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· ;/ CABARRUS COUNTY ... CONCORD. NORTH CAROLINA 28025 MEMORANDUM TO: Charles blcGinnis/County Manager FROb!: W.S. Chandler, Jr./Director of Planning "~°cIZf- SUBJECT: Mass Transit Feasibility Study for the Concord-Kannapolis (Rowan)-Kannapolis (Cabarrus)-Landis-China Grove Area DATE: July 3, 1980 I would like to request time on the agenda of the County Commi§s- loners' meeting on July 14, 1980 so that I might submit a proposal for a grant application to the MorFh Carolina Deoartment of Tra~soortation to fund a "mass transit feasibility stud)'" f~r the Concord-Kannapclis (Cabarrus)-Kannapolis (Rowan)-Landis~China Crove area. This tranait grant application should be differentiated from the mrevious grant for updating of the Cabarrus County Transportation Development Plan (?'DP), a Cabarrus County project The mroposed application involves a joint efforn between Rowan County and ~abarrus County. A need for a "mass transit feasibi!itv study" for the area was brought to our attention, suddenly, by the-termination of daily ser- vices by the Kannapolis Transit Company. The presently funded prc-- ject for Cabarrus County to update the Transit Development Plan was not designed or funded for such a detailed study, since the Kannapolis Transit Company was still providing daily servi-ces at the time of the grant submittal. After discussing the problem with the officials at the Department of Transportation and the Rowan County Planning staff, the decision was made that the best course would be to make a joint Cabarrus-Rowan request for funding under Section 18 of the Urban blass Transit Act. It was further suggested, by the Department of Transoort- ation, that Cabarrus County serve as the lead applicant and adminiStra- tor of the project, since Cabarrus is presently funded to begin a "gen- eral transit development plan". The proposed funding request amouDts to g22,000. Ten percent (10%) would be the local share, divided e~ually between Rowan County andCab- arrus County and equally $110~ 00 p~r. county. In-kind services can pro- vide one-half (½) of the Cabarrus Codnty share, leaving only $550 to be approved by the Commissioners as a cash match. (}~ore detailed budget included) .