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RESOLUTION APPOINTING A RAIL STATION DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE
AND CALLING FOR PREPARATION OF
A SITE SELECTION AND IlvIPLEMENTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have worked cooperatively on
planning initiatives surrounding the Town of Hillsborough; and
WHEREAS, Amtrak and NCDOT have indicated passenger train service is financially feasible
in the Hillsborough. area; and
WHEREAS, The advent of a train stop in Hillsborough is a regional transportation initiative;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Hillsborough Town Boazd of
Commissioners/Boazd of Orange County Commissioners that a Rail Station Development Task
Force is hereby appointed to include representatives of the Hillsborough Planning Board, the
Orange County Unified Transportation Boazd, the Orange County Transportation Services
Board, 3 citizens, the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough, the Economic Development
Commission, and the Walkable Hillsborough Coalition.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force is charged to undertake the following work:
• Defining best practice criteria for selecting a location for a train station
• Apply the criteria to pazcels in the Hillsborough area to select/recommend to both
government Boards a location for a Hillsborough station
• Investigate the established funding criteria and procedural steps to proceed with station
development and collectlreport those items already prepazed or readily available for
submittal to fenders, including but not limited to: connectivity to other
services/infrastructure, such as buses, roads, parking which may not yet be in place;
supporting partner organizations and documents; documented or anticipated benefits to
the community
• Describing a schedule of tasks to be accomplished prior to initiation of service for this
train station
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Task Force is directed to report on the site selection at
the joint meeting of the Hillsborough Town Boazd of Commissioners and Boazd of Orange
County Commissioners in February 2009 and the Task Force shall complete its work no later
than May 31, 2009 in the form of a final report document.
This the 28~' day of October 2008.
/~ Barry Jacobs,
~ ~ Q ~/ Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest:
Clerk