Agenda - 09-19-2017 - 7-b - Quarterly Update on Durham-Orange Light Rail Project Status

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 19, 2017 Action Agenda Item No. 7-b SUBJECT: Quarterly Update on Durham-Orange Light Rail Project Status DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: GoTriangle Presentation Travis Myren, 919-245-2300 PURPOSE: To receive a quarterly update on the status of the Durham-Orange Light Rail project as required by the Cost Share Agreement between Durham County, Orange County, and GoTriangle. BACKGROUND: On April 27, 2017, the Board of Orange County Commissioners adopted the Interlocal Cost Sharing Agreement for the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project as well as the Orange County Transit Plan. These agreements allowed GoTriangle to provide updated financial information to the Federal Transit Administration in support of GoTriangle's application to enter the engineering phase of the project. On July 28, 2017, GoTriangle received approval from the FTA to enter the New Starts Engineering phase of the Capital Investment Grant Program. The Cost Sharing Agreement requires GoTriangle to provide quarterly reports to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Durham County, Orange County, and the Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) when the project was approved to enter engineering. This report represents the first quarterly report since engineering approval was secured. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No direct financial impact is associated with the project update. GoTriangle reports that neither the project budget nor projected project expenditures have changed since the adoption of the Cost Sharing Agreement and Orange County Transit Plan. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goals are applicable to this agenda item. Public Transportation provides opportunity for access to jobs and services to many individuals.