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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-b <br /> SUBJECT: North Carolina Community Transportation Program Administrative and Capital <br /> Grant Applications for FY 2019 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Public Transportation (OPT) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Community Transportation Program <br /> Resolution Theo Letman, Transit Director, 919-245- <br /> 2. 2018 Certifications and Assurances 2007 <br /> Signature Pages (2019 to be received at Teleishia Holloway, Transit Administrator <br /> a later date) 919-245-2002 <br /> 3. Public Hearing Notice <br /> 4. Local Share Certifications for Funding <br /> PURPOSE: To <br /> 1) Conduct a public hearing to receive public comments on the North Carolina <br /> Community Transportation Program (CTP) grant application by Orange County Public <br /> Transportation (OPT) for FY 2020; <br /> 2) Close the public hearing; <br /> 3) Approve the Community Transportation Program Grant application for FY 2019 in the <br /> total amount of $244,609 with a local match total of $33,272 to be provided when <br /> necessary; <br /> 4) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Community Transportation Program <br /> Resolution authorizing the applicant to enter into an agreement with the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the Local Share Certification for Funding <br /> form; and <br /> 5) Authorize the Chair and the County Attorney to review and sign the 2019 Certifications <br /> and Assurances document in Attachment 2. <br /> BACKGROUND: Each year, the NCDOT Public Transportation Division accepts requests for <br /> administrative and capital needs for county-operated community transportation programs. OPT <br /> is eligible to make application for both administrative and capital funding. <br /> The total CTP funding request for FY 2020 is $176,215 for community transportation <br /> administrative expenses and an additional $68,394 for capital expenses. This draft grant <br /> application is made for expenses totaling $244,609. <br />