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Chair Jacobs said that Item 7c: Consideration of a Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Related to Home Occupations would be deferred due to time constraints. Commissioner McKee asked if he understood that the surveys were taken primarily with riders going to work at Duke. Erik Landfried said one survey was a general survey held at the public meetings and online. He said there was also a separate study conducted with Duke Employees. Commissioner McKee asked if there were surveys in the Efland Cheeks community Erik Landfried said yes, one of the public meetings was held in Efland Cheeks, and there was a lot of feedback collected there. Commissioner McKee referred to one of the maps and asked about the Efland to Hillsborough route and whether riders would have to ride to Mebane and then back down to Hillsborough. Erik Landfried said the number 4 route will take someone directly from Efland to Hillsborough. Commissioner McKee said he likes the idea of the Efland to Hillsborough circulator, but he questioned who is paying for it. Erik Landfried said it is considered an OPT service, and the County will pay for it as part of its 12 percent of the revenues dedicated to OPT service. Commissioner McKee noted that there are extra revenues being received due to increased sales tax revenues being generated. Erik Landfried said he will defer that conversation to June 3. Commissioner McKee said it makes better sense from the community standpoint to keep Triangle Transit on Highway 70 instead of 1-85. He said this would serve Efland Cheeks in both directions. Erik Landfried said the survey showed that Mebane residents wanted the park and ride stop off of 1-85 and not off of Highway 70. He said this seems to be a better location to start the route. He said there were not many survey responses to keep service from Efland to Duke and downtown Durham. Commissioner Price said there are three numbers regarding the surveys. She said the Duke survey has 647; and the community meetings have 83. She asked where the 230 surveys came from. Erik Landfried said the 230 was the number of general survey responses. He said these people rode routes and then responded online and other ways. Commissioner Gordon said there is a small pool of Efland and non-Duke respondents. Commissioner Gordon asked if the $123 cost per service hour for Triangle Transit Services includes overhead and administration. She said $44 for OPT is the high estimate for just running the service. She asked if this should include the administrative and overhead cost. Bret Martin said OPT has to do an operations statistics report, and in 2013 the total service cost per service hour, including administrative overhead, was $43. He said the actual operating costs without the administrative overhead was more like $35. Commissioner Gordon said she remembered that number being at approximately $56, and she does not understand this change. Bret Martin said there is also an indirect cost allocation that takes into account the salaries of the planning director and other managers. He said this might bring the number to that $56 level. He said these marginal costs do not include this when new services are being rolled out. Commissioner Gordon asked if TTA's $123 includes the administration and overhead. Erik Landfried said most of this is included.