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Alameda CTC Paratransit Program Implementation Guidelines K. Grants: Funding for plans, programs, or projects based on a competitive call for projects; evaluated based on adopted evaluation criteria; and allocated based on a reimbursement basis. L. Group trips: One-way passenger trips considered group trips. Includes vehicle operation and contracts. See individual demand-response trips. M. Indirect cost: Also known as"overhead," any cost of doing business other than direct costs. These costs include utilities, rent, administrative staff, officers' salaries, accounting department costs, and personnel department costs, which are requisite for general operation of the organization but are not directly allocable to a particular service or product. N. Individual demand-response trips: Taxi service, door-to-door trips, and van trips that passengers request on demand. Includes actual operation cost and contracts for vehicle operation, scheduling, dispatching, vehicle maintenance, supervision, and fare collection (including ticket or scrip printing and sales) for the purpose of carrying passengers. O. Maintenance: Repairs, renovation, or upgrade of existing facility, infrastructure, or vehicles. P. Management: Direct staffing costs and benefits to manage programs, projects, and services. Q. Meal delivery: Service that includes costs associated with vehicle operation, scheduling, dispatching, vehicle maintenance, and supervision for the purpose of delivering meals, whether provided in-house, through contracts, via taxicab, or by grantees. See Meals on Wheels. R. Meals on Wheels: Service that is part of a Senior Nutrition Program and provides delivery of meals to seniors and people with disabilities. See meal delivery. S. Measure B: Alameda County's half-cent transportation sales tax, originally approved in 1986, and reauthorized by voters in November 2000. Collection of the sales tax began on April 1, 2002. Administered by the Alameda CTC, Measure B funds four types of programs in 20 local jurisdictions: bicycle and pedestrian, local streets and roads, mass transit, and paratransit. T. Operations: Provision of services that operate transportation facilities and programs. Operations costs do not include the costs to operate community outreach or other programs not directly related to a specific transportation service,program, or product. U. Paratransit Advisory and Planning Committee: Originally named by the Measure B Expenditure Plan as the Alameda County Paratransit Coordinating Council, the Alameda CTC committee that meets to address funding, planning, and coordination issues regarding paratransit services in Alameda County. Members must be an Alameda County resident and an eligible user of any transportation service available to seniors and people with disabilities in Alameda County. PAPCO is supported by a Technical Advisory Committee comprised of Measure B-funded paratransit providers in Alameda County. V. Paratransit service: Transportation services for seniors and people with disabilities including ADA-mandated or non-mandated shuttle or fixed-route services, including door- to-door services, group trips, and individual demand-response trip services; taxi programs;