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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> MEBANE CITY COUNCIL <br /> JOINT MEETING <br /> JOINT MEETING AGENDA ITEMS ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 17, 2015 <br /> SUBJECT: Joint Meeting Discussion Items <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager/City PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Manager/County Planning/ <br /> City Attorney/County <br /> Economic Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> As noted in "Background" section Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2300; David <br /> Cheek, 919-563-5901 ; Travis Myren, 919- <br /> 245-2300; Chris Rollins, 919-563-5901 ; <br /> Craig Benedict, 919-245-2575; E. Lawson <br /> Brown, Jr., 336-227-8851 ; Steve Brantley, <br /> 919-245-2325 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss topics of mutual interest between the governing boards of Orange <br /> County and the City of Mebane. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 1. Transit Service Orange Public Transportation Update <br /> Orange County Public Transportation (OPT) is in the process of implementing bus expansion <br /> services. Services are supported by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br /> rural grant programs, half cent sales tax, vehicle tag fees, urban funding through the Durham <br /> Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Burlington Graham MPO <br /> and fare receipts. <br /> OPT has recently taken delivery of seven new buses. Two buses are currently in service and <br /> the five additional buses will be ready for service in early October. Seven new bus operators <br /> were hired and began training August 10. Staggered training hours have been provided in <br /> preparation for new service start dates. <br /> Five new services include: <br /> • Service that began August 17, 2015 <br /> - Orange-Chapel Hill Connector with expanded service to Cedar Grove - This is an <br /> increase in the frequency to hourly service on the mid-day fixed-route service that <br /> OPT operates on the Hillsborough-Chapel Hill route. This complements the peak <br /> hour service is operated as GoTriangle Route 420, operated by Chapel Hill Transit <br /> under an agreement with Triangle Transit. (See Attachment 1) <br />