Commissioners take Transit Votes Tuesday

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

Issues: 

Comments

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. 

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

Have started a thread on the just-released poll by Fallon Associates regarding attitudes of likely Orange and Wake County voters on a transit referendum. Hope that an editor will accept the submittal if that's needed.Ed Harrison

it's Tuesday May 15 not May 14

 

Community Guidelines

By using this site, you agree to our community guidelines. Inappropriate or disruptive behavior will result in moderation or eviction.

 

Content license

By contributing to OrangePolitics, you agree to license your contributions under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

Creative Commons License

 
Zircon - This is a contributing Drupal Theme
Design by WeebPal.