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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 16, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: RESOLUTION - PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT PLAN <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> -Mobility Choices -Triangle Fixed Guideway Study, Spring 1995 Slade McCalip/Extension 2595 <br /> - 3/7/95 Letter from TTA <br /> -TTA Draft Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - Draft Resolution Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> - 5/5/95 McCalip Memo to Durham 688-7331 <br /> Planning Director Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution concerning the Preliminary •A Regional <br /> Transit Plan for the Triangk. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the April 21, 1995 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, Ms. Shirley <br /> Marshall, TTA Board of Trustees, and Mr. Jim Ritchie, TTA General Manger, <br /> presented the Preliminary •A Regional Transit Plan for the <br /> lWangk. <br /> The preliminary recommendations call for the expansion of the Regional Bus Service <br /> and development of a Regional Rail System using self-propelled diesel cars. The goal of <br /> the transit system is to provide substantial passenger carrying capacity for congested <br /> corridors, incentives for focusing growth, a cost effective transportation alternative for <br /> regional communities, and improved mobility for residents throughout the region. <br /> The TTA has requested that Board of County Commissioners consider adopting a <br /> resolution (similar to the TTA example) by May 31, 1995. The Planning Board will <br /> receive a presentation on the Preliminary •A Regional Transit Plan <br /> for the 7Wangk at its May 15, 1995 meeting, including a draft resolution (attached) <br /> based on the TTA example and comments recommended for inclusion in the Plan. A <br /> verbal report will be given of the Planning Board's recommendation at this meeting. <br /> Information provided previously by the TTA is attached. A separate memorandum <br /> outlining land use planning considerations in implementation of the Plan is also <br /> provided. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the attached resolution and <br /> comments. <br />