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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Comments on the Draft FY20 Work Plan for Orange County Transit Services <br /> and Approval of Participation in a Commuter Rail Feasibility Study <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1: Draft FY20 Work Plan for Travis Myren, 919-245-2300 <br /> Orange County Transit Theo Letman, 919-245-2007 <br /> Services - First 12 Pages <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br /> Attachment 2: Draft FY20 Work Plan for <br /> Orange County Transit <br /> Services with Appendix <br /> (ONLY AVAILABLE <br /> ELECTRONICALLY AT.- <br /> http://www.orange countyn c.gov/Document <br /> Cen ter/Vie w/7214/FY2020-Durham- <br /> Orange-Transit-Plans- <br /> PURPOSE: To provide comments on the Draft FY20 Work Plan for Orange County Transit <br /> Services and to consider participating in a feasibility study for commuter rail in the Triangle <br /> region at a cost of $75,000. All projects in the Draft Work Plan are funded using Dedicated <br /> Transit Revenues, and sufficient funding would be available to participate in the commuter rail <br /> feasibility study using those funds. <br /> BACKGROUND: Each year, the Staff Working Group for Orange County reviews projects <br /> included in the Orange County Transit Plan and recommends a specific, annual work plan to <br /> implement those projects. Like the Capital Investment Plan, the Transit Plan serves as the long <br /> range framework for transit investments while the annual work plan identifies the specific <br /> projects and amounts that will be budgeted for those projects in the coming fiscal year. <br /> The Staff Working Group includes representatives of the County, the Durham-Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro Metropolitan Transportation Organization (DCHC MPO), and GoTriangle as prescribed <br /> by the 2012 Interlocal Implementation Agreement for the Orange County Bus and Rail <br /> Investment Plan. The recommended FY20 Work Plan was released for a 21-day public <br /> comment period on May 9, 2019 by the DCHC MPO. The public comment period will end on <br /> May 30, 2019. <br />