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* Excludes the population of any municipalities where an urban or small urban transit system is operating in counties with urbanized areas within their boundaries. Eligibility Criteria To use RGP funds, the passenger MUST live in or be visiting someone living in the non - urbanized area of a county. Either the origin or destination of the trip must be in the non - urbanized area. The RGP funds cannot be used to provide service from an origin within the urban area or to a destination within the urban area. Certification of eligibility will be the responsibility of the county or eligible authority. The county or eligible authority must be able to provide documentation that the RGP funded service was provided to an eligible person. See Appendix C for the urban -rural population data from the 2010 Census. Eligible Expenses ROAP funds are to be used for operational activities; not for capital or administrative expenses. For the purposes of the ROAP Program, purchase of service will be considered an operating expense even though it is funded as a capital expense by some federal programs. Refer to the Eligible Transportation Expenses Matrix in Appendix A for the allowable expenses under this program. A fare may be charged for eligible RGP services. Any fares collected must be used to match the RGP funds and /or provide more RGP transportation service. The inability to document trips with driver manifests, gasoline receipts, or any invoices associated with costs charged to the program will be considered ineligible expenses. The county will be invoiced for any undocumented costs. Restrictions The RGP funds must be sub - allocated by the county to the Community Transportation System. RGP funds must be used to provide transportation services to individuals who are not eligible for the same transportation services funded by any other means. Human service agencies cannot purchase passes, tickets or tokens from community transportation systems for the agency's program needs or their clients needs with RGP funds. Human service agencies must pay the fully allocated cost for the transportation services they need. RGP funds may be used as matching funds for 5310, 5311, 5316 and 5317 federally funded transportation programs as appropriate. RGP funds cannot be transferred to any other ROAP program. RGP funded services are required to be offered throughout the entire period of performance. The county must notify the assigned Mobility Development Specialist in writing if any ROAP funded service is discontinued before the end of the period of performance because all the ROAP have been spent. If both RGP funded services are discontinued before June 30 by the Community Transit System, and the county does not provide additional funds to continue the service(s), it will be assumed that the transit system is no longer providing general public service. In this case, the Community Transit System will not be reimbursed for any FTA Section 5311 and /or state CTP funded expenses incurred after the RGP funded services are discontinued. 12 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 81