Department of Planning & Growth Management

Annual VanGO

Transportation Plan

February 25, 2020

Presenters:

Deborah Carpenter, Director

Jeffry Barnett, Chief of Transit

Annual Transportation Plan

• Consolidated grant application to Maryland

Department of Transportation Maryland Transit

Administration for transit operating and capital

assistance.

• Includes numerous “standard assurances”.

• Operating assistance can cover approximately

50% of net costs.

• Capital assistance covers 90% of costs with

combined State and Federal funds.

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Current Status

• December 18, 2019 - Public notice appeared

allowing request for a public hearing.

• January 14, 2019 deadline to request a public

hearing passed with no requests

• Notices sent to all transportation providers

inviting written comments.

• March 23, 2020- Application package deadline

for submission.

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Application Highlights

• $7,406,457 – net operating costs / requested

amount for transit operations. Federal and

State share requested is $4,270,841.

– FY-2021 assumes a significant increase in

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

transportation demand

– Includes funding request for full time security at

both VanGO transfer points

– County share is $3,135,416 per application

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Application Highlights

• Discussions with Maryland Transit

Administration indicate operational

formula grants will be flat, tied to

FY-2020 awards

• County share for operations could be

$4,448,110.

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Application Highlights

• $1288,100 - requested amount for Capital

Assistance

– Capitalized Preventive Maintenance

– Two small paratransit buses

– Five small fixed route buses

– Facility design and engineering

– County share is $128,810

– Match does not include title and tags on vehicles

which are not grant funded

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Completion of Application

• Standard Assurances have already been

processed but the Federal Transit

Administration FY-2021 package is not

available yet.

• Opinion of Counsel has been generated

• Program compliance is complete

• Approval and execution of an Authorizing

Resolution is required to be included in the

application.

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New Grant Funding

• We were awarded $461,672 over three

years in new State funding under the Jobs

Access Reverse Commute program.

– Funds a significant share of the new route

serving the Waldorf Senior and Recreational

Center.

• 2020 Census results may put us in the

Washington urbanized area possibly making

us eligible for some new discretionary

grants.

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Presented By:

Charles County Government

Department of Planning & Growth Management 301-934-0102 • barnettj@charlescountymd.gov

200 Baltimore Street

La Plata, MD 20646

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