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RES - 2022 - 040 Attachment 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ORANGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AMERICANS <br /> WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA ) PARATRANSIT PLAN <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 /> WHEREAS, the ADA prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in employment, housing <br /> and transportation ; and <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 /> WHEREAS, to comply with the ADA, Orange County Transportation Services is required to provide <br /> paratransit service to those persons with disabilities who are unable to use or access the fixed - route <br /> transit system ; and <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 /> WHEREAS, Orange County Transportation Services successfully expanded fixed - route service <br /> considerably necessitating a need to update and adopt its ADA paratransit plan with an updated service <br /> plan and service area , <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Board <br /> approves and adopts the 2022 Orange County Transportation Services ADA Paratransit Plan . <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorizes Orange County <br /> Transportation Services to submit the 2022 Orange County ADA Paratransit Plan to the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation and Federal Transit Administration . <br /> Upon motion of Commissioner seconded b Commissioner t� � the <br /> N C� v <br /> foregoing resolution was adopted this the 6t " day of September 2022 . <br /> lr n <br /> <tt� l` lA �tiq� � <br />