2024 (July-August) Ozone Season Transit Grantee Agency Application

Subgrantee Application

All applicants should complete the remainder of the application using this form No hard copy applications will be accepted. IMPORTANT: An application submitted in response to this RFA shall constitute a binding offer. By submitting an application, the applicant affirms its acceptance of the terms and requirements of this RFA, including its attachments and appendices, without exception, deletion, or qualification - and without making its offer contingent. The applicant further agrees to cooperate with the CASTA and expedite the contracting process upon notice of award.
Organization Mailing Address(Required)
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Applicant Name(Required)
Clearly describe your organization, why you are eligible for this grant program, and why you are well-suited to develop and manage the proposed project. List your project team and define the roles and responsibilities for this project.
Eligibility(Required)
My agency is eligible to receive money under a grant authorized by 49 u.s.c. sec.
I understand that an eligible transit agency shall not use grant money to offset or replace funding for free transit services that the eligible transit agency offered as of January 1, 2023. CRS 24-38.5-113 (5)(iv)(Required)

Program Plan & Project Narrative

In the section below, provide a detailed description of the proposed project with a thorough explanation of how the project will advance the program’s statutory objectives, including reducing ozone formation, increasing ridership on transit, and reducing vehicle miles traveled in the Applicant’s service territory. Applicants should also discuss how ridership will be monitored; how the applicant intends to monitor program effectiveness and impact on ridership. Applicant must provide a description of the free transit services that will be provided or expanded with the grant funds, including the services, routes, dates, and times the free transit services will be offered.
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How many actual days will your program be providing new or expanded free transit? Minimum 30
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 30.
Does the transit agency provide services in the Denver Metro/North Front Range Nonattainment Area.(Required)
Please provide documentation that shows the transit services proposed to be made free using the grant funds were not already offered for free as of January 1 of the funding year. Documentation may include, for example, approved and posted fare information.
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Budget and Budget Narrative

Please use the worksheet below to enter your program budget. Additionally, in the narrative section include assumptions made in determining the proposed budgets, including what data projected farebox replacement revenue is based upon. For other expenses necessary, agencies should detail what those expenses are and how they contribute to achieving the goals of the program. Applications must include an explanation of the costs, how they support implementation of the fare free program, how they support achievement of the overall program objectives, and the documentation available to substantiate these costs. Subgrantees may not seek reimbursement for costs incurred prior to execution of contract documents.
Please use the Application Budget Template to complete this section.
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    Provide an overview of costs including all eligible expenses. Eligible agencies can use grant funding to cover expenses incurred as a result of implementing free transit for at least 30 days during the ozone season. Applicants must clearly delineate eligible reimbursement costs from ineligible costs and include Applicant match (if any) and the amount of funding requested from CASTA. Applicants must clearly describe the documentation they propose to use to substantiate reimbursement requests for each line item. The methodology utilized to estimate projected lost farebox revenue must be clearly documented and explained.

    Past Ridership

    Please provide ridership and fare revenue information using the Past Ridership Template for the past three years leading up the current year for each route or program that will be fare-free for your program month. For example, If the program will run July-August of 2024, we need to see data for July-August of 2021, 2022, and 2023. If a route or program will have fare required during your fare-free program please do not report it here. Only report routes that will be fare-free for the program term.
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      Please provide a a year over year analysis of the change and trends in the ridership on the routes in your program the past three years leading up the current year for each route or program that will be fare-free for your program month.
      Any supporting documents for the budget or Past Ridership should be compiled into a single document and attached here.
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        Agreement Considerations

        Provide a brief written statement noting any exceptions to the Grant Agreement included as an Appendix to the RFA on the CASTA website. Please enter "N/A" if not applicable.
        Provide a brief written statement noting any conflict of interest as defined within the “Organizational Conflict of Interest” section of the RFA. Please enter "N/A" if not applicable.
        Provide a brief written statement noting any debarment and/or suspension as defined within the “Organizational Conflict of Interest” section of the RFA. Please enter "N/A" if not applicable.

        By submitting your application you attest that your agency is committed to providing the new or expanded free services for at least thirty days during the ozone season.