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16 1 bus service. He asked if it would be considered new and would come under#8 or if it would still 2 be subject to the 64/24/12 split. 3 Frank Clifton said that right now it is set up as the 64/24112 split. 4 Clarifying questions were answered by John Roberts and Wib Gulley. 5 Commissioner McKee said that he does not believe that all issues are worked out. He 6 said that there have been changes all week long, but he is uncomfortable with making a 7 decision on this tonight when he gets the feeling that everything is not worked out. 8 Frank Clifton said that he thinks that all parties have come to a reasonable 9 methodology to produce something that would be acceptable, with the understanding that these 10 issues will be addressed at a later date. 11 John Roberts said that the County Commissioners are being asked to accept the 12 Manager's recommended changes (pink sheet), and once they agree to adopt it, he is going to 13 ask the Board to authorize staff to get the wording correct and make non-substantive changes. 14 The substantive parts of this he believes are agreed to. 15 Wib Gulley said that Triangle Transit is comfortable with the wording of services here 16 versus hours. 17 . Commissioner Hemminger said that everyone seems to like the wording of#7. She 18 asked if the orange sheet could be an attachment at the end of the document. 19 John Roberts clarified that the orange sheet would be worked into Section 7, if the 20 Commissioners wished to add that. 21 Commissioner Yuhasz said that he is not sure it is a good idea to include the orange 22 sheet as part of the agreement. He thinks that it is an example, but if it is too specific and not 23 real, then it will be confusing. He thinks that paragraph 7 is fine. 24 Commissioner McKee said that there is not enough transparency in this process. He 25 said that this needs to come back and be approved in whole at one more meeting. He said that 26 the County is asking the taxpayers of Orange County to obligate themselves, their children, and 27 their grandchildren for a tax that is being put together piece meal in a rush. He wants to see 28 this in black and white in an organized form. 29 Commissioner Foushee said that she is not sure where#7 is not clear. She thought 30 that everything was clear. 31 Mr. Spade spoke about Chapel Hill Transit's perspective of paragraph#7. He said that 32 over the past couple of weeks there have been numerous conversations with his staff, TTA, the 33 MPO, and the County. He said that Chapel Hill Transit does support this. He thinks that all 34 parties agree that there is a common understanding. 35 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner 36 Foushee to approve paragraph 7 with the two changes on the pink sheet(take out the words "in 37 place" since it is written twice and change the date to June 30th instead of June 31St.) The 38 orange sheet will be an example to be recorded in the record for information only. 39 VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner McKee) 40 41 The Board then discussed Paragraph 8. 42 43 Commissioner Gordon asked about the rationale for 50% of the bus funding to be used 44 for existing services. 45 Frank Clifton said that the plan allocates each year a certain amount for bus services. 46 This is on page 41 of the packet. The Board has already approved the plan that provides for a 47 certain level of funding each year for bus services. The rest of the money goes to light rail. 48 Commissioner Yuhasz asked Wib Gulley about his legal opinion for the$7 vehicle 49 registration fee and the County's use of this money. Wib Gulley said that his legal opinion is 50 that the allocation of the funds that are distributed for bus service, a marker that indicates the