Non-Billable Activities Clause Samples

Non-Billable Activities. A methodology should be established to charge non-MPO business directly to the city, county, or towns if applicable. Activities which should not be charged to metropolitan planning funds include, but are not limited to: Studies involving roadways functionally classified as “local roads”. In compliance with 49 U.S.C. §5303(f) for the development of metropolitan plans; in identifying transportation facilities that should function as an integrated metropolitan planning system the metropolitan plan must emphasize those facilities that serve important national, regional and metropolitan transportation functions. 23 U.S.C. §134(g) requires emphasis to be primarily on facilities that serve important national and regional transportation functions. Therefore, any project or study primarily focusing on roadways functionally classified as local can only be addressed using PL funds when the local roadway data or study sustains the regional transportation planning process. Local roadway data collection efforts or studies shall be identified as such will be reviewed for eligibility at the time the Unified Annual Work Program is submitted. Roadway maintenance or operation activities such as condition of signage, striping, signal poles, luminaires, etc. may not be charged to Metropolitan Planning funds. Such activities may be charged if such data is being collected on a metropolitan area‑wide basis for direct development of the MPO transportation plan and improvement program or if it is necessary for actual implementation of a Safety Management System consistent with the provisions in 23 CFR §500. Annexation-related activities shall not be charged to Metropolitan Planning funds except as those activities are directly related to transportation. Parks and Recreation-related activities may not be charged to Metropolitan Planning funds except as those activities are directly related to transportation. Zoning, Unified Development Code or development review-related activities shall not be charged to Metropolitan Planning funds except as those activities are directly related to transportation. The Casper MPO shall charge separately and keep separate accounting for all city, town and county business activities not directly related to the function of the MPO. Such activities shall be considered non-reimbursable. The MPO staff may participate in any of such activities, but reimbursement for staff time should be charged directly to the City, Town or County and not MPO PL or 5303 pla...