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13 1 population and it needs to be expanded. He said that seniors have physical issues such as 2 diabetes and hypertension, which require diuretics, and these people would be unable to ride a 3 bus for an hour because of the effects of the diuretics. He spoke in support of expanding the 4 transportation service for seniors. 5 Alex Castro, Jr. lives in Bingham Township and is the Vice-Chair of the Advisory Board 6 on Aging and a member of the OUTBoard. He said that he will speak about his own personal 7 opinions. He said that he has gathered much information on transportation and it concerns him 8 that the transportation planning involves two MPOs, six counties, and one RPO. He applauded 9 the Planning department for trying to track of all of this. He said that all of this is burdensome 10 on the staff. He thinks that there needs to be some consolidation in this area to deal with the 11 transportation. He agreed with Ed Flowers on the need for expansion of transportation service 12 for senior citizens. 13 Bonnie Hauser spoke about the controversy on the Mountains to Sea Trail running 14 through Bingham Township. She said that the State is looking at combining the Mountains to 15 Sea Trail with cycling trails in certain places. She asked if this might be an option in Bingham 16 Township. 17 18 Commissioner McKee said that this is a NCDOT plan but Orange County does not have 19 a lot of control of this plan. He assured the Board that the other counties involved have been 20 more than fair in the allocation of funding and the project, etc. 21 Chair Jacobs made reference to the first page of the abstract and said that the plan is 22 not fiscally constrained. He said that at this point this plan is not grounded in fiscal reality yet. 23 He said that his opinion is that NCDOT wants to make NC 86 a boulevard from Caswell County, 24 which is now a two-lane road. He said that this will be a bottleneck. 25 26 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Rich 27 to: 28 1. Receive the draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan (Attachment 4); 29 2. Conduct the public hearing and accept public and BOCC comment on the proposed 30 Plan; 31 3. Refer the matter to the OUTBoard with a request that a recommendation be returned to 32 the BOCC in time for the March 7, 2013 BOCC regular meeting; and 33 4. Adjourn the public hearing until March 7, 2013 in order to receive and accept the 34 OUTBoard's recommendation and any submitted written comments. 35 36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 37 38 b. North Carolina Community Transportation Program Administrative and 39 Capital Grant Application for FY 2013/2014 40 The Board conducted an annual public hearing on the North Carolina Community 41 Transportation Program (CTP) grant application by Orange Public Transportation for FY 2013- 42 2014; considered approving the grant application that includes adopting a resolution authorizing 43 the applicant to enter into an agreement with North Carolina Department of Transportation; and 44 considered authorizing the County Attorney to complete the necessary certifications and 45 assurances. 46 Transportation Administrator Al Terry presented this item. He said that the certifications 47 of assurances that are normally attached to this have not come in from NCDOT yet. 48 49 PUBLIC COMMENT: