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rE <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No F <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange Public Transportation Agreement Renewal <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT Aging PUBLIC HEARING YES NO _X <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Sample Agreements- Jerry M. Passmore <br /> Vehicle Lease <br /> Driver Assignment TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Taxi Provider Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To request approval of annual Orange Public Transportation <br /> (OPT) agreements for (1) Vehicle lease with OPC Mental Health, <br /> Orange Enterprises, Wake Opportunities Head Start, and Cedar <br /> Grove Day Care; (2) Driver assignment with OPC Mental <br /> Health, Orange Enterprises, and Wake Opportunities Head <br /> Start; and (3) Taxi provider with Airport and Intown Taxi, <br /> Canaday Cab, Walton' s Taxi, Research Triangle Transportation <br /> Authority, and Tarheel Taxi. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Orange County Transportation Development Plan, updated in <br /> 1995, outlines the types of client transportation to be <br /> provided and the human service agencies that will participate <br /> in the coordinated transportation system. The annual renewal <br /> Agreements specify the vehicle assignments, the per-mile rate <br /> charge, and the driver cost-per-hour. The Human Services <br /> Transportation Board endorsed the current rate schedule as <br /> follows : <br /> 14 passenger van $ .35/mile <br /> 24-20 passenger bus $ .45/mile <br /> 32 passenger bus $ .55/mile <br /> Charter driver lease $11 . 00/hour <br />