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12 1 Commissioner McKee said his concern centers on whether the available pot of money 2 remains steady. He said if it does an increase in the per-hour cost will reduce the number of 3 hours available. He is concerned that this will require an ever increasing amount of money to 4 fund that continuous level of bus hours at an increasing rate per hour. He wonders if the 5 available pot of money for buses will remain the same or increase at the same level of cost. He 6 is concerned with maintaining the original number of bus hours proposed in the plan. 7 John Tallmadge said that is what is still affordable in the model. He said the growth in 8 revenues is shown to keep up with the growth in cost. 9 Commissioner Pelissier said, as she understands it, there is also money in reserve that 10 can be used in the event of a dip in revenues in one year. She said this prevents services from 11 being cut. 12 John Tallmadge said that is one of the purposes of the reserve. He said the other 13 reality is that if there is an abnormal situation all parties will get together to decide how to 14 handle the situation. 15 16 John Tallmadge reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: 17 18 What is the Central and Rural Orange County Bus Service Expansion Program? 19 ❑Joint five-year program between Orange County and Triangle Transit 20 ❑Year-by-year list of bus operating and capital projects for services provided by Orange 21 County (OPT) and Triangle Transit to areas outside of Chapel Hill/Carrboro 22 El Bus program will be referenced in updated Orange County Transit Plan (Spring 2014) 23 24 Public Involvement 25 ❑Held four joint County/TTA public outreach meetings in Hillsborough, Cedar Grove, Efland, 26 and Mebane 27 ❑83 attendees total 28 ❑Received 230 surveys at public meetings, on-board buses, and online 29 ❑Conducted survey of Duke employees who live in Orange/Alamance Counties 30 ❑Met with various stakeholders: 31 ❑OUTBoard 32 ❑Department on Aging 33 ❑Department of Social Services 34 35 Bus Services and Projects 36 ❑Continued funding of Hillsborough Circulator 37 ❑New OPT services and bus stop improvements 38 ❑New Triangle Transit service connecting western Orange County, Hillsborough and Durham 39 ❑Narrowing short and long term options for a Park-and-Ride facility along US-70 in 40 Hillsborough 41 ❑Still determining potential stop location(s) in western Orange County/eastern Alamance 42 County 43 ❑Potential funding/service coordination opportunities with PART and Burlington-Graham MPO 44 45 Timeline 46 February: Completion of draft Five-Year Bus Service Expansion Program 47 March: Presentation of draft Program to BOCC, TTA Board, and Hillsborough Town Council 48 April: Requested approval or endorsement of final Program by BOCC and TTA Board 49 Fall 2014: Earliest implementation of services 50