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November 4, 2013 (Work Session) Page 1800 in addition to a 15 percent match for the administrative grant award and a 10 percent match for the capital grant award. Further, the adoption of the Community Transportation Program Resolution and the Human Services Agency Transportation Resolution is required. The required local match will be included in the Transportation Department's FY 2015 budgetary request. Chairman Poole advised she is the Board liaison to the Transportation Advisory Board and reviewed a handout detailing the names of the grants, what each grant covers, the grant amounts, the county match and whether the service is mandated. A discussion ensued. During discussion Mr. Bass and Bob Bushey, Transportation Coordinator, responded to a variety of questions from the Board. Chairman Poole advised the Board first review the Transportation items on the Agenda, followed by general discussion and scheduling of the special meeting needed to conduct the public hearings prior to the regular meeting on November 18 Human Services - Transportation Department - 5310 Elderly and Disabled Grant Funding - Public Hearing 6:30 P.M. Bob Bushey, Transportation Coordinator, presented the following information relating to the 5310 Elderly and Disabled Grant Funding: Cabarrus County Transportation plans to apply for federal transportation funding through the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Public Transportation Division, for funding provided by the 5310 Elderly and Disabled Transportation Grant totaling $903,161.00 for two years. Funding for this program is designed to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities. If awarded, a County match of $354,461.00 is required, but would come from the EDTAP portion of the ROAP funds and the HCCGB grant funds which will be included in the Department's FY 2015 budget request. A discussion ensued. During discussion, Mr. Bushey and Randy Bass, Transportation Director responded to a variety of questions from the Board. Human Services - Transportation Department - 5316 JARC Grant Funding - Public Hearing 6:30 P.M. Randy Bass, Transportation Director, presented the following information relating to a request for the 5316 JARC Grant Funding: The JARC grant is an employment -based grant designed to provide transportation to Cabarrus County residents to access transportation to and from employment or job- related training. The current JARC program ( Cabarrus Links), serves Mt. Pleasant, Harrisburg, Concord, Kannapolis and Midland. The new grant will expand to provide transportation to and from the Cabarrus Vocational Opportunities Workshop. The total funding requested is $564,122.00. A local match of $282,061.00 is required and will be included in the Department's FY 2015 budgetary request. Mr. Bass responded to questions from the Board. Items addressed included: expansion of services; trips dedicated to Cabarrus Vocational Opportunities (CVO) ; shared ride utilization; taxi services; cost per trip; revenue from grants; etc. Chairman Poole advised, in order to meet the application deadline and the required publication of the public hearing notices, the meeting will need to be recessed to November 15 A discussion ensued regarding the scheduling of the recessed meeting. It was the consensus of the Board that following the closed session, the Board will recess to Friday, November 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners' meeting room. UPON MOTION of Chairman Poole, seconded by Commissioner Morris and unanimously carried, the Board scheduled public hearings for the NCDOT Public Transportation Division Section 5311 Grant for FY 2015; 5310 Elderly and