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4. Claimants are strongly discouraged from using Measure B or TDA 4.5 funds to replace any other source of funding. Leveraging of other funding sources with TDA and Measure B funds is strongly encouraged. A guiding principle of the Five-Year Plan is that Measure B funds should be used to increase the supply and improve the quality of paratransit funds compared to what already exists. 5. Claimants shall present evidence of an effective user participation process. Another guiding principle of the Plan is that the experience of users should be taken into account in the design and administration of each system. The Plan does not require a sole-purpose paratransit advisory committee, but provides latitude for adopting a process that local Jurisdictions Judge to be the best means, such as including paratransit as a regular item on the agenda of an existing commission or conducting regular survey of paratransit users. 6. Claimants shall submit evidence of an effective complaint resolution process and adequate written policies to guide decisions that affect users. Evidence of an effective complaint resolution process and adequate written policies would include documentation of the process and policies, a description of the steps taken to make them known to users and proriders, and a numerical summary of complaints by category. 7. Claimants may use their regular formula allocation of TDA and Measure B funds to purchase vehicles or equipment if it results in more and/or better rides than would otherwise be the case. The cost of vehicles would be paid out of regular alloca- tions based on the concept that vehicles are only a means to meeting needs for service people, and those needs are esti- mated by an allocation formula negotiated and agreed to by all claimants. A second requirement of this policy is that a convincing case must be made that purchasing the vehicles will result in more and/or better service per total public dollar spent. 8. Claimants may carry over Measure B and/or TDA 4.5 funds from one year to the next in an amount not to exceed 10% of their total annual expenditures. Currently, MTC interprets TDA regulations as not permitting any carryover. Measure B, however, is not subject to the same restrictions. The recommendation is intended as a strong incentive for controlling expenses within a few percent of projected revenues. Programs would be permitted ES-9