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B. The Contractor xvill be involved~ in, and shall assist, the CCTS Transportation Planner and Mobility Management staff in overall syste~a planning efforts. These include developing and promoting nexv services; exploring alternative funding and c~ntracting methods; budg~ing and capital areas; and public outreach efforts. C. The Contractor will assist the CC~S Transportation Planner with the preparation of NCDOT and FTA grant applications (i.e., 5311, ROAP); l~al Agency grant and Award applications; audits and operational planning requirements (CTSP, CTIP etc.). _~The Contractor shall assist the CCTS Transportation Planner with the preparation of all progress repons ~equired by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and/or FTA contracts as well as an)' Count)' .[Mobility Management required data collection deemed necessary for the Planning and Operation of the ccT~ system. D. The Contractor's local Project ~anager will participate in Cabarrus County's Emergenc~' Management operations drills and the CCTS sy~em fleet and Contractor will be a standby resource for Cabarrus Count)' Emergency Management. Contractor ~vill also coordinate ~vith local law enforcement, Cit)', and Count3' officials in emergency and/or syste~ planning and development efforts so as to enhance CCTS's position within the eommunit)'. Fo Go The Contractor shall recruit, hire, train, supervise and manage qualified personnel, including, but not l~iited to drivers, dispatchers, supervisors; a~d a program manager to provide daily transportation services for the CCTS system. The Contractor shall prov'_flt, e employee salaries, ~neluding tenure increases, as specified m ~ts Proposal. Contractor agrees to notify CCTS ih the event Contractor plans to modify its structure of wages and benefits. In the event that Contractor, upon its dwn initiative or at the suggestion of CCTS or upon mandate of federal, state, or local Government, modifies or ~lans to modify its plan of wages and benefits in a significant way, either ~y request re-negotiation o~ho-eompensation rates provided in this Contract. The Contractor will lease a minimam of 23 vehicles for the sum of $1.00 per vehicle per 3'ear. The Contractor warrants that the CCTS vehicles ~I1 be used exclusively for CCTS public transportation services, and not for chatXer work or other uses not approved in advance by CCTS's Transportation Planner and/or Board. The Contractor shall be responsibl__e for all mechanical and service inspections and repairs of all vehicles as out!ined in the CCTS RFP, in the Contractor's Proposal, and in accordance with all North Carolina DepmXment o~-Transportation vehicle maint~-aance requirements. The Contractor shall schedule regular preventive maintenance and repairs ~vith all hon-wanant)' costs to be paid for by the Contractor. Notwithstanding the above, the Count)' and the ContrSetor shall perform a joint transition fleet inspection prior to Contractor's assumption resulting in the practie~, that the County shall either (a) provide the fleet in an initi~ condition such that it meets or exceeds the RFP and NC Safety Inspection requirements, or (b) (b) negotiate with the inco~hing Contractor to repair the deficiencies identified during the inspection at the County's expense. A similar joint inspection shall be ~efformed thirty days prior to the end of a contract, and the Contractor shall be given the opportunit)' to repair ~.~imy deficiencies identified on the vehicles at that time. The Count3' reserves the right to xvithhold some or all o~the Contractor's final payment until such time as the vehicles are determined to be in acceptable condition per t~ criteria set forth in the Contxact and RFP and Contractor Proposal or until a suitable amount is negotiated to eo~,~ er an)' needed repairs.