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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. _5-q <br /> SUBJECT: Wheels for Work Car Donation Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Bill Mathews, ext 2004 <br /> Resolution Jerry Passmore, ext 2009 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To acknowledge the critical role that the Triangle Residential Options for <br /> Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA) has played in the Orange County Car Donation Program <br /> "Wheels for Work". <br /> BACKGROUND: The Wheels for Work car donation program began operations in May 2001 <br /> via a formal agreement with TROSA to process vehicles donated to the program. During the <br /> first year of operation, the program acquired 46 vehicles, leaving 11 with TROSA and returning <br /> 35 to low income, working families in Orange County in desperate need of transportation. <br /> TROSA has been invaluable in processing vehicle titles, cleaning vehicles, making small repairs <br /> and assisting in the vehicle delivery to Orange County clients. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br /> resolution and authorize the Chair to sign it commending TROSA on its support for the Wheels <br /> for Work program. <br />