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She is proposing that the County Commissioners adopt these two resolutions to be forwarded to the TAC on November 6`h and also to ask the other jurisdictions part of the Transportation Advisory Committee (Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro) to take this under advisement and come up with their own statements. Mayor Foy said that he thinks that Orange County has a direct interest in this road because it is anticipated that the funding would be from the loop trust fund. He suggested that the Chapel Hill Town Council take the lead of the Board of Commissioners, and if they pass it then they should give the TAC members direction in removing option 7. Chair Jacobs said that this is a reversal of the situation with the 15/501 corridor where Chapel Hill passed a resolution regarding what was going on at South Square. The County Commissioners passed it to support Chapel Hill's position. He said that St. Mary's Road is one of the most scenic corridors in the County and this is the first place where we have tried to develop a scenic corridor plan in association with the property owners. This is a direct threat to this kind of planning. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Brown to approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution B as stated below: A Resolution to Provide the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee with a Recommendation to Exclude "Option 7" — The Northeast/Northwest Loop from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) (LRTP Resolution B) WHEREAS, Orange County participates in regional transportation planning as a member of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO); and WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO is composed of a policy-making body, the Transportation Advisory Committee, and a technical body, the Technical Coordinating Committee; and WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO is preparing a Long-Range Transportation Plan, and has released the Preferred Option of the Plan for public comment; and WHEREAS, at the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on September 18, 2002, the Transportation Advisory Committee directed the Highway Trust Fund projects known as the Northeast and Northwest Loops, or Eno Drive, be removed from consideration; and WHEREAS, at the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on October 23, 2002, a recommendation from the Transportation Coordinating Committee referenced as "Option 7" was proposed as a replacement for the Northeast and Northwest Loops; and WHEREAS, "Option 7" is depicted on the map labeled Attachment A and more fully described as follows: "The southern segment runs from US 70 to 1-85, and the northern segment runs from 1-85 to Roxboro Road via Old Oxford, Snow Hill and includes new alignment to Roxboro Road north of Snow Hill.'; and