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I C1A adds $36.Om in capital cost <br />2 <br />3 Little Creek: Operating Cost <br />4 • Lowest operating cost alternative: C1 (eliminated), NHC -LPA, either Duke /VA station at <br />5 $16,846,000/year <br />6 • C2 and C2A add $56,900 /year in operating /maintenance cost <br />7 • C1A adds $82,100 /year in operating /maintenance cost <br />8 <br />9 Little Creek: Public Parklands -4(f) <br />10 • Section 4(f) requires consideration of park and recreational lands, wildlife and waterfowl <br />11 refuges, and historic sites in transportation project development. <br />12 • Before approving a project that uses Section 4(f) property, FTA must either: <br />13 (1) determine that the impacts to the property are de minimis (will not adversely affect <br />14 the activities, features, or attributes of property), or <br />15 (2) undertake a Section 4(f) Evaluation. <br />16 • C2A has least impact to Section 4(f) properties <br />17 <br />18 Little Creek: Natural Resources <br />19 <br />20 Little Creek: Water Resources <br />21 Low Impact Design techniques have kept total acreage and linear feet impacts low for <br />22 project of this size <br />23 Timeline for Local Gov't Participation <br />24 • Jan 2015 — Review Five Key Decisions <br />25 • March -June 2015 — Local Governments & Public Review Data on Benefits / Impacts of <br />26 Alternatives <br />27 • April — May 2015 — GoTriangle Develops Recommended NEPA Preferred Alternative <br />28 • September /October 2015 — Official 45 -day comment period: Local Governments and <br />29 Citizens provide comments on Key Decisions and any other items related to the D -O <br />30 LRT Project <br />31 • Fall /Winter 2015 — GoTriangle Develops Final EIS <br />32 • February 2016 — Record of Decision issued by FTA <br />33 <br />34 Discussion <br />35 <br />36 Commissioner Jacobs said Orange County has been involved in protecting New Hope <br />37 Creek since the 1980s and would like to know Triangle Transit's proposal and what any <br />38 alternatives are for protecting it. <br />39 Patrick McDonough said showing the video would best answer that question. <br />40 <br />41 Video started at 7:16pm <br />42 <br />43 Commissioner Rich asked if homeowners in the East 54 development knew of the light <br />44 rail proposal. <br />45 Patrick McDonough said he thought that many did know of the proposal. <br />46 Commissioner Rich said she recalled that signs had been put up in the past but when <br />47 she spoke recently with new home owners, that they were unaware that the light rail would be in <br />48 front of the property. <br />