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Commissioner Gordon said she is not sure Chair Jacobs got all of the major points. She said she wants to make sure to look through the minutes to capture all of these. Chair Jacobs asked if there were any members of the public who would like to speak. PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich to: Receive the information contained in this abstract and attachments; and Close the public hearing. (This is being recommended because the proposed text amendments are expected to be heard again at a future Quarterly Public Hearing, so there is no need to adjourn the public hearing to a date/time certain. Closure of the hearing is necessary to ensure the text amendment is not considered a withdrawal, which requires a yearlong waiting period before amendments on the same topic can be considered again.) VOTE: UNANIMOUS d. North Carolina Community Transportation Proqram Administrative and Capital Grant Applications for FY 2016 The Board conducted an annual public hearing on the North Carolina Community Transportation Program (CTP) grant application by Orange Public Transportation (OPT) for FY 2016 and considered approving the grant application that includes adopting a resolution authorizing the applicant to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), authorized the County Attorney to review and complete the necessary certifications and assurances, and authorized the Chair to sign. Peter Murphy reviewed the following background information from the abstract: BACKGROUND: Each year, the NCDOT Public Transportation Division accepts requests for administrative and capital needs for county-operated community transportation programs. OPT is eligible to make application for both administrative and capital funding. The current year FY 2015-approved application includes $185,604 in administrative funding and $482,489 in capital funding for replacement vehicles with total expenses equaling $668,093. The total CTP funding request for FY 2016 is $166,765 for community transportation administrative expenses and an additional $232,286 for capital expenses. This draft grant application is made for expenses totaling $399,051. Grant funds for administrative purposes will continue to be used to support overall transit systems management and operations and will continue to promote general ridership. Grant funds for capital items include the replacement of three (3) buses exceeding their useful life mileage thresholds in OPT's fleet. A public hearing (Attachment 3) is requested with the opportunity for public discussion and comment before the Board takes action on the resolution (Attachment 1). The acceptance of these grant funds requires compliance with the annual certifications and assurances, for which the signature pages are attached (Attachment 2). The attached signature pages are for the certifications and assurances for FY 2014. The FY 2016 certifications and assurances signature pages are very similar to those for FY 2014; however, the County has not yet received them from NCDOT. When received, they will be forwarded to the County Attorney and Chair for review and signatures.