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19 <br />1 Ayes, 4 (Commissioner Price, Chair Jacobs, Commissioner McKee, and Commissioner <br />2 Dorosin); Nays, 3 (Commissioner Rich, Commissioner Pelissier, Commissioner Gordon) <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 b. Central and Rural Orange County Five -Year Bus Service Expansion Concepts — <br />6 Orange Public Transportation and Triangle Transit (8:15 -9:05) <br />7 The Board received a presentation on concepts for expanding Orange Public Transit <br />8 (OPT) and Triangle Transit (TTA) bus operations in central and rural Orange County over the <br />9 next five years. <br />10 Craig Benedict introduced Peter Murphy, the new Orange Public Transportation (OPT) <br />11 Director. <br />12 Craig Benedict thanked everyone for the work that has gone into this proposal. He <br />13 turned the presentation over to Erik Landfried with Triangle Transit. <br />14 Erik Landfried reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: <br />15 <br />16 Central and Rural Orange County Five -Year Bus Service Expansion Concepts <br />17 May 8, 2014 <br />18 <br />19 Started with Public Involvement To Derive Service Concepts <br />20 • Four Joint County /TTA public outreach meetings in Hillsborough, Cedar Grove, Efland, <br />21 and Mebane <br />22 - 83 total attendees <br />23 • 230 surveys completed at public meetings, on board buses and online <br />24 • Survey of Duke employees living in Orange and Alamance Counties <br />25 -647 Responses <br />26 • Meetings with Stakeholders <br />27 - OUTBoard <br />28 - Department on Aging <br />29 - Department of Social Services <br />30 - Health Department <br />31 - Libraries <br />32 <br />33 Structure of Presentation <br />34 Triangle Transit — Erik Landfried, Service Planning Supervisor <br />35 Service Expansion in Central and Northern Orange County provided by Triangle Transit <br />36 Funded from 24% share of Orange County transit sales tax /vehicle registration fee <br />37 revenue apportioned to Triangle Transit <br />38 <br />39 Orange County — Bret Martin, Transportation Planner <br />40 • Service Expansion in Central and Northern Orange County provided by Orange Public <br />41 Transportation <br />42 • Funded from 12% share of Orange County transit sales tax/vehicle registration fee <br />43 revenue apportioned to Orange Public Transportation <br />44 <br />45 Oranae- Durham Exoress (Route ODX <br />46 Goal is to provide peak -hour, commuter service between central Orange County, <br />47 Duke /VA Hospitals, and downtown Durham <br />48 Would provide connection to Route 420 (Hillsborough - Chapel Hill), DATA routes, and a <br />49 potential future connection with PART <br />50 Seeking endorsement of Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />