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5 <br /> 1 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if this is a menu of options that may occur. <br /> 2 Theo Letman said yes. <br /> 3 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if is known has far the funds can stretch. <br /> 4 Theo Letman said he will try and go for all of these options. <br /> 5 Commissioner Jacobs said it was this item that reminded him of adding the <br /> 6 environmental impacts to the abstracts. <br /> 7 Bonnie Hammersley said John Roberts looked up the minutes from the meeting <br /> 8 regarding the inclusion of environmental impacts, which said that the Manager would bring back <br /> 9 options on this issue. She said staff will try to do that soon. <br /> 10 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if this is somewhat made possible by the article 43 <br /> 11 transit tax. <br /> 12 Theo Letman said no, this is an apportionment that Orange County gets every year from <br /> 13 the federal government. <br /> 14 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the matching funds would come from the article 43 <br /> 15 taxes. <br /> 16 Theo Letman said yes. <br /> 17 Commissioner Marcoplos said this would be an instance article 43 tax funds serving <br /> 18 local transportation, and not just going towards the light rail project. <br /> 19 Commissioner Rich referred to the fare cards, and asked if these will allow additional <br /> 20 funding streams to open up as data regarding fares will be tracked. <br /> 21 Theo Letman said yes. He said this technology will bring the transportation system into <br /> 22 the 21 sc century, and will allow easy tracking of fares and ridership. <br /> 23 Commissioner Rich said it is important for the Board representatives on the Metropolitan <br /> 24 Planning Organization (MPO) to follow up on this. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs for <br /> 27 the Board to open the public hearing. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 30 <br /> 31 NO PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> 32 <br /> 33 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs for <br /> 34 the Board to close the public hearing. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 37 <br /> 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price for <br /> 39 the Board to approve: <br /> 40 <br /> 41 1) Approve the Small and Large Urban 5307 Grant application for FY 2019 in the total <br /> 42 amount of$1,069,157 with a local match total of $534,577 to be provided when <br /> 43 necessary; <br /> 44 2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the 5307 Small and Large Urban Program <br /> 45 Resolution and the Local Share Certification for Funding forms; and <br /> 46 3) Authorize the Chair and the County Attorney to review and sign the annual Certifications <br /> 47 and Assurances documents. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 50 <br />