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8O Section 1. Scope and Purpose of Work The Agency and the Department shall in cooperation with other parti- cipating agencies perform the planning work as required by Section 134, Title 23, United States Code, in conformance with any related legislation or approved directives, procedures, agreements, plans, or programs for the purposes established in them. The work to be accomplished in a specific fiscal year shall be that work which is identified in the Unified Work Program prepared by the Agency and approved by the U. S. Department of Transportation. Section 2. Work Procedure Requirements (a) The Department will allocate to the Agency its share of the Section 112 planning funds in accordance with the policy adopted by the Board of Transportation on January 10, 1974, (Attachment A), and the Agency will cooperatively perform required planning work in accordance with said policy. (b) The Agency's share of the Section 112 planning funds must be matched on an 80-20 basis (80 percent Section 112 planning funds, 20 percent local funds). The matching funds may be in-kind services and/or cash, no portion of which shall be derived from other federal sources, or consist of services, property or funds used as the non-federal share under other federal programs. The allowability of direct salary cost, payroll additive cost, and travel and transportation cost shall be in conformance with Federal-Aid Highway Program Manual, Volume 1, Chapter 4, Section 5. (c) The Agency will utilize its share of the Section 112 planning funds and required matching funds for carrying out the provisions of Section 134, Title 23, United States Code, and related planning requirements. (d) The provisions of all existing directives, procedures, agreements, plans, or programs related to Section 134, Title 23, United States Code, or any subsequent interpretation or revisions of the above by the Federal Highway Administration, shall apply in the performance of all work under this Agreement. (e) The Agency's share of the Section 112 planning funds will be provided quarterly on a reimbursable basis upon submission of a quarterly progress report and a quarterly invoice. The total amount of funds to be provided for a fiscal year will be in accordance with the amount specified in the approved Unified Work Program and commensurate with Federal-Aid allocations. (f) Quarterly progress reports and invoices will be submitted by the Agency to the Planning and Research Branch, Division of Highways, North Carolina Department of Transportat~n, intriplicate at the end of each calendar quarter. The quarterly progress report should include an overall general evaluation of work accomplished on work elements in the Unified Work Program in narrative form and by estimated percentage of the work completed. The invoice should include a statement and certification by the Director of Finance of the County of Cabarrus of the expenditures unde~ the Section 112 planning program and other Agency funds expended during the year for all Agency work provided for in the Unified Work Program. (g) The County of Cabarrus shall adhere to the standards established by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular Al02, dated August 24, 1977, and additions or amendments thereto, for Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants-in-Aid to State and Local Governments. (h) The Agency may provide any part or all of these funds to any local, county, regional or State planning agency by mutual agreement and on a reimbursable basis to assist in the accomplishment of work required for the transportation planning process. Such action will be in accordance with the approved Unified Work Program. (i) The County of Cabarrus shall bear all the cost of any Work found not to be in compliance and the cost of any work not approved by the Federal Highway Administration.