HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-06-2007-4hORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 6, 2007
Action Agenda
Item No. 4' -h
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding - Partnership for Development and Infrastructure
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
1. Memorandum of Understanding.(MOU) for the Karen Lincoln, 245-2594
Partnership for Development and Infrastructure Craig Benedict, 245-2592
2. Follow Up Letter on 'D&I MOU
3. Partnership for Development & Infrastructure Brochure
PURPOSE: To consider becoming a sponsor of the Partnership for Development and Infrastructure,
and authorize the Chair to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
BACKGROUND: Community leaders in the Triangle Region have initiated the Partnership for
Development and Infrastructure to bring together the leadership, knowledge and resources of the
region to address the complex development and infrastructure issues that will influence the future
economic success and quality of life in the region. The initiative will provide tools and knowledge to
make better-informed decisions and provide the means for communities, regional infrastructure
authorities, the private sector and universities to resolve issues that arise between them. Existing
programs, such as the Joint Land Use-Transportation-Air Quality Program, Center of the Region
Enterprise, Smart Growth Committee, Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization, Triangle Data
Center, and Community Participation and Assistance Program, are to be included in the Partnership
for Development and Infrastructure.
The Partnership for Development and Infrastructure will require:
1. Commitment by senior institutional leadership to meet 2 or 3 times a year with their peers to
focus on the most crucial development and infrastructure issues facing the region;
2. Sustained involvement by staff and members from the sponsors;
3. A three to five year initial funding commitment to define and carry out the Partnership's work
program.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County's financial commitment to the Triangle J Council of
Governments for the Partnership for Development and Infrastructure for each of the next three
years of the initiative will be $10,066 per year,-which includes $7,566 for Orange County's dues for
the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) and $2,500 to support other initiatives of
the Partnership for Development and Infrastructure. The $2,500 for initiatives other than the
TARPO is presently unfunded in this year's budget. This agreement is for a three-year period so
$10,066 will have to be allocated in FY 2008-2009 and FY 2009-2010. The additional $2,500 in
funding could be allocated from the BOCC Contingency Fund, which has a balance of $35,000.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the MOU and
authorize the Chair to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the Partnership for Development
and Infrastructure, and that the additional $2,500 in funding be allocated from BOCC Contingency.
TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
4) 4307 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 110
Durham, NC 27703
World Mailing Address: PO Box 12276
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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91919.549.9390
Region July 1, 2007 9.549.0551 FAX:
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Moses Carey, Jr., Chairman, Orange County Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Dee Freeman, Executive Directo?
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding - Development and Infrastructure Partnership
The Triangle J Council of Governments is very pleased to acknowledge that the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University,
and North Carolina Central University have each agreed to become a participating partner in
Triangle Fs "Development and Infrastructure Partnership". These four leading universities will
join Orange, Durham and Wake Counties, along with Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel FEB and
Morrisville in bringing together community and regional partners to work on long-term regional
strategies regarding the development and conservation of land, providing infrastructure to
support development, and improving mobility. Other regional partners, state agencies, and
private sector interests will join the universities and local governments in this three-year
initiative.
This initiative is detailed within the May 1, 2007 "Partnership for Development and
Infrastructure" brochure included as "Attachment A" to this memorandum. This is the same
material provided with Triangle J's D&I budget request dated March 2nd of this year, and it
identifies the purpose and mission of the initiative.
Over the next three years it is anticipated that the chancellors, mayors, commission
chairs, and other department secretaries or agency heads will convene two or three times a.year
to focus on the most crucial development and infrastructure issues facing the region. These will
be substantive and intense meetings designed to concentrate on key issues as we seek new and
innovative solutions to these critical concerns - examples of possible results from the partnership
are shown in the attached document. It is Triangle J's expectation that the combined wisdom
and experience of the partnership's senior leaders will result in at least two or three major
conclusions leading to world class initiatives or programs that directly address the development
and infrastructure needs of the Triangle.
MISSION STATEMENT
To serve as an intergovernmental organization for local elected officials
that works proactively on regional issues in order to sustain and improve the quality of life for our citizens.
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Development & Infrastructure - Memorandum of Understanding
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Orange County's financial commitment to Triangle J for the Development and
Infrastructure Partnership will be $10,000 per year for each of the three years of the initiative
beginning in July 2007, with billings on a quarterly basis throughout each fiscal year. It is noted
that $7,500 of this amount constitutes Orange County's RPO dues. Triangle J's principal contact
for the D&I Partnership will be John Hodges-Copple, Planning Director (919 558-9320).
In order to document this undertaking for our mutual records and financial reporting
requirements, it is requested that you sign this Memorandum of Understanding where indicated
in duplicate originals. Please. retain one copy for your records and files, returning one fully
signed copy to Triangle J. Meanwhile, you will soon hear from Mr. Hodges-Copple with initial
information on start up and calendar availability.
Thank you so much for your willingness to be a part of this unique and very special effort
to bring together the leadership of the Triangle on the future of our region. Let me know if you
have any questions. I look forward to seeing you soon and to the- start of this partnership.
Triangle J Council of Governments
Acknowledgement and Acceptance:
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Dee Freeman
Executive Director
Orange County Board of County Commissioners
Acknowledgement and Acceptance:
Date:
Date:
Moses Carey, Jr.
Chairman
TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
W 4307 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 110
Durham, NC 27703
World Mailing Address: PO Box 12276
Research Triangle. Park, NC 27709
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919.549.0551 FAX: 919.549.9390
Region July 27, 2007
www.tjcog.dst.nc.us
Greg Wilder, Director of Management Support
Orange County
200 South Cameron Street
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
SUBJECT: Follow Up on D&I Memorandum of Understanding
Dear Greg:
Thank you for your telephone call and follow up on the Development and Infrastructure
Memorandum of Understanding. Triangle J is pleased to revise the document as requested and
to resubmit it for Orange County's further review, consideration and execution. I am writing
today for this purpose.
Attached you will find two originals of the Memorandum of Understanding for the
Development and Infrastructure Partnership. This document has been revised for the signature
of the chairman of the board of commissioners, Mr. Carey. It is requested that, upon the board's
approval, Mr. Carey sign this Memorandum of Understanding where indicated in duplicate
originals, retaining one original for the county's records and files while returning one fully
signed copy to Triangle J.
As previously mentioned, Triangle J's Planning Director, John Hodges-Copple, will soon
be in touch with Chairman Carey with information on start up and calendar availability. After
establishing all the necessary contacts and the sharing of information an organizational meeting
will be the first order of business. Dependent upon calendars, we should be in a position to
actively move ahead and begin our work this fall.
Allow me to once again express Triangle J's most sincere appreciation for Orange
County's interest in this important initiative. I look forward to moving ahead on this endeavor
and to a successful partnership for the Triangle.
Sinc ely yours,
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Dee A. Freeman
Executive Director
DAF/
Attachment
cc: Moses Carey
Barry Jacobs
Laura Blackmon
John Hodges-Copple
MISSION STATEMENT
To serve as an intergovernmental organization for local elected officials
that works proactively on regional issues in order to sustain and improve the quality of life for our citizens.
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Chatham County
Durham County
Johnston County
Lee County
Moore County
Orange County
Wake County
City of Raleigh
City of Durham
Town of Cary
Town of Chapel Hill
Town of Morrisville
Research Triangle
Foundation
North Carolina State
University
University of North
Carolina - Chapel Hill
Duke University
North Carolina Central
University
Triangle Transit
Authority
Regional
Transportation Alliance
Research Triangle
Regional Partnership
Capital Area MPO
Durham-Chapel Hill-
Carrboro MPO
RDU Airport
NC DOT
Why Do We Need A
Partnership?
What Do We Ask Of
Sponsors?
Unless we change the direction
we are going, we may end up
where we are headed.
- Chinese proverb
Faced with complex, costly and
conflicting development and infra-
structure issues, the region's uni-
versity, government and business
leaders would benefit from a fo-
rum to understand, track and ad-
dress the capital needs so crucial to
the success of the region.
The Development & Infrastructure
Partnership provides the opportu-
nity for our region's leading insti-
tutions to contribute leadership,
staff involvement and support to
the efforts that will shape our re-
gion over the next generation.
The Partnership's work will be
driven by its sponsors, but can fo-
cus on:
• mapping out our infrastructure
future;
• providing the tools and knowl-
edge to make better-informed
decisions; and
• providing the means for commu-
nities, regional infrastructure au-
thorities, the private sector and
universities to resolve issues that
arise between them.
It will also include existing work
on rural transportation planning,
air quality and participation in the
planning efforts of partner com-
munities and regional groups.
NC Division of
Community Assistance
Urban Land Institute-
Research Triangle
Community Colleges
To be successful, the Partnership
requires three things:
1. Commitment by senior institu-
tional leadership to come to-
gether 2 or 3 times a year with
their peers to focus on the most
crucial development and infra-
structure issues facing the re-
gion.
2. Sustained involvement by staff
and members from the spon-
sors in the work of the Partner-
ship.
3. A three- to five-year initial
funding commitment to define
and cant' out the Partnership's
work program.
Our target is to gain partner com-
mitments over the next few
months and launch the Partner-
ship by August 2007.
We are committed to making the
Partnership a valued use of time
and resources. Join us in helping
chart a successful development
and infrastructure investment fu-
ture for the Research Triangle Re-
gion.
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In the early years of the new Millennium,
the Research Triangle Region is faced
with unprecedented growth challenges:
• The metro areas of Raleigh, Durham and
their surrounding 8 counties have passed
the 1.5 million population mark; another
1 million people are expected over the
next 25 years.
• Building continues apace at our major
universities: UNC-Chapel Hill is plan-
ning the new Carolina North, Duke is.
planning a new Central Campus, NC
State is building Centennial Campus and
NC Central is pursuing its 2002 Master
Plan, including land acquisition and new
and renovated buildings.
• Triangle public school systems face
building needs of more than $6 billion
over just the next 10 years, yet are lim-
ited in the revenue sources they have to
repay bonds and build schools.
• Triangle transportation planning organi-
zations have adopted long range plans
calling for $14 billion of new investment
over 25 years, with $2 billion coming
from new revenue sources.
• RDU is rebuilding and expanding Ter-
minal C for $570 million and has
planned a third runway.
• NCDOT's Statewide Transportation
Plan contains $122 billion in project
needs over 25 years and anticipates $57
billion in available revenues to meet
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those needs, resulting in a gap of $65
billion. Two years ago, the estimates
were $84 billion in needs, $55 billion in
revenues, and a $30 billion gap.
• The Triangle Transit Authority's $800
million regional transit system to link
the centers of our three largest cities of
Raleigh, Durham and Cary with the Re-
search Triangle Park, NC State and
Duke - with a second phase to Chapel
Hill, UNC and RDU- has not been
able to secure federal funding.
• The Triangle GreenPrint Project esti-
mates that we need to double the current
land protection rate-at a cost of up to
$5 billion over the next 25 years-to
protect the backbone of a linked regional
greenspace network.
ter & sewer, schools, community col-
lege, parks & open space and criminal
justice facilities) over the next 25
years at $26 billion; current funding
plans and the county's baseline bor-
rowing capacity•can fund $15 billion
of this amount.
Responsibility for funding and provid-
ing infrastructure is fragmented: each
school system seeks funding independ-
ently, there are two regional transporta-
tion planning organizations plus a re-
gional transit authority plus the
NCDOT plus a regional council of gov-
ernments; despite years of effort, com-
munities have been unsuccessful in at-
tempts to diversify revenue sources to
provide the schools, transportation fa-
cties, parks and greenways and other
• The NC Rural Center's Water 2030 re- infrastructure their citizens want and a
port identified about $3 billion in Trian- successful region requires.
gle water, wastewater and stormwater
It is time for the region's leaders to
system needs by 2030- come together to develop new, effective
• Wake County alone has estimated its strategies to address our burgeoning
primary infrpstructure needs (roads, wa- development and infrastructure chal-
lenges.
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partnership Results
?. The strength of the partnership will be its ability to draw on the experience, knowledge and creativity of the partners to develop
and guide responses to the Triangle's development and infrastructure challenges. Here are six examples of specific activities
on which the partners could focus. But step #1 will be to engage the partners in what they think are the most valuable uses of
the partnership's time, talents and resources.
Neutral Ground
provide a clear way for partners to raise concerns about de-
velopment and infrastructure issues or projects that affect
more than one institution, whether a community, university,
state agency, regional organization, etc. Design a process to
share information about the issue or project and to communi-
cate concerns. If warranted, provide guidance to interested
partners on how they can work together to resolve an issue.
How it might work: Model the program on Developments
of Regional Impact programs used elsewhere.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: CORE Commu-
nities Work Group. Eno Drive Alternatives Facilitation.
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Triangle Infrastructure Finance Center
Develop and maintain an information resource on costs and
financing mechanisms for all types of major infrastructure.
Establish relationships with related organizations like the
Environmental Finance Center at the School of Government
How it might work: Establish a structured process to track
infrastructure projects in the region, the sources and uses of
their funds, and the mechanisms used to finance them. Col-
lect and synthesize information on infrastructure finance and
conduct panels on finance topics of interest.
Infrastructure Blueprint
Develop, publish and continually update an inventory of ex-
a isting and planned public infrastructure investments that de-
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lmeates not only where and when planned investments will
1 be made, but helps communities understand their role in the
regional picture and provides critical information for private
firms considering investment in the region.
How it might work: Work with the partners to develop the
overall framework for the blueprint based on examples from
other regions, then build it element by element.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: Triangle Green-
Print. Transit Infrastructure Blueprint Technical Analysis.
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Key Opportunities
s Identify and develop or support plans for key opportunities
i in the region: areas or issues of critical regional importance
or shared responsibility.
How it might work: Work with the partners to develop a
process to identify key regional-scale opportunities, and
techniques to either develop plans for these opportunities or
? to support others in doing so.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: CORE Commu-
nities Workshop Report.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: Annual Triangle
water, sewer and stormwater rate and fee survey.
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Joint Project Planning
Provide a user-friendly, one stop shop for independent infor-
mation, standards and benchmarks on complex and contro-
versial regional development and infrastructure issues.
How it might work: Work with the partners to identify the
most critical information needs, then use existing research,
peer reviews and regional data sources to address selected
topics each year.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: Smart Growth
Committee Issue Summary and Presentations web site.
Planning Directors' Land Use & Development Standards to
Support Transit.
;:. Provide guidance and tools for institutions to use in working
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'i together on potential projects of mutual benefit, including
the joint siting or use of infrastructure (e.g. combining a city
t, park with a county library and a school).
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How it might work: Develop a central repository of exam-
pies within the region and nationwide, administrative
M mechanisms that have been developed, and processes used
for the early identification of candidate projects.
Related TJCOG current or prior examples: Durham City-
County-Public Schools Joint Capital Improvements Project.
TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS
P.O. Box 12276
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
4307 Emperor Blvd, Suite 110
Durham, NC 27703
For more information, contact
John Hodges-Copple, Planning Director
Phone: 919-558-9320
Email: johnhc@ticog.org
web: www.ticog.dst.nc.us
0 TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
World 4307 Emperor Blvd.--P.O. Box 12276
C l a s s Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Region 919.549.0551 FAX: 919.549.9390
December 1, 2006
As community leaders in the Triangle Region, we are convinced that
the time is ripe to bring together the leadership, knowledge and re-
sources we are so fortunate to have in our region to address the complex
development and infrastructure issues that will influence our future eco-
nomic success and quality of life.
As we prepare to welcome another 1 million residents over the next
generation, it falls on us to create and preserve the neighborhoods, safe-
guard the natural resources and provide the schools, transportation sys-
tems and parks on which a successful region depends.
Each of us, as individuals, as members of communities and as leaders
within organizations, will be greatly affected by the development and
infrastructure challenges we face, and by the responses we choose to
make in the face of these challenges.
Ddsting programs to be included in the Partnership for
Development Infrastructure
• Joint Land Use-Transportation-Air Quality Program
• Center Of the Region Enterprise (CORE)
• Smart Growth Committee
• Triangle Area Rural Transportation Planning Organization (TARPO)
• Triangle Data Center
• Community Participation and Assistance Program
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rolect, the Tnandl, I Council of Governmettfrs;
4.eptcr Triar l rl egtor?aI Council and ;?rr0l
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sign neighborhoods and communities to fos-
Walkability, safety and a sense of place.
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Please join with us in a focused, cooperative partnership to ensure that
our choices are well-informed, broadly-considered and future-oriented.
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portation system which links residential, em-
ployment, commercial and recreational' areas. ?`.
,ENHANCED CIVIC REALM
The civic realm should be viewed as a legacy
to future generations. -
MIXED-USE ACTIVITY CENTERS
Promote different, mixed-use centers of various
scales for ead1;`city, town and crossroads in the
Triangle to serve as centers of civic, social,
educational, cultural and economic life, and as
transportation hubs.
SHARED BENEFITS
Share the region's resources to improve the
quality of life for all citizens.
Marla Dorrel Barry Jacobs
Cary Town Council Orange County Commission
Chair, Triangle J Council of Governments Ist Vice Chair, Triangle J COG
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Thomas Crowder
Raleigh City Council
2nd Vice Chair, Triangle J COG
Mike Cross
Chatham County Commission
Secretary/Treasurer, Triangle J COG