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<br />ORANGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT <br />TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br /> <br />This memorandum of Understanding is entered into this 1st, Day of July 2024, by and <br />between the Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) and Durham Technical <br />Community College (DTCC) (referred to collectively as the “Parties”). <br /> <br />WHEREAS, OCTS, a department of Orange County, North Carolina and DTCC, a public <br />institution in Durham County, North Carolina, are ineligible to enter into binding <br />contractual relationships with one another; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Memorandum of Understanding in order <br />to establish the mutually agreed upon conditions upon with OCTS will provide public <br />transit services for DTCC and DTCC will provide OCTS the students, faculty and staff <br />who will use these services; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the OCTS is mandated to provide public transit services to the County <br />residents. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Memorandum hereby agree as follows: <br /> <br />1. OCTS will provide Orange County residents with public transit services through <br />Fixed Routes, Demand Response and Mobility-on-Demand to all DTCC student, <br />faculty and staff to and from the college in Hillsborough and Durham. <br /> <br />2. Duration of the first fiscal year – July 2024 through June 2025 - will be fare free. <br /> <br />3. Ridership will be evaluated at the conclusion of FY 202 5, for fare free or reduced <br />cost fares in FY 2026. <br /> <br />4. Specific parameters of the program include: <br />a. OCTS and DTCC will track all reservations and ridership. <br /> <br />b. OCTS tracks DTCC ridership through DTCC designated account. <br /> <br />c. OCTS will provide transit service for DTCC students, faculty and staff for both <br />facilities: Hillsborough and Durham <br /> <br />5. OCTS agrees that continuation of and/or renewal of this Mem orandum based on <br />the following: <br />a. Public transit service for approved clients to and from Durham Tech facilities in <br />Orange and Durham County. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 2F8EA0AF-47DD-4E17-B6B0-6414EEE1D7DB