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- - . <br /> . • • <br /> MAR 0 6 1989 <br /> 20 <br /> Itg. <br /> ey <br /> • <br /> • <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> P.O.BOX 25201. <br /> RALEIGH 27611-5201 <br /> JAMES G.MARTIN <br /> GOVERNOR <br /> PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DIVISION <br /> March 3, 1989 POST OFFICE BOX 25201 <br /> JAMES E.HARRINGTON 919/733.4713 <br /> SECRETARY <br /> MEMORANDUM TO: County Commission Chairmen Edmund Aycock, William Bell <br /> and Moses Carey; Commissioners Bob Heater, Becky Heron <br /> and Shirley Marshall ; Mayors Avery Upchurch, Koka Booth, <br /> Jonathan Howes and Wib Gulley <br /> FROM: David D. King, Directorbiaqm <br /> SUBJECT: Comments on Draft Legislation for Regional Transportation <br /> Authority <br /> Attached are comments we have received from the Town of Gary and Wake County <br /> on the draft legislation for the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). <br /> The Wake County Board of Commissioners correspondence to Secretary <br /> Harrington makes recommendations which differ substantially from the <br /> agreement reached at the ad hoc meeting on February 17. <br /> The Wake Board of Commissioners recommend that: <br /> (1) Each Board of Commissioners be responsible for appointing <br /> authority numbers; <br /> 0 <br /> (2) Authority members need not necessarily be elected officials; and <br /> (3) Any tax levy or bond issue sought by the Authority must be <br /> approved by each Board of Commissioners. <br /> The Wake Commissioners further suggest a method of appointing Wake County's <br /> Authority members which calls for the Commissioners to make all five <br /> appointments from among nominees submitted by the municipalities and <br /> others. However, the Cary Town Council wishes to directly appoint a <br /> representative rather than suggest nominees. <br /> Final determination of the actual means of appointing representatives from <br /> Wake County should be determined by the leadership within Wake County and <br /> should be explicitly stated in the legislation. <br /> An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />