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21 <br /> 1 Commissioner Gordon then went through some background information that she had <br /> 2 distributed to the County Commissioners. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Background Information for Item 7c on the BOCC September 18, 2012 agenda: Transit <br /> 5 Interlocal Implementation Agreement <br /> 6 <br /> 7 The following information on the funding process, and on revenues and costs for the Orange <br /> 8 County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (BRI Plan), is provided as background information for the <br /> 9 discussion on transit. <br /> 10 <br /> I 1 1. Funding Process <br /> 12 <br /> 13 A. Federal Funding of Light Rail Transit-Three Critical Points in the New Starts Process <br /> 14 <br /> 15 At the September 12, 2012 meeting of the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee, the <br /> 16 TAC received a description of three critical points (benchmarks) in the federal funding process <br /> 17 for Light Rail Transit. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Description of the Phase Time Needed to Accomplish <br /> 20 of Development That Phase <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Enter into Preliminary Engineering 2 to 3 years <br /> 23 ("get into the pipeline") <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Receive Record of Decision 2 to 3 years <br /> 26 (complete Preliminary Engineering) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Receive Full Funding 3 to 4 years <br /> 29 Grant Agreement(FFGA) <br /> 30 <br /> 31 You will note that the total period is about 7 to 10 years. This information should be helpful <br /> 32 when the BOCC discusses sections 8 and 10 (the second number 10) of the Implementation <br /> 33 Agreement. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 The BRI Plan (page 26) states that the FTA typically considers the FFGA during Final Design. <br /> 36 That information might be helpful when the BOCC discusses section 12 (B). <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 B. State Funding of Light Rail Transit <br /> 40 <br /> 41 The TAC also learned that during the Preliminary Engineering phase would be the time to start <br /> 42 contacting the state about funding, with the ultimate goal of receiving a State Full Funding <br /> 43 Grant Agreement. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 11. Summary of Revenues and Costs in the Orange County BRI Plan <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Appendix A of the BRI Plan includes a page with three pie charts which give a summary of total <br /> 49 revenues, total costs, and Orange County costs. <br /> 50 <br />