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10 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 5. Public Hearings <br /> 3 NONE <br /> 4 <br /> 5 6. Consent Agenda <br /> 6 <br /> 7 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda <br /> 8 Item e by Commissioner Jacobs. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda <br /> 11 <br /> 12 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs for <br /> 13 the Board to approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 18 <br /> 19 e. Resolution to Endorse the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization Project List <br /> 20 Developed for Consideration in NCDOT Prioritization 4.0 <br /> 21 The Board considered adopting the resolution endorsing transportation projects within <br /> 22 the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) planning area to submit for State <br /> 23 scoring and consideration of inclusion in the 2018-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement <br /> 24 Program (STIP). <br /> 25 Commissioner Jacobs said he told staff he would pull this item. He said he, <br /> 26 Commissioner Pelissier and Commissioner Price met with Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> 27 (MPO) staff and Carrboro elected officials to talk about proposed changes on N.C. 54 west of <br /> 28 Carrboro. He said it is not clear what is at issue and what the Board will be voting on. He <br /> 29 asked if Bret Martin, Orange County Transportation Planner, would brief the Board of the <br /> 30 specifics. <br /> 31 Bret Martin said the actions before the Board are new projects from TARPO and does <br /> 32 not affect the N.C. 54 project. He said the action tonight is for new projects, and there are only <br /> 33 three in Orange County. He said the submission of the carry over projects would be scored by <br /> 34 the State and for possible inclusion with the State. <br /> 35 Commissioner Jacobs sent the following email: <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Greg, <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Three questions about the TARPO item: <br /> 40 1. What's the "Western Connector" referred to so vaguely at the top of the list of new <br /> 41 highway projects on p.5? <br /> 42 2. There's a meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the widening of NC54 west of <br /> 43 Carrboro, as mentioned via asterisk under Carry-Over Projects on p. 7. This item may <br /> 44 need to be pulled to reflect the results of that meeting, as Carrboro is strongly opposed <br /> 45 to the staff and TARPO recommendation. <br /> 46 3. Please define a "modernization project," as for new highway projects 6-8 in Orange <br /> 47 County or 8-10 in the list of combined projects. <br /> 48 Thanks. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Please see below follow-up information from Bret Martin: <br />