Ohio Department of Transportation Office of Transit
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Ohio Department of Transportation
Office of Transit
Rural Roundtable
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit
Kristina Fenselon, Director, Geauga County Transit, OPTA Vice President – Small Operators
Welcome and Introductions
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State Budget
Marianne Freed
Administrator
ODOT, Office of Transit
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System and Constituency Involvement
Kristina Fenselon
Director, Geauga County Transit
OPTA Vice President – Small Operators
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Rural Program Update
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2009 Funding Process
Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit
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Milestone Dates
Jane Smelser
Public Transportation Manager
ODOT, Office
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Milestone Dates
• CY2009 Milestone dates
• Milestone Amendments
• CY 2008 Milestone dates
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Limited English Proficiency
Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit
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Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Covered in Title VI Circular and by Executive Order 13166
Who is a LEP Person?
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
What is required of recipients? Assessment Plan of Action
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
• Four Factor Assessment– Demographics– Frequency – Importance – Resources
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Limited English Proficiency cont.
Plan of Action – Five Elements Identification of volume and location of LEPs and LEP
communities Language assistance measures Staff Outreach measures Monitoring and Evaluation of Efforts
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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerOffice of Transit
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DBE• Goal Projections– Required of all Recipients – Use CY 2008 Federal Allocation– Due July 15, 2008– Submit electronically to Kim White at
[email protected]– Resubmit when CY 2009 allocations are awarded
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DBE con’t.• Threshold recipient– Must publish goal– Must submit plan if not already on file with ODOT
or if revisions are made– Will be required to submit semi-annual reports
Questions: Contact Kim White at [email protected] or 614-644-0301
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Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing
Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerODOT, Office of Transit
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Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing
• Who can participate with ODOT?
• How to Participate?
• What is available?
• Where can I get more information?
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ODOT Term Contracts
• Where to Get Term Contract Information
–Office of Transit Website• www.dot.state.oh.us/ptrans
–ODOT Office of Contracts Website• http://www.dot.state.oh.us/CONTRACT/Purchase.htm
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Intercity Update
Marianne E. Freed
Administrator
Office of Transit
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Intercity Update
• Intercity Bus Program– 49 USC Section 5311(f)– Budget of $2.8 M CY 2009
• Based on 15% of 5311 Apportionment
– Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
– New Requirement – Consultation Process
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Intercity Update cont.
• Consultation Process– Identified intercity bus carriers operating in Ohio– Sent letters to carriers requesting input – Held individual consultation meetings– Incorporated their comments
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Intercity Update
• Intercity Bus Needs Assessment• Local IC needs• Current routes
• Deliverables• Proposed Routes• Three IC Routes • Feeder Service
• Proposed Maps
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Intercity Update cont.
Where do we go from here?• Rural Intercity Bus Program Policy– Address annual IC needs– Establishes competitive proposal process– Criteria based selection process
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Training Update
Josh Gearhardt
Public Transportation Manager
Office of Transit
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Upcoming Training • July 15 – Record Retention/Sunshine Law• September 24 - Civil Rights
• October – Marketing• November – TBA• December – Drug and Alcohol Reasonable
Suspicion Determination Refresher• Defensive Driving
– Hosting a Class– On-line Course– Available for free for CORSA members
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Transit Curriculum
• WSU – One-credit hour courses
• KSU – Program to start August 26– To register visit the KSU website at
www.stark.kent.edu/adminissions– Course is listed as Geography 40195: Special
Topics, Public and Human Service Transportation
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Charter Update
• Reporting Requirement Changes
• Updated Q & A
• Other Manual Updates
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JARC Update
• Projects Funded
• Next Proposal Process
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New Freedom Update
• Funding Requests Received/Awarded
• Projects Funded
• Next Proposal Process
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Accrual Accounting Update
• Effective January 1, 2008• Accrual clarification– Manual in Development
• Questions ??????
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Office of Transit Website
• Currently in Development
• Most recent updated launch date:
June 24, 2008
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Office of Transit Website
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Questions