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WHEREAS, public transportation for persons who live <br />• in rural areas is virtually nonexistent, and mobility depends <br />on ability to own and drive an automobile; and <br />WHEREAS, for those persons who are unable, because of <br />age, physical disability, or lack or resources; to use an <br />automobile, this lack of transportation seriously reduces their <br />choice of activities of daily living, and is a barrier to active <br />participation in jobs, medical and social services and other aspects <br />of community life; and <br />WHEREAS, the Jefferson Area United Transportation, Inc. <br />(JAUNT,Inc.) is engaged in providing transportation services to <br />these transportation disadvantaged persons in a manner designed to <br />utilize existing community resources and reduce duplication; <br />THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of <br />Charlottesville endorses the request made by JAUNT, Inc. to the <br />Federal Highway Administration for funds under Section 147, <br />Federal -Aid Highway Act (1973 as amended) to expand and enlarge <br />its capacity to include service to the citizens of the locality. <br />AdoPt'ed by the Council <br />April 19, 1976 <br />Copy Teste: <br />Clerk <br />token of the esteem' in which.he fs held -by this'body. <br />•1 <br />