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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:December 11, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.6-a <br />SUBJECT: Public Transit Implementation Resolutions <br />DEPARTMENT:Attorney, Manager, PlanningPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1.Resolution Authorizing the Research John Roberts,919-245-2318 <br />Triangle Regional Public Transportation Frank W. Clifton, Jr., 919-245-2300 <br />Authority To Levy the One Half Cent (½ ¢) Craig Benedict, 919-245-2575 <br />Public Transportation Tax Approved by the <br />Voters of Orange County <br />2.Resolution Levying a Seven Dollar ($7.00) <br />Vehicle Registration Tax on Motor Vehicles <br />Registered in Orange County (including <br />NCGS 105-570) <br />3.Resolution Authorizing the Research <br />Triangle Regional Public Transportation <br />Authority To Levy the Full Eight Dollar <br />($8.00) Vehicle Registration Tax on Motor <br />Vehicles Registered in Orange County <br />(including NCGS 105-561) <br />PURPOSE: <br />To conduct a public hearing on, and consider approval of,resolutions authorizing <br />Triangle Transit Authority (“TTA”) to levy a ½ cent transit tax in Orange County, authorizing <br />Orange County to levy a $7 vehicle registration tax in Orange County, and anadditional $3 <br />vehicle TTA registration tax in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Orange County Bus and Rail Plan(OCBRIP)was adopted by the County <br />on June 5, 2012, and subsequently by the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (MPO), Burlington-Graham (BG) MPO, and Triangle Transit. The BG <br />MPO approved the plan at itsAugust 21, 2012 meeting. <br />MPO, Triangle Transit, and Orange County staffs met throughout the summer and into <br />September to discuss the Implementation Agreement. On September 18, 2012, the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners voted to include the DCHC MPO as a full party to the <br />agreement. Work continued on developing the appropriate language in the agreement <br />regarding the amount of revenues that would be allowed to be used to support existing transit <br />services. An agreement that was acceptable to all staff members was presented to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, andthe Board approved the Implementation Agreement and <br />the final draft of theBus and Rail Investment Plan at the October 2, 2012regular meeting. <br /> <br />