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2. Transportation Update - "NC Moving Ahead!" Craig Benedict said that this is an NCDOT initiative that is used for things such as bicycle lanes, road widening, and intersection improvements. Prior to the legislature approving it, Orange County submitted its list of preferred improvements for Orange County overall. Part of the list was accompanied by the community efforts that went into identifying the needed improvements. Orange County used the Orange Grave Road work group as a community effort for the grant request. The County received $900,000 for this project as a result. The County will also be receiving improvements of approximately $14 million that will be funded in different cycles. 3. Orange County Comprehensive Plan Update -Aligning County Transition Areas with Town Water & Sewer Service Areas (Orange County -Craig Benedict Craig Benedict made reference to a map and said that they want to match some of the County's urban transition area lines to the Town's lines. Chair Brown said that they were trying to stay within their ability to keep services of the County within a reasonable area and to look at keeping taxes down. It costs mare to provide these services to residents further out in the County. Craig Benedict said that the comprehensive plan is a tax conservation measure by having an efficient pattern of land uses. Having a strong land use plan also reduces vehicle miles traveled, which reduces air pollution. Commissioner Halkiotis asked why Durham does not do this. Craig Benedict said that each local government is going to have to say what it is doing to reduce traffic. Commissioner Gordon said that as far as TTA is concerned, they dropped service to Hillsborough. She has fought this. TTA has adopted some service standards and she was able to insert that key destinations including county seats can receive special attention when service extensions are considered. She is hoping to get Hillsborough back into the service. Also regarding phase 2 of the regional rail, she appreciates any help that Hillsborough can give with the Transportation Advisory Committee to push this forward. Commissioner Halkiotis thanked Margaret Hauth and Craig Benedict for their work. He made reference to the problems on NC 86/1-85. Craig Benedict said that they will be meeting with DOT to discuss some of the ideas for this corridor and also some improvements on US 70 BusinesslNC 86 and old NC 10/NC 86. 4. Other Agreements a. Courtesy Review Agreement and TownlCounty Coordination on Providing Water & Sewer for Major Subdivisions Margaret Hauth said that when the Town Board looked at the courtesy review agreement there was some concern expressed about the timing of the joint meeting. There is a sentence that says, "the approving jurisdiction would delay action on the application until the joint meeting would be held." There was some concern expressed that there needs to be a timeline. She suggested inserting the clause of 90 days if a meeting is requested. The meeting can be called by either party. She will take this to the Town Board meeting in November.