Ohio Department of Transportation

Office of Transit

Rural Roundtable

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit

Kristina Fenselon, Director, Geauga County Transit, OPTA Vice President – Small Operators

Welcome and Introductions

State Budget

Marianne Freed

Administrator

ODOT, Office of Transit

System and Constituency Involvement

Kristina Fenselon

Director, Geauga County Transit

OPTA Vice President – Small Operators

Rural Program Update

2009 Funding Process

Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit

Milestone Dates

Jane Smelser

Public Transportation Manager

ODOT, Office

Milestone Dates

• CY2009 Milestone dates

• Milestone Amendments

• CY 2008 Milestone dates

Limited English Proficiency

Marianne E. FreedAdministratorOffice of Transit

Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

Covered in Title VI Circular and by Executive Order 13166

Who is a LEP Person?

Limited English Proficiency cont.

What is required of recipients? Assessment Plan of Action

Limited English Proficiency cont.

• Four Factor Assessment– Demographics– Frequency – Importance – Resources

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

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerOffice of Transit

DBE• Goal Projections– Required of all Recipients – Use CY 2008 Federal Allocation– Due July 15, 2008– Submit electronically to Kim White at

kim.white@dot.state.oh.us– Resubmit when CY 2009 allocations are awarded

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

Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing

Josh GearhardtPublic Transportation ManagerODOT, Office of Transit

Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing

• Who can participate with ODOT?

• How to Participate?

• What is available?

• Where can I get more information?

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

Intercity Update

Marianne E. Freed

Administrator

Office of Transit

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

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

Intercity Update

• Intercity Bus Needs Assessment• Local IC needs• Current routes

• Deliverables• Proposed Routes• Three IC Routes • Feeder Service

• Proposed Maps

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

Training Update

Josh Gearhardt

Public Transportation Manager

Office of Transit

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

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

Charter Update

• Reporting Requirement Changes

• Updated Q & A

• Other Manual Updates

JARC Update

• Projects Funded

• Next Proposal Process

New Freedom Update

• Funding Requests Received/Awarded

• Projects Funded

• Next Proposal Process

Accrual Accounting Update

• Effective January 1, 2008• Accrual clarification– Manual in Development

• Questions ??????

Office of Transit Website

• Currently in Development

• Most recent updated launch date:

June 24, 2008

Office of Transit Website

Questions