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20 <br />1 <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no additional cost associated with this consideration. The <br />2 <br />addition of the Blackwell/Mangum station to the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit project must <br />3 <br />be accommodated within the current project budget. <br />4 <br />5 <br />Travis Myren said Durham County approved this last night, and the Go Triangle Board <br />6 <br />will be discussing this item tomorrow. <br />7 <br />Matthew Clark, GoTriangle Government Affairs Manager,made the following <br />8 <br />PowerPoint presentation: <br />9 <br />10 <br />Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project <br />11 <br />Orange County Commissioners December 12, 2017 <br />12 <br />13 <br />Aerial Photo <br />14 <br />15 <br />Aerial Photo <br />16 <br />17 <br />Proposed Engineering Updates <br />18 <br />The estimated cost of the proposed Gateway station update is $8 million. <br />19 <br />The estimated cost of the proposed DPAC station addition is $2.5 million. <br />20 <br />The purpose of the Gateway station update is to provide more opportunity for economic <br />21 <br />development inOrange County. <br />22 <br />The purpose of the DPAC station addition is to provide people in Orange and Durham <br />23 <br />Counties with easy access to the DPAC, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and other center <br />24 <br />city destinations. <br />25 <br />Both Engineering updates are contained within the budget which is set at around $2.47 <br />26 <br />billion. <br />27 <br />28 <br />Blackwell/Mangum Station Addition <br />29 <br />Studying the feasibility of the station was a result of the DEIS process. <br />30 <br />Net gain of roughly 600 trips per day. <br />31 <br />Inexpensive in relation to the Gateway shift given that no changes are required to the <br />32 <br />alignment itself. • Engineering updates will be submitted to the FTA for reevaluation. <br />33 <br />If supplemental environmental analysis is required, GoTriangle will work with FTA to <br />34 <br />complete the analysis prior to an amended Record of Decision. <br />35 <br />36 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said however the Board votes tonight is how he will vote at <br />37 <br />tomorrow’sGoTrianglemeeting. <br />38 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that there are various expenditure changes, and <br />39 <br />asked if,to date, they are all contained within the budget. <br />40 <br />Matthew Clark said the budget is setat roughly $2.47 billion,and any of the details must <br />41 <br />all be contained within thatbudget. <br />42 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said there is a 30% contingency,and asked if thisis there to <br />43 <br />absorb changes that are below that 30%. <br />44 <br />Matthew Clark said yes, and GoTriangleis activelytracking all of these changes to <br />45 <br />make sure that the ones that cost money are offset by the ones that save money.He said <br />46 <br />GoTriangle does not want to eat into that contingency. <br />47 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked ifthere is a point in timewhen GoTriangle can say it is <br />48 <br />1% into the contingency, or not near the contingency at all, etc. <br /> <br />