budget or actual expense reported. Final approval of the application is pending determination of the City's final FYI appropriation for the state's eligible portion of your FY 2014 operating expenses as submitted in the application.