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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 17, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-b <br /> SUBJECT: 5311 Rural Area Formula Grant, 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors & <br /> Individuals with Disabilities Formula Grant, and 5307 Urbanized Area Formula <br /> Grant for FY 2026 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Orange County Transportation Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. FY 2026 Public Hearing Notice Jamael Wiley, Transit Planning and <br /> 2. FY 2026 Program Resolution Operations Manager, 919-245-2006 <br /> 2. FY 2026 Local Share Certification <br /> 3. FY 2026 Public Hearing Record <br /> PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing on FY 2026 Transit Grants and approve the applications, <br /> program resolution and local share certification. <br /> BACKGROUND: Each year, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br /> Integrated Mobility Division (IMD) accepts requests for capital, operations and administrative <br /> needs for county-operated transit programs. Additionally, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) <br /> through NCDOT-IMD awards discretionary federal resources to states and direct recipients to <br /> replace, rehabilitate and purchase buses and related equipment and to construct bus-related <br /> facilities including technological changes or innovations to modify low or no emission vehicles or <br /> facilities. <br /> Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) is eligible to make application for administrative, <br /> operating and capital projects funding and seeks, including the Orange County local match, a total <br /> of $1,117,627 in combined federal and state transit project grant funding for FY 2026. Public <br /> Hearing notices were published in English and Spanish (Attachment 1). <br /> A Detailed breakdown is outlined in the table below: <br /> Grant 5311 Admin 5310 Operating ARP 5307 Operating Totals <br /> Total $ 206,794 $ 595,550 $ 315,283 $ 1,117,627 <br /> Federal $ 165,435 $ 297,775 $ 315,283 $ 778,493 <br /> State $ 10,340 $ 0 $ 0 $ 10,340 <br /> Local r $ 31,019 $ 297,775 $ 0 $ 328,794 <br /> The 5311 Administrative, 5310 Operating, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) 5307 Operating <br /> grants provide financial assistance for public transit system services that promote economic and <br /> mobility self-sufficiency to the general public, the elderly and individuals with disabilities. The <br /> funds additionally support a system that enhances the access of residents in the urban and non- <br />