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22 <br /> and OPT Share will be made each year thereafter based upon the most recent audited annual <br /> local expenditures for bus service by both. <br /> CHT may use a portion of the bus services funds provided in the Plan up to a maximum amount <br /> that equals the CHT Share percentage of the prior year total receipts from the Orange County <br /> local vehicle registration fee of$7.00 permitted by Article 52 of NCGS 105. OPT may use a <br /> portion of the bus services funds provided in the Plan up to a maximum amount that equals the <br /> OPT Share percentage of the prior year total receipts from the Orange County local vehicle <br /> registration-fee of$7.00 permitted by Article 52 of NCGS 105. <br /> 8. Any change in use of bus service funds in the Plan from support of new services to <br /> support of existing services may be made on a temporary or permanent basis and must be <br /> agreed to by all the Parties and comply with state law. <br /> 9. Every four years in a manner that coordinates with DCHCs preparation of a new <br /> Metropolitan Transportation Plan,and more frequently as reasonably requested by a Party,the <br /> full Plan shall be reviewed in detail and assessed for any significant changes to the estimated <br /> revenues,to the estimated project or service delivery costs,to project or service priorities <br /> therein,to state or federal transit programs or regulations,to success in securing state and <br /> federal financial support for the rail and bus projects in the Plan,or any other significant change <br /> of circumstance impacting the Plan. This review which shall be conducted as set forth below, <br /> and recommended changes to the Plan may be advanced as deemed necessary. <br /> 10.The Parties agree to develop appropriate benchmarks and timeline to evaluate <br /> progress in gaining federal and state financial support for the LRT project in the Plan during the <br /> -four years following execution of this Agreement and to incorporate-these benchmarks and <br /> timeline into the Plan during the first four year review and to use these benchmarks and <br /> timeline in the reviews set out in paragraph 9 above and in paragraph 13 below. <br /> 11. In preparation for the full Plan review set out in paragraph 9 above,TTA Well convene <br /> a Staff Working Group("SWG")made up of a voting member and an alternate member from <br /> each of the three Parties- The Orange County Manager shall designate the member and <br /> alternate from Orange,the Planning Manager of DCHC shall designate the member and <br /> alternate from DCHC, and the TTA General Manager shall designate the member and alternate <br /> from TTA. These SWG members and alternates shall work collaboratively in developing and <br /> preparing the respective report to the Parties. The SWG may also meet from time to time as <br /> they deem useful to discuss developments and status of the various transit projects and <br /> services under the Plan and to give TTA comments and feedback on the draft annual reports <br /> referenced in paragraph 4 above. <br /> 12. If any meeting of the SWG has local urban, rural or regionallibus service inibrange <br /> County as a part of its agenda,then representatives from CHT,OPT,other bus transit providers <br /> in Orange County,and from the towns of Hillsborough and Mebane shall be invited to <br /> participate in the meeting. The SWG members shall work openly and collaboratively with these <br /> Page 13 <br />