Agenda - 04-18-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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28 1 2 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3 4 RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION 5 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs seconded Commissioner McKee by to reconvene 6 into regular session at 10:55pm. 7 8 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 9 10 The Board then discussed a meeting earlier today that included the BOCC Chair, the County's 11 GoTriangle Representative Commissioner Jacobs and Manager and Deputy Manager along 12 with elected officials and staff from Durham County and GoTriangle. 13 14 Commissioner Jacobs gave an update to the Board on a meeting held earlier in the day in 15 reference to the light rail discussion which included Chair Dorosin, BOCC Go Triangle 16 Representative Commissioner Jacobs and Manager/Deputy Manager along with elected 17 officials and staff from Durham County and GoTriangle staff on cost sharing. 18 He referred to a Scenario E which uses the more conservative sales tax projections. The 19 elected officials directed GoTriangle to show how this shortfall could be resolved by providing 20 specific cost cutting strategies. This scenario uses a capital cost share of 82% Durham and 21 18% Orange and an operating cost share of 80% Durham and 20% Orange. This scenario also 22 includes the original Chapel Hill BRT scope with a total project cost of approximately $25 23 million. The model cannot support both the light rail project and the expanded BRT project 24 through tax district funds alone. 25 26 Commissioner Jacobs said that both Orange County and Durham County elected officials 27 agreed in a closed session at the meeting without GoTriangle representatives present that 28 changes needed to be made for this plan to work. 29 30 31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 32 33 34 14. Adjournment 35 36 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to 37 adjourn the meeting at 11:05 p.m. 38 39 40 Mark Dorosin, Chair 41 42 Donna Baker 43 Clerk to the Board 44 45 46