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Alameda CTC Paratransit Program Implementation Guidelines <br /> <br /> <br />Paratransit - 1 <br /> <br />Alameda County Transportation Commission <br />Paratransit Program <br />Implementation Guidelines <br /> <br />Section 1. Purpose <br />A. To delineate eligible uses of Paratransit funds authorized under Alameda County Transportation <br />Commission Master Programs Funding Agreements, these implementation guidelines have been <br />developed to specify the requirements that local jurisdictions must follow in their use of Measure B <br />and Measure BB Direct Local Distributions funds and discretionary funds. These guidelines are <br />incorporated by reference in the Master Programs Funding Agreements. All other terms and <br />conditions for programs are contained in the agreements themselves. The intent of the implementation <br />guidelines is to: <br />1. Provide guidance on Paratransit funds eligible uses and expenditures. <br />2. Define the terms in the Master Programs Funding Agreements. <br />3. Guide Paratransit Program implementation. <br />Section 2. Authority <br />A. These Implementation Guidelines have been adopted by the Alameda County Transportation <br />Commission and set forth eligible uses and expenditures for Paratransit funds. Alameda CTC may <br />update these guidelines on an as-needed basis and will do so with involvement of its technical and <br />community advisory committees (as applicable). Exceptions to these guidelines must be requested in <br />writing and be approved by the Alameda CTC Commission. <br />Section 3. Background <br />A. Alameda CTC developed Implementation Guidelines for the Paratransit funds to clarify eligible fund <br />uses and expenditures in association Master Programs Funding Agreements for the November 2000 <br />voter-approved Measure B Direct Local Distribution (formally known as “pass-through funds”). In <br />November 2014, voters approved the 2014 Transportation Expenditure Plan, Measure BB, and new <br />Master Programs Funding Agreements were subsequently developed to incorporate Measure BB <br />funds. The expenditure plans allocates 10.45 percent of Measure B funds and 10 percent of Measure <br />BB funds for special transportation for seniors and people with disabilities (paratransit) programs and <br />projects. <br />Section 4. Definition of Terms <br />A. Alameda CTC: The Alameda County Transportation Commission is a Joint Powers Authority created <br />by the merger of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, which performed long-range <br />planning and funding for countywide transportation projects and programs, and the Alameda County <br />Transportation Improvement Authority, which administered the voter-approved, half-cent <br />transportation sales taxes in Alameda County (the Measure B sales tax programs approved in 1986 and <br />2000). <br />B. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity <br />Commission, originally passed in 1990 and revised in 2008, a law that prohibits private employers, state <br />and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified <br />individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, <br />job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The ADA also requires <br />reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and has resulted in the removal of many <br />barriers to transportation and in better access for seniors and people with disabilities. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: DF4522C6-B536-8D98-8396-59F24D864EB6