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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County will adequately staff, and task other offices to <br />support, the Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4; Nay, 1 {Commissioner Halkiotis) <br />c. Resolutions Providing Comments Regarding Draft 2006 - 2012 State <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) <br />The Board considered resolutions providing comments regarding Draft 2006-2012 State <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP}. <br />Karen Lincoln said that there are two resolutions: one to the North Carolina Department <br />of Transportation (NCDOT} and one to the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) of the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). NCDOT has <br />set a June 3~d deadline far receiving comments on the Draft 2006-2012 State Transportation <br />Improvement Plan. The MPO expects to have a public hearing on the local portion of their plan <br />on June 8th and plan to adopt in August. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Buckhorn Road widening and the park and <br />ride lot and said that there was a third item that was between those two items. He asked what <br />happened to this item, which were improvements to Efland-Cedar Grove Road. This was page <br />12. <br />Karen Lincoln said that this was one of the projects proposed for the 2007-2013 priority <br />list. She did not include it in this document because it was not requested for the 2006-2012 TIP. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that since they want to advance that project, it should appear in the <br />previous TIP. Karen Lincoln said that it could be included, but DOT will not consider it. <br />Craig Benedict said that including it might not help but it would not hurt. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she looked at the transportation priority list for <br />consideration of funding and made sure that everything that was asked for was in the list. This <br />item was not on the priority list. DOT will not consider it because it was not an the priority list. <br />She said that as long as it is in the 2007-2013 plan, it would be considered. <br />Commissioner Jacobs would like to insert the Efland-Cedar Grave item in the language. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />approve resolutions providing comments regarding Draft 2006-2012 State Transportation <br />Improvement Program (STIP}. There are two resolutions: one to the North Carolina Department <br />of Transportation (NCDOT) and one to the Transportation Advisory Committee {TAC) of the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO}, with Efland <br />Cedar Grove extensions included. <br />A RESOLUTION PROVIDING COMMENTS TO THE <br />NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br />REGARDING THE <br />DRAFT 2006 - 2012 STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />DIVISION 7 PROJECTS IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads <br />and bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to <br />projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to <br />those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development <br />Districts; and <br />