Appendix A: Useful Website Links | Metropolitan Planning Funds Administration | TxDOT Manual System

♦Manual Notice 2010-2
►1. Introduction
- ♦1. Manual Purpose
- ♦2. Metropolitan Planning Process Overview
- ►3. Metropolitan Planning Funds Overview
  - ♦Planning Requirements
  - ♦Background
  - ♦Federal Funds
  - ♦PL Funds Defined
- ►4. Authority
  - ♦Federal Law and Regulations
  - ♦State Law
  - ♦Duties
  - ♦Monitoring
►2. Planning Contract Development
- ►1. State and MPO Interaction
  - ♦Communication
  - ♦Example Planning Contracts
  - ♦Contract Execution
  - ♦Contract Period
  - ♦Contract Amendments
  - ♦Contract Monitoring
  - ♦Letter of Authorization
  - ♦MOA with Transit Operators
►3. Planning Program Administration
- ►1. Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Eligible Activities
  - ♦Format
  - ♦Contents
  - ♦Appendices
  - ♦FTA 5303 Worksheet
  - ♦Self-Certification
  - ♦Reimbursements
  - ♦Revisions
  - ♦Reporting (APER)
  - ♦Monitoring
  - ♦On-Site Monitoring Form
  - ♦TxDOT Oversight Responsibility Agreement
  - ♦Records Retention
  - ♦Audit
- ►2. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
  - ♦Overview
  - ♦Authority
  - ♦Requirements
  - ♦Development
  - ♦Essential Components
  - ♦Approval Process
  - ♦Amendments
- ♦3. Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)
- ♦4. Annual Listing of Obligated Projects
- ►5. Planning Process Self-Certification
  - ♦Self-Certification Form
  - ♦Frequency
  - ♦Guidelines
- ♦6. Public Participation
►4. Planning Contract Administration
- ►1. Procurements
  - ♦Standards
  - ♦Certification
  - ♦Example Procurement Standards
- ►2. Payments
  - ♦Frequency
  - ♦Incurred Costs
  - ♦Required Information
  - ♦Support Documentation
  - ♦Cost Principles
  - ♦Voucher Processing
  - ♦End of Year Billing
- ►3. Property Management
  - ♦Existing Requirements
  - ♦Capital Expenditures
  - ♦Equipment Ownership
  - ♦Allowable Use
  - ♦Records
  - ♦Inventory
  - ♦Additional Standards
  - ♦Disposition
- ►4. Subcontracts
  - ♦Requirements
  - ♦Prior Authorization
  - ♦Prior Authorization Exception
  - ♦Example Subcontract
  - ♦Distribution
- ►5. Audit
  - ♦Standards
  - ♦Requirements
  - ♦District Responsibility
  - ♦Available Assistance
- ►6. Close Out
  - ♦UPWP Close Out
  - ♦When to Close Out
  - ♦Required Reports
  - ♦Consequences
- ►7. Debarment/Suspension
  - ♦Eligibility Certification
  - ♦Example Certification
▼A. Useful Website Links

Appendix A: Useful Website Links

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Introduction

State requirementsmust be followed when they are more restrictive than the federal requirements.

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Useful Website Links

Texas Administrative Code
- Transportation Planning Rules, 43 TAC Chapter 15
Texas Transportation Code
United States Code (USC)
- Metropolitan Transportation Planning, 23 USC §134
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- “Common Rule” – Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments, 49 CFR Part 18
- Planning Assistance and Standards, 23 CFR Part 450
- Management and Monitoring Systems, 23 CFR Part 500
Executive Orders (EO)
OMB Grants Management Circulars
- A-102 - Grants and Cooperative Agreements with State and Local Governments
- Circular A-87 Revised, State and Local Governments' Cost Principles
- A-133 Audit Requirements as published in Federal Register Notice June 27, 2007, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations
The Federal Register
FHWA Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance
ISTEA
TEA-21
SAFETEA-LU