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FY 2019 Wake Transit Work Plan - 3rd Quarter Amendments
Bret Martin, MPO Staff
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Four (4) FY 2019 Wake Transit Work Plan amendment requests were submitted for the 3rd quarter of the fiscal year and include:
Major Amendments:
• Addition of one full-time equivalent (FTE) staff resource for a commuter rail environmental planner to be housed at GoTriangle;
• Addition of one FTE staff resource for a manager of commuter rail design to be housed at GoTriangle; and
• Additional funding and a scope expansion for two FY 2018 projects associated with the regional on-call transit planning services program.
Minor Amendment:
• A minor scope change to a project that provides funding for Sunday service on all GoCary fixed routes.
Both amendment requests were released for public comment on December 19, 2018. The public comment period closed for the minor amendment request on January 2, 2019. The public comment period for the major amendment requests closed on January 18, 2019. No public comments were received for any of the amendment requests.
The Wake County Transit Planning Advisory Committee (TPAC) recommended approval of all four (4) amendment requests to the Executive Board at its January 22nd meeting after a finding that any financial or scope impacts associated with the amendment requests are appropriate for the continued implementation of the Wake Transit Plan. More detailed correspondence on the amendment requests was provided to the TPAC for its consideration and is included as Attachment 1.
Requested Action: Action Consider approval of the FY 2019 Wake Transit Work Plan 3rd quarter amendments