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<br />at~e,x cordon, Chair <br />Stephen H. Halldotts, Vice Chair <br />btargaret W. Brown <br />~~~ Carsy, Jr. <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />200 S Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />May 20, 1999 <br />The Honorable Rosemary L. Waldorf <br />Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill <br />306 N. Columbia Street <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Dear Mayor Waldorf, <br />t <br />We write to address the Chapel Hill Town Council on a matter of mutual concern, providing public <br />transportation to the Southern Human Services Center. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners certainly appreciates the bus service currently provided <br />by the Town to this most important center of health and social services outreach in the southern part <br />of the county. Additionally, the Commissioners are respectful of the financial considerations by which <br />the Town Council might wish to evaluate the continuation of the bus route that serves the Southern <br />Human Services Center. <br />However, in light of the community needs served by the facility, we ask you to consider maintaining <br />bus service so citizens of Chapel Hill and Carrboro lacking auto transportation may still enjoy easy <br />access to the Homestead Road site. The Orange County Health Department alone has approximately <br />4,000 people with Chapel Hill and Carrboro addresses in its patient database. <br />At a minimum, we request the Town Council leave open the issue of bus service for further <br />investigation and consideration, to be revisited in the near future subsequent to discussions that might <br />include: <br />• Collaboration by Town and County staff to examine possible alternative configurations of existing <br />routes; <br />• A survey of users of the Southern Human Services- Center to ascertain the neighborhoods from <br />which they come and the likelihood they would utilitize convenient public transportation; <br />• Strategies for better publicizing existing transportation alternatives to bus service such as the <br />Shared Ride Program; <br />• Possible efforts by the County to assist in defraying the cost of bus service to the Southern <br />Human Services Center. <br />Thank you for your flexibility in this matter. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~~~ <br />Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />Board of Commissioners <br />You Count In Orange County <br />AREA CODE (9l9) 732-8181: 968-4501: 688-7331: 227-2031: FAX (919) 644-3004 <br />