2002 S Aging - MOU NC Dept of Transportation for Community Transportation Program (CTP) Grant Funds

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FY 2002 CTP Application Memorandum of Understanding ~ Page 39 ~ APPLICANT: County of Orange DATE SUBMITT'ED: O1/15/O1 in Cooperation with the NCDOT Public Transportation Division will participate in the Community Transportation Program (CTP) with the understanding of the following responsibilities and undertakings as related in the following paragraphs: 1. All Core agencies must actively coordinated their client transportation needs and resources at the highest level of ridesharing and cost sharing possible through the local community transportation system; . 2. Core agencies may have situations when some of their transportation needs will be met outside the coordinated community transportation system because it is more cost effective. However, every effort shall be made by the core agencies to insure that the coordinated system has an opportunity to evaluate the costs of these services outside their system to compaze fully allocated costs; 3. All other agencies and community organizations in the service area should be encouraged to utilize the community transportation system so as to increase opportunities for more rideshazing and cost sharing; 4. The local Community Transportation Service Plan shall be updated periodically (at a minimum, annually) to reflect changes in agency participation, and these changes will be coordinated with the NCDoT Public Transportation Division and the local community transportation advisory board. Upon completion of by all parties, this Memorandum of Understanding will service as an official addendum to the local CTSP. 5. CTP funds aze to be used exclusiv~ely to assist in funding administrative, operating, and capital needs of the Community Transportation System, in which the amount of funding will based on the level andlor type of service provided (i.e. Rural General Public, Employment Assistance, etc.) 6. All parties understand that if PTD determines tha~ one or more core agencies is not participating in the coordinated system when the system could provide it more cost effectively, then CTP funds will be withheld until conective action has been taken by the core agency(ies). ~