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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 21, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8 -a <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan Implementation <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Durham /Orange BRIP Overview David King, General Manager, TT, 919 - 485 -7424 <br />2. Implementation Plan Process Frank Clifton, Orange County Manager, 919 - 245 -2300 <br />3. Annual Review and Reporting Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919 - 245 -2575 <br />4. April 29, 2013 Meeting With TT <br />Staff - Agenda and Meeting Notes <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update from Triangle Transit (TT) on the status of the Orange <br />County Bus and Rail Investment Plan ( OCBRIP) and its implementation. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan ( OCBRIP) was approved <br />by the BOCC in June 2012. The half -cent sales tax to implement the Plan was approved by <br />Orange County voters last November and went into effect April 1St of this year. <br />The financial model used to create the OCBRIP has been updated where possible, replacing <br />assumptions with actual County revenue data and adjusting the dates of revenue <br />implementation. This has caused moderate adjustments in the numbers for the Plan, while <br />keeping the overall project delivery schedule intact. <br />After these adjustments, TT remains on track to (as noted in March 15, 2013 letter from TT): <br />• Deliver the equivalent of 34,000 bus hours (we are stating "the equivalent of because <br />any use of funds for existing services will diminish the number of new hours able to be <br />funded) in the first 5 years of the plan <br />• Purchase new buses to provide some of these bus hours <br />• Build the Hillsborough Train Station (local share) <br />• Advance the development of the MLK Bus Lanes <br />• Advance the development of the Durham - Orange Light Rail Project <br />• Build an appropriate cash balance in early years of the plan <br />TTA staff will present the following materials: <br />Attachment 1 — FY14 Durham /Orange BRIP Overview; <br />Attachment 2 — Implementation Plan Process for New Transit Service in Hillsborough, <br />Mebane, and Rural Orange County; and <br />Attachment 3 — Annual Review and Reporting Schedule <br />