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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 18, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-f <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan Implementation — Staff Follow-Up <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. OCBRIP Overview Frank Clifton, County Manager, 919-245-2300 <br /> 2. Implementation Plan Process Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919-245-2575 <br /> 3. Annual Review and Reporting <br /> 4. May 21, 2013 BOCC Comments <br /> 5. Staff Comments <br /> 6. Bus Route Service Options <br /> 7. Bus Route Service Implementation <br /> 8. Triangle Transit Materials <br /> PURPOSE: To compile comments on the materials presented by Triangle Transit at the May <br /> 21, 2013 meeting and identify Orange Public Transit (OPT) bus route service options for public <br /> outreach and input. More specifically: <br /> 1. Transmit formal BOCC comments from May 21, 2013 to Triangle Transit (TT) staff <br /> (Attachment 4); <br /> 2. Transmit Manager and Planning staff comments to TT staff (Attachment 5); <br /> 3. Approve OPT service options for public outreach discussions (Attachment 6, Part A); <br /> 4. Approve service options for TT's Mebane-Efland-Hillsborough-Durham regional express <br /> route (Attachment 6, Part B); and <br /> 5. Pursue a modified public outreach schedule to implement service in approximately 6 <br /> months (i.e., January 2014) vs 9 months (i.e., March 2014) (Attachment 7); <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. Planning staff will ask TT that these <br /> changes be clearly identified and annotated for long-term reference. <br /> MAY 21 BOCC MATERIALS <br /> At the May 21 BOCC meeting, TT staff presented its FY 14 (7/1/2013 — 6/30/2014) proposed <br /> budget, implementation plan, and timeline as follows: <br />