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30 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner 2 Foushee to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution, entitled "Resolution Adopting 3 the Orange County Board of Commissioners Advisory Board Policy and Repealing the 4 Conflicting Provisions of all Prior Advisory Board Policies and Resolutions." 5 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6 7 9. Reports 8 a. NC 54/1-40 Corridor Study 9 The Board received a presentation from Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan 10 Planning Organization staff(Leta Huntsinger) on the NC54/1-40 Corridor Study. 11 Planning Director Craig Benedict introduced DCHC-MPO staff Leta Huntsinger, who 12 made a PowerPoint presentation. 13 14 15 NC 54/1-40 Corridor 16 Blueprint for Mobility 17 18 19 Land Use—Transportation Vision 20 The NC 54 Corridor Master Plan promotes location-efficient decisions to help lower combined 21 housing and transportation costs per household. It connects people and jobs, served by a more 22 energy efficient transportation network that enables more trips to be made by walking, bicycling 23 and transit. The plan defines target growth areas that help reduce sprawl in outlying areas. 24 25 Project History—August 2009 through November 2011 26 - Analysis 27 - Public review period 28 - Action plan 29 - Phase II Analysis 30 - Revised 31 32 Study Area — map 33 34 Public Involvement 35 What we heard from Phase I— Key Issues 36 - Superstreet 37 - Proposed flyover ramps 38 - Structured parking deck 39 - Park and ride facilities 40 - Growth projections 41 - Collector street conections 42 - Fordham Boulevard 43 - Others 44 45 46 Overview of Study Refinements 47 ■ Adjusted development expectations in the corridor 48 ■ More detailed park-and-ride study 49 ■ Greater integration of bus & rail to address gaps