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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> SUBJECT: GoTriangle Quarterly Update on Orange County Transit Plan Implementation <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Travis Myren, 919-245-2300 <br /> GoTriangle Presentation <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a quarterly update from GoTriangle on the implementation of the <br /> Orange County Transit Plan including the status of the Durham-Orange Light Rail project as <br /> required by the Cost Share Agreement between Durham County, Orange County, and <br /> GoTriangle. <br /> BACKGROUND: On April 27, 2017, the Board of Orange County Commissioners adopted the <br /> Interlocal Cost Sharing Agreement for the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project as well as <br /> the Orange County Transit Plan. The Cost Sharing Agreement requires GoTriangle to provide <br /> quarterly reports to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Durham County, Orange County, <br /> and the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) when <br /> the project was approved to enter engineering. <br /> This quarterly report will focus on the Go Forward program, the status of dedicated transit <br /> revenue collections, GoTriangle's Short Range Transit Plan, and an update on the status of the <br /> Durham-Orange Light Rail Project. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: No direct financial impact is associated with the project update. <br /> GoTriangle reports that neither the total budget nor the total projected project expenditures have <br /> changed since the adoption of the Cost Sharing Agreement and Orange County Transit Plan. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goals are applicable <br /> to this agenda item. <br /> • GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND <br /> INEQUITY <br /> The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or color; <br /> religious or philosophical beliefs; sex, gender or sexual orientation; national origin or <br /> ethnic background; age; military service; disability; and familial, residential or economic <br /> status. <br />