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4 toward implementation of the Plan and any substantial developments in revenues received, project or service cost experienced, or other pertinent factors under the Plan on an annual basis on or before November 1st of each year and as otherwise reasonably requested. 5. TTA shall work with the Chapel Hill Transit(CHT),Orange Public Transit("OPT"),and any other Orange County bus transit service provider named in the Plan to develop the process for distribution of funds for bus services each year on a quarterly basis or as otherwise agreed. For purposes of this Agreement the term"bus services"shall include both fixed route and demand response services. As is consistent with the revenues received and the other transit priorities under the Plan,TTA will provide estimated quarterly payments to the bus service providers for service provided with a reconciliation based upon actual expenses incurred by each provider on a subsequent quarterly basis or as otherwise agreed to. 6. Bus service providers will provide recommended new or continuing service priorities,actual or expected costs and ridership information as reasonably requested to TTA on an annual basis or as otherwise agreed to. It shall be the responsibility of TTA to provide oversight of the new, enhanced or sustained bus services under the Plan to insure compliance with the Intermodal Act requirements. All other legal requirements under federal and state law shall be the responsibility of the respective bus service provider. TTA shall include a full descriptive report on bus services delivered under the Plan as a part of its annual reports to Orange and DCHC. 7. In accordance with the non-supplantation mandate set out in NCGS 105-510,the Comment[7R6]:Chapel Hill Transit objects to Parties agree that each provider of bus services receiving funds under the Plan,as a this section ne7.gotiated Language for this section still g p g being negotiated by staff. Disagreements precondition to receipt of such funds,shall continue to provide funding from other non-Plan ,remain. sources the amount of annual revenue hours of fixed route bus service that it provided in the July 1st 2010 through June 30th 2011 fiscal year as verified by NTD or comparable reporting Comment[PS7]:National Transit Database. data. This precondition shall not apply to the annual grant of$582,000 in the Plan to CHT for Comment[PS8]:Equal to 6,000 bus hours. support of existing local bus services. Through separate agreement TTA shall require Chapel Hill Transit and Orange Public Transit to provide an annual financial report which documents the bus service for this precondition. All such annual reports will be provided to each Party. 8. Every four years in a manner that coordinates with DCHC's preparation of a new Metropolitan Transportation Plan,and more frequently as reasonably requested by a Party,the Comment[PS9]:Staff Implementation full Plan shall be reviewed in detail and assessed for any significant changes to the estimated Agreement rwoence to omprehes adding Y g g additional reference to Comprehensive revenues,to the estimated project or service delivery costs,to project or service priorities Transportation Plan(CTP). therein,to state or federal transit programs or regulations,or any other significant change of circumstance impacting the Plan. This review which shall be conducted as set forth below,and recommended changes to the Plan may be advanced as deemed necessary. 9. In preparation for the full Plan review set out in paragraph 7 above,TTA will convene a Staff Working Group("SWG")made up of a voting member and an alternate member from each of the Parties. The Orange County Manager shall designate the member and alternate Page 12 9/10/12