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2 ROUTE /SERVICE OPTION #1 OPTION #2 NE /NW County Zonal Routes 1 day /week (Tuesday or 2 days /week (Monday and Thursday) Thursday or Tuesday and Friday) Southern County Zonal Routes No 2 days /week (Monday and Thursday or Tuesday and Friday) Later Senior Center Service Yes (same in both options) U.S. 70 Midday Service Mebane - Efland- Hillsborough- Mebane - Efland- Hillsborough (1- Durham 2 -hour headways) hour headways) Efland- Hillsborough Commuter Loop Yes No Route 420 Expansion Yes (same in both options) Hillsborough Circulator Yes (same in both options) To review, the primary differences between Options #1 and #2 are: • Option #2 provides two -day per week service to the rural, low- density northern and southern areas of the county while Option #1 provides one -day per week service to only the rural northern areas; • Option #2 involves one -hour directional headways for the U.S. 70 midday service and provides a fixed -route connection among Mebane, Hillsborough and Efland, whereas Option #1 involves two -hour directional headways and an extended connection to Durham; and • Option #2 does not provide the Efland- Hillsborough commuter loop service, whereas Option #1 does. At the September 11, 2014 work session, the BOCC indicated a general preference for the service concepts provided in Option #2, but with an interest to also fund the proposed Efland- Hillsborough Commuter Loop concept as provided in Option #1. Federal and /or State Funding Assumptions Subsequent to the September 11, 2014 work session, Orange County planning staff and the County Manager met to discuss and assemble a staff recommendation based on BOCC input in response to the presented options (Attachments 1, 2, 3 and 4). It was determined that the staff - recommended bus service expansion program include reasonable assumptions of the amount of federal and /or state funding for operating assistance that could be leveraged to support the service concepts presented, as well as a reasonable assumption of fare revenue that could be collected (Attachment 1). Descriptions of each staff - recommended service concept are provided in Attachment 2. The budget for the staff - recommended service concepts includes only those revenues from federal and /or state sources that have been identified as being accessible to Orange County through existing or pending funding distribution policies. Beyond that represented in the budget, there may be additional capacity for federal and /or state revenue for operating assistance to be leveraged to potentially support the prioritized list of unfunded concepts provided on page 2 of Attachment 1.