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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 5, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Resolutions Providing Comments Regarding Draft 2009-2015 State <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) <br />DEPARTMENT:. Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Draft Resolution to NCDOT with Comments Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />2. Draft Resolution to DCHC MPO with Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Comments <br />3. OUTBoard Recommendation <br />Background: <br />4. Draft 2009-2015 TIP for Orange County <br />5. Changes Between the 2007-2013 TIP and <br />Draft 2009-2015 TIP <br />6. Orange County Priority List Project Status <br />PURPOSE: To consider resolutions providing comments regarding the Draft 2009-2015 State <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) - one to the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation (NCDOT) and one to the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) of the <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Board of Transportation (NCBOT) released the Draft <br />STIP on October 30, 2007 for public comment. The STIP, which is updated every two years, is <br />a seven-year program that schedules and funds transportation improvements in North Carolina. <br />The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for areas within a Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization (MPO) must be approved by the MPO and the Governor (the Secretary of <br />Transportation is the Governor's representative in this case) and the Metropolitan TIP must be <br />consistent with the STIP for the first four years of the funding period. The TIP for all other areas <br />is approved by the NC Department of Transportation (Board of Transportation). <br />The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) <br />MPO, at its meeting on January 9, released the local supplement of the STIP as the Draft <br />Metropolitan TIP (MTIP) for public comment, along with the adopted Regional Priority List for <br />comparison of programmed projects with local priorities. The TAC will hold a public hearing to <br />receive comments on the Draft MTIP at its regular meeting on February 13, 2008, which has <br />been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. (instead of regular meeting time of 9:00 a.m.) to encourage public <br />participation.