Agenda - 12-02-2024; 6-a - Orange County Global Agreement for Capital

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 2, 2024 Action Agenda Item No. 6-a SUBJECT: Orange County Global Agreement for Capital DEPARTMENT: Orange County Transportation Services ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. June 20, 2023 Agenda Abstract Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Director, Package Regarding Transit Tax 919-245-2007 Governance 2. Transit Tax Interlocal Implementation Agreement 3. Global Agreement — Operating 4. Global Agreement — Capital PURPOSE: To approve the Orange County Global Agreement for Capital and authorize County Manager to sign. BACKGROUND: On June 20, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners and GoTriangle, in collaboration with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization and member jurisdictions, adopted a new governance (Attachment 1) for the Transit Tax following revisions to the Interlocal Implementation Agreement. A key component of the governance is the Comprehensive Participation Agreement, which provides each member with a voting seat on the Staff Work Group (SWG). It also requires all members to sign a Global Agreement for both capital and operating projects identified in the Annual Work Program. The agreement outlines the following responsibilities for each member (e.g. participating parties or implementation partners): 1.04 Responsibilities of Participant Parties and Implementation Partners The Participant Parties shall: a) Designate staff to serve on the SWG if identified as a member in the Governance Interlocal Agreement (ILA); b) Negotiate and execute Global Capital and/or Operating Agreements for any project, using the Work Program Project Code as a unique identifier; and c) Receive allocated Local Transit Funding Sources as outlined in the Orange County Multi- Year Transit Vision Plan, for Implementation Elements identified within the Orange County Transit Annual Work Program, in accordance with the agreements established in (b). Each member also agreed that these Global Agreements must be completed before funds are distributed or projects are initiated (Article IV, Section 4.02). This governance framework enhances accountability among agencies (e.g., GoTriangle, Chapel Hill Transit) and local governments, ensuring timely and transparent delivery of projects. Furthermore, it addresses updates to the 2023 Interlocal Agreement, which removes the allocation of specific transit tax reimbursement percentages for individual agencies or parties (Attachment 2).