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17 Compare Orange County Emergency Services to similar sized counties in North Carolina including but not limited to staffing, equipment, technology, infrastructure, performance, and costs The Fire Departments Strategic Plan A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve the timeline for the Emergency Services Work Group. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to #3 and response times and said that it still does not mention appropriate data. Michael Talbert said that this was an oversight. Commissioner Jacobs said to add this to the charge. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Gordon asked the Board of County Commissioners to switch item 8-c with 8-b and the Board agreed. b. Follow up: General Policy for Board of County Commissioners Advisory Boards The Board was to consider approving the draft Board-approved General Advisory Board Policy and authorize the Chair to sign. DEFERRED (this item was deferred after the conclusion of item 8-c, due to the lateness of the hour) C. Update on Triangle Regional Transit Program — Alternatives Analysis and the Locally Preferred Alternative Decision The Board received additional information and questions on the Triangle Regional Transit Program-Alternative Analysis (AA) and the locally Preferred Alternative (LPA). The Board was also to approve a recommendation providing guidance to Commissioner Gordon, the representative on DCHC-MPO Transportation Advisory Committee JAC) and to Chair Pelissier, the representative on the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees Wib Gulley and Patrick McDonough with Triangle Transit made this presentation. BACKGROUND: Last year(May 19, June 7, Nov 15 and Dec 8) the BOCC held meetings (both work session and regular meetings) regarding the Triangle Regional Transit Program (TRTP) and the localized Orange County Transit Plan (OCTP), which is also known as the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBARIP). The Alternatives Analysis (AA) for the Triangle Regional Transit Program projects in the Durham- Orange, Durham-Wake and Wake County Corridors were completed in July 2011. The findings and recommendations developed through the AA process are contained in three reports: (1) Transitional Analysis—9/24/10, (2) Purpose and Need Report— 12/9/10, and (3) Volume 1: Detailed Definition of Alternatives Technical Report—7/2011. Each report covers an alignment plan and profile information about the attributes of different technologies [i.e. Light Rail (LRT), Bus Rail Transit High and Low (i.e. BRT-H & BRT-L)], cost estimates, travel time, traffic analyses, and assessment of station's capacity for potential transit oriented development. A recommendation from Triangle Transit and their consultant URS for the most appropriate initial fixed guideway transit investment, known as the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for each corridor, is also included on Page 3-46 of the last report. In July 2011, the multivolume reports for each of the corridors (i.e. Durham-Orange and Durham-Wake) were posted along with all of the other information generated through the AA process: www.ourtransitfuture.com.