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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 18, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Chapel Hill Transit FY26 Q2 Annual Work Program Amendments for Transit <br /> DEPARTMENT: Transportation Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): NFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. CHT FY26 Q2 AWP Amendments Sarah Williamson, Interim Transportation <br /> 2. Presentation Director, 919-245-2102 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider Chapel Hill Transit FY26 Quarter 2 (Q2) Amendments to the Annual <br /> Work Program (AWP) for transit. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Staff Working Group (SWG) held a special meeting on <br /> Friday, October 31, 2025, to consider proposed amendments to the Annual Work Program. <br /> Chapel Hill Transit submitted two (2) amendments to the Staff Working Group which were <br /> subsequently distributed for public comment. No public comments were received. <br /> The Staff Working Group recommended that the BOCC approve the attached AWP FY26 Q2 <br /> amendments requested by Chapel Hill Transit (CHT). These amendments support meeting the <br /> required twenty percent (20%) nonfederal match for the North-South Bus Rapid Transit (NSBRT) <br /> project. The local match is required to meet the local fiduciary requirements for a Small Starts <br /> Grant Agreement with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). This match must be in place <br /> prior to the end of the 2025 calendar year. <br /> CHT received a 60% design cost estimate for the NSBRT this past summer. This updated estimate is <br /> more than $10 million higher than prior estimates and includes $20 million for property acquisition, <br /> according to CHT staff. Based on that update, the total cost of the project is $188 million. As a result, <br /> CHT must demonstrate a total nonfederal match of$38.1 million. The proposed amendments add $5.8 <br /> million to the $32.3 million in existing financial commitments from the Prior Transit Work Plans, CHT <br /> Partners, and the Town of Chapel Hill. <br /> EXISTING FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AMOUNT <br /> Prior Transit Tax Annual Work Plans $29,125,000 <br /> CHT Partners $2,000,000 <br /> Town of Chapel Hill $1,144,322 <br /> TOTAL $32,269,322 <br />