Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
26 <br /> 1 D. What is the cost of an individual LRT station, and what is the total cost of all 17 stations in <br /> 2 the Plan? <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Commissioner Gordon's comments—Part II <br /> 5 This email contains Part II of my comments on the "Draft Bus and Rail Investment Plan in <br /> 6 Orange County. " (BRI Plan) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 A. Add an additional Appendix- Cost Sharing Agreement (revised comment)As I stated in.my <br /> 9 Part I comments, there should be an appendix which shows the details of the cost sharing <br /> 10 agreement with Durham County. <br /> 11 Upon reflection, I decided I should send an outline of the Operations and Maintenance section <br /> 12 of this appendix, and so I have added that section at the bottom of the appendix that I sent <br /> 13 before. (See the attachment in this email) <br /> 14 <br /> 15 B. Add an additional Appendix- Projected Sales Tax Revenues Please present the following <br /> 16 information in one or more charts. <br /> 17 For Orange County and for Durham County, give the dollar amounts for the projected sales tax <br /> 18 revenues for each year of the plan. Then for each year, show the total for both counties <br /> 19 combined, and the percent of the total that is projected to come from each county. (I believe <br /> 20 we have already seen such a chart, or something similar.) <br /> 21 <br /> 22 C. Make the following changes in the BRI Plan <br /> 23 <br /> 24 1. Different map <br /> 25 On page 18 use a different map that shows the county line and other geographic details so the <br /> 26 LRT alignment is clearly shown with respect to what is currently on the ground. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 2. Dollar amounts for state and federal funding On pages 22 and 23, the dollar amounts for <br /> 29 state and federal funding should be stated clearly. Please give the amounts for the 25% state <br /> 30 match and 50% federal match for LRT, and also the amounts for other state and federal funds <br /> 31 that are included in the model. Note that the <br /> 32 $239 million in federal funds in paragraph F needs further explanation. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 3. Orange financial plan data <br /> 35 On page 23, the amounts given should list all of the costs included in the model, and they <br /> 36 should be given in both 2011 dollars and YOE dollars. Doing that might help explain why the <br /> 37 costs listed on this page total $648 million while the total plan costs listed on page 30 total <br /> 38 $659.9 million. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 4. Implementation agreement <br /> 41 On pages 23 and 24, the text should be changed as suggested by Chair Pelissier in her edits to <br /> 42 the transit plan, sent by email on May 17. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 5. Federal New Starts funding process <br /> 45 On pages 24-26, state the dates for federal funding that are used in the model for each step of <br /> 46 federal funding. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 6. Alternative plan <br /> 49 Either here on page 26 or elsewhere in the text of BRI Plan, describe the "local" plan <br /> 50 (previously known as the "core" plan) which explains what will happen if federal and state funds <br />