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Ohio Department of Transportation Office of Transit. Rural Roundtable Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Welcome and Introductions. Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit Kristina Fenselon, Director, Geauga County Transit, OPTA Vice President – Small Operators. State Budget. Marianne Freed - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ohio Department of Transportation
Office of Transit
Rural Roundtable
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit
Kristina Fenselon, Director, Geauga County Transit, OPTA Vice President – Small Operators
Welcome and Introductions
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State Budget
Marianne Freed
Administrator
ODOT, Office of Transit
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System and Constituency Involvement
Kristina Fenselon
Director, Geauga County Transit
OPTA Vice President – Small Operators
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Rural Program Update
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2009 Funding Process
Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit
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Milestone Dates
Jane Smelser
Public Transportation Manager
ODOT, Office
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Milestone Dates
• CY2009 Milestone dates
• Milestone Amendments
• CY 2008 Milestone dates
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Limited English Proficiency
Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit
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Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Covered in Title VI Circular and by Executive Order 13166
Who is a LEP Person?
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
What is required of recipients? Assessment Plan of Action
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
• Four Factor Assessment– Demographics– Frequency – Importance – Resources
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
Plan of Action – Five Elements Identification of volume and location of LEPs and LEP
communities Language assistance measures Staff Outreach measures Monitoring and Evaluation of Efforts
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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerOffice of Transit
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DBE• Goal Projections– Required of all Recipients – Use CY 2008 Federal Allocation– Due July 15, 2008– Submit electronically to Kim White at
[email protected]– Resubmit when CY 2009 allocations are awarded
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DBE con’t.• Threshold recipient– Must publish goal– Must submit plan if not already on file with ODOT
or if revisions are made– Will be required to submit semi-annual reports
Questions: Contact Kim White at [email protected] or 614-644-0301
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Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing
Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerODOT, Office of Transit
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Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing
• Who can participate with ODOT?
• How to Participate?
• What is available?
• Where can I get more information?
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ODOT Term Contracts
• Where to Get Term Contract Information
–Office of Transit Website• www.dot.state.oh.us/ptrans
–ODOT Office of Contracts Website• http://www.dot.state.oh.us/CONTRACT/Purchase.htm
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Intercity Update
Marianne E. Freed
Administrator
Office of Transit
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Intercity Update
• Intercity Bus Program– 49 USC Section 5311(f)– Budget of $2.8 M CY 2009
• Based on 15% of 5311 Apportionment
– Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
– New Requirement – Consultation Process
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Intercity Update cont.
• Consultation Process– Identified intercity bus carriers operating in Ohio– Sent letters to carriers requesting input – Held individual consultation meetings– Incorporated their comments
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Intercity Update
• Intercity Bus Needs Assessment• Local IC needs• Current routes
• Deliverables• Proposed Routes• Three IC Routes • Feeder Service
• Proposed Maps
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Intercity Update cont.
Where do we go from here?• Rural Intercity Bus Program Policy– Address annual IC needs– Establishes competitive proposal process– Criteria based selection process
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Training Update
Josh Gearhardt
Public Transportation Manager
Office of Transit
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Upcoming Training • July 15 – Record Retention/Sunshine Law• September 24 - Civil Rights
• October – Marketing• November – TBA• December – Drug and Alcohol Reasonable
Suspicion Determination Refresher• Defensive Driving
– Hosting a Class– On-line Course– Available for free for CORSA members
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Transit Curriculum
• WSU – One-credit hour courses
• KSU – Program to start August 26– To register visit the KSU website at
www.stark.kent.edu/adminissions– Course is listed as Geography 40195: Special
Topics, Public and Human Service Transportation
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Charter Update
• Reporting Requirement Changes
• Updated Q & A
• Other Manual Updates
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JARC Update
• Projects Funded
• Next Proposal Process
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New Freedom Update
• Funding Requests Received/Awarded
• Projects Funded
• Next Proposal Process
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Accrual Accounting Update
• Effective January 1, 2008• Accrual clarification– Manual in Development
• Questions ??????
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Office of Transit Website
• Currently in Development
• Most recent updated launch date:
June 24, 2008
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Office of Transit Website
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Questions