REVISED
(Addition—Item No. 3)
THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DURHAM, NORTH
CAROLINA
Monday, April 3, 2006
Durham County Government Administrative Complex, Commissioners’ Room (2nd Floor)
200 E. Main Street, Durham,
NC 27701
9:00 A.M. Worksession
AGENDA
1. Citizen
Comments—Ms. Irma G. Price
5 min.
Ms. Irma G. Price has requested time
on the agenda to speak to the Commissioners to propose a Youth Program for ages
14 to 16.
2. Presentation
of Court Performance Measures
30
min.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the
Board receive the report and advise the staff if any additional information is
necessary.
3a. Resolution of Support for “Land For
Tomorrow” Initiative 15 min.
“Land for Tomorrow” is a major initiative to provide significant funding
to protect rivers, wetlands, floodplains, coastal waters, working farms, legacy
forests, and more. The goal of this
state program is to provide support for passage of a statewide bond issue that
will provide funding in support of our existing conservation and preservation
trust funds and spark economic development and job creation from these efforts.
Dr. Tom Krakauer will present this item and ask that the draft
resolution be approved and forwarded to local legislators for consideration
during the upcoming General Assembly Session.
Resource
Person(s): Dr. Tom Krakauer, Dr. Denise Barnes and Wib
Gulley.
4. Presentation
by Downtown Durham Inc.
15
min.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the
Board receive the presentation.
4. Consolidated
Transportation Study—Presentation of Draft Report
30
min.
In the spring of 2005, after meeting
with officials from the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Public
Transportation Division, Triangle area County
Board Chairs expressed interest in preparing a Regional Transportation
Development Plan (RTDP) for Durham, Orange, and Wake
Counties. The Plan is intended to assess the
opportunities for regionalizing services among their community transportation
systems and with urban and regional systems in the Triangle. Efforts to prepare the Triangle Region
Transportation Development Plan were initiated during September 2005.
A consultant team is developing the
Triangle Regional Transportation Development Plan (RTDP) with financial
assistance from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The RTDP assesses the services and functions
of the community transportation programs in Durham,
Orange, and Wake Counties:
Durham County Access; Orange County Public Transportation; and Wake Coordinated
Transportation Services. The plan will
identify those that can be coordinated/consolidated to the greatest extent
possible to provide the most efficient, effective, and safe community
transportation services.
The three community transportation
systems are described below as they currently operate:
Durham County Access: Durham
County
Access (DCA) provides human service and general public transportation services
in Durham County. DCA is part of the Durham County government
structure. Operation of transportation
services is contracted out to a private transportation provider, Laidlaw
Transit Services, with DCA providing oversight of the program. The contractor also provides ADA
paratransit services in the City of Durham
in conjunction with the Durham Area Transit Authority (DATA) fixed route
service.
Orange County Public Transportation: The Orange County
Public Transportation Service (OPT) provides transportation services to agency
clients and general public passengers residing in the rural areas of Orange County. The OPT system is a division of the Orange County Department on Aging (DOA). A Transportation Services Board (TSB) provides
input to the OPT Supervisor. The TSB
reflects a recent reorganization of the old Transportation Advisory Board
(TAB).
Wake Coordinated Transportation Services: Wake Coordinated Transportation
Service (WCTS) is the primary provider of transportation services in
non-metropolitan Wake
County. WCTS is organized as a section of the Human
Services Department of Wake County
government (WCHS). Two basic levels of
service are provided by WCTS. The human
service transportation is provided for clients of the subscribing human service
agencies and general public transportation to all members of the community, not
just those receiving specified services.
Operation of transportation services is contracted out to a private
transportation provider, MV Transportation, as the primary vendor. In the past three years, WCTS has added two
secondary vendors for the provision of the general public service.
The Triangle Regional Transportation
Development Plan is divided into two Phases.
Phase 1: Feasibility Study includes
the following tasks:
·
Analyze
Each System's Services, Functions, Positions, and Personnel
·
Assess
Opportunities for Regional Coordination/Consolidation
·
Identify
New Lead Regional Transportation Agency Alternatives (to include organizational
charts) and Staffing Options and Location Alternatives for Regional
Administrative and/or Operations Office
·
Assess
Governance and Funding
The services and functions addressed in Phase 1 include:
· Administration and Management:
Finance and accounting, cost allocation, purchasing, risk management and
insurance, grants administration, legal, employee wages and benefits plans,
planning, management and service contracts, policy and advisory boards, and
professional service contracts (drug/alcohol testing, physicals, uniforms,
etc.);
· Marketing: Telephone/passenger
information, ticket/pass sales, information technology, system logo, web sites,
and advertising;
· Capital Facilities and Equipment
(location/condition/value/remaining useful life): real estate, facilities
(operations, maintenance and transfer), vehicles and communication equipment;
and
· Operations and Maintenance: vehicle
maintenance, fixed route service, demand response service, subscription
service, service levels, operating policies, driver training/safety, and security.
At the end of Phase 1, if the
governing bodies decide they are not interested in participating in a
regionally coordinated/consolidated system, no additional work will be
undertaken. If the governing bodies
decide that they are interested in participating in a regionally
coordinated/consolidated system, they will be asked to submit Letters of Intent
to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Following receipt of Letters of Intent, a
Transition-Implementation Plan will be prepared as part of Phase 2. NCDOT has committed to providing 100% of the
funds to complete the
Transition-Implementation Plan.
5. Fiscal
Year 2006-07 Tax Base
20
min.
6. Discussion
of Issues for State Legislative Agenda
20
min.
The North Carolina General Assembly
will convene at noon on May 9 in Raleigh.
Following general directions from the Board, staff prepared a listing of
legislative priorities. These items
reflect several legislative issues that were considered in the 2005 Session as
well as other priorities that have emerged since adjournment. In addition, staff is in contact with members
of the Durham Delegation to schedule a meeting so that the approved items can
be presented prior to the start of May’s “Short Session”.
Resource Person(s): Deborah Craig-Ray, Assistant County Manager, and Chuck Kitchen, County Attorney
7. 4th
Quarter Compensation Recommendations for FY 2005-2006
20
min.
County Manager’s Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the
Board authorize a budget amendment and move the item to the April 10consent
agenda for approval.
8. Closed
Session
15
min.
The Board is requested to adjourn to
closed session in order to discuss Brown
v. Durham County, I.C. # 394930,
and to preserve the attorney-client privilege, pursuant to G.S. §
143-318.11(a)(3).
