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TRANSPORTATION GOALS <br />1. Maximize accessibility by all modes <br />2. Design far and encourage use of alternative modes <br />3. Minimize impacts on neighborhoods <br />TRANSPORTATION PLAN ELEMENTS <br />1. Trip-reduction measures <br />2. Local transit enhancements <br />3. Regional transit connections <br />4. Park-and-ride <br />5. Roadway and traffic improvements <br />6. Bicycle and pedestrian routes and connectians <br />TRANSPORTATION PLANNING <br />1. Improvements will be phased <br />2. Must partner with local and state governments <br />RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLAN <br />1. School Site <br />2. Realigned Street <br />3. Residential Buffer <br />4. Parking Reduction <br />5. Building Heights <br />6. Housing <br />7. Green Space <br />8. Stream Buffers <br />The reports from the four advisory groups, as well as all other documents, are an the <br />website, which is cn.unc.edu. <br />The County Commissioners asked how the property would be developed when there <br />was still uncertainty about whether and/or when the airport would be closing. When <br />Tony Waldrop indicated the University was looking for another airport site in Orange <br />County or Chatham County, the Commissioners expressed great concern about UNC <br />locating another airport in Orange County. <br />Tony Waldrop said that they were asked to meet with the CHCCS regarding an <br />elementary Schaal site at Carolina North. The school system indicated that it would <br />need 12-14 acres for an elementary school site for the CHCCS. <br />Commissioner Brown asked who would pay for the property and the new school. Tony <br />Waldrop said that the University would provide the land and the schaol would be paid far <br />in the normal fashion. <br />Commissioner Brown said that she heard that the County Commissioners would pay for <br />the building of the Frank Porter Graham Schaal facility. Tony Waldrop said that the <br />Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is in the early planning stages to <br />develop a new type of school that has been presented in concept to the school board. <br />