Ohio Department of Transportation Office of Transit

1. Ohio Department of Transportation Office of Transit Rural Roundtable Wednesday, July 31, 2008

2. Welcome and Introductions Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit

3. Financial AuditsDivision of FinanceOffice of Audits

4. State Budget Marianne Freed Administrator ODOT, Office of Transit

5. Timeline • State Department Budgets to Office of Budget and Management – September 15 • Governor presents Executive Budget to State Legislature – February 2

6. Charter Update Marianne Freed

7. Charter Update • Reporting Requirement Changes • Updated Q & A • Other Manual Updates

8. Annual Conference Marianne Freed • Dates: May 20-22 • Place: Dayton, Ohio • Survey

9. Milestone Dates Seth McDonald Rural Program Analyst ODOT, Office

10. Milestone Dates • Setting Milestone dates • Setting Vehicle Milestones • Milestone Amendments • Target = Milestone Dates

11. Milestone Dates • Designated Grantee Milestones • Non-designated Grantees • Required Documents • Forms available on website www.dot.state.oh.us/ptrans

12. Civil Rights Kim White Training and Compliance Officer ODOT, Office of Transit

13. Civil Rights New Circular FTA C 4702.1A Title VI and Title VI-Dependent Guidelines for Federal Transit Administration Recipients, published December 14, 2005

14. Title VI Part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act Title VI – Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities “No person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, or national origin be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

15. Title VI cont. • What is the Purpose of Title VI? • What is the Intent of Title VI?

16. Title VI cont. Other Nondiscrimination Authorities • The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 • Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act • The 1975 Age Discrimination Act • Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice (EJ) • Executive Order 13166 on Limited English Proficiency (LEP) • Implementing Regulations

17. Title VI cont. • New Title VI information will be required • Additional Training later this year on Civil Rights

18. Title VI cont. USDOT’s Title VI Regulations (49 CFR Part 21) • Obligates recipients to: • Comply with Title VI • Include Title VI Provisions in its contracts • Requires recipients’ execution of Title VI assurance as a condition of Federal aid • Provides for sanctions in the event of noncompliance

19. Title VI cont. Executive Order 12898 – Environmental Justice • Demand for fair and equitable treatment (toward low income and minority persons/population)

20. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Covered in Title VI Circular and by Executive Order 13166 Who is a LEP Person?

21. Limited English Proficiency cont. What is required of recipients? • Assessment • Plan of Action

22. Limited English Proficiency cont. • Four Factor Assessment • Demography • Frequency • Importance • Resources

23. 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

24. DBE • Goal Projections • Required of all Recipients • Must be submitted to ODOT electronically • The ODOT report is due to FTA August 1 • Will be required to resubmit when CY 2009 allocations are awarded

25. 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 kim.white@dot.state.oh.us or 614-644-0301

26. Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing Josh Gearhardt Public Transportation Manager ODOT, Office of Transit

27. Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing • Who can participate with ODOT? • What is available? • Where can I get more information?

28. ODOT Term Contracts • Where to Get Term Contract Information • Office of Transit Website • www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Local/Transit/Pages/default.aspx • ODOT Office of Contracts Website • www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/ContractAdmin/Pages/default.aspx

29. Ohio Revised Code Section 4513.50 • Inspections of passenger transportation vehicles • All private non profit owned vehicles without county tags must be inspected annually • Vehicles exempted are any smaller than an LTN • LTN’s and larger have a GVW or more than 10,000 lbs and are subject to the inspection law

30. Intercity Update Brett Harris Rural Transit Program Coordinator ODOT, Office of Transit

31. 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

32. 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

33. Intercity Update • Intercity Bus Needs Assessment • Local IC needs • Current routes • Deliverables • Proposed Routes • Three IC Routes • Feeder Service • Proposed Maps

34. Intercity Update cont. Where do we go from here? • Rural Intercity Bus Program Policy • Draft policy sent out for comment • Address annual IC needs • Establishes competitive proposal process • Criteria based selection process

35. Training Update Kim White

36. Upcoming Training • September 24 - Civil Rights ODOT – Central Office Auditorium • October 8 – Marketing • December 9 – Drug and Alcohol Reasonable Suspicion Determination Refresher • Defensive Driving – Hosting a Class

37. Mobile Driver Training Simulator • http://www.paducahtransit.com/drivertraining.html

38. Transit Curriculum • WSU – One-credit hour courses • KSU – Program to start August

39. Other • Drug and Alcohol Changes – Kim White • New Freedom – Barb Piper • JARC – Seth Budge • Accrual Accounting Follow-up – Brett Harris • Office of Transit Website – Josh Gearhardt

40. Drug and Alcohol Testing Program Changes • Published in the Federal Register on Wednesday June 25, 2008 • Changes go into effect on August 25, 2008 • Summary was posted to the listserv and sent in a paragraph email on July 1, 2008

41. NEW FREEDOM Barbara Piper Program Coordinator ODOT, Office of Transit

42. New Freedom Update PROGRAM OVERVIEW • Program Description • Eligible Applicants • Program Appropriations • Eligible Projects

43. 2008 NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM SUMMARY • Applicant Types • Proposals Received

44. NEW FREEDOM PROJECTS AWARDED • Operating • Capital

45. JARC Seth Budge Program Coordinator ODOT, Office of Transit

46. JARC Update PROGRAM OVERVIEW • Program Description • Eligible Applicants • Program Appropriations • Eligible Projects

47. 2008 JARC Program Summary • Applicant Types • Proposals Received

48. JARC Projects Awarded • Operating • Capital • Planning

49. JARC & New FreedomLessons Learned • Coordinated Plan • Project Summary • Outcomes/Program Measures • Coordination • Compliance

50. What’s Next for JARC & New Freedom • Application cycle