The Governing Board approved the project planning review process for this project on March 8, 2002 by adopting Resolution 2002-022*

Title: LAKETRAN FY 2002 Section 5307 Capital Program
Sponsor: Laketran
Estimated Total Cost: $3,225,879
Proposed Source of Federal Funds: Federal Transit Administration (FTA) OH-90-X398

History/Background:
Laketran's original state fiscal year (SFY) 2002 capital program is listed in the NOACA SFY 2002 – 2005 Transportation Improvement Program.  Laketran has revised their program to reflect the FTA formula funding allocations.

Current Conditions:
A number of vehicles have reached the end of their useful life.  Also, demand for Laketran's passenger service to hospitals, other medical facilities and Cleveland has increased.  Laketran intends to replace one fourth (15) of its paratransit fleet annually. Laketran continues to develop its park and ride program. The current driver and dispatch areas at Laketran's bus terminal facility are crowded and insufficient.  Vehicles need routine maintenance. Various passenger waiting areas need to be improved for comfort, safety and convenience.

Proposed Project:
Laketran's capital program includes the purchase to replace fifteen (15) paratransit vehicles ($679,800), and to expand the fleet with a total of four thirty foot low floor buses ($1,000,000). Two of these buses will be used to provide service from Lake County to medical facilities and Cleveland; one bus will be used for circulator service, and one serve as a spare. These four thirty-foot buses will be equipped with bicycle racks.  Three existing vehicles will be retrofitted with racks as well ($14,000).

Also included in Laketran's program is a line item for engineering services for park and ride lot development and its bus terminal facility site improvement to accommodate driver and dispatch needs ($207,820).  Laketran's program also includes purchasing bus shelters ($41,759) and vehicle preventive maintenance (capital) items ($1,282,500).

Staff Comment (Summary):
Laketran's FY 2002 Capital Program addresses the local needs and the specific components or policy statements Goal #1 (System Preservation and Management), #2 (Economic Development and Quality of Life) and  #3 (Cooperative Planning Process and Transportation Efficiency) of ODOT's Access Ohio well as Goals # 3 (Preserve and Improve the Efficiency of the Transportation System, #4 (Establish a More Balanced Transportation System), #5 (Improve the Mobility of the Transit Dependent and Low Income Individuals) and #6 (Minimize the Adverse Impacts of Additional System Capacity) of NOACA's Framework for Action 2025.

The Painesville circulator will serve minority and low-income populations identified. Transit generally serves other target populations (i.e. disabled and elderly) better than automobile oriented investment.

Intergovernmental Review (IGR):

Public Involvement:

Committee Review:

Regional Transportation Investment Subcommittee (RTIP):
No comments; recommended for programming in the TIP

Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC):
No comments; recommended for programming in the TIP

*Prior to its adoption, Laketran requested that staff revise the language in item "d" of Resolution No. 2002-023 (TIP Amendment) from "park and ride lot development and bus terminal facility improvements" to read "a variety of planning and facility projects".

At the NOACA Governing Board meeting on March 8, 2002, Laketran moved that item "d" of Resolution No. 2002-022 (Project Planning Reviews) also be revised to reflect the same language in item "d" of revised Resolution No. 2002-023.  The Board concurred with these revisions and approved Resolution 2002-022.