HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-11-2001-10aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Dale: December 11, 2001
AMlon Agenda
Item No. Ib"d
SU9JEOT: Southeast Hiph Speed Rell Tler I Daft Environmental Imoact Satement
DEPARTMENT: Planning antl Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
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ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION DONTADT:
1) Tables of Benefits and Impacts for Orange Karen Lincoln, ext. 2584
County Craip Benedict ext. 2592
2) Tables of Environmental Information Summary antl TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Operational Cheracteris[ics Summary for Hillsborough T32-8181
Slutly Area Attematives Chapel Hill 968-0501
Ourham 688-T331
Mebane (338)22]-2031
PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Southeast Hgh Speetl Rail (SEHSR) and potential impec5
far Orange County.
BACKGROUND: The North Caroina Oepadment of Transportation (NCDOT) Rail Division has
releasetl [he Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) Tler I Drak Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS). NCDOT contluctetl eleven (11) public hearings in North Carolina (September 77 though
November e) to encoua9e Wblic comment regarding the project. In addNon, complete tlafts of
the EIS ea available far public review and wmrnents m various locations. Nearby locations where
the tlak EIS can be reviewed inclutle the NCDOT Dietdct 1 Office in Raleigh, the NCDOT Division
5 Office in Durham, and the Lee County Managels Office in SanfoN. NCDOT will consider
comments submitted during [his process in making the Study Area Recommendation Report, which
is to be mmpletatl by the end of this year.
TM1e EIS process for Mis protect is tlivitled Into two tiers. The purpcae of the Tier I EIS is b
consider regional impacts of [he inaemenial high speetl rail project in ortler to identify a general
comitlor loratloq antl b gather public input into the process. The Tier II phase of the protect will
provitle tletails of tack locations (relocations), smfion aoangementa and other final design
elements.
The Tier I Drak EIS compares potential environmental impacts and engineering concerns for nine
(9) alternative routes throughout [he s[utly area. Six of those eltematives use the North Carolina
Railroad (NCRR) mmtlor that [averses Oange County. NCDOT will use Ne comparison of
impacts In Tler I Oaft EIS, along with public comments, to determine attematives [o be cenietl
forwartl into a Final Tier I EIS. The Fetleal Highway Adminietatipn (FHA) antl Fetleral Railroad
Administration (FRA)will then issue a Recortl of Decision (ROD) for the protect. If the ROD selects
e build alternative, the project will begin the Tier II phase.
The Tier I EIS uses sewntlary data sources and general trentls w8hin the s[utly area to wmpare
environmental impacts of the nine alternatives. The cenrAUSions, therefore, are based one "big
picture" perspeMive antl not based on actual surveys and precise impacts. Specifc impacts,
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benefiLS antl mitigaticn measures will be tleNiletl in Ne Tier II environmental documentation
pmceas.
Impacts of the SEHSR project in Orange County cannot be fully determined until the Rewk of
Dedslon has been matle antl tletails to be tleterminetl in [he Tier II EIS have been worked out.
The Tier II stutly process is schetluletl to begin in January 2003.
The tables on pages 3 - 5 cutline bbnefiN and poterkial impacts for Orenge County for Ne six (6)
corritlora Ma[ traverse Orange County end for [he Nree (3) cerritlors Nat tlo no[ traverse Orange
County. Tables on pages B and T show, respectivey, °Environmenal Information Summery of
Potential Impacts end BeneSts of the SNdy Area Altemetivee" antl 'Operational antl Physical
ChareIXedsfica Summary Information for Siutly Area Allematives' preparetl by the consultant
exewting the ElS.
The Infortnadon package from [he public hearing heltl In Durham on September 18, 2001, was sent
antler separate cover wiN both Ne October 1 B, 2001 antl November 19, 2001, agentla maiedels.
Please refer to those agentla materials for iformafion on alNmative roue loca[bns and
summaries of operational and physical characteristics assocla[etl with Ne Southeast High Speetl
Rail project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None a[[his time.
RECOMMENDATION: The Atlministretion recommends that the BOeM recelve[he report antl
adtlress any comments to staHto be lornartletl to NCDOT Rail Division
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