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- Sales tax support for new bus service would be phased down <br /> - Emphasize operating projects or capital local match <br /> - Fit within the regional financial model <br /> Services Concepts <br /> - Service concepts designed to: <br /> o Test the financial model <br /> o See what 34,000 hours of service means <br /> o Tried to include what we understood as countywide needs <br /> o Placeholder for policy discussion <br /> - Services <br /> o Expanded Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC services <br /> o Provision of service in Orange County, Hillsborough, and adjacent counties <br /> o Bus Rapid Transit on Martin Luther King Blvd. <br /> Issues identified for policy discussion <br /> - Cost sharing <br /> o Leigh Village Light Rail Line <br /> o Mebane to Durham bus service <br /> o Alamance to Chapel Hill bus service <br /> - Financial impact of ridership shifts from bus to rail <br /> - Idea of reducing sales tax subsidy for new services <br /> o Potential of local support <br /> Next Steps <br /> - Summer 2010 — Staff discussion of plan <br /> o Local transportation planners <br /> o Coordinate with Triangle Transit <br /> o Coordinate with Durham County <br /> o Direction from managers <br /> - Fall 2010 — engage policy leaders <br /> - Spring 2011 — have plan that has policy leader support <br /> - Fall 2011 — Referendum? <br /> Frank Clifton said that he does not know what role UNC will play in this process. He <br /> said that he has heard that UNC is disappointed that they have not been included in this <br /> process yet. <br /> Steve Spade said that UNC is part of the public transit committee. He said that when <br /> they started working on the planning process, they thought that staff was taking in the needs <br /> of the University. The University's concern is that it is seeing longer trips out of Durham and <br /> Raleigh, and about 30% of their employees live in either Chatham or Alamance Counties. He <br /> said that one of the challenges is to get the UNC policymakers to the table with the elected <br /> officials. <br /> Frank Clifton said that he would like to know UNC's perspective. <br /> Steve Spade said that UNC is the key with 60% of the funding and 80% of the <br /> ridership. <br />