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14 <br /> Attachment 5 <br /> duration of time it takes for unserved and underserved populations to adjust <br /> to the newly implemented routes and should be developed in a collaborative <br /> manner involving all three (3) parties to the Interlocal Implementation <br /> Agreement. <br /> 4) The Hillsborough Circulator route is currently funded via a Congestion <br /> Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant administered by the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation (NCDOT), which typically provides transit <br /> operating assistance for a period of up to three (3) years under Federal <br /> guidelines. However, OPT is waiting on an answer from NCDOT regarding <br /> whether the funding will be available for the full three (3) years to support the <br /> service until June 6, 2014, particularly between October 1, 2013, and June 6, <br /> 2014. If this funding will be available until June 2014, OCBRIP revenues <br /> should not be necessary to support the existing service, and between now <br /> and June 2014, new sources of revenue can be pursued to provide at least <br /> partial funding of the service beginning in June 2014. However, if this funding <br /> will not be available until June 2014, OCBRIP revenues may need to be <br /> considered for partial or full funding for the existing Hillsborough Circulator <br /> service. <br /> B) Staff Notes/Points of Clarification on OCBRIP and Implementation <br /> Agreement <br /> 1) Implementation Agreement (Exhibit 3 of Attachment 5): <br /> a) On page 2, the last sentence of the 1St paragraph and the second <br /> sentence of the 2nd paragraph under term #7 of the Interlocal <br /> Implementation Agreement of the OCBRIP states: <br /> "However, CHT and OPT may use a portion of the bus service funds <br /> provided in the Plan to pay for the increased cost of existing bus <br /> services during the duration of this Agreement in the manner described <br /> below. <br /> The `CHT Share' shall be a percentage derived by dividing the CHT <br /> local expenditures for bus services each year by the total of local <br /> expenditures for bus services by both CHT and OPT in that year." <br /> To provide additional context regarding how this prescribed ratio is <br /> derived, the total local expenditure for CHT in FY 2010 was approximately <br /> $3.7 million and the total local expenditure for OPT was approximately <br /> $330,000. This results in an approximately eight (8) percent OPT share of <br /> the total that can be spent on the increased cost of existing bus services. <br /> s <br />