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John Roberts said this is part of the shared value that was presented to the Board. He <br /> said the County will not pay for use of those spaces for a full 24 hour period. He said there is <br /> some description of shared value considerations in this document, and this will be in the final <br /> document as well. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> authorize the Chair to execute a Letter of Intent with regard to the Southern Branch Library <br /> upon the approval of the County Attorney and to authorize the County Attorney to make non- <br /> substantive grammatical changes to the document. <br /> John Roberts asked the Board to forward any noted typos and grammatical errors. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked if the public will be identified as the user of the parking. <br /> John Roberts said he will identify who needs to be identified here. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> c. Central and Rural Oranqe County Five-Year Bus Service Expansion Proqram — <br /> Oranqe Public Transportation <br /> The Board considered endorsement of the staff-recommended Orange Public <br /> Transportation (OPT) five-year bus service expansion program in central and rural Orange <br /> County. <br /> Craig Benedict said this is a culmination of two years of outreach, input from advisory <br /> boards and work with Triangle Transit and staff to bring forward a central and rural Orange <br /> County five year bus plan. <br /> He said the discussion tonight will be about 7 routes being put into operation in spring <br /> of 2015. He said the Board requested continuing with option 2. He said OPT will still be able <br /> to do some zonal routes in the northeast and northwest part of the County, as well as two <br /> routes in the southern part of the County. He said this is possible using assumptions of <br /> obtaining federal funding. He reviewed the following slide: <br /> ROUTE/SERVICE OPTION 1 OPTION 2 <br /> NE/NW County Zonal Routes 1 day/week (Tues. or Thurs.) 2 days/week(Monday and <br /> Thursday or Tuesday and <br /> Friday) <br /> Southern County Zonal Route No 2 days/week(Monday and <br /> Thursday or Tuesday and <br /> Friday) <br /> Later Senior Center Service Yes (same in both options) <br /> U.S. 70 Midday Service Mebane-Efland- Mebane-Efland- <br /> Hillsborough-Durham Hillsborough <br /> (2-hour headways) (1-hour headways) <br /> Efland-Hillsborough Commuter Loop Yes YES <br /> Route 420 Expansion Yes YES <br /> Hillsborough Circulator Yes YES <br />