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�� ' - '_ �� - ' � _ -~_, - _.� ._--__-- --__—� r / � �� '`�- ' �'.�� • • �.��' - 3 - u 9 ] -� ~ (4) requesting that all vehicles (not just Do8.s) participating in the C.A.T. system be allowed to purchase fuel from the county garage in Hillsborough' This would provide an operational savings on vehicles based tn Northern Orange. Arrangements would need to be made for a fuel site in Southern Orange to serve the system. _ --- As described in the service design, maintenance will be Yn�tfaTlY performed as a dual function - largely through private contracts to be developed by governing board with service being bid on by private or public garages (for both preventative maintenance and major repairs) . When the two DOA vehicles are replaced in 1982, it will be determined whether their maintenance will continue at the county garage or join the remainder of the vehicles under contract maintenance and repair. That will likely be decided by the degree of control the governing board deci to have over vehicles that constitute the fleet. The- issues of vehicle replacement, the types of services to be offered now and in the future, controlling operational costs, transportation. program operation interface and several other issues face the system in this early stage of development. As indicated in the service design for the firs year of system's operations , the vehicle mix existing among participating organizations was not adequate to allow for much more than some timesharing of vehicles on the routes operated by DOA, 8PCHH, JOCCA and OCCHS. Fifty percent (60%) of routes involved double runs and some 80% of vehicles were filled to capacity during client pick-up and drop-off runs . Seventeen out of nineteen vehicles used by the five agencies for route transportation were 12 or 15 passenger vans , greatly limiting ridesharing on the many r ta! _ -. '- - .