1. Ohio Department of Transportation Office of Transit Rural Roundtable Wednesday, June 18, 2008

2. Marianne Freed, Administrator, Office of Transit Kristina Fenselon, Director, Geauga County Transit, OPTA Vice President – Small Operators Welcome and Introductions

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

4. System and Constituency Involvement Kristina Fenselon Director, Geauga County Transit OPTA Vice President – Small Operators

5. Rural Program Update

6. 2009 Funding Process Marianne E. Freed Administrator Office of Transit

7. Milestone Dates Jane Smelser Public Transportation Manager ODOT, Office

8. Milestone Dates CY2009 Milestone dates Milestone Amendments CY 2008 Milestone dates

9. Limited English Proficiency Marianne E. Freed Administrator Office of Transit

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

11. Limited English Proficiency cont. What is required of recipients?  Assessment  Plan of Action

12. Limited English Proficiency cont. Four Factor Assessment – Demographics – Frequency – Importance – Resources

13. 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

14. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Josh Gearhardt Public Transportation Manager Office of Transit

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

16. 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 kim.white@dot.state.oh.us

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

18. Term Contracts and Cooperative Purchasing Who can participate with ODOT? How to Participate? What is available? Where can I get more information?

19. 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

20. Intercity Update Marianne E. Freed Administrator Office of Transit

21. 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

22. 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

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

24. 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

25. Training Update Josh Gearhardt Public Transportation Manager Office of Transit

26. 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

27. 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 www.stark.kent.edu/adminissions – Course is listed as Geography 40195: Special Topics, Public and Human Service Transportation

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

29. JARC Update Projects Funded Next Proposal Process

30. New Freedom Update Funding Requests Received/Awarded Projects Funded Next Proposal Process

31. Accrual Accounting Update Effective January 1, 2008 Accrual clarification – Manual in Development Questions ??????

32. Office of Transit Website Currently in Development Most recent updated launch date: June 24, 2008

33. Office of Transit Website

34. Questions