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least impact on the Eno River, the natural environment and cultural sites, which alignment would be recommended; and the cross section. Commissioner Gordon named the members who attended the TAC meeting today. They discussed Elizabeth Brady Road. She said that the TAC wanted Orange County and Hillsborough to reach a consensus on what they want for this road. Mayor Phelps said that if you adopt the four lane cross section and DOT does this environmental impact and if you vote for the four lanes then DOT can change it back to a two lane model. But if you go forward with two lanes then you cannot go back to four lanes without extensive changes. Regarding the least impact, he suggested saying that if the river is crossed, then you better be careful. He said that the option with the least impact is the one that does not cross the river, but DOT will have to make this decision. Commissioner Gordan said that she wants to agree on the points such as the priorities that the EDD work group had suggested and the two lanes versus the four lanes. She would like to find out what Hillsborough wants for the road. Ken Chavious said that he thinks that DOT understands the environmental impacts of these roads and that is who we need to listen to. Currently, with the development trend in that area, we must ask for four lanes now and if DOT decides it should be two, then it will be two. This is what we need and no one has found another viable way financially. There are 16 new developments proposed or already underway in Hillsborough's jurisdiction. If you have to go across town, there is only one road - Churtan Street. He said that this is not a bypass, it is an artery. We needed this road yesterday. It will have to cross the river no matter what. Commissioner Gordon said they received modeling back for four lanes and two lanes and the modeling was the same for both. Commissioner Halkiatis asked if this was a unanimous opinion of the Town Board, what the Manager just said. Ken Chavious said yes it is. Mark Sheridan said that Elizabeth Brady Road has always been Hillsborough's stated number one priority. Number two is what it looks like and how it operates and that is what the other groups have looked at. The question is if there is power with the DOT by submitting a unified resolution. If this kind of resolution provides more benefit in terms of the project moving forward, then this is the key thing. Chair Jacobs said that a unified response would be very helpful and would be more powerful. He said that the thing to do would be to ask each TAC representative to work out a mutually agreed upon statement of what both entities support. Commissioner Gordon asked to hear from Michael Gering and Evelyn Lloyd. Michael Gering said that he does not want to assume that DOT always respects the same priorities as we do. He would like to endorse the first option of not crossing the Eno River and having four lanes versus two lanes. Evelyn Lloyd agrees with a combination of what Mike Gering, Mark Sheridan, and Ken Chavious have said. She does not think that this is the best place for a bypass. Frances Dancy said that she is for the four lanes and she thinks DOT will do what is environmentally correct. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he and the Chair have been meeting with DOT engineers. One of the biggest debates has been the issue of crosswalks. DOT says that putting in a crosswalk encourages people to cross the road. He does not agree with everything that comes out of DOT. He thinks that the Board of County Commissioners has a different set of responsibilities to preserve and protect Hillsborough. He is upset about the number of trucks going down Churton Street that have no business going down this road.