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Section 427.012 provides for the formation of a statewide Coordinating Council on the Transportation Disadvantaged. The primary duties of the Coordinating Council are to develop policies/procedures for coordination of funding and grants, compile data on transportation needs, provide information, and approve the appointment of Transportation Providers. The objectives of Chapter 427 are implemented at the local level by a Local Planning Organization (LPO). This LPO has three major functions; drafting of a Transportation Development Plan, a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the appointment of a Transportation Provider. Attachment 1 gives an overview of the organization and a summary of respon- sibilities under Florida Statues and includes Chapter 427. On October 22, 1980, the Board of County Commissioners accepted responsibility for the Transportation for the Disadvantaged Program and became the Local Planning Organization (LPO). At the September 30, 1981, meeting, the Board authorized a Joint Participation Agreement with the Florida Department of Trans- =:. portation (FDOT) to provide a Transportation Development Plan -as required in Section 427.015 (1). Ki.mley-Horn and Associates was retained to develop that study. On May 19, 1982, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed the preliminary section, Inventory, Analysis and Alternatives and instructed Kimley- Horn and Associates to complete the study including a five- year development plan which specified implementation steps in the transportation program. In addition, the Board requested Commissioner Dick Bird to investigate and monitor the program's progress. Commissioner Bird held -two subsequent workshops on June 8th and July 8, 1982. Those attending included the social services agencies which will participate in the program, a representative from Florida Department of Transportation, and Community Development staff. Discussions centered on the program's possible impacts and the agency transportation needs. On June 15, 1982, Kimley-Horn and Associates submitted the draft of Coordinated Transportation Development Plan. Copies were distributed to the social service agencies who would be coordinating their transportation services. Copies of this draft are included as Attachment 2. - ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The Board of County Commissioners acting as the Local Planning Organization (LPO) has the following remaining tasks: 1) Review and adoption of the five-year Transportation Development Plan (TDP) which includes a Transporta- tion Improvement Program (TIP). - 2) Annual updates of this Plan. 3) Designation of a Transportation Provider. The Transportation Provider is a governmental entity, a non- profit agency or a for-profit company which serves the trans- portation disadvantaged population in a community and which, to the fullest extent possible, reduces the fragmentation and duplication of service provision among all the state or federally funded agencies that provide services to transporta- tion disadvantaged individuals. J U L 211982 103 ROM '50 PAGE 6'