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Attachment 3 7 <br /> C 8 <br /> # <br /> Resolution Requesting the Durham County, Orange County, and Wake County Boards of <br /> County Commissioners, and the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation <br /> Authority Special Tax Board to Adopt a Resolution Approving the Levy of a Rental <br /> Vehicle Tax <br /> WHEREAS; in 1989,Durham,Orange, and Wake Counties,the Cites of Raleigh and Durham and the <br /> Towns of Cary and Chapel Hill jointly formed the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation <br /> Authority, and, <br /> WHEREAS; in 1990,during a joint meeting,the Capital Area and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Transportation Advisory Committees adopted the Land Use and Public Transportation Action Agenda <br /> which directed that: "The Triangle Transit Authority, in coordination with local governments and <br /> appropriate regional agencies, should evaluate possible corridors and fixed guideway technologies for <br /> potential implementation;"and, <br /> WHEREAS; in 1992,the Triangle Transit Authority began the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study and <br /> jointly developed the scope for the Study in coordination with the Federal Transit Administration, the <br /> state,and the region's units of local government which are members of the Capital Area and Durham- <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organizations(MPOs); and, <br /> WHEREAS;the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study examined the long term land use and transportation <br /> problems, identified and evaluated alternatives,and recommended implementation of Phase I Regional <br /> Rail service from Durham to North Raleigh as part of Recommendations for a Regional Transit Plan; <br /> and, <br /> WHEREAS; on February 22, 1995,Recommendations for a Regional Transit Plan were adopted by the <br /> Triangle Transit Authority Board of Trustees after extensive and ongoing public involvement;and, <br /> WHEREAS;Durham,Orange,and Wake Counties,the Cites of Raleigh and Durham and the Towns of <br /> Cary and Chapel Hill each received and supported Triangle Transit Authority's Recommendations for a <br /> Regional Transit Plan, and, <br /> WHEREAS; on September 25, 1996,the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization adopted the Interim Comprehensive Transportation Plan which contains Phase I of the <br /> Regional Rail Project as part of the fiscally constrained plan;and, <br /> WHEREAS;on February 20, 1997,the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation <br /> Advisory Committee adopted the Long Range Transportation Plan- Transit Element which contains <br /> Phase I of the Regional Rail Project as part of the fiscally constrained plan; and, <br /> WHEREAS;the Phase I Regional Rail System will require financing from the Federal, State and <br /> Regional Governments, and, <br /> WHEREAS;the North Carolina General Assembly enacted House Bill 1231 "An Act to Authorize <br /> Supplemental Sources of Revenue for Local Government Transit Financing which was signed by <br /> Governor James B. Hunt,Jr.on August 21, 1997,and, <br /> 18 <br />