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(3) Private, for-profit operator designated.as Coordinated Community Transportation Provider. The service alternatives are: (1) Combine as many of the agency's demand -responsive services as practical, primarily using existing vehicles. - (2) Expand existing demand -responsive services and add five vans. RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff concurs with the Kimley-Horn recommendation that: (1) An agency be designated as the Transportation Provider. (2) The existing transportation services be coordinated until additional funding sources are provided. Staff recommends the Board of County Commissioners direct Kimley- Horn to complete the Transportation for the Disadvantaged Study based on the recommended alternatives. Planner Janis Johnson informed the Board that what is desired today is for the Board to give a recommendation to Mr. Pollock of Kimley-Horn and Associates so that he can complete the study his firm is doing re setting up Transportation Disadvantaged. Planner Johnson then presented Miss Cochran of the DOT. Miss Cochran reviewed the law passed by the State Legislature requiring that all agencies receiving money for transportation activities coordinate their services on a countywide basis under a program called Transportation Disadvantaged. This program is intendedafor those who are unable to transport themselves or purchase transportation, i.e, the elderly, handicapped, and low income and is aimed at eliminating duplication of services among the various agencies. Miss Cochran continued that the Board retained Kimley-Horn to do the initial 5 -year plan which needs to be updated annually, and today they are asking for the Board's comments on the material submitted so far, and specifically would like direction in regard to expanding services beyond those now provided by existing agencies. MAY 1 9 1982 129 � � 91