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2 response services. The refinement of details associated with future service provision will be part of the County's draft Five-Year Bus Service Expansion Program that the BOCC is expected to receive and review at its January 23, 2014 meeting. The BOCC will also receive an update on this program's development at its December 2, 2013 meeting. As opposed to requesting expansion vehicles on a year-by-year basis as was the prescribed procedure in previous years, State grant requests for expansion vehicles starting in FY 2016 are subject to the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) scoring process and must be submitted to the State by November 29, 2013 for consideration for funding and inclusion in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). FINANCIAL IMPACT: This request for funding for the three (3) expansion vehicles mandates Orange County to commit the necessary 10% local matching share for the buses as funds are available during the requested project years if the vehicles are awarded. This commitment is made using the attached Local Funding Commitment Form (Attachment 1). The total cost of the three (3) vehicles to be requested in year of expenditure dollars is $234,458. If awarded, the acquisition of the buses would require a minimum $23,446 local match, which would be covered by the capital set-aside reserve managed by Triangle Transit that is taken from the transit sales tax/vehicle registration fee revenues collected in Orange County. This will be included and requested in the budget process for the upcoming respective years (any of FYs 2016-2020) for which the vehicles are awarded. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Interim Manager recommends the Board: 1. Approve the project funding request from Orange Public Transportation to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for three (3) expansion vehicles for FYs 2016-2020; and 2. Authorize the Chair to sign the Local Funding Commitment Form.