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11 1 the text amendment is not considered a withdrawal, which requires a yearlong waiting period 2 before amendments on the same topic can be considered again.) 3 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5 6 d. North Carolina Community Transportation Program Administrative and Capital 7 Grant Applications for FY 2016 8 The Board conducted an annual public hearing on the North Carolina Community 9 Transportation Program (CTP) grant application by Orange Public Transportation (OPT) for FY 10 2016 and considered approving the grant application that includes adopting a resolution 11 authorizing the applicant to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina Department of 12 Transportation ( NCDOT), authorized the County Attorney to review and complete the necessary 13 certifications and assurances, and authorized the Chair to sign. 14 Peter Murphy reviewed the following background information from the abstract: 15 16 BACKGROUND: Each year, the NCDOT Public Transportation Division accepts requests for 17 administrative and capital needs for county- operated community transportation programs. OPT 18 is eligible to make application for both administrative and capital funding. 19 The current year FY 2015 - approved application includes $185,604 in administrative funding and 20 $482,489 in capital funding for replacement vehicles with total expenses equaling $668,093. 21 22 The total CTP funding request for FY 2016 is $166,765 for community transportation 23 administrative expenses and an additional $232,286 for capital expenses. This draft grant 24 application is made for expenses totaling $399,051. 25 26 Grant funds for administrative purposes will continue to be used to support overall transit 27 systems management and operations and will continue to promote general ridership. Grant 28 funds for capital items include the replacement of three (3) buses exceeding their useful life 29 mileage thresholds in OPT's fleet. A public hearing (Attachment 3) is requested with the 30 opportunity for public discussion and comment before the Board takes action on the resolution 31 (Attachment 1). The acceptance of these grant funds requires compliance with the annual 32 certifications and assurances, for which the signature pages are attached (Attachment 2). The 33 attached signature pages are for the certifications and assurances for FY 2014. The FY 2016 34 certifications and assurances signature pages are very similar to those for FY 2014; however, 35 the County has not yet received them from NCDOT. When received, they will be forwarded to 36 the County Attorney and Chair for review and signatures. 37 38 FINANCIAL IMPACT: The NCDOT CTP grant requires a 15% local match ($25,015) for 39 administrative expenses and a 10% local match ($23,229) for capital expenses for a total of 40 $48,244. As a comparison, the total CTP grant amount requested for FY 2015 was $185,604 41 for administrative expenses ($27,841 local match) and $482,489 for capital expenses ($48,250 42 local match), a reduction of $269,042 in total expenses ($27,847 local match) from FY 2015 to 43 FY 2016. The indicated local match amounts will be requested in the upcoming FY 2016 budget 44 cycle and must be committed from Orange County's budget for the performance period of July 45 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016 (FY 2016), as indicated in the attached Local Share 46 Certification for Funding form (Attachment 4). This will require Orange County to obligate 47 funding in its next budget cycle for these expenses. A total of $48,244 would come from the 48 County's general operating budget. 49 This has been published for public comment. 50