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29 <br /> 1 i. Fiscal Year 2019-20 Budget Amendment#6 <br /> 2 The Board considered approving budget and grant project ordinance amendments for <br /> 3 fiscal year 2019-20. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Chair Rich said there is a lot of talk in the public about budget amendments not being <br /> 6 public records, but that is absolutely not true. She said all budget amendments are public <br /> 7 record. <br /> 8 Chair Rich referred to page 5, and said the Visitors' Bureau (VB) accepted $174,500 <br /> 9 from the Town of Chapel Hill. She said this is an ongoing agreement between these two <br /> 10 entities. She thanked the Town for its ongoing support of the VB. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br /> 13 approve the budget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2019-20. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 16 <br /> 17 j. Agreements for Right-of-Way Encroachments on Primary and Secondary <br /> 18 Highways — Bus Shelters <br /> 19 The Board considered voting to approve Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreements for Non- <br /> 20 Utility Encroachments on Primary and Secondary Highways authorizing Orange County, on <br /> 21 behalf of Orange County Public Transportation, to enter into agreements with the North <br /> 22 Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the installation of four (4) bus shelters at <br /> 23 existing bus stops and authorize the Chair to sign. Three bus stops are in Hillsborough and one <br /> 24 bus stop is in Chapel Hill. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Chair Rich said there have been false statements in the public claiming that <br /> 27 transportation dollars were coming out of homeowner taxes. She said this is not at all accurate, <br /> 28 and article 43 taxes pay for transportation costs. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Bedford to <br /> 31 approve Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreements for Non-Utility Encroachments on Primary <br /> 32 and Secondary Highways authorizing Orange County, on behalf of Orange County Public <br /> 33 Transportation, to enter into agreements with the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> 34 (NCDOT) for the installation of four (4) bus shelters at existing bus stops and authorize the <br /> 35 Chair to sign. Three bus stops are in Hillsborough and one bus stop is in Chapel Hill. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 38 <br /> 39 o. Greater Triangle Commuter Rail Study— Next Steps <br /> 40 The Board considered voting to adopt a resolution receiving the results of the Greater <br /> 41 Triangle Commuter Rail (GTCR) study and deferring additional study for Orange county <br /> 42 sections. <br /> 43 Commissioner Greene said this item provides the BOCC with the results of a study of <br /> 44 the GTCR. She said the larger regional transit plans include the possibility of a commuter rail <br /> 45 going from Raleigh to Durham, and possibly from Selma to Burlington. She said the study <br /> 46 showed that the extension from Durham to Hillsborough would involve $200-$300 million capital <br /> 47 expense with $7 million of annual operating costs to serve a projected 150-250 people. She <br /> 48 said this is not cost effective, and this is dead in the water, at this time. <br /> 49 <br />