DATE UPDATED - Media Release - Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee Meeting and Request for Public Comment

NOTICE OF SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
AND
REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 5310 FUNDING

The Deschutes County Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee will meet on March 18 at 3:00 p.m. in the C.L. Allen Room, located on the second floor of the Deschutes County Services Building at 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend, Oregon.  The purpose of the meeting is to review the following requests for funding from the Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Program offered through the Oregon Department of Transportation to primarily support transit services for the elderly and persons with disabilities:

• City of Redmond: $393,169 to purchase contractual transportation services.
• City of Sisters: $57,665 to purchase contractual transportation services.
• Deschutes County: $87,371 to purchase contractual transportation services on behalf of the La Pine Community.
• Cascades East Transit: $225,248 to maintain existing vehicle fleet.
• Cascades East Transit: $126,844 to purchase two replacement vehicles.
• Cascades East Transit:  $276,084 to purchase contractual transportation services to support the Bend Dial-a-Ride program.

Deschutes County invites comments on the proposed applications which may be submitted by sending a written response by March 24, 2015 to:  Judith Ure, Deschutes County Department of Administrative Services, PO Box 6005, Bend, OR  97708-6005, or by attending the public meeting described above. 

Contact Judith Ure at (541) 330-4627 for additional information.