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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 33 Commissioner McKee said he is asking about the property acquisition is because it is now a possibility that the federal funding will be 20% instead of 50 %. He said that possibility should be in the back of their minds when discussing this acquisition. Matthew Clark said this property is in Durham County, and they will be moving forward on this, trying to avoid eminent domain. He said the property owners would be able to remain on the land until September 2019. Commissioner McKee asked if there is another vote on transit in 2018. Bonnie Hammersley said she did not know, and would check on that. Commissioner McKee asked if there is a formal contingency plan in place, should federal funding be less than the full 50 %. He said it was his understanding that federal funding, at anything less than 50 %, would make the project unviable. Matthew Clark said the project cannot be completed without a full funding grant agreement from the federal government. Commissioner McKee said he agrees, but has yet to hear of a fallback plan should this occur. He said he wants to know how monies would be spent should the federal funding be less than 50 %. Matthew Clark said the BOCC would have to come back together, speak with Durham County, and decide how to proceed. Commissioner McKee said GoTriangle is a major player, and would be the one to put a plan together, not the counties. He said he is apprehensive to buy the aforementioned property in 2018, if there is no guarantee of the 50% of federal funding. He said he does not know what would be done with the property is the project fails to proceed due to lack of federal funding. Commissioner Price said it is important to look at the development that already exists around the rail stations, to make sure that these residents can get to the stations. Matthew Clark agreed. Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the Fast Act could be clarified. Matthew Clark said it authorizes the Capital Investment Grants program (CIGP), which has strong bipartisan support in congress. He said this is the program from which the full funding grant would come. Commissioner Marcoplos clarified that the Fast Act authorizes this process, but not the funding amount. Matthew Clark said yes, but it also provides guidance on the levels of funding. He said there is strong bipartisan support to fund the CIGP at current, or above current, levels. 8. Consent Agenda • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 8a by Minutes by Commissioner Marcoplos 8 -f- by Commissioner Price 8 -g by John Roberts • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. VOTE: UNANIMOUS