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;:~Ua3 f~ ;zr~ ® is MEMORANDUM TO LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS • March 24, 1992 Page Two CTAA retained the services of CGA Consulting Services, Inc. to conduct a detailed study of how routes and services could be consolidated, and to develop an implementation plan. PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS The consulting firm has developed a plan for the consolidation of these services. After receiving input from the Lee County Transportation Committee, it was determined that the Department for the Aging should be named as the agency to manage the consolidated transportation program. There are many benefits to the proposed plan: • Consolidation of service will result in overall cost savings to the six participating agencies. Projected costs of individual program operation are an estimated $211,447 versus $202,819 for consolidated program operation, based on a full year comparative basis. • The consolidated program will require fewer vehicles. Currently, the six individual programs use twelve (12) vehicles while consolidated program operation will require only eleven (11) vehicles (excluding back-up). • Vehicle-miles of operation can be reduced to 189,109 annual miles from 203,131 miles, again based on a full year comparison. Overall vehicle- hours of operation can be reduced to 11,711 annual hours from 11,715 hours. • Despite these reductions, service is expanded over current levels. First, additional demand response service will be provided on a five day a week basis, allowing additional scheduling of medical appointments by agency clients. Second, the level of JOBS clients transported by the system will double. Exhibit 1 provides a comparison of the current scope of agency operations versus the same data for consolidated agency operations. The consolidated program will initially only transport clients of the six agencies. The plan calls for the consolidated system to expand after the first year of operation. The Transportation Committee has identified other individuals who need transportation services but who are no longer eligible for human service agency programs are who do not qualify for such programs. Also, a survey of major employers in Lee County has • indicated that business and industry would support such a program if it provided a dependable alternative for workers to get to their jobs. Z