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Ordinance in the Amount of $335,623 Establishing the Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017 FTA Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Grant
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Department: Transportation
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Adam Fischer, 373-2861
Contact 2 and Phone: Bruce Adams, 412-6237
PURPOSE:
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded $243,366 in federal funds under the Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program to the Greensboro Urban Area. The Section 5310 program supports projects that serve the special needs of transit dependent populations beyond traditional public transportation service, exceed the requirements of the ADA act, improve access to fixed route service and decrease reliance of complementary Paratransit service, and provide alternatives to public transportation. As the designated recipient for these funds, City Council approval is requested to establish the grant project budget ordinance
BACKGROUND:
The Greensboro MPO conducted a competitive selection process for funding. The Transportation Advisory Committee at the May 17, 2017 meeting awarded funding to the City of Greensboro Public Transportation Division/Greensboro Transit Authority and Guilford County Transportation and Mobility Services (TAMS) to support eligible operating expenses. Specifically, the City of Greensboro will use Section 5310 funding in the amount of $169,029 to provide early morning dialysis trips during weekdays and Saturdays for seniors and individuals with disabilities who meet the program goal and when public transportation is insufficient, inappropriate, or unavailable. In addition, the City will provide paratransit service beyond the normal, fixed-route service hours. As the designated recipient for Section 5310 funds, the City of Greensboro Public Transportation Division is utilizing 10% or $24,337 of the area allocation to suppo...
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