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29 <br />WHEREAS, the alignment option C2 is potentially compatible with the overall vision for the <br />transit corridor; and <br />WHEREAS, the ridership, costs, environmental impacts, community impacts, and impacts on <br />nearby roadway traffic of alignment option C2 needs to be further studied in the Scoping and <br />Preliminary Engineering/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PE/DEIS) phases before a <br />final decision is made on which alignment should be advanced; and <br />WHEREAS, alignment option D3 in the South Square station area would best promote transit- <br />supportive economic development; and <br />WHEREAS, the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative does not include a <br />recommendation for the location of a Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility and the <br />location of this facility will be further studied in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases; and <br />WHEREAS, the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative will be followed by further study of <br />the alignment and station locations in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases when a final decision <br />is made on the remaining active options; and <br />WHEREAS, the substantive issues identified in public comments on the Alternatives Analysis <br />will be addressed in subsequent development steps such as Scoping and PE/DEIS; and <br />BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization Transportation Advisory Committee adopts light rail transit technology on the <br />alignment recommended in the "Detailed Definition of Alternatives Technical Report" dated <br />July 2011with the modification that the C2 option be carried forward for further study in the <br />Meadowmont and Hillmont station areas as the Locally Preferred Alternative for the Durham- <br />Orange County Corridor (as illustrated on the attached map), and that the DCHC MPO intends <br />to incorporate this LPA into the forthcoming 2040 Long Range Transportation <br />Plan to further inform this LPA, provided here on this, the 8th day of February, 2012. <br />d. Recommendations to NCACC Reaardinq Prioritv Federal Issues <br />The Board considered approving recommendations to the North Carolina Association of <br />County Commissioners on priority federal issues of importance to all counties. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />approve recommendations to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners <br />(NCACC) on priority federal issues of importance to all counties, and direct the Clerk to the <br />Board to complete the necessary forms and submit these priority federal issues to NCACC by <br />the February 10, 2012 deadline. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />9. Reports - NONE <br />10. Countv Manaqer's Report - NONE <br />11. Countv Attornev's Report - NONE <br />