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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 19, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No, cj - q <br />SUBJECT: Regional and Local Transportation Plannin Initiatives <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Example Transit Meeting Agendas Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />2. Vehicle Tax Memo dated 4/5/2011 Mila Vega, 245-2582 <br />From Mila Vega (Transportation Planner) <br />3. HB 148 <br />PURPOSE: To provide an overview of ongoing transit planning activities. <br />BACKGROUND: As noted in previous bi-monthly transit reports, there is a variety of transit <br />planning studies and programs underway. The programs are interwoven in most cases and the <br />state of program development also seems to vary adding to the complexity. <br />Planning staffs of the various local governments and UNC have been meeting each month <br />since summer of last year to address technical matters. More recently elected officials and <br />managers that include BOCC Chair Bernadette Pelissier, Commissioner Valerie Foushee and <br />County Manager Frank W. Clifton, Jr. have been meeting to discuss the implications and <br />program of the transit initiatives noted below. <br />The `programs' are as follows: <br />House Bill 148 "Mobility Bill" <br />Includes possible '/ cent sales tax and additional $7.00 and $3.00 vehicle tax fee (see <br />Attachment #2). <br />Triangle Regional Transit Program (TRTP) <br />Includes an Alternative Analysis to ascertain best mode of transportation in the three county <br />triangle region (Wake, Durham, and Orange) and a possible financial model on how to find <br />said regional transit connectivity. <br />Orange County Transit Plan <br />This is an element of the above TRTP. This plan is an analysis of how Orange County <br />would use public transit monies from the "Mobility Bill" to include: <br />a. What possible light rail segment does Orange County pay for and what are the <br />associated costs? <br />