Florida Administrative Code › 41 - COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED › 41 - Departmental › Chapter 41-2 - COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED › Section 41-2.011 - Community Transportation Coordinator Powers and Duties

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Each Community Transportation Coordinator shall be responsible for the
				short-range operational planning, administration, monitoring, coordination,
				arrangement, and delivery of transportation disadvantaged services originating
				within their designated service area on a full-time basis. Local management
				personnel with day-to-day decision making authority must be physically located
				in each designated service area, unless otherwise authorized by the
				Commission.
(2) Where cost
				effective and efficient, the Community Transportation Coordinator shall
				subcontract or broker transportation services to Transportation Operators. The
				Coordinating Board is authorized to recommend approval or disapproval of such
				contracts to the Community Transportation Coordinator, providing the basis for
				its recommendation. Within 30 days of its receipt of the Coordinating Board's
				recommendation, the Community Transportation Coordinator shall accept or reject
				the recommendation, providing written reasons for its rejection. All
				Transportation Operator contracts shall be reviewed annually by the Community
				Transportation Coordinator and the Coordinating Board as to the effectiveness
				and efficiency of the Transportation Operator or the renewal of any
				Coordination Contracts previously approved. Each Community Transportation
				Coordinator will ensure the terms set forth for monitoring said Transportation
				Operators and Coordination Contractors are in compliance with standards
				pursuant to Rule   41-2.006, F.A.C.
(3) Pursuant to the conditions set forth in
				the Memorandum of Agreement, the Community Transportation Coordinator shall
				develop, implement, and monitor an approved Transportation Disadvantaged
				Service Plan. This plan shall be approved by the Coordinating Board and
				forwarded to the Commission for review and final disposition.
(4) Each Community Transportation Coordinator
				shall submit a report on operational statistics by September 15, each year to
				the Commission. A copy should also be provided to the Metropolitan Planning
				Organization or Designated Official Planning Agency.
(5) The Community Transportation Coordinator
				shall maximize the utilization of school bus and public transit services in
				accordance with Section   427.0158, F.S. Any utilization data shall be included
				in operational statistics provided to the coordinated system.
(6) In cooperation with the local
				Coordinating Board, the Community Transportation Coordinator shall review all
				applications for local government, federal and state transportation
				disadvantaged funds submitted from or planned for use in their designated
				service area. If funds are recommended for approval, the Community
				Transportation Coordinator, in cooperation with the Coordinating Board, will
				develop and implement cost-effective coordination strategies for their use and
				integration into the coordinated system.
(7) Funding to support the Community
				Transportation Coordinator's functions associated with documented coordination
				activities may be obtained from a coordination fee as part of each trip
				arranged, from subsidies received or both and upon approval by the Coordinating
				Board.
(8) Each Community
				Transportation Coordinator shall be aware of all of the transportation
				disadvantaged resources available or planned in their designated service area
				in order to plan, coordinate, and implement the most cost effective
				transportation disadvantaged transportation system possible under the
				conditions that exist in the designated service area.
(9) Contractual administration of Community
				Transportation Coordinators shall be accomplished through a Memorandum of
				Agreement between the Commission and the Community Transportation Coordinator
				in accordance with the procedures of the Commission. Transportation services
				purchased from or arranged by the Community Transportation Coordinator will be
				billed to purchasing agencies by the Community Transportation Coordinator at
				the rates identified in the approved Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan
				or Coordination Contract and recognize any special conditions as specified by
				the purchasing agency. Payment for services will be made directly to the
				Community Transportation Coordinator unless otherwise agreed upon, in writing,
				by the purchaser and the Community Transportation Coordinator. Other
				contractual arrangements shall be followed as specified in this rule
				chapter.
Rulemaking Authority  427.013(9)  FS. Law Implemented
					  427.0155 FS.
New 5-2-90, Amended 6-17-92, 6-15-93, 7-11-95, 5-1-96,
					 10-1-96, 3-10-98.