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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 2016 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5a <br />SUBJECT: OPT Operational Updates <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange Public Transportation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Ridership Data Spreadsheet <br />2. Ridership Charts <br />Peter Murphy, Transportation <br />Administrator, 919-245-2002 <br />PURPOSE:To receive a quarterly report on OPT operational updates and statistics <br />UPDATES: <br />1. Operational Statistics <br />a. New buses (LTVs) ordered – Delivery expected March 2017 <br />b. Human Resource changes – <br />i. Bus driver pay structure <br />ii. Continuous recruitment <br />c. Operational Statistics <br />i. Hillsborough Circulator <br />ii. Orange Chapel Hill Midday Connector <br />iii. Other riders <br />2. Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) Grant FY2017 <br />a. Grant application submitted October 19th. <br />b. ~$186,000 ($17,000 increase from prior year) <br />3. North Carolina Community Transportation Program (CTP) Administrative and Capital <br />Grant FY2018 <br />a. Grants applications submitted November 4th. <br />b. Administrative funds ~$180,000 ($13,000 increase from current year) <br />c. Capital funds ~$213,000 – Requested two Light Transit Vehicles (LTVs) <br />4. OPT Transit Director Position – Posted October 11th on National Transportation <br />recruitment sites. Closed on November 1st. Interviews proposed for mid to late <br />November. January 2017 expected start date. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Shifting of budget funds with Department HR changes. Additional grant <br />funds were available and requested. <br />7