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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 22, 199] <br />SUBJECT_ - Approval of Orange County <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging /C.A.T. <br />y _ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): - <br />TDP FINAL REPORT <br />(Under separate cover) <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No._X__Q <br />Transportation Development Plan <br />PUBLIC -HEARING <br />_-_YES :y____NO: x` -- <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Passmore <br />Consultant- Fred Fravel- 301/652 -2414 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br />item 80 in Cam. Library Hillsborough - 732_8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE - _-- _- '- --- -- ---------- - - - --- Durham________- _688y7331y_` - -` <br />To approve the final Orange County Transportation Development <br />Plan (TDP) covering the period 1991 -94. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In order for the County to qualify for state and federal <br />transportation funding, it must have an approved and <br />enacted Transportation Development Plan (TDP). The present <br />Plan expired at the end of 1990. Ecosometrics, Inc., a <br />stated hired consulting firm, has prepared the final TDP <br />report under the guidance and approval of the local TDP <br />Steering Committee (Report_ appendix A). The Report <br />recommends (1) continuing with the County Department on <br />Aging administering the C.A.T. program,(2) emphasizing and <br />expanding human service agency transportation and (3) to <br />begin limited public service with a new C.A.T. Express <br />Shuttle route having Pickup points between Prospect Hill, <br />Cedar Grove, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This <br />would be achieved through a cooperative agreement between <br />the C.A.T. and the existing OCCHS medical route. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />Approve and authorize the Chair to sign any <br />required certification documents following the <br />county attorney's review. <br />