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Gannett Fleming February 25, 1999 Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Ir. County Manager Cabanas County P.O. Box 707 Concord, NC 28026-0707 GANN,' I T FLEMING CORDORY AND CARPENTER, INC. Suile 914 301 South McOowell Street Charlotte, NC 28204-2622 Office: (704} 375-2438 Fax: (704) 332-9361 www.ganne~leming.com RE: Cabarms / S. Rowan Transit Feasibility Study Dear Ma-. Clifton: As we near the completion of the Transit Feasibility Study for Cabarrus and South Rowan Counties, there are three significant issues that we, the Consultants, and the Steering Committee which is overseeing our work, must address as we formulate our recommendations: Should the new service be implemented as an extension of existing county run service or should it be operated as a totally separate service? Which unit of local government will have overall administrative responsibility for operating the new service7 Which units of local goverrmnent will participate in the funding necessary to operate and maintain the service and, thereby, become the "Policy Board"? As the principal funding source for this study as well as for those currently operating transit ser~Sces, the Public Transit Division of the North Carolina Department of Transportation has requested that we attempt to secure answers to these questions. Accordingly, this letter is being sent to you and the County Manager of Rowan County as well as the City Managers of Concord and Kannapolis and the Town Clerks of Landis and China Grove. To assist those units of local government that may be requested to participate in the service in some manner, we are available to present the results of our work either in a formal or informal setting. To this end, we made a presentation to the Kannapolis City Council during an informal workshop on February 8, 1999, and are scheduled to appear before the Concord Council on March 11. We are also attempting to schedule a date to appear before the Rowan County Commissioners. If you deem it desirable for such a presentation to be made to your Commissioners, we are certainly available to do so. Based upon the data that we have collected as well as input from several different agencies and local officials, we have identified four (4) routes that could constitute a start-up fixed-route transit service primarily in Cabarrus County, however, one of the routes would extend into Rowan County to a park and ride lot to be located in China Grove. I have enclosed with this letter, a copy of our Report Number Three. Service Options, which identifies these routes in more detail and Engineering Excellence Since 1915