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4 RESOLUTION ENDORSING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE ALL RAIL CORRIDORS WITHIN DURHAM, ORANGE AND WAKE COUNTIES WHEREAS, in 1989 the Boards of Commissioners in Durham, Orange and Wake Counties each passed resolutions creating the Research Triangle Public Transportation Authority, (d/b/a Triangle Transit Authority); and WHEREAS, in accordance with Chapter 160A, Article 26 of the NC General Statutes, the Triangle Transit Authority was chartered as a unit of local government by the Secretary of State on December 1, 1989; and WHEREAS, the Triangle Transit Authority was created to finance, provide, operate and maintain a safe, clean, reliable, convenient, energy efficient, economical and environmentally sound public transportation system for Durham, Orange and Wake Counties; and WHEREAS, with the support and funding of the State and local units of government, the Triangle Transit Authority will be receiving a Federal Transit Administration grant to initiate planning for a future fixed guideway transit system as a component of a multi-modal public transportation system; and WHEREAS, the work associated with this grant will identify potential fixed guideway transit corridors which will undergo further evaluation during the Federal Transit Administration Major Capital Investment Planning Process which may follow this study; and WHEREAS, all active and inactive rail corridors throughout the three county area have the potential of functioning as part of the network for the multi-modal public transportation system; and WHEREAS, the multi-modal public transportation system may include corridors, rights-of-way and/or easements which permit pedestrian access, non-motorized and motorized vehicular transportation; and WHEREAS, the removal of grade separated crossings in corridors and potential rights-of-way diminishes the ability and value of the corridor or right-of-way to function within the network. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, that: 1. The Orange County Board of Commissioners fully endorses efforts to preserve all rail corridors within Durham, Wake and Orange Counties. 2. The Public Transportation and Rail Division of the NC Department of Transportation is commended for their current efforts and encouraged to continue to work on the preservation of all active and inactive rail corridors for use as part of the network of the multi-modal public transportation system.