Agenda - 6-b - Comments on the Draft FY20 Work Plan for Orange County Transit Services and Approval of Participation in a Commuter Rail Feasibility Study

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13 Adminstration The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), which hosts the administrative functions of the Staff Working Groups (SWG), requested that the previously half-time position of SWG Administrator be upgraded to full time to reflect the amount of time and effort actually required to perform the duties.The Orange County Transit Tax District would pay for half of this position, in accordance with previous custom to split the position evenly between Durham and Orange counties. In addition,two positions are identified that are housed at GoTriangle:the Triangle Tax District Administrator and a Tax District Administrative Assistant.These positions were previously embedded within the functions of the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit(D-0 LRT) project, but since these are necessary administrative functions with our without D-O LRT,the FY20 Work Plan calls them out specifically for funding.The cost for the Triangle Tax District Administrator is split evenly between Durham and Orange counties(same as for the SWG Administrator).The Tax District Administrative Assistant is split between three counties: half of the cost is paid by Wake County, and one-quarter each by Durham and Orange counties. Services Orange Public Transit (OPT) will provide increased or new service on four routes in FY20: • The Alamance Health Connector Service to Mebane • A new Cedar Grove-Durham Express • Expansion of service hours for the Hillsborough Circulator, including new counter-circulator service • Increased service for mobility on demand Capital Capital expenditures in FY20 will be primarily directed towards bus stop improvements. Chapel Hill Transit will upgrade stops to be ADA compliant, part of an effort to eventually upgrade 602 bus stops throughout their service area. GoTriangle will upgrade two stops in Carrboro along Rogers Road and one in Mebane. Several other bus stops throughout Orange County will also be improved. In addition to these bus stop improvements, construction of the Hillsborough Train Station is expected to progress in FY20, and funds are available through the Orange County Work Plan to complete that project. Work on the N-S BRT in Chapel Hill will continue into FY20. Prior year funds will be used to bring the project to project development. Figure 21 maps the location of these forthcoming service and capital investments (except the Chapel Hill Transit bus stops). 1 Map was incomplete at the time of publication for public comment. It will be updated as soon as all location information is available.