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C! <br />Application Instructions <br />County officials should read the ROAP Program Administration Guide which contains guidance on the <br />administration of the ROAP Program and information about the preparation of grant applications. <br />• The application must be completed by an official of the county or his /her designee. <br />• Click on the gray rectangle and type each answer. If necessary, the text will automatically wrap to the <br />next row. The answer may wrap to the next page if necessary. <br />• If the county wishes to explain their response to any questions or provide more information, the county <br />may include additional pages with this application form. All the pages of the application and any pages <br />added by the applicant should be scanned into the same file. <br />• If there are questions regarding this application, contact the NCDOT -PTD Mobility Development <br />Specialist assigned to the area served by the transit system. <br />FY2019 ROAP Program Schedule <br />Application Deadline August 27, 2018 <br />Disbursement #1 <br />Disbursement #2 <br />Milestone Reports <br />Quarter 1 Milestone Report due <br />Quarter 2 Milestone Report due <br />Quarter 3 Milestone Report due <br />Quarter 4 Milestone Report due <br />September 15, 2018 <br />January 15, 2019 <br />October 31, 2018 <br />January 31, 2019 <br />April 30, 2019 <br />August 31, 2019* (Annual) <br />County's Management of ROAP Funds <br />County governments or regional public transportation authorities created pursuant to Article 25 or Article 26 of <br />Chapter 160A of the General Statutes (upon written agreement with municipalities or counties served) are the <br />only eligible applicants for ROAP funds. As a recipient of ROAP funds, the county must implement <br />administrative processes that will ensure the following: <br />• ROAP funds are expended on needs identified through a public involvement and/or planning process <br />• ROAP funds are expended on only eligible activities as described in Appendix A of the <br />ROAP Guidance. A county that uses any ROAP funds for non - public transportation trips <br />will have a penalty of 10% assessed on all amounts of ROAP funds misspent. <br />• Supporting documentation of expenditures is maintained <br />• Service recipients meet eligibility requirements and their eligibility is documented <br />• Trips funded with ROAP funding are monitored and evaluated throughout the period of performance <br />• An accounting of trips and expenditures is provided in quarterly reports to NCDOT <br />• ROAP funds received and expended are included in the local annual audit <br />Transportation Needs and Public Involvement in Funding Decisions <br />Yes <br />No <br />A. Did the county ask the Community Transportation Advisory Board (TAB), which is affiliated <br />with the Community Transportation System, to recommend how the ROAP funds should be sub- <br />YES <br />allocated? <br />B. Were outreach efforts conducted to inform agencies about the availability of ROAP funds and <br />YES <br />to discuss transportation needs BEFORE the county decided how to sub - allocate the ROAP <br />funds? <br />Revised 08 -03 -18 <br />