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• ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 9, 2010 <br />Agenda <br />Item No. 3 <br />SUBJECT: Orange County and Regional Transit Initiatives <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Table of Contents Draft <br />2. Schedule Draft <br />3. Power Point Presentation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />245 -2592 <br />Mila Vega, Land Use/Transportation <br />Planner, 245 -2582 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To report on the status and progress of regional and county transit initiatives: <br />• 1. Orange County Transit Plan and test the Assumptions; and <br />2. Orange Public Transportation (OPT) — Chapel Hill Transit (CHT) Consolidation <br />Study /Community Transportation Service Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Orange County staff has been meeting with an ad -hoc committee of stakeholders, <br />local governments, UNC, and transit agencies (i.e. Orange County Transit <br />Partnership) since May 2010 to further the. development of the Orange County <br />Transit Plan, which was first presented in the spring of this year by the Triangle <br />Transit and Chapel Hill Transit. Since then, the Partnership has delved into the prior <br />assumptions, developed countywide service needs, and created a prioritization <br />matrix based on general transportation goals. <br />This work session is an update and checkpoint to make sure that staff is <br />proceeding with the draft Orange County Transit Plan with the correct direction. As <br />important, is the outcome to make sure all transit partners remain onboard through <br />proper outreach, dissemination of information, and collaborative decision - making. <br />1. Orange County Transit Plan <br />Orange County Transit Plan is a part of the Triangle Regional Transit Program initiated <br />after the passage of House Bill 148 into Session Law (SL) 2009 -527. SL 2009 -527 is the <br />legislation that allows a transit agency to leverage a Y2 sales tax and use the collected <br />• revenue to provide new transit services. The Y2 sales tax is contingent upon a successful <br />referendum that must be authorized by the County Commissioners. The legislation also <br />includes a provision for a ten - dollar vehicle registration fee. <br />