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17 1 Craig Benedict said he believes the email discussion today will put the Buckhorn project 2 in the Burlington/Graham priority list. 3 Chair Jacobs said this is important because it is in the middle of the Economic 4 Development District, and it is a bottleneck, especially as long as the flea market is there. He 5 noted that residents do not like the traffic immobility on weekends, and it would also be a more 6 attractive economic development area if people could drive through easily. 7 Chair Jacobs said one of the reasons the interstate funding has not gone forward is 8 because it has not been a priority in the past. He said the reason Interstate 40 stopped at the 9 Orange County line is because Orange County sued to block that route in the 1980's. He said it 10 has not been funded for the past 25 years, and he does not think this is a coincidence or a 11 function of district lines. He said it is more a function of the way the DOT used to operate, but 12 hopefully this is no longer the case. 13 Chair Jacobs suggested that staff use the front and back of pages to create larger 14 PowerPoint materials that the Board can more easily read the material. 15 Commissioner Dorosin asked about the substitute handout for 7C. He asked if this is to 16 replace 7C 3 in the original packet. 17 Brett Martin said the handout will supplant what was previously received. He said this 18 list is the only action item for tonight. He said the original list had all modes, but this list is 19 narrowed to the action item. He said a comprehensive list with all modes will come back to the 20 Board on the 19tH 21 Commissioner McKee said he gets a feeling that no matter how the Board prioritizes or 22 ranks items, it will have little impact. He is not opposed to doing it, but he does question the 23 effectiveness. 24 Commissioner Gordon asked if Brett Martin had more to say on the transit projects. 25 Brett Martin said he wanted to make the strong point that a lot of the projects being 26 indicated would require a local match. He said the approval of the list tonight does not commit 27 the County to a local match. 28 Commissioner Gordon said there are two projects on the list for DCHC MPO —the 29 Hillsborough Train Station and the Buckhorn EDD. She noted that those projects were on the 30 original list, and now others have been added for a total of six. She said the Buckhorn EDD 31 was submitted to the Burlington/Graham MPO, and it is in that MPO. 32 Brett Martin said most of it is, but not all of it. 33 Commissioner Gordon said it appears to be on the border. 34 Brett Martin said there is a small area of this EDD in the DCHC planning area. He said 35 the intent of that project is to have it in the Mebane area. 36 Commissioner Gordon noted that there were previously two lists, one for TARPO and 37 one for DCHC, and she thought this was a good idea. She is not sure about the wisdom of 38 submitting one list to both organizations. 39 She believes what is being asked for is a resolution endorsing transit projects for the 40 TARPO regional priority list and the DCHC MPO regional priority list. She said these priority 41 lists will eventually go into the transportation improvement program. She asked if this is correct. 42 Brett Martin asked if this is about the title of the resolution. 43 Commissioner Gordon said this is in the title and the body. She read from the document. 44 Brett Martin said the MPO's regional priority list is the MPO'S TIP. 45 Commissioner Gordon said this is not stated in the materials. She asked if STIP 46 projects can be submitted later. 47 Brett Martin said the naming does not affect the action. He said anything that rolls up to 48 the STIP must first be on the TIP at the MPO level. He said the Board is not approving projects 49 to be included in a regional priority list. He said the goal is to be considered for inclusion in the 50 TIP, in order to roll up to the STIR