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Brett Martin said there is a small area of this EDD in the DCHC planning area. He said the intent of that project is to have it in the Mebane area. Commissioner Gordon noted that there were previously two lists, one for TARPO and one for DCHC, and she thought this was a good idea. She is not sure about the wisdom of submitting one list to both organizations. She believes what is being asked for is a resolution endorsing transit projects for the TARPO regional priority list and the DCHC MPO regional priority list. She said these priority lists will eventually go into the transportation improvement program. She asked if this is correct. Brett Martin asked if this is about the title of the resolution. Commissioner Gordon said this is in the title and the body. She read from the document. Brett Martin said the MPO's regional priority list is the MPO'S TIP. Commissioner Gordon said this is not stated in the materials. She asked if STIP projects can be submitted later. Brett Martin said the naming does not affect the action. He said anything that rolls up to the STIP must first be on the TIP at the MPO level. He said the Board is not approving projects to be included in a regional priority list. He said the goal is to be considered for inclusion in the TIP, in order to roll up to the STIP. Commissioner Gordon asked if he would double check how this is supposed to be done. She feels this should be submitted in two different lists. She said she has questions about which MPO or RPO it should go to. Brett Martin said the Northern Human Services project would be in the TARPO planning area. Commissioner Gordon suggested the projects be split here. She said it is clear that items 4 and 5 are in DCHC. She noted that Buckhorn falls into both planning areas. Brett Martin clarified that Buckhorn Road is not the border of the planning area. He said the planning area extends to the east of Buckhorn Road. Commissioner Gordon asked if this item was submitted to the Burlington/Graham MPO, and if it will be submitted to DCHC. Brett Martin said yes, but this is only because the EDD crosses a little over the boundary. Commissioner Gordon said her point is that it should be two separate lists - one to TARPO and one to DCHC. She said something should be said about a regional priority list. She asked which format will be submitted. Brett Martin said the list with the finer details will be submitted. Chair Jacobs asked if this information was in the packet before the meeting. Brett Martin said these are the items that were emailed out and placed at the Commissioner's places. Commissioner Gordon noted that the original list received by the Board only had two transit projects; those items are now items 5 and 6 on the new list, and 4 other items have been added. Bret Martin said two lists will be submitted, one to TARPO and one to DCHC MPO. He said the fact that all the projects are on the list does not mean they will be submitted. He said the expansion vehicles make it difficult to know how many need to be submitted to one versus the other. He said these details have not been worked out by Triangle Transit and Orange County staff. He said it is also not known if the Northern Human Services Center will be an implementation objective in that program. He said a lot of these projects are not official submissions, but are Triangle Transit or Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation