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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~'~, <br />SUBJECT: North Carolina Department of Transportation, Rural Operating Assistance <br />Program (ROAP) and Supplemental ROAP Grant Application for FY 2008- <br />2009 <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Public Hearing Notice <br />2. Certified Statements <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry Passmore, 245-2009 <br />AI Terry, 245-2002 <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing for the NCDOT Rural Operating Assistance Program <br />(ROAP); to approve the annual FY 2008-2009 ROAP grant application including supplemental <br />request; and authorize the chair to sign the certifying statement. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation, Public Transportation <br />Division, designates Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) funds each fiscal year to <br />Orange County. ROAP consolidates the Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance <br />Program (EDTAP), the Work First Transitional/Employment Transportation Assistance Program <br />and the Rural General Public (RGP) Program into a single application package. These ROAP <br />funds allow Orange County to continue servicing the above-mentioned programs from July 2008 <br />through June 2009. <br />Orange Bus is the lead agency for public and human services agency transportation in rural <br />Orange County and the recipient of the EDTAP allocation of $59,065 in formula and $34,680 in <br />supplemental funds. A total of $93,745 EDTAP funds are available with no local match <br />requirements. Orange Bus will continue to use its allocation to provide medical transportation <br />for the sixty-plus and disabled residents of Orange County. Additionally, Orange Bus will offer <br />one shopping/personal business round trip per week to those two population groups who live <br />outside the Chapel Hill Transit service area and do not have access to the Hillsborough to <br />Chapel Hill public route. To the extent possible, trips will be grouped by geographic area per <br />weekday and the destination will be the closest possible provider. All EDTAP service recipients <br />are asked to provide a co-pay of $3.00 per one-way trip. This fee is pro-rated for any individual <br />whose family income is at or below 125% of the poverty level as determined by the North <br />Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Co-payments are utilized to fund <br />additional trips. <br />