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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION ENDORSING TRANSIT PORJECTS FOR THE TARPO REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST AND
THE DCHC MPO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PRGRAM
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSIT PROJECTS FOR THE
TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) AND DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-
CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY
LISTS FOR THE 2016—2022 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to be implemented over
the next seven years with State and Federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and
regional importance to be included in the FY 2016-2022 STIP; and
WHEREAS, the TARPO Rural Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) is charged with the
development of a regional priority list and the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged
with the development of a regional priority list and Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program
(MTIP); and
WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the TARPO and the DCHC MPO; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and other member jurisdictions have been asked by the DCHC MPO to
submit a list of priority transit projects by October 15, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to
transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize adverse
impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster economic
development in the County's designated Economic Development Districts; and
WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation
(NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic
to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and related air
and water impacts; and
WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with
sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along any
existing or planned trail-system connectors; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transit-specific transportation needs within the TARPO and
DCHC MPO planning areas in an attachment to this resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Board
endorses the following prioritized list of transit-specific transportation projects to be considered for the FY
2016-2022 TARPO regional priority list and DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP.
1 Orange Public Transportation Expansion Vehicles: Request/purchase up to six (6), 25-foot, 18-
passenger cutaway bus vehicles to accommodate bus service expansion as recommended in the
Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) and the Five-Year Orange County Bus
Service Expansion Program currently under development.
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This project will be submitted as a new transit project to both TARPO and DCHC MPO (depending
on the proposed location of vehicle use) for consideration of inclusion in the TARPO regional
priority list, the DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP, and the 2016-2022 STIP.
2 Park-and-Ride Improvements at Orange County Northern Human Services Center (Conceptual):
Implement park-and-ride improvements at the Orange County Northern Human Services Center for
potential fixed-route service to Hillsborough.
This project will be submitted as a new transit project to TARPO for consideration of inclusion in
the TARPO regional priority list and the 2016-2022 STIP.
3 Park-and-Ride Improvements in Efland (Conceptual): Implement park-and-ride improvements in
the Efland area for cross-county, fixed-route service between Mebane and Durham.
This project will be submitted as a new transit project to the DCHC MPO for consideration of
inclusion in the DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP and in the 2016-2022 STIP. The
project's official submission may be made by Triangle Transit or Orange Public Transportation.
4 Park-and-Ride Improvements in Hillsborough (Conceptual): Implement park-and-ride
improvements in Hillsborough for cross-county, fixed-route service between Mebane and Durham.
This project will be submitted as a new transit project to the DCHC MPO for consideration of
inclusion in the DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP and in the 2016-2022 STIP. The
project's official submission must be made by Triangle Transit.
5 Hillsborough Train Station: Construct a train station in Hillsborough and implement AMTRAK
service.
This project will be submitted as a new transit/rail project to the DCHC MPO for consideration of
inclusion in the DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP and in the 2016-2022 STIP. The
project's official submission must be made by Triangle Transit.
6 Buckhorn Economic Development District (EDD) Park-and-Ride: Make park-and-ride
improvements or construct a park-and-ride facility to be located in the 1-85/Buckhorn Road
Economic Development District (EDD) to collect ridership in eastern Alamance and western
Orange Counties.
This project will be submitted as a new transit project for consideration of inclusion in the DCHC
MPO regional priority list and MTIP and in the 2016-2022 STIP. The project's official submission
must be made by either Triangle Transit or the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
(PART).
Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner the
foregoing resolution was adopted this the 15t day of October, 2013.
I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a
meeting held on October 15, 2013, as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said
proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said Boar .
WITNESS my hand and the seal of sai w0tiy? day of ",2013.
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