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� <br /> Mass Transit Memorandum <br /> No. 011007-2 <br /> January 10,2007 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Ga , ity Manager <br /> Paul McC c , Mass Transit Administrat��� <br /> SUBJECT: Award of Contract—ADA Eligibility Determination Services <br /> SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council adopt a Resolution awarding a <br /> RECOMMENDATION: contract to Macon Resources, Inc., to provide a) assistance in <br /> developing ADA eligibility standards for paratransit riders, and <br /> b) ADA eligibility determination services to the Decatur Public <br />� Transit System. <br /> BACKGROUND: Persons wishin to use the Transit S stem's door-to-door aratransit <br /> g Y p <br /> services must be certified as having a disability that prohibits them <br /> from using the bus system. The current system for determining <br /> eligibility relies almost exclusively on the opinion of the applicant's <br /> doctor, and nearly 100% of all applications have been approved. <br /> Staff believes that a significant number of those using the paratransit <br /> system could use the bus system, and that a better evaluation process <br /> using an agency with expertise in disabilities is needed. <br /> (continued on page 2) <br /> POTENTIAL No known objection to this project. . <br /> OBJECTION: <br /> INPUT FROM Richard Foiles, General Manager <br /> OTHER SOURCES: First Transit, Inc. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Paul McChancy, Mass Transit Administrator <br /> BUDGET/TIME The costs of this project are expected to be offset by the reduction <br /> IMPLICATIONS: in operating costs for the paratransit system, as riders are shifted to <br /> the fixed-route bus system. <br />