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Authorize the Mayor to Execute a Comprehensive Participation Agreement, A Component of the Orange County Transit Governance Interlocal Agreement.
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Staff:
Department:
Brian Litchfield, Director
Transit
Caroline Dwyer, Planning Manager
Overview: The Comprehensive Participation Agreement is a component of the recently updated Orange County Transit Governance Interlocal Agreement (ILA). The Transit Governance Interlocal Agreement (ILA) was originally executed in 2012, following the adoption of Orange County's half-cent sales tax for transit. The ILA establishes a governance structure for implementing Orange County's Transit Multi-Year Vision Plan (Transit Plan) and Transit Annual Work Program (Work Program) and is executed by Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority ("GoTriangle"), Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization ("DCHC MPO"), and Orange County. The Transit Plan and Work Program describe transit-related projects that will be funded using Orange County Tax District Revenues.
Tax district revenues are collected and disbursed by GoTriangle, as the tax district administrator. A percentage of Orange County's tax district revenues are allocated to Chapel Hill Transit (CHT), a transit service provider in Orange County. Tax district revenues fund important projects including multiyear systemwide service expansions, the purchase of new transit vehicles, the electrification of CHT's fleet, and nearly $30 million dollars of local funding for the North-South Bus Rapid Transit (NSBRT)'s capital improvement grant.
The governing boards of the three ILA Parties (GoTriangle, DCHC MPO, and Orange County) recently adopted a revised version of the ILA. The updated ILA formalizes requirements for allocating, receiving, and distributing transit tax district revenues to eligible project sponsors, including CHT, in a Comprehensive Participation Agreement (CPA). Many of the CPA's requirements have been followed since the o...
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