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19 <br /> <br />After the Draft Work Plan was developed, the GoTriangle Board of Trustees discussed 1 <br />including Orange County in the initial feasibility study to extend commuter rail in the Triangle 2 <br />region. 3 <br /> 4 <br />GoTriangle has requested $75,000 in dedicated transit revenues to expand the scope of the 5 <br />feasibility study to include Orange County. As a feasibility study, the study elements are 6 <br />intended to provide policy makers with information to assess whether the project should 7 <br />proceed and, if so, at what size and scope. These elements would include establishing the 8 <br />purpose and need for the project, modelling ridership, analyzing capacity, developing initial 9 <br />capital and operating and maintenance cost estimates, developing a stakeholder and public 10 <br />outreach plan, assessing project delivery methods, and evaluating existing conditions. The 11 <br />study would evaluate a total of six (6) commuter rail scenarios. Three of these scenarios would 12 <br />include service extensions into Orange, Johnston and Alamance counties. If any of these 13 <br />counties elect to participate, each County would be asked to contribute to the cost of the study. 14 <br />The study is expected to be completed during the 2019 calendar year. 15 <br /> 16 <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Draft FY20 Work Plan recommends a total of $5.8 million in public 17 <br />transportation investments to be funded with Dedicated Transit Revenues. The Board is being 18 <br />asked to provide comments on these recommendations and to recommend the addition of 19 <br />$75,000 in Dedicated Transit Revenues to participate in a Commuter Rail Feasibility Study. 20 <br />Sufficient dedicated transit revenues are available to fund this addition. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Travis Myren made the following PowerPoint presentation: 23 <br /> 24 <br />Draft FY20 Work Plan for Transit Services in Orange County: Comment and Amendment 25 <br />Board of Orange County Commissioners 26 <br />May 21, 2019 27 <br /> 28 <br />Purpose 29 <br />• Provide Comments on the FY20 Draft Work Plan for Transit Services as Outlined in the 30 <br />Orange County Transit Plan 31 <br />• Consider Participation in a Feasibility Study for Commuter Rail in the Triangle Region 32 <br />• All Elements of the FY20 Draft Work Plan are Funded with Dedicated Transit Revenue 33 <br /> 34 <br />Relationship to the 2017 OC Transit Plan 35 <br />• 2017 Orange County Transit Plan 36 <br />• Broad Projects, Cost Estimates, Goals and Objectives 37 <br />• Adopted by the Board of Orange County Commissioners 38 <br />• Annual Work Plan 39 <br />• Specific Projects, Budget Estimates 40 <br />• Recommended by the Staff Working Group 41 <br />• Approved by the GoTriangle Board of Trustees in Budget 42 <br />• Local Budget and Project Implementation 43 <br />• Executed Projects, Actual Expenditures 44 <br />• Recommended by the County/Town Managers - Revenue Recognized in FY 45 <br />Budget 46 <br />• Approved by the Town Council/Board of Orange County Commissioners 47 <br />Dedicated Transit Revenues 48 <br />• Dedicated Transit Revenues Fund Work Plan-table 49 <br /> 50