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November 4, 2013 (Work Session) 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 Hunan Services Agency Transportation Resolution is required. The required local match will be included in the Transportation Department's FY 2015 budgetary request. Page 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 meting needed to conduct the public hearings prior to the regular meting on November 18 Hunan Services - Transportaticn DepartTent - 5310 Elderly and Disabled Grant FUndi ng - 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 EDIAP 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. Hmm Services - Transportation Department - 5316 MRC Grant Rmduig - Public Dearing 6:30 P.M. Randy Bass, Transportation Director, presented the following informtion relating to a request for the 5316 JARC Grant Funding: The JARC grant is an enploy rent based grant designed to provide transportation to Cabarrus County residents to access transportation to and from enployffent 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.