Agenda - 03-01-2016 - 8-a - Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan Annual Report

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 1, 2016 Action Agenda Item No. 8-a SUBJECT: Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan Annual Report DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Memo from GoTriangle with Bonnie Hammersley, Orange County Manager, 919- Annual Report 245-2300 Jeff Mann, GoTriangle General Manager, 919-485- 7424 PURPOSE: To receive GoTriangle's annual report on the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) and provide feedback. BACKGROUND: The OCBRIP was approved by the BOCC in June 2012. The OCBRIP provides local and regional transit opportunities including expanded bus service and proposed light rail. Voters in November 2012 approved a one-half cent sales tax to fund the local portion of the Plan and collection of the sales tax began on April 1, 2013. This is the third annual report that GoTriangle (Triangle Transit/TTA) has provided to the Board, the last taking place at the Board's March 19, 2015 work session. Attachment 1 is a memo from Jeff Mann, General Manager of GoTriangle, which introduces its annual report. Although the memo is dated December 14, 2015, the accompanying report has been updated more recently to address comments provided by Orange Public Transportation and Orange County Planning Staff. Additional background documents such as the adopted OCBRIP and Interlocal Implementation Agreement (October 24, 2012) can be found via the following link, listed under Transportation Documents: http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/planning and inspections/transportation planninq.php NEXT STEPS: Consistent with the Interlocal Implementation Agreement, next steps are to include the development of appropriate benchmarks and timeline to evaluate progress in gaining federal and state financial support for the LRT project in the Plan and to incorporate these benchmarks and timeline into the OCBRIP. This is to be done in a manner that coordinates with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization's preparation of a new Metropolitan Transportation Plan. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving the annual report. The OCBRIP serves as the financial plan for expending: • Half-cent transit sales tax revenues;