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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9 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 Durham 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. Service In Durham County,the primary new service will be a subsidized vanpool option for northern Durham County.The Durham County Transit Plan calls for park-and-ride and bus service to Rougemont. However, as part of its cost-benefit analysis, GoTriangle determined that regularly scheduled bus service to Rougemont was cost prohibitive. For a less-densely populated area like northern Durham County, a subsidized vanpool can be more cost effective.The FY20 cost is shown in Table 1. In addition to the vanpool service, GoTriangle will also perform a set of customer surveys. Capital Capital improvements are led not only by transit agencies such as GoTriangle and GoDurham, but also other related organizations such as the City of Durham's Transportation Department and Durham County Cooperative Extension,which manages Durham County Access. FY20 work will enhance the transit experience by improving 31 existing stops with shelters and seating, and creating Transit Emphasis Corridors(TECs).These TECs will focus not only on improving bus stops along the high-use corridors of Holloway Street, Fayetteville Street, and Chapel Hill Street, but also better pedestrian and bike facilities in order to connect riders to the stops.A new transit center will create a better experience at The Village in East Durham, GoDurham's second-most used bus stop. Capital improvements will also be made at the park-and-ride facilities at Southpoint and Patterson Place.