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After the Board approved the OCBRIP and Orange County voters approved the transit funding referendum in 2012, the Legislature in 2013 enacted the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) law (HB 817) which implemented a data-driven process for selecting transportation projects statewide. Following discussions between the NCDOT Rail Division, the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) company, the Town of Hillsborough, and Orange County, it was determined that the Station project would be eligible for entry into the funding competition established by STI. The project was submitted, performed well under the relevant criteria, and was added to the STIP, with construction scheduled to take place in 2019 and 2020. In the current STIP, the Station project is scheduled to be funded with about 90 percent state funds and 10 percent local funds, including revenue from the ½ cent sales tax. Current Status Discussions with regard to the design and layout of the Hillsborough Train Station have been ongoing between Town of Hillsborough staff, Orange County Transportation Planning staff, and local transit providers. It was initially determined that an environmental process would be required, but based on the fact that this project has no federal funding and does not exceed a cost of $10 million, an environmental process was deemed unnecessary. After a recent meeting, the Town of Hillsborough’s consultant on this project prepared a final concept schematic indicating proposed parking layout and circulation (Attachment 1). With this concept as a basis, planners at the Town of Hillsborough are preparing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for architecture firms to bid on designing the station building. It is anticipated that this RFQ will be ready at the end of October and Town of Hillsborough planners are optimistic that the Town can select an architect in November. 58