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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -g <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Orange County's Reprioritization of Transportation Projects for the Durham - <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Triangle Area <br />Rural Planning Organization <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Resolution Reprioritizing Order of <br />Projects for TARPO Regional <br />Priority List <br />2. TARPO Project List Map <br />3. TARPO Project Order <br />Reconfiguration Recommendations <br />4. Resolution Reprioritizing Order of <br />Projects for DCHC MPO Priority <br />List <br />5. DCHC MPO Project List Map <br />6. DCHC MPO Project Order <br />Reconfiguration <br />Recommendations <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Bret Martin, Transportation Planner, 919 - 245 -2582 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor, <br />919- 245 -2575 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning and Inspections Director, <br />919- 245 -2585 <br />PURPOSE: To consider two (2) resolutions (Attachments 1 and 4) reconfiguring two (2) priority <br />lists of transportation projects within the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization (DCHC MPO) and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization ( TARPO) <br />planning areas for consideration of inclusion in the 2016 -2022 Statewide Transportation <br />Improvement Program (STIP). <br />BACKGROUND: At the BOCC's November 19, 2013 meeting, the BOCC considered and <br />approved two (2) lists of priority transportation projects incorporating all modes to submit to <br />TARPO and the DCHC MPO for the portion of Orange County within those organizations' <br />respective planning areas. Those lists were subsequently submitted to each transportation <br />planning organization for each organization's submission of projects to the State for scoring. It <br />was determined at the November 19, 2013 meeting by the BOCC that the transportation priority <br />lists for TARPO and the DCHC MPO should be revisited upon receipt of the State scores for <br />each project to evaluate whether the projects should be reprioritized with the benefit of knowing <br />their respective scores. <br />The lists that were considered for approval /endorsement by the BOCC were meant to serve two <br />roles: <br />