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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 18, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Triangle Regional Transportation Development Plan DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: *Triangle Regional Transportation Jerry Passmore, 245-2009 Development Plan -Executive Summary AI Terry, 245-2002 PURPOSE: To receive a presentation from the consulting firms of Urbitran Associates, Inc. and Mundle & Associates on Phase One results of the comprehensive study commissioned by the NC Department of Transportation on possible coordination/consolidation of Wake, Durham, and Orange counties' community transportation services. BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division met with County Managers and Board of Commissioners Chairs and agreed to pursue the selection of a consulting firm to review the feasibility of coordinating/consolidating Durham, Wake and Orange community transportation services. The proposal was made August 31, 2005 with Urbitran Associates, Inc., in association with Mundle and Associates, selected. Triangle .1 Council of Governments would assist with the process through coordination with North Carolina Department of Transportation. North Carolina Department of Transportation, Public, Transportation Division requires two or more counties to agree to combine services to be considered a regional transit system and intends to offer funding incentives to those systems that do constitute a region. After consideration of full findings, Wake, Durham, and Orange County Commissioners would need to consider being a three county regional transit system, a two county regional transit system, or continue to provide services as a county department. A steering committee was selected, along with a Stakeholders Committee to invite community interest in the process. The Steering Committee has met three times and the Stakeholders met two times to continue with community input. A final Executive summary was provided to the County Managers and Board of Commissioners Chairs with recommendations from the consulting firms. The County Managers and Board Chairs of the three counties agreed on March 14, 2006 to have all Board of County Commissioners presented with the final Executive Summary of Phase One of the study, and discuss the possibility of continuing with Phase Two, a mare detailed analysis of pursuing the implementation stage of a consolidated or coordinated system of regional community transportation.