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6 VII. REPORTS A. TRIANGLE TRANSIT AIITHORITY The County Commissioners received a status report from the Triangle Transit Authority. Shirley Marshall is the Board's representative on this Board. She specifically asked that the Board look at what the authority is and determine what the relationship needs to be between the TTA and the Board of County Commissioners. Juanita Shearer-Swink, Fixed Guideway Transportation Consultant, gave an update on the Fixed Guideway study. Phase I included the study design and was completed in May, 1993. The second phase which is to develop tools and forecasts is scheduled for completion in December, 1993. Phase III which is to develop alternative scenarios will be completed in July, 1994 and the last phase which is to develop a final plan will be completed in December, 1994. The last phase will only be done if the community decides that a regional transit system is appropriate for the area. Jim Ritchie, General Manager of the Triangle Transit Authority, provided information on the four areas listed below: (1) General update of the TTA's activities over the past year, (2) Current status of the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study, (3) TTA Regional bus service, current and future phases, and (4) Financial status report 8. STATOS REPORT ON SENIOR CENTER FACILITIES MANAGEMENT John Link stated that as the result of a 1980 Senior Center grant the County opened its first Senior Center in Hillsborough. That number has increased to four. They are as follows: (1) Hillsborough at the Whitted Human Services Center in 1980 (2) Southern Orange at the Multipurpose Center in 1984 (3) Carrboro at the ArtsCenter in 1987, and (4) Chapel Hill at the Galleria in 1991. Jerry Passmore made three observations: (1) the more visible, the more participation they see and the more community support, (2) the more space, the more variety of activities and (3) the newest center at the Galleria has had the largest growth. Janice Tyler, Senior Centers Administrator presented information on the variety of activities at the centers. In answer to a question about the newest facility at the Galleria becoming a private non-profit center, Jerry Passmore indicated that there was discussion about the center becoming a private-public partnership operation. The budget for the Friends of the Center is $90,000. Jerry Passmore will provide information to the Board on how this money is spent. John Link noted that he has suggested to Jerry and members of the Friends Board that they might want to pursue a strategic planning process where they take a look at how the County is now providing senior services at each location and rely on the seniors themselves in articulating just what they want to pursue at each location. The seniors have done a great job pulling together their own programs. The locations need to be evaluated in terms of equity and best location. The Board decided to put this item on the agenda for the Board retreat in December for further discussion. C. REPORT REGARDING PROPOSED CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE The agenda abstract included revisions to six sections of the