[Durham INC] transit resolution

[Pat Carstensen]

The 3 resolutions "on the table" were in the minutes I just sent out.
I would like to introduce this transit resolution tonight:















WHEREAS, a transit system that will maintain our quality of
life with the projected growth in Durham County’s population, direct that
growth in smarter ways, give people more choices, provide good jobs and
economic opportunities, and realize social justice,  and

 

WHEREAS, this election season, Durham County is the first
jurisdiction in the state to hold a referendum to adopt a ½ cent sales tax to
be used exclusively to transit, since such referenda were authorized by the NC
legislature in 2009, and

 

WHEREAS, the referendum was preceded by development of a
detailed “financial plan” for how revenues will be spent to encourage mobility;
this plan calls for 3 phases – bus expansion, then commuter rail to Wake
County, and finally light rail to Orange County, and

 

WHEREAS, Durham County is especially critical for the
regional transit plan related to the financial plan: it sits midway between
Orange and Wake Counties, and commuters come and go from many directions into
and through the county.  

Therefore, be it resolved that the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham supports the
passage of the Transportation Tax Referendum. 		 	   		  
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