Agenda - 12-13-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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18 1 Chair Price asked about Mobility on Demand. She said it was originally Friday and 2 Saturday only. 3 Tom Altieri said the county is divided into three zones and services will be expanded for 4 two days in each of the three zones. He said it is now operating on two days a week in a smaller 5 service area. 6 Chair Price asked if it will continue to run on weekends or if it will extend to weekdays as 7 well. 8 Tom Altieri said he was unsure that the level of detail regarding actual days had been 9 determined yet. 10 Nish Trivedi said drivers are needed to expand the service. 11 Chair Price said they still need transit in the rural areas during the week. She said they 12 have also been using it to go to the movies. She said they are looking for bus drivers. 13 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Richards, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to 15 open the public hearing. 16 17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 18 19 There was no one signed up to speak for the public hearing. 20 21 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to 22 close the public hearing. 23 24 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 25 26 A motion was made by Commissioner Greene, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to 27 approve the 2022 Orange County Transit Plan Update and authorize the Chair to sign the Plan. 28 29 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 30 31 6. Regular Agenda 32 a. Food Council Memorandum of Understanding Agreement Renewal 33 At the beginning of the meeting, the Board voted to delay this item for consideration at the 34 November 10, 2022 work session. 35 36 b. Durham & Orange Transit Plan Governance Study — Interlocal Agreement Between 37 Orange County, Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, and 38 Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority 39 The Board considered adoption of the Orange County Transit Plan Interlocal Agreement (ILA). 40 41 BACKGROUND: In the early 2010's, Orange County approved a county-wide transit plan, which 42 included a joint recommendation for the development of the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit 43 (DO LRT) project. In 2013, an interlocal agreement (ILA) was developed and approved by the 44 Orange County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro 45 Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) Board and the GoTriangle Board of Trustees. 46 Upon the discontinuation of the DO LRT project, it was realized that a new governance framework 47 (aka ILA) was necessary to guide the implementation of future County transit plans. 48 49 Project goals include: 50 Creation of a clear, operationally efficient governance structure that ensures that Orange 51 County priorities are funded and implemented with the County transit taxes and fees.