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20 <br /> <br />b. GoTriangle Quarterly Update on Orange County Transit Plan Implementation <br />The Board received 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 /> <br />Travis Myren presented John Tallmadge, GoTriangle Regional Services Development <br />Director, who will be presenting this item and the PowerPoint presentation, which can be found <br />in the Commissioners’ packets. <br />Travis Myren said John Tallmadge has a slide on the performance of the Article 43 sales <br />tax, but, additionally, Orange County will be publishing a sales tax tracker on the County <br />website, so that residents can keep track. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On April 27, 2017, the Board of Orange County Commissioners adopted the Interlocal Cost <br />Sharing Agreement for the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project as well as the Orange <br />County Transit Plan. The Cost Sharing Agreement requires GoTriangle to provide quarterly <br />reports to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Durham County, Orange County, and the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) when the <br />project was approved to enter engineering. <br /> <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 /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />No direct financial impact is associated with the project update. GoTriangle reports that neither <br />the total budget nor the total projected project expenditures have changed since the adoption of <br />the Cost Sharing Agreement and Orange County Transit Plan. <br /> <br /> John Tallmadge made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> <br />Orange County <br />GoTriangle Quarterly Update <br />Nov. 1, 2018 <br /> <br />Introduction <br />• Go Forward <br />• Dedicated Transit Revenues <br />• GoTriangle Short-Range Plan <br />• Youth GoPass <br />• Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project <br />• GoForwardNC.org <br /> <br />Durham and Orange Revenue- table <br /> <br />Short-Range Transit Plan <br />• Provides a roadmap for transit that incorporates a regional approach to mobility. <br />• Begins integrating light-rail into the future transit network. <br />Specific Goals