August 2, 2004 ITEM # 3e
Item
Title: Wake
County Five-Year Community Transportation Services Plan Request to Receive
Grant Funds
Specific
Action Requested:
That
the Board of Commissioners endorse the receipt of grant funding for the
Community Transportation Services Plan.
Item
Summary:
The North
Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requires that each county agency
receiving transportation grants have a plan that governs its services. The plan must describe the services provided
by the agency and the direction those services will take in the coming years.
The plan must also include an objective analysis of how transportation services
could be provided more efficiently and effectively in the future.
The
NC Dept of Transportation, Public Transportation Division (PTD) provides annual
recurring administrative assistance that reduces our overhead costs. The PTD also provides annual capital
assistance that helps us to regularly replace vehicles and other necessary
equipment. Finally, the PTD provides
limited operating assistance (the ROAP grant) annually, that helps us cover
operating costs for our TRACS rural public program, and for a few elderly and
disabled trips. In order to qualify for
their grant programs, they expect us to complete a planning process every 5
years. The plan provides an objective
analysis of these funding needs.
The plan will
cover the period from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2009. NCDOT provides grant funding for each County to complete this
planning process. Wake County has
selected a private vendor (Wilbur Smith Associates) to provide the
above-mentioned planning services at a total cost of $68,986. The resources to
fund this study include $14,086 in user fees, representing the County’s match
to the $54,900 in grant funding from the NCDOT.
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