AGENDA ITEM
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Polk Transportation Planning Organization (Polk TPO) and the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (LAMTD) commencement of the "local recommendation process to re-designate the CTC in Polk and enter into a new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD) when the CTC is a government agency"
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PRESENTER
TPO and CTC Staff
SUMMARY
Every five years, the TPO must go through a process to recommend a single Community Transportation Coordinator, to the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. This is usually handled through a competitive procurement process, for example, an RFP. However, when the existing CTC is a governmental agency like Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (LAMTD) / d/b/a Citrus Connection, then the process is carried out more informally. Over the next several months,
- TPO staff will present this agenda item to the TPO and LAMTD, to seek their agreement to commence this simplifies process.
- Then, LAMTD will formally "request to be re-designated as the CTC in Polk and request to enter into new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD)." LAMTD will provide a letter making their request to the TPO and get the MOA locally signed.
- Then, the TPO will act on LAMTD's request. This becomes the "local recommendation."
- Then, the LCB will act on the local recommendation, in December.
- Then, the local recommendation will be transmitted to CTD staff. They will prepare an agenda item for the next meeting of the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. This might be in March, or June.
- At that meeting, TPO staff will make a presentation on the request to the CTD Board. If the CTD concurs, then CTC will be offered a new MOA.
- The new MOA will go into effect July 1, 2026.
- Then, the TPO & LCB & CTC will have 120 days to procure the TDSP Major Update.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Make recommendations to staff.
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