Title
Public Hearing and Decision on Consolidation and Coordination of Public Transportation Grant Application
Action
Action:
A. Conduct a public hearing regarding authorization of the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for a grant in the amount of up to $522,000 with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for consolidation and coordination of regional public transportation,
B. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for a grant in an amount up to $522,000 with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for consolidation and coordination of regional public transportation,
C. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a grant in an amount of up to $522,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for consolidation and coordination of regional public transportation, and
D. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $522,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation for consolidation and coordination of regional public transportation to the CATS Operating Fund contingent upon being named a successful grant recipient.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Jason Lawrence, CATS
Brian Horton, CATS
Explanation
* This resolution authorizes the city to submit an application to the North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Consolidation and Coordination of Public Transportation program (ConCPT).
* NCDOT provides financial assistance in the form of ConCPT grants to public transit systems to assist in coordinating trips between three or more transit systems for long-distance routes that run every weekday on a fixed route with a published schedule. The coordination efforts established with this program are designed to maximize resources, gain efficiencies, and improve access to public transportation.
* NCDOT requires grant applicants to hold a public hearing and endorse the grant application by local resolution.
* The CONNECT Beyond planning process identified the nee...
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