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EXHIBIT A ALAMEDA COUNTY TOPICS FUND GROUP OBJECTIVES AHD RULES lhe purpose~o~f the Alameda County TOPICS Fund Group is to provide a means for cooperative acti°~i by the County and cities within Alameda County in implementing the Federal government's "Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety" (TOPICS). The members of the Alameda County TOPICS Fund Group, hereinafter referred to as "ACTFG," shall be the County of Alameda and those cities which adopt the attached "Resolution Constituting the Alameda County Topics Fund Group," Each entity will furnish to the Coordinating Agent within the necessary time limits all maps, inforn~ation and data pertaining to the portion of the urban area within that entity's jurisdiction as required for TOPICS, The Coordinating Agent will assemble, compile and coordinate the maps, information and data. furnished by the individual enti- t~es and subn~it them to the State in accordance with the TOPICS requirements and will keep a record of the actual costs incurred in such coordinating work. lhe Coordinating Agent will call meetings of the representatives of the entities in the ACTFG from time to time as. required to consider proposed TOPICS projects, .set priorities of the projects to be supported by the group and other matters requiring group determination. An objective will be to support those projects which appear to have the best probability of approval by the State and the Federal government under this pro- gram. This should assure that the funds will be applied to the most critical traffic problems in the urban areas. Any entity which submits an application for a project supported by ACTFG shall be responsible for furnishing all local matching funds required for the TOPICS money and shall perform the work and submit all maps, information and data necessary to complete ~he application, obtain the funds, implement the project, and satisfy the revie¥~s and audits pertaining to said project. In consideration of the administrative costs involved in obtaining and implementing a TOPICS project, any entity in ACTEG which receives TOPICS funds for a project supported by ACTFG shall be entitled to an additional three (3) per cent of such TOPICS project funds in addition to its stated allocation for the period involved. The amount represented by such three (3) per cent will be deducted from the stated TOPICS allocations of all other entities in ACTFG and in the same proportion as those allocations. The actual cost incurred by the County as Coordinating Agent will be deducted from the stated allocations to all entities, including the County, and in the same proportions as such allocations. It is agreed that in the event any entity receives TOPICS funds in excess of its stated allocation plus three (3) per cent of the TOPICS project funds it received, said entity will rei~urse the other entities in ACTFG the amount of such excess eitl~er by making payments to the oti~er entities or by allowing its allocations of other road funds to be reduced, or both. Such reimbursement will be D~ade within one year of receipt of the ~OPICS ?roject money by said entity. It is further agreed that, in the event any entity withdra¥is fro? ACTFG, the necessary payments or adjustments of funds will be made to see that said entity's account'is co:~pleted so that its responsibilities and obliga- tions to the other entities under this program are fulfilled.