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<br /> <br />F. Commissioner Resolution <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AMERICANS <br />WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) PARATRANSIT PLAN <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the <br />President in July 1990; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the ADA prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, housing <br />and transportation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the ADA’s intent is to ensure equal opportunity for persons with disabilities to access public <br />accommodations, public services, telecommunications and transportation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, to comply with the ADA, Orange Public Transportation is required to provide paratransit <br />service to those persons with disabilities who are unable to use or access the fixed-route transit system; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Transportation <br />require public transit operators providing fixed-route service to submit complementary paratransit plans <br />and annual updates to the Federal Transit Administration; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Orange Public Transportation are expanding fixed-route service considerably over the coming <br />year necessitating a need to develop and adopt a major update to its ADA paratransit plan with an <br />updated service plan and service area. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Board <br />approves and adopts the 2015 Orange Public Transportation ADA Paratransit Plan. <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Orange <br />County Transportation Services to submit the 2022 Orange County ADA Paratransit Plan to the North <br />Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration. <br /> <br />Upon motion of Commissioner _______ ________, seconded by Commissioner _______ _______, the <br />foregoing resolution was adopted this the 6th day of September 2022. <br /> <br />53