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29 1 He said item 3 gives options and asks the Board if staff should move forward with 2 discussions with the public over the summer. 3 He said that, regarding item 4, staff has received feedback from the Board of County 4 Commissioners to move forward with outreach to meet the community to discuss the different 5 east/west route options. He said that the question is whether these routes are brought back for 6 approval in late fall or in late January. 7 Chair Jacobs said he agreed that this was a confused document that is not well 8 coordinated. He suggested that the outreach meetings are in a public meeting place, such as 9 Town Barn or somewhere with good access. 10 He sees no point in 1 and 2, as the comments have already been transmitted and this is 11 after the fact and unnecessary. 12 He said that for #3, the public outreach discussions simply need to be approved. 13 He said that#4 is really approving the presentation of service options for the regional 14 express route. 15 He said he has no opinion of the schedule in #5. He feels that staff should come back 16 in the fall about resident comments in coordinating the schedule. 17 Chair Jacobs said there needs to be some direction to both groups that there should be 18 coordination and synthesis between Triangle Transit and Orange County staff. He said that 19 right now, there is nothing that ties these two together, other than a paper statement. He said it 20 is not easy to digest this information tonight so quickly. 21 He would prefer to hear more from the public before implementation decisions are made 22 by the Board of County Commissioners. 23 His suggestion would be to approve #3, #4, #6, requesting coordination and synthesis 24 between Triangle Transit and Orange County and request staff to come back in fall with 25 implementation timeline. 26 Commissioner McKee agreed with Chair Jacobs. He said he is ready to make this 27 motion, and he feels it is definitely premature to approve service options before presentations 28 are made to the public. 29 Commissioner Pelissier agreed with comments made by Chair Jacobs, and she asked if 30 the Board had endorsed this process on May 21St. She questioned why staff was not already 31 working together to create survey tools and public meeting materials. She said the Board 32 needs to be very clear about giving direction so no more time is wasted. 33 Commissioner Pelissier said that suggestions from staff about proposed 34 implementations need to take into account cost and the money available. 35 She said that service options need to be left open for input from both Triangle Transit 36 staff and residents. 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to: 39 40 1. Approve public outreach discussions, as per Attachment 6, Part A; 41 42 2. Approve presenting service options for Triangle Transit's Mebane-Efland- 43 Hillsborough-Durham regional express route; 44 45 3. Request coordination and synthesis between Orange County and Triangle Transit 46 staff, based on addressing Board of County Commissioners' comments, Orange 47 County staff analysis and Triangle Transit responses; and 48 49 4. Request staff to come back in the fall with a proposed schedule for implementation 50 based on public comment, data analysis and other relevant factors.