AGENDA #13b

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Request to Establish Committee to Review Memorandum of Understanding for Transit Services

 

DATE:             January 14, 2002

 

 

The attached resolution would invite the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill each to appoint two members to a                         committee that would include two Chapel Hill Town Council members to review the Memorandum of Understanding for Transit Services.

 

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION

 

At its November 12, 2001 meeting the Town Council received a written request from Carrboro Mayor Michael Nelson, on behalf of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, requesting that the Town Council establish a committee to review the current memorandum of Understanding for Public Transit Services. The committee would be composed of  board members from the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill and representatives from the University.

 

                         Mayor Nelson indicated that preparing for the upcoming budget process raises uncertainty about future transit plans due to lack of a current Memorandum of Understanding.

 

                         Adoption of the attached resolution would establish the proposed committee. 

 

ATTACHMENT

 

1. November 12, 2001 Agenda #4i, Request by Town of Carrboro regarding Memorandum of Understanding for Transit Services.

A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (2002-1-14/R-17)

 

WHEREAS, the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are partners in supporting the provision of community public transportation services; and

 

WHEREAS,  the Memorandum of Understanding is an important agreement which outlines the  cost sharing and service relationship for the community public transportation services operated by the Town of Chapel Hill;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council hereby established a committee to review the current Memorandum of Understanding for Public Transportation Services.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council invites the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill each to appoint two members to the committee that would include two members of the Chapel Hill Town Council.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council that the Committee report its recommendations to the Council for consideration during the budget discussions for fiscal year 2002-2003.

 

This the 14th day of January, 2002.