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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. I _a <br />SUBJECT: Public Hearing on the NC Department of Transportation's Rural Operating Assistance <br />Program Grant <br />DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />Aging/Orange Public Transportation BUDGET AMENDMENT: <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Application Jerry M. Passmore <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: ext. 2009 <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 9684501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 -227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To receive citizen comments regarding the proposed FYI 999-2000 new application package referred to <br />as ROAP (Rural Operating Assistance Program) which includes the Elderly and Disabled Transportation <br />Assistance Program, Work First Transitional/Employment Transportation Assistance Program and the <br />Rural General Public Program and to approve submission of the combined ROAP application. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In an effort to streamline its funding procedure the NC Department of Transportation's Public <br />Transportation Division is combining the application process for the three above - mentioned grant <br />programs into one package. However, there can be no transfer of funds among the programs for the FY <br />1999 -2000. As part of the application package the Board of County Commissioners must hold a public <br />hearing. County governments are the only eligible applicants for these funds. <br />The Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program, first made available by the General <br />Assembly in 1989, is used in Orange County to pay for medical and personal business trips for residents <br />who are 60 years and older or disabled. The Work First/Employment program assists former Work First <br />clients and other low- income persons certified for Medicaid and Food Stamps with employment- related <br />transportation. Rural General Public funds are used to subsidize the Orange Express public route which <br />makes three round trips daily from the Prospect Hill Health Center to the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. <br />The Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) funds will provide the following service: <br />(1) Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program - 4,756 additional medical trips <br />(2) Rural General Public — Orange Express Public Route — 3,443 additional general public trips <br />(3) Work First/Employment Transportation Program — 31 Work First Clients (mina7$3oo each) <br />