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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:February 19, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4 <br />SUBJECT:Draft OPT System Goals and Five-Year Bus Service Expansion Program <br />Recommendations <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)N <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.Orange County Bus and Rail Investment <br />Plan (OCBRIP) Progress Report by <br />Triangle Transit (TTA) <br />2.Draft Goals for the OPT System <br />3.Five-Year Bus Service Expansion <br />Recommendation Notes <br />4.Five-Year Bus Service Expansion <br />Recommendations <br />5.Five-Year Bus Service Expansion <br />Recommendations Map <br />6.Draft Resolution Supporting Five-Year Bus <br />Service Expansion Recommendations <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use <br />Planner, 245-2567 <br />Bret Martin, Transportation Planner, <br />245-2582 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 245-2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE:To make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on: <br />1. The Draft Goals for the OPT System; and <br />2. TheFive-YearBus Service Expansion Program recommendations. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) was approved <br />by the BOCC in June 2012. The OCBRIP provideslocal and regional transit opportunities <br />including expanded bus service and proposed light rail. Voters in November 2012 approved a <br />one-half cent sales tax to fund the local portion of the Plan and collection of the sales tax began <br />on April 1, 2013.The $7 county vehicle registration tax resolution was approved by the BOCC <br />on December 11, 2012. The sales tax and vehicle registration tax are two primary funding <br />sources to support OCBRIP implementation of the future public transportation needs of Orange <br />County and connections to the surrounding regions. <br />To help ensure success of the OCBRIP, Orange County and Triangle Transit held workshops in <br />August 2013 to maximize public involvement during the bus planning process. These <br />workshops were held to provide an overview of the OCBRIP and collect information that would <br />help staff and the policy boards bridge the OCBRIP, which is more general in nature, to a <br />specific program for bus service expansions that are to take place over the next five-years. This <br />specific program iscalled the Central and Rural Orange County Five-Year Bus Service <br />Expansion Program. <br />7