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John Roberts said that once the financial plan is approved and there is a referendum without an implementation agreement, the County Commissioners have no control over anything. Approving in principle is still, in effect, an approval. Wib Gulley said that the motion on the table could be approved and then the Board could also approve the levy agreement which states that TTA will not levy the sales tax until Orange County approves. It was suggested to amend the motion to add "contingent on approval of an implementation agreement between Triangle Transit and Orange County." Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Hemminger accepted the amendment. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would vote against it because he does not agree with the plan in principle, but he is in favor of the agreement occurring before any other action. Commissioner Gordon said that she had more to say about changes to the bus and rail plan. She will vote against the motion because everything needs to be transparent. She does not feel this is the proper procedure because it is not transparent and there has not been due diligence to make sure the plan is correct. VOTE: Ayes, 4; Nays, 3 (Commissioner Yuhasz, Commissioner Gordon, and Commissioner McKee) Frank Clifton said that if the referendum is passed by the public, the revenues collected go straight to TTA. The debt is issued by TTA and not Orange County. Additional Comments from Commissioners in reference to this item were encouraged to be submitted and would be included as part of these minutes: Additional comments regarding minor modifications to the transit plan from Chair Pelissier: * Regarding transit fares on Page 23, do we need to specify the assumption regarding fare recovery for Hillsborough routes or is that considered to be the same as the TTA farebox recovery rate? * The section on the Implementation Agreement (page 23) needs to be consistent with the fact that a draft agreement has already been developed. The second sentence does not need to reference UNC, the MPO, and the towns since the implementation agreement is between Orange County and TTA. Rather, the plan should note that the implementation agreement spells out how all these parties will work on various aspects of the implementation of the plan. * On page 24 additional revisions to the implementation agreement : On item b, delete reference to the MPO voting on changes to the plan. The Intermodal Act does not require an MPO vote but a report to the MPO as outlined in item a. On item d delete reference to MPO. The Implementation Agreement does not have the MPO voting on modifications unless it is needed. * Page 29. The assumptions mix total costs with Orange County costs. The cost for the MLK BRT is the total cost but the Hillsborough train station is the local cost. It would be good to make sure that costs always clearly identify for the reader total costs vs. local costs to avoid confusion. * Check that all numbers are consistent across the document