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5. (a) 2 I AITACHMENT Shoot ~ of 8 1) the local agency seeks agreement with its regional transportation planning agency to advance funding for a project in the state program and define later reimbursement with a substitute project(s) or cash; 2) the local agency asks Caltrans to draw up a cooperative agreement covering project development work and funding, right-of-way and construction work and funding, and reimbursement, for both the project being advanced and the payback project, and to prepare and submit a program amendment to the Commission; 3) 4) the local agency and Caltrans agree on, approve, and sign the cooperative agreement; the Commission approves the program amendment, changing the schedule and funding of the existing project in the program and adding an equivalent payback project(s) into the program in the original year of programming, or in a later year if programwide funding is short; 5) the local agency and Caltrans deliver and build the project in accordance with the cooperative agreem'ent, and undertake work on any substitute project(s) as specified; 6) the local agency submits billing to Caltrans for reimbursement of completed work as provided in the cooperative agreement; and 7) Caltrans reimburses the local agency for project development work and seeks an allocation of funds from the Commission with which it reimburses the local agency for capital outlay, all within budget authority and within the terms of the cooperative agreement. (b) Projects constructed under these provisions shall not be eligible for funding from the State-Local Transportation Partnership Program, as specified in subsection (b) (7) of Govemment Code Section 14529.7. 4. APPLICATION FOR PROJECT ADVANCEMENT (a) A local agency that considers advancing a project in the state program should notify the Regional Transportation Planning Agency with jurisdiction over its area as soon as possible of its interest in advancing the project. even before any decisions are made by the local agency itself, Caltrans, or the Commission, to give the regional agency the maximum amount of lead time to arrange or amend the Regional TIP and air quality conformity findings as may be necessary to accommodate the advancement. The regional agency may but is not required to take any action as a result of this notification, pending Commission approval of a program amendment. (b) A local agency must get agreement from the Regional Transportation Planning Agency covering its jurisdictional area to advance a project in the state program. In particular, the regional agency must approve any substitute project(s) that may be amended into the state program to replace the project being advanced with local agency funding. (c) A local or regional agency must act as sponsor of the advanced project, and funding for the project must come from an account controlled and administered by that agency. (d) A local agency submits a written request to Caltrans' district office, for Caltrans to draw up a . cooperative agreement covering the project to be advanced and the payback project(s), and prepare a program amendment for the Commission. LOCAL AGENCY -CAL TRANS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT A cooperative agreement between Caltrans and the local agency specifies agency responsibilities to cany out environmental and engineering work as necessary, purchase right-of-way, and build a transportation project from the state program. under certain conditions and using certain standards. The cooperative agreement also specifies agency funding responsibilities, and how and when the local agency presents billings to Caltrans and gets reimbursed for completed work.