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<br /> Attachment 5, Exhibit 1
<br /> RESOLU"I"JON TO A 11PROVE
<br /> THE LOCALLV-PRETERRED ALTERNATIVE (LPA) FOR
<br /> THE DUR1UkN1-OR,(kNGE C'0,1,�N'I'Y 'I'RA,NSI'I'('011,1,t,IDI OR
<br /> Februar i
<br /> y 8, 2012
<br /> and seeorade(,] by'T,V,
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<br /> MeTTIM• CW-1.4X"J'Ce o-j fbil,Ifie,aclopfior, resolution, and (11U)n
<br /> lacing put to a vote, was duly adopted,
<br /> 'WHEREAS�, tlic SpecW 'Transit Advisory,Commission (STAC"), 41, NlayAA)S
<br /> as cluded rail trarisit extending fronin ttaleigli u Du rl'iain to Chapel HM; ,wid
<br /> WHEREAS, the Durfiam-Cfiapekl fill-Carrboro Metropoliuiia Phinniog Organization(DCHC
<br /> MN)), illetaperated the STAC'roil transk into fl e adol:)ted 2035 t-,Ong kary rramportation Plata
<br /> in Aprfl ,2009; alid
<br /> WHEIWAS, the Niortl°i Carolina Ceneral A", enibly approved the Congestim Relief'111terniodail
<br /> Trmispiclrt bill in Aiigust 2009 that enables local areas to fund public triaispoll'tation through urea
<br /> increase in sales tax,car registratwti 1a'esaikf special district property, Imes; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Triangle]"ransit Authofi y("I'll"A)iinplcnaentcd fliell"tiangle Rcp
<br /> gional Transit
<br /> Pro grain M 20 10 to stiady the financial, ridersl1q), ervirc)riniental oad public inpul aspects of
<br /> rcgUltial husand rail Irmnsit, arTd sub' ..;equently cordo(,led as visioniog,processalid Traris4iotial
<br /> Arialysas to stud'y rail con Mors in Dvrhain, Orai'i,ige, aind Wake cotwifies, and
<br /> NIVIIUREAS, thc ITik colnpleted an Alternatives Analysis on Itic t1irec highest-perfortnirig
<br /> corriolors that 4icluded thC DUrl"mai.-Oratige corridor in July 2011 and issued, an Addlefiduin to the
<br /> "Detailed Definition of A IternativesTedinicid Report"in MgjjSjr 2011 whkli,clarified fliat
<br /> rcasonable alternatives to tfio proposed afigpinients crossing the Little Creck and New Hope
<br /> C.Teek arcas,will he studied; and
<br /> WHEREAS, tlw'N"A arid tlie DC1 IC MIPO,have both coax duoed cotnprclicasavc public
<br /> involvement activities, %liie➢ included pubtic worksliops, puWiclicarings arid presemations to
<br /> local electV41 hoards" fear`(lie 6siorlirig Process,"I"ransitional Alialy,sasand Alleniatives,Analysisl
<br /> and
<br /> WHEREAS, light rail Irarisil ieehnolo),,'t y ha%agreater potential to proniote econoinic growth
<br /> alrj(j focus transit-supportive aroum::l slation areas as compared ter bias rapid, trallsit
<br /> teclin(flogy; and
<br /> VV[IEREAS, afigninent opt,iolo A3 in the UINCstation area I i I s supported y the"folmni ofellapel
<br /> hill, UNC' at ("hapel Hill, and UNC Ifospitalsand W'OUld aAflOW f0T' future exten,',.,'ioa of tile
<br /> aliglullent to the vVest to possihie(lestinations such as downtown Cliapel hill"downtoNvira
<br /> C'arrboro and tfie Carolina North ( ,,,unrLJS; a,Ind
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