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Public Hearing Notice As part of the CTP application, a public hearing must be held in front of the applicant's governing body. The public hearing may cover multiple grant requests to include 5311, Appalachian Program, 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities, and ROAR The applicant must publish one public notice in a newspaper(s) having general circulation in the project's proposed service area. It is recommended that the Public Hearing Notice provide a minimum of seven (7) calendar days notice and a 6 maximum of fourteen (14) calendar days notice between the time that the Public Hearing Notice is published in the newspaper and the actual public hearing date. In accordance with the DOT LEP Guidance, 70 FR 74087, (December 14, 2005), a public notice will also be published in Spanish in counties that have 1,000 or 5% of their population that speaks Spanish at home, but speaks English less than well. Applicants in the counties listed in Appendix A MUST publish a public hearing notice in English and Spanish. PTD is not including a Spanish version of the public notice in the application package. Applicants should have the public notice translated locally to ensure the accuracy of the translation. Public Hearing / Public The applicant must hold a public hearing on the proposed Hearing Record / Public project(s) to allow members of the community the opportunity to Hearing Minutes comment on transportation needs and the grant application. Each grant request (i.e., 5311, Appalachian, 5310, or ROAP) must be addressed individually with the hearing formally opened and closed, and reflected in the minutes. During the hearing the public should explicitly be asked if they wish to comment on the proposed funding. The public hearing will be held before the governing board. 7 County Commissioners - county applicants ■ Board of Directors - non - profit applicants ■ Authority Board of Directors or Executive Board - public transportation authorities ■ City/Town Council - municipalities The Clerk /Secretary to the Board must complete, sign and certify the Public Hearing Record form. Either indicate that NO public comments were made or public comments were made and enter the estimated date for board approval of meeting minutes. A copy of the board approved minutes must be submitted if comments were made at the Public Hearing. 32