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34 <br />5. LOCAL FUNDING FOR BUS SERVICE: <br />a. <br />1. In accordance with the non-supplantation mandate set out in NCGS <br />105-510 the parties to this Agreement agree to maintain the equivalent <br />hourly service and associated dollar amount of non-sales tax local transit <br />investment at or above the level budgeted on Auaust 1, 2009. To meet <br />this expectation, a financial report (detailing the amount of non-sales local <br />tax money spent and verifying that at least hours and $ <br />was spent) will be produced annually by TTA. Through <br />separate agreement TTA shall require Chapel Hill Transit to produce such <br />annual financial report. Orange shall require Orange Public <br />Transportation to produce such annual financial report. <br />2. The Parties acknowledge that the majority of service and non-sales tax <br />funds will come from existing sources as detailed in table 4.1 during the <br />initial years of BRI Plan implementation. <br />3. A full description of each transit provider's fixed bus route summary is <br />required to establish baseline existing services. Associated services and <br />capital (i.e. bus stops, etc.) should be' included as well as funding sources <br />New and expanded routes will either develop a new bus route description <br />and/or note the expansion of existing route and the associated bus hours. <br />4. The Parties acknowledge that in future years of BRI Plan <br />implementation the use of new funds as authorized in Articles 43, 50 and <br />51 of NCGS Chapter 105 will be initialized as formulated in the BRI Plan <br />but may be reapportioned, through an amendment to this Agreement, <br />based on population and as determined by the BOCC and advised by the <br />Advisory Board of the Oran:ge County Transit Plan Partnership. See table <br />4.2 and 4.3. : <br />Table 4.1 <br />Entity Au ust 1, 2009 Fundin Level <br />Chapel Hill Transit Hours Dollars <br />• Town of Cha el Hill <br />• Town of Carrboro <br />• UNC <br />Orange Coun Hours Dollars <br />Trian le Transit Hours Dollars <br />5. Bus hours shall be apportioned as follows: <br />6. Each provider retains authority to modify existing routes within these <br />parameters. Minor modifications to existing routes, including but not <br />limited to alterations of stop locations, roads travelled befinreen stop <br />locations, or route extensions consisting of less than one mile in distance, <br />shall not entitle any provider to utilize Article 43 revenues for those routes. <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />