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12 1 Chair McKee said all of their boards and commissions require a lot from their volunteers, 2 but few of these involve the complexities and regulations encountered by this planning board. 3 4 Commissioner Dorosin said this work session highlighted the need to be conscious of 5 where and when it makes sense to integrate the work of these boards. He said there is a lot of 6 overlap and he wonders how effectively efforts are being coordinated. He said it might be 7 worthwhile to put something specific in the reports regarding how the boards collaborate. 8 Commissioner Price said she would like to have the Board of County Commissioners 9 encourage these boards to work together. She would like to open this door and make the 10 collaboration easier. 11 Commissioner Pelissier noted that, although there is an appearance of silos, many of 12 the boards have worked together through the year. She also suggested the Commissioners 13 should send a thank you letter to each of the boards, and she said this can include direct 14 encouragement toward collaboration. 15 Chair McKee said in his tenure he has seen more collaboration between boards. 16 Chair McKee said he liked Commissioner Dorosin's suggestion about how to set things 17 up next year in terms of process and interaction. 18 Commissioner Rich asked if the Board has ever considered having a volunteer board 19 thank you night. 20 Chair McKee said that has not been done, but it is something to consider, although it 21 would be a lot of people. 22 23 3. Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan Annual Report and Update 24 John Talmadge, Director of Regional Services said the revenue receipts are consistent 25 with the early planning figures. He said the sales tax is a volatile revenue source, but it looks 26 positive and consistent with the early assumptions. He noted that the vehicle registration fees 27 included in the report are not a full year's numbers. He said the FY 2015 number is expected to 28 be considerable higher. 29 He said that in addition to providing new services and working on capital projects, 30 reserves are also being built, and this is why the full amount of revenues are not being spent in 31 each year. 32 He reviewed the following information on service implementation: 33 The following services will be implemented in the upcoming fiscal year (July 2014 through June 34 2015): 35 • Chapel Hill Transit will add additional morning service along the A, D and J routes; 36 additional mid-day service on the NS route and additional Saturday service on the D and 37 FG routes. 38 • Orange County will provide expanded service in rural portions of the county; additional 39 senior center shuttle options; two fixed routes connecting Mebane, Efland and 40 Hillsborough; more service on the Hillsborough to Chapel Hill midday shuttle; and 41 continuation of the Hillsborough Circulator service in the spring of 2015. 42 • New express service by Triangle Transit between Hillsborough, Duke University, and 43 downtown Durham with an extension to Mebane and Efland. 44 • Later Saturday evening and Sunday service on Triangle Transit routes between 45 Durham, Chapel Hill and RTP, connecting with Route 100 to RDU Airport and Raleigh. 46 • Over the next five years, Chapel Hill Transit, Orange Public Transportation and Triangle 47 Transit will implement new or expanded bus services. Residents will also see new bus 48 shelters, Park-and- Ride lots, and sidewalk connections to bus stops. 49 • Chapel Hill North-South Bus Project - Chapel Hill Transit is conducting the North South 50 Corridor Study along the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard —South Columbia— US 15-