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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:February 18, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4.a.ii. <br />SUBJECT:Review Importance ofTransportation Services Function of the OUTBoard <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)N <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Peter Murphy, Transportation Manager, <br />OPT, 245-2002 <br />PURPOSE:To review the Transportation Services function of the OUTBoard. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Legal Requirement for Recipients of Federal Section 5311 Funds: <br />Orange County is a sub-recipient of the State of North Carolina to receive federal Section 5311 <br />funds for Orange Public Transportation (OPT) services provided within the county’s non- <br />urbanized areas. <br />Specifically, the Section 5311 program intends to: (1) enhance the access of people in <br />nonurbanized areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and <br />recreation; (2) assist in the maintenance, development, improvement and use of public <br />transportation systems in nonurbanized areas; (3) encourage and facilitate the most efficient <br />use of all transportation funds used to provide passenger transportation in nonurbanized areas <br />through the coordination of programs andservices; (4) assist in the development and support of <br />intercity bus transportation; and (5) provide for the participation of private transportation <br />providers in nonurbanized transportation. <br />To continue receiving Section 5311 funding in support of OPT services the County must have a <br />locally formed advisory group made up of representatives from the County’s public human <br />service agencies, transportation providers, public and business sectors, government affiliates, <br />and transit users, as well as representatives from elderly, minority, and limited English <br />proficiency populations, etc. <br />History: <br />The County’s l has been in existence since 1992 when it was operating under the name of the <br />Transportation Services Board (TSB). In June, 2010 OPT and the BOCC approved the <br />administration of the TSB to be moved from the Aging Department to the Planning Department, <br />and the function was incorporated into the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard). <br />Current Status: <br />In order to more fully meet requirements for Section 5311 funding, Planning and Orange Public <br />Transit (OPT) staff has: <br />5 <br />ReturntoAgenda