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19 1 showed maps of the boundaries of the MPOs. There have been many staff meetings and 2 discussions over the last 8-9 months regarding various boundary options. Staff believes that 3 the recommended boundaries will meet the needs of both MPOs. He made reference to a 4 summary of why Option 4 has been recommended and has been determined to be ideal. It 5 meets all of the federal criteria and standards, including all of the urbanized areas. 6 Staff is asking for Board action in support of Option 4 as it has been presented. As 7 indicated in the Manager's Recommendation, if there is support from the Board for Option 4, it 8 should be contingent on agreement from the City of Mebane. 9 Commissioner Gordon said that this is a good proposal and as long as the City of 10 Mebane concurs, then Option 4 is a good choice. She generally supports Option 4. 11 Commissioner Jacobs said that Option 4 is a proposal that Mebane is comfortable with. 12 He made reference to the bottom of page 2 and said that Attachment 5 says that it is an 13 overview of the advantages and disadvantages of Option 4, but he did not get any analysis of 14 these advantages and disadvantages. He wanted to have this for the Board of County 15 Commissioners' consideration. 16 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 17 approve the recommendation which stated that the BOCC is in agreement with Option 4 18 (attachment 3) and contingent on the City of Mebane discussion and support on September 20, 19 2012 authorizes the MPOs to proceed with its implementation. 20 21 22 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 23 24 C. Transit Interlocal Implementation Agreement 25 The Board discussed various aspects of the Interlocal Implementation Agreement of the 26 Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (IIA/OCBRIP) and provided decisions regarding 27 aspects to be incorporated into the final draft. 28 29 Chair Pelissier said that at the last MPO meeting, she asked staff to come and respond 30 to questions at this meeting. 31 John Roberts said that this Implementation Agreement is referred to in Article 43 of 32 Chapter 105 of the North Carolina General Statutes as the Implementation Agreement. The 33 purpose of this agreement is to provide that the Bus and Rail Investment Plan in Orange 34 County may be reviewed or revised from time to time. There are still several items of 35 disagreement. The biggest disagreement is between Orange County staff and TTA on whether 36 or not the MPO should be a party to the agreement, since the staff believes it should be a two 37 party agreement. It is a decision that the Board of County Commissioners can make whether 38 or not to include the MPO as a party to the agreement. Should the Board choose not to include 39 the MPO as a party, the MPO still will have a significant role in dealing with the plan. It will 40 come down to a decision by the Board of whether to include that organization as a party. The 41 MPO has expressed the desire to be included as a party. 42 Planning Director Craig Benedict said that in June of this year, the Orange County Bus 43 and Rail Investment Plan was approved with conditions, and it will tell how the Yz-cent sales tax 44 will be spent if it is approved in November. The Implementation Agreement contains 14 45 sections. He reviewed each section. 46 Chair Pelissier said that she would like to speak on the signatories on the documents 47 and the letter in the packet from the MPO. She said that since the Board has not yet 48 responded to the MPO, it would be good to at least decide who the parties will be to the 49 agreement.