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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. vm.:--G ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 15, 1994 SUBJECT: Additional Coordinated Area Transportation Agreement - Orange County Middle School Afterschool Program DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X ATTACHMENT(S) : Agreements INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry M. Passmore, ext. 2009 TELEPHONE NUMBER- Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: To request approval to include the Orange County Middle School Afterschool Program in the Coordinated Area Transportation system for the current fiscal year. This contract would require leasing no more than five (5) vehicles and providing temporary drivers each Monday through Thursday for the balance of the school year to transport middle school students home from the afterschool program operating at A.L. Stanback. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Coordinated Area Transportation (C.A.T. ) system, administered by the Department on Aging, provides vehicles and drivers to transport human services program participants and the general public. The Orange County Middle School Afterschool Program has requested transportation home for its students. The service is in line with Federal Transit Act regulations in that it will operate during off-peak hours (5:30-7 :00 pm) and it is not part of the required school curriculum. C.A.T. will employ temporary, part-time drivers from the Orange County school bus drivers' pool to provide this service. RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends approval and Chair to sign Agreements for a vehicle and driver lease to provide transportation home for the Orange County Middle School Afterschool Program operating at A.L. Stanback school each Monday through Thursday.