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' 18 l A motion was made tm Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner 2 Fousheeto approve the amended implementation agreenmentmsdiscumeedinthisme«glnQ 3 including all changes in red, with the exception of paragraph 8, which was greatly modified as 4 follows: most of paragraph 0 was deleted except for the last sentence which now reads:Any 5 change in use of bus service funds inthe Plan from support of new services to support of 6 existing services may be made on a temporary or permanent basis, must be agreed to by all of 7 the Parties, and must comply with State law; add ^annuo|" in the document in1O-[); and Q throughout the document add the word "aU" to^partieo^soit reads"all ofthe parties", where 9 Mm1a include ch to paragraph 10 which would now read as follows: I I "The Parties agree to develop appropriate benchmarks and timeline to evaluate progress in 12 gaining federal and state financial support for the LRT project in the Plan during the four years 13 following execution of the Agreement, to incorporate these benchmarks and timeline into the 14 Plan during the first four year review, and to use these benchmarks and timeline in the reviews 15 set out in paragraph 9 above and in paragraph 13 below"; 17 And authorize staff to make non-substantive changes to the agreement. 19 VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Yuhasz) 21 The Implementation Agreement, in the form in which it was signed, is as follows: 24 INTERLOCAL IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT 25 FOR 26 ORANGE COUNTY BUS AND RAIL INVESTMENT PLAN 29 This Interlocal Agreement("Agreement") dated 2012 is entered into 30 by and among Orange County,a political subdivision of the State or North Carolina ("'Orange"), 31 the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization,the regional 32 transportation planning agency for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro urban area pursuant to US 33 DOT regulation CFR Part 450 and 49 Part 613 ("DCHC"), and the Research Triangle Regional 34 Public Transportation Authority, d/b/a Triangle Transit,a regional public transportation 35 authority under NCGS 160A("TTA"). Orange, DCHC, and TrA may be referred to individually as 36 "Party"and collectively as"Parties".This Agreement is made pursuant to Article 20 of Chapter 37 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. 39 The Parties each desire to provide for the future transportation needs of Orange County 40 and the surrounding region, understanding that enhanced mobility options will support a high 41 quality of life, strengthen economic development, strengthen human services transportation, 42 support air quality goals,and enhance sustainability;and 44 In accord with NCGS 105-508 et seq. ("Intermodal Act"),TrA developed a financial plan 45 denoted as the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan ("Plan")to set forth certain transit 46 investments over the next twenty-three years. This Plan has been reviewed and approved by