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i 35 WHEREAS, both alignment options C 1 and C2 are potentially compatible with the overall vision for the transit corridor; and WHEREAS, the ridership, costs, environmental impacts, community impacts, and impacts on nearby roadway traffic of alignment options C1 and C2 need to be further studied in the Scoping and Preliminary Engineering/Draft Environmental Impact Statement(PE/DEIS)phases before a final decision is made on which alignment should be advanced; and WHEREAS, alignment option D3 in the South Square station area would best promote transit- supportive economic development; and WHEREAS,the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative does not include a recommendation for the location of a Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility and the location of this facility will be further studied in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases; and WHEREAS, the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative will be followed by further study of the alignment and station locations in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases when a final decision is made on the remaining active options; and WHEREAS, the substantive issues identified in public comments on the Alternatives Analysis will be addressed in subsequent development steps such as Scoping and PE/DEIS-; and WHEREAS there is an onizoing 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan process to collect public input and technical information on transportation programs and projects to be implemented maintained and operated over the next twenty-eight years in the MPO's planning area, which can further inform the Locally Preferred Alternative as it proceeds through a Federal Transit Administration multi-year process. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee adopts light rail transit technology on the alignment recommended in the "Detailed Definition of Alternatives Technical Report" dated July 2011 with the modification that both the C 1 and C2 options be carried forward as equal partners for further study in the Meadowmont and Hillmont station areas as the Locally Preferred Alternative for the Durham-Orange County Corridor (as illustrated on the attached map), and that the DCHC MPO intends to to this r n n into the fet4,,.,,.ling use public input and technical information obtained during the 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan to further inform this LPA,provided here on this,the 8t' day of February, 2012. Lydia E. Lavelle, TAC Chair Durham County,North Carolina I certify that Lydia E. Lavelle personally appeared before me this day acknowledging to me that she signed the forgoing document. Date: February 8, 2012 Frederick Brian Rhodes,Notary Public My commission expires: May 10, 2015