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12 <br /> 1 responsibility it is to plan, build, maintain, etc. sidewalks. He said this is an issue that is ripe for <br /> 2 collaboration. <br /> 3 Margaret Hauth said this topic is on the agenda for the upcoming meeting in February <br /> 4 between Hillsborough and Orange County. <br /> 5 Town Commissioner Weaver said at the Town board meeting last night, the board <br /> 6 discussed a variety of uses for the initial 5 acres, and leveraging the fact that Hillsborough owns <br /> 7 the land. She said part of this may include some sort of affordable housing effort. <br /> 8 Alderman Slade referred to the update on the light rail and the short timeframe between <br /> 9 receiving an update on the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) funding and the deadline with the <br /> 10 State. He asked if there is any sense of how funding is going. <br /> 11 Chair Rich said the FTA was guiding GoTriangle along, and discussing funding <br /> 12 contingencies. She said these conversations stopped abruptly due to the federal shutdown, but <br /> 13 there are some draft assumptions to consider. She said the FTA is back online, and <br /> 14 conversations are beginning again, but all the numbers are very preliminary, and is important to <br /> 15 have more concrete numbers for discussions. <br /> 16 Alderman Seils said when the FTA shut down, it delayed GoTriangle's ability to finalize <br /> 17 the financial plan amendments that they are bringing to the partners for approval. <br /> 18 Alderman Slade asked if there is some adjustment needed, or is it out of their hands. <br /> 19 Alderman Seils said there will be amendments to the financial plan, but it has all been <br /> 20 pushed back due to the shutdown. <br /> 21 Commissioner Marcoplos said there is a finite number of things that needed to happen <br /> 22 and 90% of the issues raised have been worked through, with the remaining issue being the <br /> 23 Duke agreement. He said Mr. Goodman resigned from the fund raising board, but he just <br /> 24 recently donated money for the Blackwell Station. <br /> 25 Commissioner Marcoplos said a lot of companies want naming rights to the stations, <br /> 26 which will make up some of the required funding. He said once the Duke agreement is <br /> 27 finalized, these companies can come out of the bushes and commit money. He said there is <br /> 28 time to meet the schedule. <br /> 29 Council Member Parker said the real deadlines are April 30t" when all non-federal and <br /> 30 non-state funding has to be identified and committed, and November 30t" when all non-state <br /> 31 funding has to be committed. <br /> 32 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the state deadline includes the private funding. <br /> 33 Council Member Parker said yes, all non-federal, non-state funding has to be identified <br /> 34 and committed by April 30tn <br /> 35 <br /> 36 3. Intergovernmental Cooperation Opportunities <br /> 37 Steve Brantley, Orange County Economic Development Director, reviewed the following <br /> 38 information: <br /> 39 <br /> 40 a) Shared Funding on Projects <br /> 41 <br /> 42 b) Improving Project Collaboration Opportunities (Courtesy Review Potential Enhancements, <br /> 43 Conversation Opportunities between Jurisdictions on Projects (Examples: 203 Project <br /> 44 Carrboro, Gateway in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough Train Station) <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Steve Brantley made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Shared Funding on Projects <br /> 49 Article 46 Update prepared by Orange County Economic Development <br />