Item 7c on the Orange Couny Commissioners agrenda for Tuesday 5/14 7 pm (Southern Human Services Center):
c. Orange County Transit Plan and Related Agreements
The Board will consider adoption of the Orange County Transit Plan and consider approval of the Durham/Orange Cost Share Agreement, the Orange County/Triangle Transit Implementing Agreement and the Do Not Levy Agreement and authorize the Chair to sign if approved.
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/1205157c.pdf
42 pages of detail for you to peruse. If approved, then a public hearing and vote June 5 on the actual referendum call for November
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I'm going to try to go, but I don't think I can.
NBC-17 television news reported that the Raleigh City Council had asked the Wake Commissioners to approve the draft transit plan and move toward a referendum. Chair Paul Coble, who last week finished third in a congressional primary, had these constructive comments: "Bless their hearts,” said Paul Coble, chair of the Wake County Commissioners.“When we see a plan that’s financially feasible, then we’ll start talking about it. I haven’t seen one yet. That’s a big piece that’s missing from this equation,” he said.“We have a lot of needs. There are a lot of things that we need to take care of that certainly take priority and precedence over something like a rail system that has not even been proven to be feasible yet,” he adds. Ed Harrison
I'm planning to attend this meeting, but may get there late. Is anyone else going? It would be great to have a strong showing for local and regional transit. I think the primary clearly showed that at least the 2/3 of Orange County in district 1 wants to see a lot more leadership on issues like this. Here's a great oppotunity for the commissioners to show whether they heard us.