Agenda - 04-27-2017 - 1 - Consideration of the Final Draft Durham – Orange Light Rail Cost Sharing Agreement and Final Draft Orange County Transit Plan

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65 Orange County Transit Plan April 25, 2017 The administrative position would be responsible for coordinating the ongoing administrative and planning activities necessary to implement this Plan and Durham's Plan. This Plan Beginning in fiscal year 2019, the DCHC MPO will enter into a identifies a need for a part-time position (0.5 Full-Time Project-Specific Agreement with GoTriangle regarding the Equivalent) for a staff member dedicated to these duties that Project Administrator position. See Section 6.3. would be housed at the Triangle J Council of Governments or the DCHC MPO. The staff member's duties would be toA coordinate and administer the committees that manage the advisory Durham and Orange Transit Plans, improve the staff The Plan identifies additional needs to expand the transit process, create a process for developing and updating system significantly beyond the services currently provided. operating and capital programs, oversee updates to the However, the revenue provided by the Plan is inadequate to financial plans, and establish any other formal processes meet all of the region's transit needs. This section identifies necessary to improve the implementation of the transit plans. some of the transit needs that the anticipated Tax District The cost of the position would be split equally between the Revenue will not be able to support. This list of projects is Orange and Durham Tax District Revenues. subject to change as the agencies and municipalities continue to evaluate the region's transit needs and the resources The Plan also identifies the need for funds to support short- available to meet them. range planning by GoTriangle and OPT.The results of this study will help identify changes to existing services and future needed services to be funded by Tax District Revenue or other sources. In addition to the identified services to be implemented by fiscal year 2019, there will be additional bus service needs between fiscal years 2020-2045. Since details of these The Plan allocates $24,500 in fiscal year 2018 for the position additional bus service needs have not yet been developed, the of Plan administrator,with similar amounts in future years.This assumption has been to increase the total bus service hours cost represents 50 percent of the 0.5 FTE position; the other 50 provided in the county according to the projected annual job percent of the 0.5 FTE position is the responsibility of the growth rate (1.58 percent per year in Orange County). Some of Durham Plan. these needs may be able to be met by reallocating existing bus hours when the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit service For GoTriangle and OPT's short-term planning, the Plan opens. Others may require additional funding from other allocates $100,000 (YOE) in fiscal year 2018. revenue sources. Final Page 41 of 65