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17 <br /> WHEREAS, both alignment options CI and C2 are potentially compatible with the overall <br /> Z:7 <br /> vision for the transit corridor; and <br /> WHEREAS, the ridership, costs, environmental impacts, community impacts, and impacts on <br /> nearby roadway traffic of alignment options C1 and C2 need to be further studied in the Scoping <br /> and Preliminary Engineering/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PE/DEIS) phases before a <br /> final decision is made on whicli alignment should be advanced; and <br /> WHEREAS, alignment option D3 in the South Square station area would best promote transit- <br /> supportive economic development; and <br /> WHEREAS, the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative does not include a <br /> recommendation for the location of a Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility and the location <br /> of this facility will be further studied in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases; and <br /> WHEREAS,, the adoption of the Locally Preferred Alternative will be followed by further study <br /> of the alignment and station locations, in the Scoping and PE/DEIS phases when a final decision <br /> is made on the remaining active options; and <br /> WHEREAS, the substantive issues identified in public comments on the Alternatives Analysis <br /> will be addressed in subsequent development steps such as Scoping and PE/DEIS. <br /> BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization Transportation Advisory Committee adopts light rail transit technology <br /> on the alignment reconuriended in the "Detailed Definition of Alternatives Technical Report" <br /> dated July 2011 with the modification,that both the CI and C2 options be carried forward for <br /> further study in the Meadommont and Hillmont station areas, with a preference for C2, as the <br /> Locally Preferred Alternative for the Durham-Orange County Corridor (as illustrated on the <br /> attached inap), and that the DCHC' NPO intends to incoi-porate this LPA into the forthcoming <br /> 2040 Long Range Transportation,Plan, provided here on this, the 8"' day of February, 2012. <br /> Lydia E. Lavelle, TAC Chair <br /> Durham County, North Carolina <br /> I certify that Lydia E. Lavelle Personally appeared before me this day acknowledging to me that <br /> she signed the forgoing document. <br /> Date: February 8, 2012 <br /> �AOTAP�, <br /> Frederick Brian Rhodes, Notary Public MY 0 <br /> ir <br /> My Commission expires: May 10, 2015 GOMUSMN EXRRES M <br /> - �'UBLIG INP <br /> "144f <br /> 4 COUVI <br /> 10;;111111,1�11,1100 <br />