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~E~ORA~DU~ TO: Cabarrus County co~issioners FROM: Gerald A. Newto~y, AICP/Michael L. Byrd, Planning and Zoning Department DATE: July 17, 1991 SUBJECT: TDP Update/Recommended Actions On January 21, 1991, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners called for an update of the County's Transportation Development Plan (TDP)and authorized the hiring of Ecosometrics Incorporated to serve as consultant. As background, the TDP update was being done because the Department of Social Services JOBS program was going to dramatically impact the need for public transportation. The revised TDP establishes how to meet that growing need, and when approved by NCDOT, allows the County to receive grant monies to purchase vehicles, and to help offset transportation costs. The current TDP falls short of addressing the public transportation impact. In reviewing the existing system and the existing need, Chapter 4 concludes by stating: "The combination of a lack of capacity for additional trips for groups already receiving service, a reluctance by agencies to coordinate with the existing Department of Aging program, and the need for a major, near-term expansion to serve the JOBS program all suggest that the County should consider alternatives that would create a larger, independent transportation system. Such a system would need to be able to meet the needs of all the various County programs, serve as a focal point for coordination efforts, and be sufficiently independent from existing human service agencies that each agency or client group could feel that its clients were receiving equal treatment. The next chapter presents alternatives to meet these needs". Planning and Zoning D~panment Co=cord. NC 25~26-0707 , P:a~r, ing (7~) 7~.81~1 · Zoning: (7~) 7F~.8137 PO. 707