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19 1 limited options to cover the funds and without the state, there are few options to obtain the over 2 $30 million needed to cover those non-federal costs. 3 Council Member Berry asked about the fares for Mobility on Demand. 4 Theo Letman said it was $5 per trip and payable on the app. 5 Council Member Berry asked if partner agencies or non-profits could help provide 6 access to Mobility on Demand for low-income individuals. 7 Theo Letman said they are open to that. 8 Commissioner Richards asked about the MTP final report. She asked if she 9 understands correctly that it is based on future land-use plans from the county and the 10 municipalities that are not available yet. She asked if the final plan is out for public comment 11 and expressed concern about planning going out to 2050 when the land use plans are not 12 available. 13 Craig Benedict said all local jurisdictions have some form of land use plans and updates 14 to the plans are in progress. He said the focus that supports the 2050 MTP is to focus 15 development on areas that have been identified as high and definite corridors such as 1-40 and 16 15-501. He said it is a dynamic process and always being updated to support the transit 17 corridors and the plans are reasonable and can always be improved. He said that Chapel Hill is 18 in the process and plans will be matched with other initiatives. He said all the other jurisdictions 19 are reevaluating their plans. He said the county will be looking at their land use program in the 20 next year. 21 Commissioner Richards asked when the county's land use program was last updated. 22 Craig Benedict said the plan was fully updated in 2008. He said the next update will be 23 done now that 2020 census information is available. He said the existing plan is good enough 24 to be used for the 2050 MTP plan. He said during the next budget year, there will be funding 25 requested for a major update to the county plan. 26 Commissioner Greene said during a retreat in the summer for the policy steering 27 committee, the group set out priorities and agreed they wanted the plan to have aspirational 28 components. She said in response, the consultant outlined new issues and opportunities. She 29 said she wanted to remind them that they should not think of transit in a vacuum because it also 30 must be connected to land use and environmental strategies. She read the issues listed in the 31 consultant's report: 32 33 "Over 65% of county's affordable housing units are located within proposed transit service 34 improvement areas, but housing (especially affordable housing) has gaps that are growing. 35 Service to minority and low-income residents is improved, but inequities remain and are 36 exacerbated as more residents move far beyond the urban core in search of affordable 37 housing." 38 39 Commissioner Greene read the list of opportunities from the consultant's report: 40 41 "Adopt a county-wide growth management land-use vision and implementation strategy for 42 focusing new development in current or future transit corridors. Prioritize and incentivize 43 residential development in current or future transit corridors. Ensure that jobs and housing are 44 transit accessible. Identify innovative commuter solutions." 45 46 Commissioner Hamilton asked Brian Litchfield about the Chapel Hill Sunday transit 47 services. 48 Brian Litchfield said he would send the governing boards a link to those routes. He said 49 the ridership is similar to Saturday ridership, which seems to be a little stronger than weekday 50 ridership. He said he would also send that information to the governing boards. He said 51 Sunday service has been asked for by the public for years.