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21 <br />1 <br />Matthew Clark said the Federal Transit Authority (FTA)requires this tracking, and there <br />2 <br />is a program management oversight consultant that is assigned by the FTA and checks in with <br />3 <br />GoTriangle on a monthly basis.He reviewed the changes. <br />4 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked ifthe Board of County Commissioners could be <br />5 <br />periodically apprised of these changes. <br />6 <br />Matthew Clark said yes,andthat GoTriangle will update the BOCC on this, and many <br />7 <br />other items,in late Januaryor early February2018. <br />8 <br />Commissioner McKee thanked GoTriangle for this additional station, as it isbeneficial <br />9 <br />for service. He said this is a major factor that will make thiswhole project work, if it comes to <br />10 <br />fruition. <br />11 <br />Chair Dorosin echoed Commissioner McKee. <br />12 <br />Chair Dorosin saidit sounds like there has been about $31millionin savingsfrom the <br />13 <br />two-car changeand university place,andthechanges discussed this evening total $14.5 <br />14 <br />million. He said this is a net savings of about $15 million. <br />15 <br />Matthew Clark said as this moves through the engineering phase, details will be ironed <br />16 <br />out, with all costs and saving being carefully tracked. He said everything must be contained <br />17 <br />withinthe budget. <br />18 <br />19 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos,seconded by Commissioner Rich for <br />20 <br />the Board toapprovethe addition of a light rail station at Blackwell and Mangum streets in <br />21 <br />downtown Durham. <br />22 <br />23 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />24 <br />25 <br />7. Reports <br />26 <br />NONE <br />27 <br />28 <br />8. Consent Agenda <br />29 <br />30 <br />Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda <br />31 <br />32 <br />NONE <br />33 <br />34 <br />Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br />35 <br />36 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee,seconded by Commissioner Rich for the <br />37 <br />Board to approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. <br />38 <br />39 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />40 <br />41 <br />Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br />42 <br />43 <br />a.Minutes –None <br />44 <br />b.Designation of the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic <br />45 <br />Landmark <br />46 <br />The Board adoptedan ordinance to designate the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County <br />47 <br />Local Historic Landmark and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />48 <br />c.Fiscal Year 2017-18 Budget Amendment #4 <br />49 <br />The Board approvedbudget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2017-18. <br /> <br />